The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia took team gold, Qatar silver and the United Arab Emirates bronze at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China.
After two rounds and a jump-off over fences set at 1.40m, the Saudi team made up of Abdulrahman Alrajhi and Ventago (Van Helsing x Hunter's Scendix), Meshari Alharbi and Cascadello Boy RM (Cascadello x Balou du Rouet), Ramzy Al Duhami and Untouchable 32 (Van Helsing x Lady's King) and Abdullah Alsharbatly aboard Skorphults Baloutendro (Contendros 2 x Balou du Rouet) took the gold with a total score of zero ahead of the Qatari team – Bassem Mohammed and Incredible W (Action-Breaker x Bollvorm’s Libero H), Rashid Al Marri and Concordess NRW (Congress 4 x Acobat 3), Khalifa Al Thani and Ierland VDL (Zapatero VDL x Indorado) and Faleh Al Ajami aboard Ghana (Vigo d'Arsouilles Stx x Cash) – in silver with four penalties.
“We came to do one mission, to win the gold, and we did it,” the Saudi team rider Alrajhi said in a press release from the FEI.
The bronze went to UAE, with a team made up of Abdullah Al Marri and James vd Oude Heihoef (Douglas x Action-Breaker), Omar Aljneibi and Dalida vd Zuuthoeve (Thunder vd Zuuthoeve x Sir Lui), Salem Al Suwaidi and Diamond Way (Diamant de Revel x A'Khan Z) and Mohammed Al Hajri aboard G's Fabian (Gaillard de La Pomme x Lovis Corinth) after collecting a total of twelve penalties.