Under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, the seventy-second ceremony of the Racing Club season will take place on December 17 this year, opening the main championships of the first category with the Crown Prince’s Two Cups in the fifty-seventh edition . For horses produced “locally” and “imported” on the territory of King Abdulaziz Square in Janadria, the prize for each cup is one million rials.
On this occasion, His Royal Highness Prince Bandar bin Khaled Al Faisal, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Equestrian Authority and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Racing Club, expressed his thanks and appreciation to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. Mosque King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and His Highness the Crown Prince – God save them – for the support that equestrianism finds, emphasizing that care. The generosity of this tournament since its inception embodies the great and boundless interest that distinguished the wise leadership – may God support it -.
And His Highness confirmed that His Highness the Crown Prince’s sponsorship of the grand ceremony amounted to a great honor for the equestrian community, which should be added to His Highness’s great support for equestrian sport in general and horse racing in particular, indicating that Saudi equestrianism has risen to an international level thanks to God, and then with the continued support and guidance of His Highness the Crown Prince.
For his part, Secretary General of the Equestrian Authority, Engineer Marwan Al-Olayan, explained that the Crown Prince Cup is one of the most famous tournaments organized by the Horse Racing Club, which is run by the Equestrian Authority, and said: “It is a great honor for us, that the tournament bearing this dear name will be added to the main horse racing championship map and thereby contribute to raising the profile of Saudi equestrian sport at the regional and international levels.
In turn, the General Director of the Racing Club, Ziyad Al-Muqrin, expressed his gratitude to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud – God bless him – the honorary president of the Racing Club for his great support and his constant interest in everything that could raise and promote this ancient sport in all its fields, emphasizing that this support from the wise leadership has basically contributed to the great success of Saudi equestrianism.
He also expressed his gratitude to the equestrian community, HRH Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister – may God bless him – for the fact that the club and equestrian find in terms of follow-up, interest and support from side of His Honorable Highness, noting that His Highness the Crown Prince is the main proponent of transformation, as well as the great developments that horse racing has witnessed in this phase, in addition to the strategy that the club is following in the next phase, to show the true picture of Saudi horse racing worldwide.
The patronage of His Highness the Crown Prince is a continuation of the interest of the leaders of the country in horses and what they represent from high meanings and immortal championships for the knights of the kingdom, in their unity on horseback and pride in their first homeland. the reign and under the shadow of His Royal Highness Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz – since His Highness assumed the mandate of the Covenant – great interest of owners and trainers of horses with early and intensive preparation, participating in what distinguishes qualified horses; To classify the championship in the first category three years ago, in addition to the value of its prize of two million rials equally between the two races, which is three and a half times what it was before.