Yemeni riders compete in rare equestrian competition in Sanaa Yemeni riders compete in an equestrian competition at the Al-Wahda Club in the capital Sanaa, jumping obstacles and galloping around tracks. In a rare respite from the country's grim reality, 180 equestrians donned their riding breeches and walked their horses out onto a plot of land in the heart of a city controlled by the Huthis, the Iranian-backed rebels locked in war with the government and its Saudi-led allies. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES