Buenos Aires: Prohibitive costs of travel and transport of horses has resulted in most of the European national federations skipping the World Junior Endurance Championship being held at a military base about 40kms from Buenos Aires.
Quite a few other countries have leased horses from Chile, Uruguay and the host country. Owners charge between $3,000 to $8,000 for leasing their horses.
If one thought in Maradona's country, amidst football, tennis, polo and such sport, cricket will hardly find a mention, then you are wrong.
The Buenos Aires Herald, a leading English daily tabloid, carried almost half a page of cricket news from the ongoing World Cup in West Indies. Wonder who the readers are! So for all those who feel there is overkill on cricket back home, think again.
Some of Uruguay's leading trainers and owners of endurance horses are regular readers of Gulf News to keep track of their profession.
"Almost every day after an endurance ride in the UAE I read Gulf News online. Quite a few Uruguyan horses are taking part there and we are keen to see how they are faring," said Frederico Garcia Jr, whose family owns a ranch that breeds Arabian horses.
Eye on Dubai
Two of the three cabbies engaged on the first day knew a lot about Dubai and were keen to hear more about the Burj Al Arab. "We have seen pictures of the hotel. We have heard it is built on the sea. Quite a few tourists who have visited your country have told us about it."
