Abu Dhabi: Over 100 women riders are expected to take part in the HH Shaikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Endurance Cup CEN 100km ride at the Emirates International Endurance Village in Al Wathba on Saturday.
The top five who finish the ride will be awarded 4WD cars each,” said Adnan Sultan Al Nuaimi, ADEC Director General.
Meanwhile, Lara Sawaya, Executive Director of the HH Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival said: “Under the directives of Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs) three endurance races will be staged in Europe in 2016 and will carry the name of HH Shaikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Endurance Cup which will become a series and culminate with the final in Abu Dhabi.”
“A CEIO Endurance Ride in Portugal by the end of April 2016 with a purse of 10,000 euro (Dh38,993), will be followed by two more rides carrying the same status and prize money in Italy and France.”
“The French leg will coincide with the World Championship for Young Horses which is again a Festival event with 10,000 euro prize money,” she confirmed.
“We will be requesting the FEI to introduce a ranking/rating system for the women riders and horses in the series. Anyway based on the national teams performance (best timing of three of the 5-member team) in the three rides in Europe, the top three teams of riders and horses will be transported to Abu Dhabi to take part in the HH Shaikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Endurance Cup Final with a cash prize of 20,000 euro.”
Fans have been encouraged to attend Saturday’s ride as the Festival will give away prizes totalling Dh30,000. Six iPhones 6S and 5 Mini iPads will be given away as part of a raffle draw.
“There is also a car to be won as a Grand Prize in the raffle,” Sawaya said.
