Khamsin Warrior: March 2008

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Home Soon

28/3/08 Graham reports- "Saw Gerald this morning for an update on 'The Warrior'. He says Bimbadeen Park are very happy with him and he will get the horse down to Rosehill in 2 weeks time. I will let all owners know when he arrives so that we can meet at the stables."

Friday, March 14, 2008

He's Back

Khamsin Warrior has returned to Bimbadeen Park where he will do 2/4 weeks of pretraining before coming down to Gerald at Rosehill.

About the Name

"Khamsin" is Arabic for "fifty" and is the name given to the hot, strong, violent winds that sweep across the Sahara Desert from Libya and Egypt for about 50 days each year.

In 'Khamsin' by Clinton Scollard he says about the wind,

'It blasted the buds on the almond bough,
And shrivelled the fruit on the orange tree'
'The tiny fledgling died in the nest;
The sick babe gasped at the mother's breast.
Then a rumour rose and swelled and spread
From a tremulous whisper, faint and vague,
Till it burst in a terrible cry of dread,
The plague, the plague, the plague.
Oh the wind, Khamsin,
The scourge from the desert, blew in'

There is also a "Maserati Khamsin" Italian sports car