 |
Re: [RC] Nobby's pedigree - Maryanne GabbaniAcclimatisation would NOT be an issue for the horses from the Gulf coming off a summer in their heat and humidity. I think that most of the races are held in the winter when the cimate there approaches reason, so I doubt that many people have experienced a Gulf summer. Most locals there leave if at all possible because you can hardly bear to be outdoors for more than a few minutes. Absolutely everything is air conditioned. Lots of them come to Egypt for the summer since our summer is felt to be so much better...that should give you an idea of the intensity. Usually the Qatari horses spend the summer in France, but I'm betting that this summer they didn't. They were on their way home from France when they stopped into Cairo last November for the Pan Arab games.
Maryanne off to take a Costa Rican to the pyramids at Giza on horseback today On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 8:32 AM, John Teeter <johnt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: yes, they (the horses from the UAE and Qatar were both @3days. Bahrain was @10 days) -- Maryanne Stroud Gabbani msgabbani@xxxxxxxxx Egypt Face to Face www.alsorat.com Weblogs: Living In Egypt miloflamingo.blogspot.com Cairo/Giza Daily Photo cairogizadailyphoto.blogspot.com Turn Right At The Sarcophagus haramlik.blogspot.com Da Moose Is Loose (a blog for kids) mstroud.blogspot.com Photos of Egypt: http://www.flickr.com/photos/livinginegypt/
|