King Faisal Cup for Purebred Arabian Horses

King Faisal Cup for Purebred Arabian Horses is a Saudi Cup designated for three-year-old purebred Arabian horses. It was held at the end of Taif Summer Racing 2021 on a sand track of 1,600 m. The champion of the cup, who was upgraded to listed status by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities, received SAR1 million.

The first edition of the King Faisal Cup for Purebred Arabian Horses began at King Khalid Bin Abdulaziz Square in Hawiyah on September 10, 2021. The race was held on a sandy track of 1,600 m.

An approval was issued to upgrade the King Faisal Cup for Purebred Arabian Horses to listed status in August 2021, during the race's first edition. The approval was issued after a request submitted by the horse racing club to IFAHR, the federation concerned with purebred Arabian horse racing. This upgrade, which was an important step to raise the level of racing in the Kingdom, was the first in the nation's history of racing.

The trophy of the King Faisal Cup for Purebred Arabian Horses was made of pure gold and was covered in gold and silver. It has a ten cm separate base, and it is about eighty cm in length and about seventy cm in height. Moreover, the trophy was designed by the oldest international design agency in Italy.

On September 10, 2021, the twenty-third ceremony of the horse racing calendar was held at King Khalid Square in Hawiyah, Taif. The ceremony organized several major rounds, as follows: the first round at 2,000 m, the second round at 2,000 m, the third round at 1,400 m, the fourth round at 1,200 m, the fifth round of Taif Cup for three-year-old horses at 1,600 m, the sixth round of Taif Cup (Open Grade) for three-year-olds, at 1,600 m, the seventh and main round for King Faisal Cup for Purebred Arabian Horses (three-year-old horses, classified as listed status) at 1,600 m, and the eighth round for Okaz Cup at 2,000 m.