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The royal family of Dubai set a unique record last weekend as eight of its members competed in the same endurance ride.
HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum is passionate about endurance, a sport he competes in alongside his family.
At Euston Park on Sunday, 13 July at an international 80km endurance ride, Sheikh Mohammed competed alongside three of his sons, Sheikh Hamdan, Ahmed and Mayed, and four of his daughters, Sheikha Latifa, Maryam, Futeim and Sheikha.
The ride was won by Sheikha Latifa with her sister Futeim a close second.
Sheikh Mohammed's wife, Princess Haya, announced in The Sunday Times on 13 July that she intends to return to the Olympic show jumping ring in London 2012, riding for the country of her birth, Jordan.
This news story was first published in Horse & Hound (17 July, '08)
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