Dubai Crown Prince's horse to be auctioned off to treat ill people

A horse owned by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, will soon be sold in an auction to raise funds for ill people.

The auction will be organised by Dubai-based Al Jalila Foundation, a non-profit charitable organisation established by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

The auction, which will also include 300-year-old miniature Koran manuscripts, is intended to raise funds to support the foundation’s activities and research for the treatment of cancer, diabetes, heart diseases and obesity.

“We need more than ever to intensify our efforts to combat diseases,” Sheikh Mohammed’s wife Princess Haya bint Al Hussein, Head of  Dubai Healthcare City Authority, said in a booklet about the auction.

“Thousands of people are usually involved in the discovery of any new medicine or cure.

"This is not the end of medical research but a permanent commitment to life.”

The foundation’s CEO Dr Abdul Karim Sultan said the auction is very important since it would fund research about common diseases in the region.

He did not mention its date and venue but said Sheikh Hamdan has donated his horse, which was born in France in 2008. He said the horse has been involved in many races over the past few years, including endurance races of between 20km and 89km.

He added that Sheikh Hamdan has also donated a horse saddle, dubbed Al Yamama, for the auction. He said the saddle was used by Sheikh Hamdan when he won a gold medal in an international horse race in France in 2014.
 

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