Arabian Horse

Boudhieb (Abu Dhabi - UAE):
the revolution goes on
The new rules introduced in Bouthieb under the leadership of HH Sh Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan have,
so far, been implemented on three events totaling eight competitions -from December 31, 2015 to
January 23, 2016, i.e. over a period of 3 weeks and two days – involving 1077 horses.
Of that number only 5 horses, whose neither life nor athletic future were in danger, required significant
care. These horses all left the clinic in the afternoon.
We can only welcome such a result both because it is exceptional and also because it’s simply unprecedented.
This dramatic decline in the number of horses requiring unavoidable clinical care, this disappearance
of horses who died of exhaustion or were put down because of fractures, is certainly the most important
and most visible consequence of the revolution taking place in Bouthieb.
But do not forget that this is part of an ongoing broad programme of education / rehabilitation which
has several other aspects.
92 Arabian Horse Intl