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all about Romeo

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So... OH has been offered a job in Dubai and has to be over there by the end of the month :eek:

He has to do a months trial before he gives the go ahead that all is well before I go over and join him, which gives me a month to sort out passport, paperwork and flight ect!

I am soooo excited!! Nothing is certain yet though so I am trying to not to get to overwelmed...

Still hoping to find a sharer/loaner for my boy before I leave but he is on full livery and family are going to keep an eye so once I get a job over there then that will be ok, just need to sort something out in the mean time...

Me and OH have discussed plans ect and we have decided that if all goes well and we want to stay permanantly after 12 months we will look at flying ponio out to Dubai! (which he will love as he hates the cold and rain!)

So has anyone else ever flown their horse out when they moved countries?
Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced company horse flew with? what was the protocal around quarentine ect? and anything else I might need to be aware of? (apart from no tail bandage!)

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not sure if this helps but I've had two brought from dubai to the uk and we used a company based in Sharjah.
the horses were quarantined there before flying to Amsterdam.
Both of mine have then been put on a lorry and driven via Newmarket to Scotland. I assume they would come via Amsterdam from the UK.

I would move your horse in either spring or autumn so the temperature change isn't a big shock. oh, and turnout is non-existant.
feel free pm me if you have any questions - I lived there for 18 years :)
 
Congratulations on your OH's new job and excitement.

Without being rude, I would rather put a British horse down than take it out there to live. It is SO hot in summer. Everything will be different, hay, feed, you name it. I would sell him if you decide to stay there, and buy a locally bred horse that is used to the climate and systems.
 
Pedans Bloodstock .... excellent ... top quality transport from you to airport , top staff , excellent good quality pallets ( the "box" your horse is in in the aircraft). I travelled with my bosses horses from UK to USA as groom with Pedans and they were brilliant .
 
blood_magik said:
not sure if this helps but I've had two brought from dubai to the uk and we used a company based in Sharjah.
the horses were quarantined there before flying to Amsterdam.
Both of mine have then been put on a lorry and driven via Newmarket to Scotland. I assume they would come via Amsterdam from the UK.

I would move your horse in either spring or autumn so the temperature change isn't a big shock. oh, and turnout is non-existant.
feel free pm me if you have any questions - I lived there for 18 years :)
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That is very helpful thank you, please do tell me more! :)
 
Honey08 said:
Congratulations on your OH's new job and excitement.

Without being rude, I would rather put a British horse down than take it out there to live. It is SO hot in summer. Everything will be different, hay, feed, you name it. I would sell him if you decide to stay there, and buy a locally bred horse that is used to the climate and systems.
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Thank you.

You are being rude, why on earth would I put down a perfectly healthy and happy horse just because I had the oppertunity to move to a different country?? :mad:

TBs are regularly imported and exported to various different countries to race so why would a relocation be any different?

I am not a complete moroon and I know that being in the dessert it is going to be very hot and the journy possibly slightly stressful (though horse transporters deal with highly strug TBs all the time so shouldnt be too much of an issue) I wont be flying a horse with a full winter coat out to the dessert!
I will also get some english feed flown over to slowly get him used to the change.

I know my horse and he hates the cold, wet and muddiness of winter and prefers to be in his stable then out in the terrible weather so I think he would be much happier in a warmer country.
 
I'd loan him or sell if you can, from what I've heard from various people (friends of friends etc), is that Dubai is great for the blokes, boring as hell for the women, very expensive for shopping etc, you may well be back before too long!
 
Baubly said:
I'd loan him or sell if you can, from what I've heard from various people (friends of friends etc), is that Dubai is great for the blokes, boring as hell for the women, very expensive for shopping etc, you may well be back before too long!
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:D We said we would give it 12 months and then decide if we are staying or coming home so ponio wont be going over unless we are sure we are staying
 
Hey. I lived in Dubai for a few years and I know LOADS of people who flew their horses over. Most of them were big warmbloods flown from Germany. They do suffer with the a heat a bit for the first summer but they quickly adjust. All the stables have AC and some of the yards have a bit of turnout (don't expect rolling pastures though!) The hay is very different but the hard feed is imported over. When I was there my horse was fed Baileys Meadow Sweet No.8. When I moved back to the UK i flew my horse over with me. It cost about £6000 and he too went via Amsterdam and was driven overland to the UK. The thing you will probably love most is the hacking, just think mad gallops in the desert :D

Hope this helps.
 
all about Romeo said:
Thank you.

You are being rude, why on earth would I put down a perfectly healthy and happy horse just because I had the oppertunity to move to a different country?? :mad:

TBs are regularly imported and exported to various different countries to race so why would a relocation be any different?

I am not a complete moroon and I know that being in the dessert it is going to be very hot and the journy possibly slightly stressful (though horse transporters deal with highly strug TBs all the time so shouldnt be too much of an issue) I wont be flying a horse with a full winter coat out to the dessert!
I will also get some english feed flown over to slowly get him used to the change.

I know my horse and he hates the cold, wet and muddiness of winter and prefers to be in his stable then out in the terrible weather so I think he would be much happier in a warmer country.
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I so wasn't being rude! Sorry if you took it that way. I work for an airline and go out there a lot (and other mid-eastern countries) and it is so so hot. Yes there will be some lovely, very expensive, air conditioned stables, but for a horse coming from the UK it would not be nice, even one that doesn't like rain. Going from lush british grass and turnout to indoor barns for life.. There is a stable in Cairo next to our crew hotel, a rich livery/competition stable. The horses still look bored to bits standing in all day. A lot of my comments were based on a girl taking her horse out to the yard in Italy that I worked on and how the horse settled there,particularly to the change in hay - and that is in a lot less heat. I seriously would not subject my horse to that. I think your loaning/selling plan is a much better idea. You probably won't even think its such a good idea yourself after living out there for a while.. Also, I think £5k seems to be the average for travelling a horse longhaul, and the travel doesn't seem to bother them a jot, its what awaits them that does.

Anyway, once again, sorry if it offened you. You do what you think is best for your horse..
 
Good luck with your move - sounds like it will be very exciting. I grew up in the Middle East and still have family in Dubai now, so if you have any questions, feel free to drop me a PM. :)

There are some amazing things about Dubai (the shopping malls, galloping in the desert) and some less amazing things, but I love it out there and I'm sure you'll have loads of fun.

Having said that, I definitely wouldn't bring my horse over there. It isn't warm, it is almost unbearable in the summer - my family come back every summer and when we lived there we spent every summer in Bermuda to get away from the heat - that we were escaping the heat on a tropical island kind of gives you an idea of how extreme it is. Almost all the expats I know won't stay over the summer, and there's no way I would subject my horse to that, even though he's not a fan of the cold and the mud. The last time I was there I rode at a place where the yard owner had imported a load of hairy irish cobs because she thought there weren't enough native horses to cater for novices, so it can be done, but tbh they all looked miserable. I rode an arab out into the desert - it was spring, early evening and I was wearing suncream and I still had blisters all over my neck and shoulders by the end. It is an extreme environment, and I personally would rather look for a horse over there that's used to it. Especially if you like arabs - there are some stunning ones. :)
 
Thank you to everyone who has replied :) it is all very useful information!

I am just trying to sort through tack as to what I will need to take over with me and what will need to be sold before he comes over... I know its abit premature but I like to be organized and dont want to leave everything in a mess for someone else to sort through before sending him over to me.

Im assuming a fly rug and mask are a must have!

How cold does it get at night? would it be safe to get rid of winter rugs or keep hold of 1 or 2?

So excited!! :D

Also pony is reluctant to leave his stable now so being in over there will not bother him in the slightest!!
 
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