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Shots of the vet check are exactly what you will never get from a UAE 
ride. Believe me.


On Jan 27, 2005, at 8:45 AM, Laurie Durgin wrote:

> Amen.... I realise it is the local hero, king ,whatever, but there are 
> other riders and horses and things going on, that is interesting to 
> other riders, family, horse people. Too bad, the camera people aren't 
> filming for the horsey crowd. We'd like to see more horses, trots 
> outs, the riders haggard countenance, cooling down techniques, 
> comformation shots, , gait analysis, ... that kind of stuff, so we can 
> live vicariously ......."wow, look at that one, doesn't he look a 
> little off on the right rear", # so and so looks shortstriding","hey, 
> they are using rump rugs, " no you idiot, don't put cold water on the 
> butt and back"," hey , what kind of shoes does he have on that horse?' 
> , 'rider # zzz looks like he is going to get sick, right here on nat'l 
> tv...,"let um, eat, let um  eat..., boy that horse is strung-out 
> looking......Did you see that rider bump that horse...
>   Heck, we could have even more fun,if they did  shots of those 
> vehicles following and what they are doing--- really  the overhead 
> tent shots, and the top 7 guys  is a bit old....I bet I will be able 
> to recognize  them  on a ride anywhere worldwide,  without my 
> contacts, cause I have their riding form memorized,,, I can pick them 
> out , the whole family by their particular style...
>   Back to my cold popcorn and mayube now the feed is back. I actually 
> had sound for about 5 minutes.....twice
>
> > From: Maryanne Gabbani <msgabbani@xxxxxxx>
> >
> > There's a truck with a guy hanging out filming the Maktoums...that's 
> > how they did it here. I do wish we could see something other than his 
> > excellency's rugged countenance.  Most of the horses look good just 
> > doing easy canters over flat ground. Haven't seen a single shot of 
> > the US team so far. The camera at the out gate at least gets a shot 
> > of folks' backs and horse butts.
>
>
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