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Hmmmmmmmmmm...........Tour de Dubai?

Truman

Maryanne Gabbani wrote:
> In as much as any drugging scandal will have to come from the FEI, and 
> the UAE own the FEI, it's highly unlikely that you will hear about 
> anything substantial, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the vast 
> sums of money being spent on research in the Gulf are only on exercise 
> and diet....
>
> Maryanne
>
> On Jan 12, 2008 7:48 PM, Richard Sacks <rsacks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:rsacks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     I have to agree with Nik. I am just blown away at the time. And it
>     doesn't appear that these horses are one shot wonders. Most of the
>     horses were 7-14 years old. So much for the argument of running
>     them into to the ground especially when the winning horses pulses
>     down to 49 bpm). It can't be that they are breeding the best
>     horses in the world and keeping them for themselves because they
>     would have had to set out ten years ago to reach this goal.
>     Incredible. It really has to be in their training program. Unless
>     somewhere along the way we'll hear about a drug scandal al la US
>     baseball. I hope they have high beams to signal that they are
>     passing me on the left as I go about my 6.5 mph in the slow lane!
>
>
>     Richard Sacks
>     rsacks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rsacks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     http://www.equipedic.com
>
>
>
>
> --
> Maryanne Stroud Gabbani
> msgabbani@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:msgabbani@xxxxxxxxx>
>
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