RIYADH: Saudi owners are set to participate in the Breeders' Cup Festival, a major international horse racing event to be held in the US this weekend.
Horses from around the world will compete in 14 races over two days at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky.
The annual first-class tournament attracts world champions on the ancient track.
The Breeders' Cup Classic, a Grade 1 thoroughbred horse race, is considered the premier horse race of the festival, where colts and fillies who are 3-year-old and above will run over 2,000m on dirt, with US$7 million in total prize money.
Saudi owners are going to be active in the main race, through the homebred of Prince Khalid bin Abdullah's Juddmonte Farms; the grey champion "Tacitus" and the dark brown "Siskin", expected to compete in the Breeders' Cup Turf Mile, a Grade 1 skates race.
The 2-year-old “Princess Noor” for Saudi owner Amr Zedan, will also capture attention in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies-G1.
This major festival has seen several Saudi participations, “Enabel” and “Intercontinental” bred and raced by Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farms, and “Anees” racehorse owned by Prince Ahmed bin Salman, who have achieved many victories.
Saudi horse owners compete in the International Breeders' Cup
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Saudi horse owners compete in the International Breeders' Cup
Saudi Arabia announces new financial support to the Yemeni government
RIYADH: Saudi Ambassador to Yemen and Supervisor of the Saudi Program for the Development and Reconstruction of Yemen Mohammed Al-Jaber announced that the Kingdom, under the directives of its leadership, has provided new support to the Yemeni government's budget, aimed at paying the salaries of state employees in all sectors.
In a post on X, Al-Jaber stated that this support complements a package of development projects and initiatives, amounting to SR1.9 billion, announced on Wednesday. The package includes provision of necessary petroleum derivatives to operate power plants, which will contribute to improving the living standards of people in Yemen and alleviating daily burdens on them.
Al-Jaber’s post emphasized, in particular, that all salaries of military and security forces linked to the the higher military committee linked to the Saudi led Coalition will be paid as of Sunday.
The post is likely relate to Several Media reports which have suggested that disgraced former Southern Transitional Council (STC) chief Aidaroos Al Zubaidi — who has now fled Yemen — was taking advantage of military personnel and withholding salaries as means of pressure. Al-Zubaidi is wanted by the Yemeni government for acts of high treason and corruption.
The ambassador emphasized that these steps come within the framework of supporting the Yemeni government's efforts to implement the economic reform program, which aims to achieve financial and economic stability and enhance the state's ability to meet its basic obligations.
