Dubai

[VOL JACK]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

The part about Kelly's Landing being too big for the gate is funny. . .

That is funny, I seen him and Lost in the Fog together in the paddock @ Churchill in June and The fog was much bigger. However, the Fog was the Best looking horse I have ever seen in person.

[PPerfectfan]

What is amazing is the whole track and barns. Everywhere is just so green and beautiful, looks like a golf course. Then you go outside the gates and nothing but sand. From what I have heard everything is first class all the way. Even down to the bottled water they ship in for the horses.

[brockguy]

Originally Posted by PPerfectfan

What is amazing is the whole track and barns. Everywhere is just so green and beautiful, looks like a golf course. Then you go outside the gates and nothing but sand. From what I have heard everything is first class all the way. Even down to the bottled water they ship in for the horses.

It is a Golf Course!!..if you go for a tour of the track, they dont make you walk around. You get to drive the golf buggies from place to place. They have GPS in those buggies as well!!

[theiman]

Originally Posted by PPerfectfan

What is amazing is the whole track and barns. Everywhere is just so green and beautiful, looks like a golf course. From what I have heard everything is first class all the way. Even down to the bottled water they ship in for the horses.

$3.19 a gallon in California and going up

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by theiman

$3.19 a gallon in California and going up

Surprisingly, Dubai gets only 6% of its revenue from oil.

[Storm Cadet]

and the rest comes from?

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by Storm Cadet

and the rest comes from?

Trade, finance and a variety of things. Below is a link I found with detail.

http://www.usatoday.com/marketplace/ibi/dubai.htm

[Left Bank]

Better link of the Dubai goings on.
http://blog.dubairacingclub.com/index.php

[Rileyoriley]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

Surprisingly, Dubai gets only 6% of its revenue from oil.

Is that because they can't refine it? I'm not sure if they have refineries there.

I hear that Dubai has the largest selection of tablecloths in the world.

[blackthroatedwind]

Since I'm a naysayer......that article is hilarious. Nothing like a little hardnosed journalism. Every horse is " doing great! ".

I can't wait to compare it to some of the post race comments by connections. I can already hear them...." Lava Man just didn't ship well and was never comfortable with his surroundings. " " Dixie Meister shipped over great but seemed to get less and less relaxed each day. " By the way....Dixie Meister? What race is he running in? Didn't he finish a DISTANT fourth in the Cigar Mile?

It's a fun day of racing, and I'm looking forward to it, but that article, to me, reads like propaganda.