Doha, March 03 / QNA / The activities of the annual festival for purebred Arabian camel racing will start tomorrow, Saturday, on the sword of His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of the country, for the season (2022-2023), which is organized by the Camel Racing Committee in the fields of Al Sheehaniya and Lebesir. And its competitions will continue until the sixteenth of March, with wide participation from various fields of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf. The opening day of the festival, which will be held at the camel racing track in Al Sheehaniya area, will witness the establishment of 43 rounds for the age of the virgin and the two-legged races for a distance of 4 km, of which 24 races are in the morning period, with 15 runs for the virgin races and 9 rounds for the two-legged races, and 19 races in the evening, with 11 rounds. For the virgin facts and 8 runs for the two sitting facts. The organizing committee of the camel race confirmed the completion of all the necessary preparations for the launch of the festival, which is the most prominent in the Arab Gulf region, pointing out that all committees have completed their work well, and that all matters are ready to receive this important event for lovers and lovers of the sport of parents and grandparents. The Organizing Committee imposed strict laws and regulations governing the conduct of races during the festival days, as well as an early doping examination before the start of the races, as well as an examination of doping and electricity for the first-place owners, in addition to preventing the participation of any mount more than once, in addition to not performing a fixation process for any mount until after Confirmation of its owner and its birth and the oath taken by its owner as well, in addition to that whoever does not register in the runs will not participate in any race. This year, the festival enjoys huge cash prizes, in addition to 44 symbols, including 16 golden symbols for the camel of Their Highnesses and Excellencies, sheikhs, and 28 silver symbols for the camel of tribesmen, most notably the silver sword and the golden sword. The Organizing Committee also allocated huge prizes for the winners of the first places, for which camels competed through 372 rounds for all age groups in Al Shahaniya Square over the course of the 13 days from the age of Haqaiq, until the age of Al Hail and Zamoul, in addition to the first three runs of the heritage camel race. The closing festival will witness 4 special runs for the production of laboratory-bred stallions (DNA) for the age of haqaiq, 4 special runs for the production of laboratory-bred stallions (DNA) for the age of larvae, and 4 special runs for the production of laboratory-bred stallions (DNA) for the age of stumps, provided that they are for the general stages. Just "The people of the tribes crossed" Al Sheehaniya Square, and the first place prizes for the 12 rounds will be in kind. The Organizing Committee stipulated that the participation in the races of Haqaiq, Remains, and Stump production of Qatar must be born in the State of Qatar, and produced by stallions established at the Zarb laboratory, and that the installation of the (stallion) be through the Organizing Committee for Camel Racing, and issued by the (DNA) laboratory, where the mount has a card Install issued by a sprue lab. A race for heritage camels will also be held on the sidelines of the festival within the (Arab Union) race for the age groups from 18 to 45 years for the human rider. And 10 million and 500 thousand riyals were allocated for a round "Tricks open "5 million riyals for the winner of the precious sword, 2.5 million riyals for the second place, 1.5 million riyals for the third place, one million riyals for the fourth, and 500 thousand riyals for the fifth place.
In this context, Mr. Abdullah Al-Kuwari, Vice-Chairman of the Organizing Committee for Camel Racing, praised the great turnout for participation in the annual festival of purebred Arabian camel racing on the sword of His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of the country, considering that this record participation enriches the sport of fathers. And grandparents, which will increase the strength of competitions in all open and public runs. Al-Kuwari said, in a press statement: The number of participants in the festival of His Highness the Emir Al-Moufdi this year is the largest in recent years at the level of local and Gulf festivals, and the festival’s prizes are the highest at the level of festivals in the region. He explained that the organizing committee’s preparations are in full swing for the launch of the festival, which has become in recent years one of the largest festivals related to the sport of parents and grandparents, pointing to the completion of all organizational and technical equipment in Al Sheehaniya Square to organize the event in the best way. He added that the organizing committee of the camel race welcomes all brothers from different countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council to participate in the races that are held in Al Sheehaniya Square, stressing that sport always brings people together and brings brothers closer, which will be evident during this festival. Al-Kuwari expected that the festival would witness strong competitions in its various stages, whether at the level of the camel of their excellencies sheikhs or the camel of the sons of the tribes, in light of the strong participation of the most prominent camel fields in the Gulf, which confirms that we are in the process of an exceptional edition by all standards. And he considered that the superiority of Qatari camels and their achievement of great achievements this season in major festivals, whether internally or externally, will serve as a motive for continuing the achievement and achieving victory in His Highness the Emir’s festival, the last festivals of the season. He congratulated the camel owners who achieved victory during the previous festivals this season, wishing success. For everyone during the competitions of His Highness the Emir Al Mufadi Camel Festival.
