Too Hot To Trot

The Arabian Horse Organisation held its second Bahrain Produce Arabian Horse Show last week at the BDF Equestrian Centre, Sakhir.

There were classes for fillies, mares, colts and stallions of varying age groups from yearlings to older horses, with gold, silver and bronze championship prizes to be awarded. 

There were more than 90 entries with each horse being marked in detail on type, head, neck, body, top-line, legs and movement.

Winning the Gold Champion Stallion of the Show accolade was Safir Al Shakhoura. Silver went to Ameer Al Shakhoura owned by Al Zain Stud and Rayyan Al Shakhoura took bronze, owned by Abdulla Aif. All three were bred by Al Shakhoura Farm.

It was not surprising that Naif Al Rayyan won the title of best sire, as he sired the gold, silver & bronze champion stallions, the gold champion filly and yearling filly and was grand sire to the gold champion yearling colt.

To view the full results from this fabulous show visit www.equestrianbahrain.com under the section for Bahrain Horse Show.

Another exciting contest coinciding with the Labour Day celebrations was a fantastic Cross Country Event organised by a group of local stables, held in the area behind Abbas Al Ghuraifi’s stable in Saar.

Superbly organised by Fareed Madan and Ali Altabal, the event was a huge success.

Sayed Mohammed Nasser secured an impressive time of 2mins and 31seconds to take the top position and coming close on his hooves and heels in a time of 2mins 36secs was Sayed Mohammed Belad. In third place was Hussain Omri. 

All participants were awarded a certificate with trophies going to the leading performers.

This was the second event to be held in Bahrain and organisers are hoping, weather permitting, to stage another one before Ramadan.
 
Finally, don’t forget to keep ‘KEWL’ this summer. It is imperative now the weather has definitely cranked up a few notches to be keeping both yourself and your animals, especially your horses, cool and happy.
 
Recently arrived in Bahrain are products by Hyperkewl which uses an evaporative cooling technology involving polymer chemistry. The fabric provides temperatures 15-20 degrees (F) cooler than the ambient temperature.
 
The products are all encompassing with vests for humans as well as their favourite equines and canines and include rugs, wraps, neckties and dog beds. There are a host of products available.

In my opinion they are very useful for riders. There are cooling neckties and vests, as well as wristbands that can be worn whilst riding. One young rider put one of the jackets to the test last weekend at the cross country event and described it as ‘amazing’, so much so that her older brother ‘borrows’ it to play football!
 
For more information contact me on 39087724 whatsapp or text or email me onHelen2Blake@hotmail.com – just put KEWL in the subject line.

Cross Country Event results

1st Sayed Mohammed Nasser, 2nd Sayed Mohammed Belad, 3rd Hussain Omri, 4th Ali Aashoor, 5th Sayed Hamad, 6th Ahmed Fadhel, 7th Abdulla Asfoor, 8th Ebrahim Nader, 9th Abbas Hassan, 10th Abbas Fadel, 11th Elaine Galbraith, 12th Ebrahim Nader, 13th Mohammed Essa, 14th Nader A Aziz, 15th Mariella Forward.