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HHHmmm, if you all have a camera. And if you can, could you get pictures of 
some of the top  horses feet/ leg  conformation? Even  if it is just side 
on- with a teloscopic? Everyone always gets head shots--Would love to see 
--whole horse side views and foot leg.....if possible , even just one or two 
...if you have a teensy weensy bit of time and space.....

> From: John Teeter <johnt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [RC]   WEC: British Endurance team settles well in Dubai
> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:11:52 -0300
>
> [http://www.endurancegb.co.uk]
>
> The riders and horses of the Senior World Endurance Championship
> British team are settling in well in Dubai after all but two flew out
> via Heathrow earlier this month, Beccy Broughton and Sarah Kellaway
> having been out there since late last year with their horses.
>
> The team are staying in the purpose-built Endurance City, at the Bab
> Al Shams Hotel, designed and built in just thirteen months and only
> recently opened. The City, like Athens, has hundreds of men working
> 24/7 to finish the complex before the Championships, which take place
> on Thursday 27 January.
>
> Rachael Claridge, Sarah Tyson, Katie Smith and Pam James stabled their
> horses overnight at the Chiltern Equine Clinic based in Chalfont St
> Giles, where the animals were examined by the team vet, Hugh Salmon,
> and equine osteopath Gavin Schofield, before going on to enjoy
> excellent hospitality at RAF Uxbridge the night before departure. All
> the horses travelled well during their seven hour flight, cared for by
> professional grooms supplied by Darley Transport.
>
> Since arriving, both horses and riders have been working on fitness
> and acclimatisation, power-walking some 10-15km twice a day through
> the desert with riders also going swimming and using the hotel
> gym. Daily temperatures are between 20-25 degrees (C) with a few spots
> of rain and a deceptively dehydrating cool wind, so everyone is
> drinking plenty of water. Team officials Jo Chisholm and Hugh Salmon
> have also been working on their fitness for the big day.
>
> The team riders have been able to experience vetting procedures under
> race ride conditions already as a 120km Nation Day Ride took place on
> Thursday (13 January). Sarah Kellaway had a young horse entered,
> ridden by Phil Hurst, and Beccy Broughton crewed for Anna Williams,
> daughter of FEI Head of Endurance & Reining, Ian.
>
> For more information on how the team are progressing in Dubai, visit
> the Endurance GB website: www.endurancegb.co.uk and click on "Jo's
> Diary".
>
> [http://www.endurancegb.co.uk]
>
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