Muscat: The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth (MoCSY) represented by the Oman Camel Racing Federation (OCRF) in cooperation with Royal Camel Corps (RCC), concluded camel beauty event on Wednesday which continued for five days at the Royal Camel race track in Barka.
The competition included 36 rounds in six different categories, OCRF provided six cars as prize for the main round of each category in addition to the cash prize for the top winner.
The Royal Camel Corps also purchased six camels at the pricing system in the first beauty competition, where one camel was purchased from each category.
The second race of 22nd edition of the annual camel races for the 2024-2025 season will begin on Friday and will continue for three days with 89 rounds to be held in Barka and Adam fields.
This race is the third event, that OCRF’s Board of Directors recently announced, out of 23 local events: 13 general races, three races sponsored by Shell Oman, three races sponsored by Occidental Oman, and four events featuring camel beauty contests, milking competitions and Ardah (traditional races).
The second race will include 46 rounds that will be held at RCC field in Barka, concurrently, 43 rounds will take place at Al Bashayer race track in the Wilayat of Adam. As many as 2,700 camels will compete in this race to get the race prize, cash prize for the top 10 and chance to sell the winning camels to the GCC countries, as some Omani owner sold some camels to Qatar and the UAE.
Ghanim bin Saif al Khamisi, camel owner and trainer, explained to Oman Observer, “we thank God for the wonderful achievements for us in this season, as we won in race and sold the camel to Qatar, ‘Hejen Al Shahaniyah’ for RO 80,000.”
The first day, Friday, will witness 36 rounds divided equally between Barka and Adam, that are dedicated to ‘Hagayeg’ category, two years old over a distance of 3 km.
On the second day of competition’s 27 rounds, 12 rounds will be held in Adam and 12 rounds in Barka for the ‘Laqaya’ category, three years old over a distance of 4 km. The Barka field will host three rounds for human rider’s race for 2 km.
The third day will witness 26 rounds divided equally between Barka and Adam, 12 rounds for ‘Al Ythaa’ category, four years old for 5 km, six rounds for ‘Al Thanaya’ category, five years old over a distance of 6 km, eight rounds allocated for ‘Al Hawl’ category, above six years for 6 km.
The Oman Camel Racing Federation announced some participating conditions, which is limited to purebred camels owned by Omani only and strictly prohibited to stimulate with blood or use stimulating substances and electric shocks. The participants have to pre-register online.
The Royal Camel Corps also purchased six camels at the pricing system in the first beauty competition, where one camel was purchased from each category.
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