The camel racing track in Najran Region held the "Al-Liqaya and above" age-category race yesterday, run over 15 heats with distances of between 4 and 6 kilometres.

In the opening heats, the female camel "Al-Shahiniya", owned by Mohsen Al Amer, won the first heat in the "Al-Hil" category; the male "Mudhish", owned by Nawaf Abu Saq, took the second heat in the "Al-Zumul" category; the female "Shaqra", owned by Dawas Al Amer, won the third heat for "Bikar Al-Thanaya"; and the male "Wazir", owned by Misfer Al Saleem, won the fourth heat for "Qa'dan Al-Thanaya".

In the "Al-Jitha'" category, "Hama" (owner Salem Al-Musabi) won the fifth heat, "Al-Ghazal" (Ali Al-Karbi) the sixth, "Harba" (Saleh Al-Nahdi) the seventh and "Ghashsham" (Hadi Al Amer) the eighth.

In the "Al-Liqaya" category, "Al-Shahiniya" (Mohammed Al-Musabi) won the ninth heat, "Al-Jathab" (Hadi Al-Ajmi) the tenth, "Al-Yamama" (Theeb Mursal Al Rizq) the eleventh, "Al-Sabawi" (Jaber Abu Saq) the twelfth, "Mathwara" (Nasser Al-Karbi) the thirteenth and "Al-Abbar" (Mohammed Al Rizq) the fourteenth.

The race ended with the female camel "Manabir", owned by Saleh Al-Karbi, winning the fifteenth heat.