Khamsin Warrior: That T word again

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

That T word again

KHAMSIN WARRIOR
01/07/09
Really happy with the horse. Had an easy jump out on Tuesday morning and went terrific, was strong all the way and was not knocked about. Will have another on Tuesday 14th and should be ready to race by the end of the month.
Regards
Gerald Ryan

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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