At the CSI3* in Riyah, Saad Alajmi took part in the 1.50m-level Grand Prix with the VAN GOGH offspring JACKSON (ds.Indoctro, breeder H.J.M. Engbers). In front of his home crowd, he qualified for the jump-off and ended up on the fifth place. Jackson started his international sports career under the saddle of the Spanish rider Alfredo Garciá Munoz.