Abdullah Al-Sharbatly starred on the grass arena in Sustainable City to take the glory in the CSI2-star Sustainable City Grand Prix.
The four-day event, which took place between 13thFebruary to 16thFebruary saw riders from 28 countries participate in the competition drawing a huge massive crowd.
Al-Sharbatly put on a series of spectacular performances in various competitions and ended up winning three of them. The KSA rider won the CSI2-star Sustainable City Grand Prix riding on his horse, Woulon L, after completing the second round in 42.78 seconds, and remained in first place until the end of the competition.
The Grand Prix consisted of two rounds, with two different designs of courses, in which obstacles are placed at a height of 145 cm, with19 male and female riders participating in the main round. In the second round, the ten best-ranked riders from the first round participated. Three riders completed the second round with a clean performance without committing any faults. Second place went to the Irish rider, Shane Breen, who rode Colmar and took 43.08 seconds to complete the second round. Ireland’s David Simpson with Foudre F came in third after completing the second round without faults in 44.18 seconds.
Victory: The Grand Prix winners
Held under the supervision of the UAE Equestrian and Racing Federation (UAEERF), this Sustainable City competition highlighted the success of the shows in the UAE. Al-Sharbatlywon his first prize in the championship with his horse Quinlan, moving from the second place in the CSI2-star Small Tour in which jumps were set at a height of 125 cm, to first place of the Special Two Phases of CSI2-star Big Tour in which obstacles were placed at a height of 140 cm. 25 male and female riders participated in the competition, of which nine managed to complete the two rounds without any faults. Al-Sharbatlyrecorded the best time in the second round in 26.21 seconds. Dimitri Natsis of Greece riding ‘Dyrein’ came second, taking 28.01 seconds to complete the second round while the third place went to the Bahraini rider Khalid Hilal Al Khatri with ‘Sierra’, who took 29.28 seconds to complete the second round.
Al-Sharbatly completed his double after winning a competition in the CSI2-star Medium Tour of two rounds in which obstacles were placed at a height of 135 cm. 34 male and female riders participated in the competition, of which 25 riders competed, and 14 managed to complete the first round without any faults, while a further 11 completed the second round without faults. Al-Sharbatly on his horse ‘Carrerra’ bagged first place, after completing the second round in 24.55 seconds. Syria’s Hisham Ghrayb with ‘K.Abrax’ came second after completing the round in 24.64 seconds and the third place went to the UAE rider, Arif Ahmed Jassim Ali Ahli, who rode on ‘Elise’ and completed the second round in 25.13 seconds.
UAE rider Moh`d Shafi M. Al Remeithi riding on ‘Venus De Vy’ bagged first place in the CSI2-star Medium Tour competition which consisted of One Round with Jump-off, in which jumps were placed at a height of 135 cm. 26 male and female riders participated in the competition, of which eight competed in the main round. Al Remeithi, the last participant in the Jump-off round, was the only one who managed to complete the round without faults, in 45.36 seconds. The second place went to Syrian rider, Hisham Ghrayb, with ‘K.Abrax’ who completed the jump-off round with the best time in 33.49 seconds, but with four penalty points. Denmark’s Tina Lund with ‘Beyond Fellow Dancing K’ came in third after completing the round in 38.72 seconds, with four faults.
