Today we went to an Arabian Horse Show down in the town . The horses came from all over the mediterranean and Arabia and are a special breed of small horses that have a long neck and narrow head. It was a competition today to see which horse is the best.Ya Ya took this great picture of the winner when he raced over to the fence where she was standing. He won the Best Head section.
This black beauty was my favourite but he only came second. The owners race them around the arena really fast showing the judges how they can move their legs in a special prance. All the time that is happening there are other trainers outside the arena shaking plastic bags on long sticks which make a very loud swishing sound and it gets the horse more excited and makes it move faster.
This horse was galloping past us and flicking his tail and shaking his head all the time-trying to impress the judges. There were over fifty horses there today and they all slept in these little stalls that were specially made for the weekends event. It costs a lot of money to own these horses and they are only ever used for these competitions. They are never ridden like a normal horse and they spend most of their time being groomed to look good and lying around in hay in their stalls. What a life!.
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