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Endurance.net
February 11 2025
By Endurance.net
Two races were held over Saudi Arabia’s AlUla course which will host the 2026 World Endurance Championship in November.
Saturday’s 120-km CEI2* Al Fursan Endurance Cup had 200 starters and 83 finishers.
Winner was Saudi Arabia’s Muhannad Alsalmi aboard Nebras Muscat. It was Alsalmi’s second win in a row in the cup. The UAE took second, third, and fourth places. Saeed Mohd Albaloushi finished 4 seconds back in second aboard Castlebar Shazam, Saeed Ahman Alharbi rode La Tache D’Jok Trio to third place, and Saif Almazrouei rode Abela De L Enclos to fourth.
The Netherlands’ Marijke Visser was the first European to finish. Riding Djawann De Madigou, they finished in 11th place.
Sunday’s featured 160-km Mutadil Endurance Cup had 90 starters and 19 finishers.
UAE’s Saif Almazrouei finished first aboard Bullio Quasillo in a ride time of 7:23.43. Bahrain’s Mohd Abdulhamid Alhashemi was second by a nose riding Everest La Majorie. UAE’s Hamad Alkaabi rode Bullio Ozzie Jo to third place.
The first European finishers were Spain’s Jaume Punti Dachs aboard JM Jift, riding with his wife Maria Alvarez Ponton aboard Cinetek De Becherel to 5th and 5th place.
Analyses of the races will follow on Endurance.net.