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Eurasia
28/02/2023 11:10
The first edition of a camel race in Saudi Arabia’s AlUla is offering a prize pool of more than $21 million, one of the largest prizes for such an event, AlArabiya reports.
“The AlUla Camel Cup will celebrate the most noble of Saudi Arabian sporting traditions, welcoming royalty VIPs, the elite of sport, and many distinguished guests to the most glorious of settings for this illustrious occasion,” Amr al-Madani, CEO of the Royal Commission for AlUla said in a statement, quoted by the news site.
“Saudi Arabia has championed camel racing the world over, with historical records indicating the sport played a part in our ancient culture as far back as the 7th Century,” according to Mahmoud Suleiman al-Balawi, Executive Director of the Saudi Camel Racing Federation.
