LONDON: The exhibition “Horse from Saudi Arabia to Ascot” concluded recently in the British Museum in London after a successful run of 131 days. It has been visited by 219,000 visitors.

The exhibition opened on May 23 and attracted in the last week around 13,000 visitors.

It highlighted the aspects of beauty of the thoroughbred Arabian horse that put it at the top of the most important and attractive types of horses in the world.

The event was supported and patronized by Prince Khalid bin Abdullah, Prince Faisal bin Abdullah, minister of education; Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf, Saudi ambassador to the United Kingdom; Prince Sultan bin Salman, President of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA); Saudi Equestrian Fund; King Abdulaziz Public Library; Saudi Embassy in the United Kingdom, and the British Museum. Queen Elizabeth II of Britain patronized the exhibition to mark the Diamond Jubilee and her son Prince Andrew participated in its opening.