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28 March 2024

Mohammed bin Rashid attends the World Endurance Racing Championship

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Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum attended today’s final handicapping and medical examination of horses taking part at the Longines FEI World Endurance Championships 2016, to be held tomorrow in Samorin in Slovakia. 

A record 136 riders from 46 nations, including the UAE, will compete in the 160-kilometer endurance race. 

Sheikh Mohammed also met at the Samorin Equestrian Centre with Chairman of Bahrain's Supreme Council for Youth and Sports and Chief of the Bahraini Olympic Committee His Highness Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa and Commander of the Omani Royal Cavalry Abdul Raziq Abdul Qadir Al Shahwarzi along with other heads of the delegations attending the championship. 

Dubai Crown Prince His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who won the individual gold at the 2014 championship in Normandy, France, will lead the UAE team of five riders. UAE team include Sheikh Rashid bin Dalmouk Al Maktoum, Sheikh Hamad bin Dalmouk Al Maktoum, Saif Ahmed Al Mazrouei and Abdullah Ghanim Al Marri.