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Endurance. The Sport of Sheikhs (Second Edition) In 680 BC, the Greeks introduced horse-drawn chariot racing into the Ancient Olympics. Run over nine miles in the hippodrome, the event was seen as an astonishing test of stamina for a horse. The Greeks had invented their own version of endurance.

Endurance The Sport of Sheikhs (First Edition) In 680 BC, the Greeks introduced horse-drawn chariot racing into the Ancient Olympics. Run over nine miles in the hippodrome, the event was seen as an astonishing test of stamina for a horse. The Greeks had invented their own version of Endurance.

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In less than a decade the Gulf region has undergone something of a cultural metamorphosis. Interest in the Arabian horse, a centuries old icon of the region around the world, has undergone an astonishing revival. And this has been no more apparent than in Qatar where, in addition to a historical role in the day-to-day lives of its people, as elsewhere in the region, the Arabian has a defined place in the ancient and modern history of the emirate.