8th Kings and Princes Cups Festival comes to a close in Janadriyah

RIYADH: The 8th Kings and Princes Cups Festival concluded on Saturday at King Abdulaziz Racetrack in Janadriyah.

The horse racing event, organized by the Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia in honor the Kingdom’s former kings and princes, included five main rounds of racing over a range of distances in a number of categories, which are named after King Saud bin Abdulaziz, King Faisal bin Abdulaziz, King Khalid bin Abdulaziz and King Fahd bin Abdulaziz. Each round carried prize money of SR800,000 ($213,000).