Details of HH the Father Amir Camel Racing Festival Announced

Doha, January 25 (QNA) - The Camel Racing Organizing Committee announced the details of the annual festival of the purebred Arabian camel festival on the sword of HH the Father Amir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, which will take place over seven days at Al Shahaniya and Basir camel racetracks from Jan.29 to Feb.4, amid wide participation from GCC countries. The committee stated that valuable prizes were allocated to the winners over the course of 286 runs during the seven days of the festival, with 28 silver symbols, most notably the silver sword, and 171 cars. The committee added that the value of the financial prizes for the festival's runs has been raised to unprecedented numbers, and the cash prizes for all symbols runs have been unified to be two and a half million Qatari riyals for the first place holder in all the Bakkar symbols runs, and the winner in the Qadan symbols runs will get one million riyals in all major runs. The festival will witness holding of three runs for the age groups (18-45 years) for the human rider, where the committee allocated 3 cars to the winners of the first places for the three runs, with one car for each winner, and cash prizes for the winners of the places from the second to the fifteenth. The Camel Racing Organizing Committee has recently been keen to hold heritage camel races within the activities of major festivals, in order to preserve the heritage sport. (QNA)