PIPA received a lot of info about the last of 5 Marathon races in Saudi Arabia. This Saudi International Race – Kuwait – Bahrain was won by Mossab Al Dossary with his 5 year old pigeon KS21-0109126F.
For Saudi-Arabian marathon fanciers, the big race released in Skaka was one of the great highlight of the season 2025! The Ministry of Sport – Saudi Committee for Racing Pigeons organises 5 long distance races, with an average distance of 950 km:
Starting Points and Routes:
1. Dammam → Hail, Sakaka, Arar
2. Almajma’ah → Al Qurayyat, Tubarjal
3. Halat Ammar → Jeddah, Unaizah
4. Al Qurayyat → Al Qassim, Hafar Albatin, Taif, Madina
5. Skaka → Riyadh, Dammam, Al Qatif, Al-Ahsa
This last race had a total number of 8,494 pigeons in the race! This Saudi International Race – Kuwait – Bahrain (Long Distance) was one of the toughest challenges due to extreme weather conditions, with only two pigeons managing to arrive during the night!
Hussain Baban analysed this race and this are the main conclusions:
Initial Results Analysis:
- Many of the top 10 and top 100 pigeons were from the same bloodline.
- The arrival of pigeons at night is a clear indicator that these birds possess an exceptional ability to navigate in the dark.
- The weather was a major obstacle, as the pigeons faced strong winds and fluctuating temperatures, which impacted race speed and energy depletion
