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Re: [RC] Horse Racing in Middle East (Was The Young Black Stallion) - Maryanne Stroud GabbaniOh well, Susan, they are still doing it indirectly, but the juice seems to have been turned down, thank heaven. I'm waiting anxiously for them to stop funding any of their big-bucks rides so we can all go back to whatever normal may be. No one in Egypt can afford to spend that kind of money for horses (the exchange rate is 7 LE to the dollar...a killer for even buying meds or supplements) but that doesn't stop the FEI crew from destroying the local stock. All my friends know not to even talk about it with me. I start getting crazy.Stopped by an FEI sanctioned ride on Monday. They hold them on weekdays because most of the "other" riders have jobs that prohibit riding during the week. Saw a lovely little dark grey stallion trying to do a trot out. He was so stiff and tired after the first loop that the owner was running along next to him waving a whip in an attempt to get a trot out of him. No way he should have passed. He did though. I asked her. On the next loop, the only rider with a brain in the group, a Canadian that they all hate because she's been riding the same mare for 4 years and always finishes last but usually finishes, told me she saw him with a front leg held up to his chest...blew a tendon big time. Damn. Where's PETA when you need them? Maryanne On Thursday, January 8, 2004, at 02:38 AM, Suvut@xxxxxxx wrote: I was referring to the early days of endurance racing over in the Middle East when they were spending upwards of $100,000 to purchase our good proven endurance horses.? A man I know, Tom Luckett, was one of the first to sell them a $100,000 horse.? Back then, they did not have veterinarians to control the rides.? They raced 25 miles over the desert at top speeds with no vet checks ---? and horses died.? Lots of good horses went over there, raced a time or two, and were never heard from again.
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