Kuwait: Kuwait's jockey Meshari AlSour, of AlMutrega team, won the popular heritage championship for 120kms endurance riding race for elite horses on Saturday at Sabah AlAhmad Heritage Village, part of the Sixth Gulf Popular Heritage Festival.
Meanwhile, Kuwaiti jockey Mohammad AlLezam, of Nasis team, came second in the race, followed by Talal AlRashdan, of Asayel team, in the third place, and Ali Sultan, of AlHazm team, in the fourth place to be awarded cars for each one of them.
The race was marked by participation of some of the best and genuine long-distance race horses, skilled jockeys, and trainers of high expertise and competency in such races, Munif AlShallahi, head of the endurance riding races committee, stated to KUNA.
The committee has brought for this event highly-experienced international referees and a medical committee to check the horses after the race, AlShallahi said, noting that all of them are nonKuwaiti or Gulf citizens to guarantee neutrality during the competitions.
The Gulf Heritage Festival, which kicked off on November 17, 2015, is held in Kuwait for the sixth consecutive time under the patronage of His Highness the Amir Shaikh Sabah AlAhmad AlJaber AlSabah, and it is to conclude in March.
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