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The support rig situation is very troubling here as well. We don't have 
a set area for our rides and the area that we used to have to ride in 
for pleasure have become quite treacherous due to overuse by cars, not 
to mention the trash issue.  The big question I have is how often can 
those horses pull off long rides at 20+kph canter.  Is this a sport for 
shooting stars only?

Maryanne Gabbani

On Thursday, Feb 20, 2003, at 20:25 Africa/Cairo, Steph Teeter wrote:
> The support rigs situation has gotten totally out of control. At one 
> point
> there must have been over 50 rigs driving along next to each running 
> horse.
> I think this is a bit excessive.... and dusty.
>
> These 'cream of the world's crop' UAE horses are phenomenal. They 
> rarely, if
> ever broke out of a 20+ kph canter, except to stop at water points, 
> and to
> change leads. And honestly, they looked tremendous at the end.
>
> The 2004 WEC is going to be most interesting.... are there any or many
> non-UAE horses that can come close to that sort of performance over 
> there??
> (I know... that's the point).


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