UAE records best-ever equestrian performance at Asian Games

Rider Omar Al Marzouqi took silver and Abdulla Al Marri secured bronze in Friday's individual championship, marking the first time the UAE has won three Equestrian medals at the Asian Games. 

This followed the UAE Show Jumping team winning the bronze on Wednesday.

The youngest rider on the team, Omar Al Marzouqi rode Dalida VD Zuuthoeve, owned by Al Shira'aa.

He performed two double clears to make it through to the jump-off, where he rode a tremendous tactical round to finish clear in a time of 42.3 seconds to take the silver.

This is Al Marzouqi's 2nd medal at the Olympic level, having previously claimed silver at the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at age 15.

Abdulla Al Marri on James VDO Heihoef, also owned by Al Shira'aa, had a more challenging start to the day.

He received penalties in the first round but recovered well to ride clear over a challenging course in the second round, and took bronze following a clear jump-off in 42.45 seconds, just behind teammate Omar Al Marzouqi.

📸 الحصاد يزيد 👏🏻🙏🏻 بجهود الأبطال فرسان الإمارات 🇦🇪🐎النبلاء عمر المرزوقي وعبدالله المري يهديان الإمارات الميداليتين الفضية والبرونزية 🥈🥉 بمسابقة الفردي في منافسات دورة الألعاب الآسيوية بهانغتشو #عيال_زايد_في_الآسياد#الألعاب_الأسيوية#Hangzhou2022#Teamuae #uaenoc pic.twitter.com/XIVp3iQ2SX

— UAEOC (@UAENOC) October 6, 2023