(Italy) – Another endurance race day, another clean sweep by the UAE riders. It was as simple as that.
UAE riders lived up to their billing as favourites by recording victories in all the three races held at the Toscana Endurance Lifestyle 2015 event in Pisa, Italy. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai; and Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, attended the first day of the two-day event.
Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum, riding Tinka La Majorie, maintained his good start till the end to win the 160-kilometre race. Hamad Obaid Rashed Al Kaabi partnered Tessy De Candesir for a second-place finish and Emirati rider Mansour Saeed Al Faresi, on Frisia Shaheen, ended on third place to flaunt UAE’s supremacy in the challenging race.
Salim Al Owaisi powered UAE to glory on Salam De Jalima by winning the 120-kilometre race for junior and young riders. Ali Ghanem Obaid, on Tequila De Mescam, and Hamdan Ahmed Al Marri on Aigoul Esma, finished second and third respectively to bring more cheers to the UAE contingent.
(Courtesy WAM)