Riyadh, Oct 23, 2022, SPA -- Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal, Minister of Sport and President of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee, who is also President of Diriyah Season 2022, crowned yesterday evening (Saturday) the British jockey Ben Maher with the Grand Prix of Longines Show Jumping Tours Championship after the end of its tours in 15 cities around the world. The Minister of Sport also crowned the three winners (jockeys) of Riyadh tour, amid a distinguished presence and a large international follow-up to the sports event in the historic Diriyah. For his part, Prince Abdullah bin Fahd bin Abdullah, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Equestrian Federation, crowned BERLIN EAGLES team with the title of the World Show Jumping Champions League, while the ST Tropez PIRATES team was crowned as the champion of the final Riyadh tour for teams. The Championship witnessed the competition of 50 jockeys representing 19 countries around the world, after it was hosted in 14 cities from all over the world, and the competition among the teams in the overall ranking of the championship was among the British Showjumper Ben Mayer, the Belgian Showjumper Pieter Devos, the German equestrian Christian Ahlmann, the Swedish Malin Baryard-Johnsson, the Irish Showjumper Allen Bertram and the Irish Cian O'Connor Max to win the contest by gaining time and making no mistakes. At the end of the third day of the championship, the jockeys competed in the 9th run called the Saudi Equestrian Federation's run, in which the Saudi jockey Abdullah Al-Sharbatly won the first place with a time of 50:00 seconds in a clean round without errors, while the Saudi jockey Saad Al-Ajmi won the 10th run called the run of the Equestrian Sports Company for Events with a time of 38: 59 seconds clean round without errors. It is worth mentioning that the Longines Showjumping Championship Tour is one of the activities of this year's Diriyah Season 2022, which has become one of the most important tourist, cultural and entertainment destinations in the region, as Diriyah Gate Development Authority (DGDA) aims to attract more than 25 million visitors annually to this region, which hosts many museums, hotels, shops and restaurants, to be a global destination for culture, entertainment, shopping and hospitality. --SPA 01:22 LOCAL TIME 22:22 GMT 0002 www.spa.gov.sa/w1801376