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De Mesa Claims Grand Prix Title

Juan Fernandes De Mesa claimed the Grand Prix title in the Al Frsan Showjumping Championship which took place at the Mounted Police Centre in Budaiya yesterday.

The Spanish jockey dominated the main and final show of the Al Frsan Group-sponsored day long event, which was a one round with jump off, by winning the top two positions in style.

He steered Iman De Olid to finish first in 69.46 seconds and without any penalty points. De Mesa also managed to clock the second best time of 68.76 while riding his second horse - Tarzan, but with four penalty points.

Third and fourth places were won by Benny Diricx, riding Al Khalidiah Mikaela (69.93 seconds) and Al Khalidiah Airforce One (73.79), both with four penalty points.

Ali Isa (67.01) took fifth place with eight penalty points, Basel Al Doseri (67.66) was sixth on ARG Jumping Star Bramco Union with eight penalty points while Salman Faraj (71.23) steered Twistaire to seventh position with eight penalty points.

The Grand Prix featured an upset surprise for several favourite jockeys like Sami Ghazwan, Khalid Hilal Al Khatry and Shaikh Hassan bin Rashid Al Khalifa, who could only finish 10th, 11th and 12, respectively.

Five more classes took place yesterday, including two adults and three for juniors. In the senior two class, which was a one round against the lock with more than 20 riders in the fray, Al Khtri steered Bashayer to clinch victory in 47.75 seconds.

Behind him was Sayed Adnan Al Alawi (49.75) and Shaikh Hassan (50.27) who were respectively second and third.

Hassan Jaffar was the winner of the other senior class, during 39 riders competed in a one round with jump off.

Riding Cola, Hassan completed the show in 58.68 seconds, ahead of Jassim Al Qattan (53.74) in second place while Tawfeeq Al Qattam (55.96) was third.

Seven riders took part in the first contest of the day which was the junior one class and comprised a one round against the clock.

Sophie Appleton, riding Al Khalidiah Fais Moi Rire (Femore), came on top in 55.18 seconds. Oscar Luari (55.24) followed in second place and Shaikh Abdulla bin Khalid Al Khalifa (66.91) was third.

In the junior two class, Oscar emerged victorious on Galopin, clocking 53.09 seconds after a fierce challenge from Sophie and Laura Wilkie who were second and third, respectively.

Hussain Al Afoo proved too strong to win the one round with jump off junior three class, during which he steered Muhajer to finish in 25.10 seconds. Hussain's brother Hadi was a close second while Gabby Chakkos took third and fourth places.

The top three riders in each class were honoured later after the show, which was held under the patronage of Bahrain Royal Equestrian and Endurance Federation (Breef) president Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa.

It was attended by Breef's vice-president Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, Breef's general secretary Ghalib Al Alawi and Al Frsan Group managing director Fadel Al Bado who presented trophies to the winners.

Additional prizes were given away by E-Max to the crowd through raffle draw. Shaikh Khalid thanked Al Frsan Group and E-Max for their support to this championship which was an all-round success.