No less then three international CSI5* events are scheduled this week, also in Al Shaqab, Doha. For the home country, Qatar it are Faleh Suwead Al Ajami and Salmen Sultan A M Al Suwaidi competing on home ground.
A strong field of Eureopean riders will compete against them like Jur Vrieling (NED), Rodrigo Almeida (POR), Niels Bruynseels (BEL), Olivier Philippaerts (BEL), Henrik von Eckermann (SWE), Emanuele Gaudiano (ITA), Denis Lynch (IRL), Christian Ahlmann (GER), Ludger Beerbaum (GER), Kevin Staut (FRA) and Max Kühner (AUT).