Ireland, the champion of the “Abu Dhabi Longhenin for the Nations League”, to jump barriers

The Irish team won the Abu Dhabi Cup title, the first round of the Longgin Nations League in its second edition 2025, while the Emirates team won second place.

The events were held yesterday evening in conjunction with the first edition of the Emirates Cup jumping championship, the five -star category, organized by the Emirates Equestrian and Racing Federation, at Al -Fursan International Sports Resort in Abu Dhabi, with the participation of 43 horsemen and knights, and its prizes are 700 thousand euros.

The UAE hosts the third and fourth rounds in 2026 and 2027 as well, while the rest of the Longgin League rounds will be held for the upcoming nations in America, the Netherlands, and France, during March, June and September 2025, while Spain will host the final next October.

The winning teams, Sheikh Zayed bin Hamad Al Nahyan, Vice -Chairman of the Emirates Arabian Horses Association, Jabr Mohammed Ghanem Al Suwaidi, Minister of State, Dr. Ghanem Mohammed Al -Hajri, Secretary -General of the Emirates Equestrian and Racing Federation, President of the Championship, and Sultan Mohammed Khalifa Al Yahya, President of the Regional Group The seventh in the International Equestrian Federation, the championship director, Mohamed Ahmed Al -Harbi, Director General of the Emirates Arabian Horses Association, and Patrick Aoun, Regional Director of Longin.

The first meeting in the second edition of the Longyin League, with the specifications of the two rounds, came with barriers of 160 cm, with the participation of all competing teams, and in the second round the number decreased to 8 teams, by 3 knights from each team after canceling the highest penalty points for Faris from each team.

The results resulted in the Irish team winning the Abu Dhabi tour, with a score free of penalty points in the two rounds, and the Emirates team knights came in second place, with 8 penalty points in the second round after a balance free of penalty points in the first round, and third place went to the French team with a balance 12 penalty points in the second round as well.

The German knight Gran Sibriya won the first place award in the Al -Sharaa Challenge Competition, which concluded the Emirates Cup championships to jump five -star barriers, with the specifications of the two rounds, at 150 cm high barriers, with the horse “Toy”, recording 43.53 seconds.

The Belgian knight, Constant Van Baschin, won the International Championship Championship Championship, the two stars category, sponsored by Longin, with the specifications of the one -round with a different round, with a barrier of 145 cm high, with his horse “Gantorrano”, with a time of 41.14 seconds.

Irish knight Shin Brain won the first place prize with the horse “Z Ships of Abswitch” in the penultimate competition from the two stars category, with the specifications of the one -round with a different round, at 135 cm barriers, under the auspices of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, achieving 33.51 seconds.

The Syrian knight, Laith Gharib, was crowned with the Persians “Alit de Pontz”, the first place award in the international competition for the juniors category with the specifications of the one -round, under the auspices of the Emirates Equestrian and Racing Federation, with barriers of 125 cm.