TOKYO, 4th October, 2026 (WAM) — Emirates Jumping concluded its marketing campaign on the twentieth Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 with a second silver medal on Sunday, as Abdullah Humaid Al Muhairi and Hudson de Vains claimed Individual silver following a dramatic three-way jump-off at JRA Equestrian Park.
The outcome provides to Emirates Jumping’s Team silver medal secured on Thursday, capping a profitable Championship marketing campaign through which all 4 mixtures progressed to their respective Individual Finals.
Humaid Abdulla Khalifa Al Muhairi and Mentos narrowly missed out on a medal in fourth place in Competition A, whereas Omar Abdul Aziz Al Marzooqi and Enjoy de la Mure completed sixth and Sheikha Latifah Bint Ahmed Al Maktoum and Cornet XL seventh within the newly launched 1.55m Competition B.
Having each certified with clear rounds in Saturday’s opening competitors, Abdullah and Humaid have been amongst 20 mixtures to progress to Sunday’s Competition A Final, the place the fences have been raised to 1.50m.
Sixteenth within the beginning order, Abdullah delivered an impressive clear spherical aboard nine-year-old Hudson de Vains, securing his place in what would ultimately turn out to be a three-way jump-off for the medals towards Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
Humaid, who entered the world eighteenth, was unlucky to decrease the center aspect of the triple mixture with Mentos. The 4 faults ended his medal hopes, leaving him fourth general following an distinctive week of competitors.
The battle for the medals produced a dramatic conclusion, with Qatar’s Faleh Alajmi first to deal with the jump-off. A fence down in 40.88 seconds left the door open for Abdullah, who entered the world meaning to ship a transparent spherical and put himself in competition for gold.
However, the joy of the event prompted the Emirati rider to extend the tempo, leading to an unlucky fault at a difficult oxer. He crossed the end line in 41.93 seconds, leaving the gold medal inside attain of Saudi Arabia’s Khaled Almobty, the ultimate rider to leap.
Almobty, recognized for his velocity, made a promising begin however lowered the ultimate fence whereas chasing the clock. His mistake confirmed Abdullah because the silver medallist, with Qatar taking gold and Saudi Arabia bronze.
Reflecting on his efficiency, Abdullah expressed pleasure in his younger horse and the progress they’ve made all through the season.
“I’m happy to finish second, but of course I could have been first. That’s the sport. It’s always up and down, and you never know whether you’re going to win, be placed or be out of the competition. But I’m happy with a medal.
“I’m so happy with Hudson. He’s simply 9 years previous and nonetheless lacks some expertise, however our competitions and coaching over the summer season have actually paid off. He’s stepping up and displaying the standard, scope and temperament for the job. I’m positive we’ll go far collectively.”
Asked whether he had followed his original jump-off strategy, Abdullah admitted that his competitive instincts had taken over.
“After I noticed the Qatari rider have a fence down, my plan was to go clear. But you by no means know. When you are within the ring, you need to go sooner. I’m usually a quick rider and maybe it wasn’t very sensible of me. But if I’d gone slower and nonetheless had a fence down, I’d have completed with bronze. It’s at all times sophisticated. If it is your day, it is your day.”
For Humaid, fourth place represented an encouraging result with another promising nine-year-old horse making his Championship debut.
“It was unfortunate to have the center fence of the triple mixture down. Mentos was a bit drained. It’s the primary Championship for this nine-year-old horse and he jumped three clear rounds this week. He’s going to maintain getting higher and we’ve got a great future forward.”
In the higher-level Competition B, Emirates Jumping’s Omar and Sheikha Latifah returned to the arena for Sunday’s decisive second round, contested over a demanding 1.55m course featuring 15 jumping efforts.
Omar, seventh in the starting order and carrying four faults from Saturday, produced an excellent clear round aboard Enjoy de la Mure, comfortably inside the time allowed, to finish sixth overall.
The performance marked a strong conclusion to another major Championship for the partnership, which finished 13th individually at the FEI Jumping World Championship in Aachen earlier this summer.
“The week began off rather well. As a group, we have taken silver on the Asian Games and Abdullah received one other particular person silver at the moment in Competition A,” said Omar.
“Enjoy has been leaping rather well. I believe yesterday he deserved higher from me, however then he jumped out of his pores and skin at the moment. I’m fairly proud of how he is been leaping the entire week. I’d wish to apologise to him! Enjoy means the whole lot to me. He at all times tries his finest and he is a horse of a lifetime.”
Sheikha Latifah entered Sunday’s Final on zero faults following an impressive clear round with Cornet XL on Saturday. Despite another committed performance, two fences down in the decisive round left the combination seventh overall.
“I’m very upset with my spherical. I’m not upset with my using, simply upset with the outcome. The approach he jumped each different fence, I do not suppose the outcome does justice to his efficiency. He jumped two fences badly and we had them down. Luck wasn’t on our aspect, however I’m nonetheless very happy with him.
“We came here with bigger intentions. Unfortunately, this is the sport. We go home to the UAE with two silver medals, so at least that makes us feel a little bit better. But I think both Omar and I were expecting and hoping for better.”
The Individual Finals introduced the curtain down on a powerful week for Emirates Jumping, which leaves Tokyo with two silver medals and all 4 mixtures ending among the many prime ten of their respective Individual competitions.