{"id":17633,"date":"2019-03-26T09:58:48","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T05:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/?p=17633"},"modified":"2019-03-26T09:58:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T05:58:48","slug":"dubai-gets-ready-for-21st-edition-of-emirates-championship-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/dubai-gets-ready-for-21st-edition-of-emirates-championship-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai Gets Ready For 21st Edition Of Emirates Championship This Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Under the supervision of the UAE Equestrian and Racing Federation (UAEERF), the three-day event will be held at the Emirates Equestrian Centre<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What: <\/em><\/strong><em>The <\/em><em>Emirates Longines Show Jumping League <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>When: <\/em><\/strong><em>Thursday, March 28<sup>th<\/sup> from 3:30pm onwards;<\/em> <em>Friday, March 29<sup>th<\/sup> from 9:00am onwards and Saturday, March 30<sup>th<\/sup> from 9:00am onwards<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Where: <\/em><\/strong><em>Emirates Equestrian Centre, Seeh Al Salam, Endurance City<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Cost: <\/em><\/strong><em>FREE<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Parking: <\/em><\/strong><em>Free parking available within walking distance to main arena<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dubai is, once again, getting ready to welcome the show jumping action as the 21<sup>st<\/sup> edition of the Emirates Championship gets ready to kick off this Thursday at the Emirates Equestrian Centre (EEC). As EEC\u2019s last major competition of the season, you\u2019re in for some action-packed jumping displays as superb contenders put their skills to the test. Bring your whole family out to watch!<\/p>\n<p>Held under the supervision of the UAE Equestrian and Racing Federation (UAEERF), Dubai\u2019s three-day national show jumping competition is set to be even better than last year and will see riders and their spectacular horses jumping heights of up to 150cm in the club\u2019s magnificent outdoor sand arena.<\/p>\n<p>The Emirates Championship 2019 will boast of 15 classes to accommodate riders and horses of all levels \u2013 Advanced riders (Division 1), Amateurs (Division 2), Young Riders (between the ages of 16 \u2013 21), Juniors (riders between 14 \u2013 18 years old) and Children (riders below the age of 14). There will also be two open classes for any rider who wishes to participate. All riders will be competing for their share of a whooping prize purse of AED 395,000.<\/p>\n<p>Also set up for your pleasure will be mobile tack shops and food trucks that offer a variety of cuisine so don\u2019t forget to check that out!<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Emirates Longines Show Jumping League or to learn about upcoming shows, please visit www.emiratesequestrian.com or call the UAEERF Jumping Department on 02 666 1800 between 9am &#8211; 4pm.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17634\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/C-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"150\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17635\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/C1-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17636\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/C2-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under the supervision of the UAE Equestrian and Racing Federation (UAEERF), the three-day event will be held at the Emirates Equestrian Centre What: The Emirates Longines Show Jumping League When: Thursday, March 28th from 3:30pm onwards; Friday, March 29th from 9:00am onwards and Saturday, March 30th from 9:00am onwards Where: Emirates Equestrian Centre, Seeh Al [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17638,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17633\/revisions\/17638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}