1046 Horse Racing in Puglia?

It's gone awfully, awfully quiet in here, well, can't help ref Puglia, but, have a Gallopper track a couple of miles away, the sort you're used to, and a Trotting track about 10 miles away in t'other direction, so, looks like I may be errm, prepping the guest rooms ???

Hi Paula,

I know when we were viewing properties with an Italian agent inthe area, we got on to the subject of horses and he said that he used to race but I think it may have been more cross country than actual racing. May be worth finding out more.

haven't seen a horse yet, let alone a racecourse...in fact Puglia seems devoid of animals...saw 2 cows and 3 goats the other day...apart from that no animals except dogs and cats !!!! :( ooh and tiny lizards !!

[QUOTE=alex and lyn]haven't seen a horse yet, let alone a racecourse...in fact Puglia seems devoid of animals...saw 2 cows and 3 goats the other day...apart from that no animals except dogs and cats !!!! :( ooh and tiny lizards !![/QUOTE]

Supposed to be a big sheep farming part of the country that. According to one of my books sheep used to be herded down there from Abruzzo - the old droving tracks are now popular hiking trails.

So, you haven't seen any of the REALLY BIG lizards yet...the ones that creep up on you when you aren't looking, then, they quietly launch themselves into the air annnnnnnnnnnnnnn ;)

A thought suddenly crossed my mind.

[B]Sheep Racing.[/B]

Novel idea eh! and if we stick in some hurdles we could always make them [B]jumpers.[/B]

[QUOTE=GeorgeS]So, you haven't seen any of the REALLY BIG lizards yet...the ones that creep up on you when you aren't looking, then, they quietly launch themselves into the air annnnnnnnnnnnnnn ;)[/QUOTE]

"V" good George

You are showing your wierd side young Trullomartinafranca

[QUOTE=DaveJ]You are showing your wierd side young Trullomartinafranca[/QUOTE]

No just watched TV progs the same as you did old man! :D

[img]http://www.organum.net/sci-fi/gambar/vfinalbattle.jpg[/img]

Got really excited then...adverts at bottom said Mare Puglia...is it a pugliese female horse i ask !!!!!! Er no !!! the sea !!!! Clever how it muddles up it s'English and Italian suggestions tho @ !!!!!!!!

Made me laugh anyway..........How big are these lizards then......ours are about 2 inches long !!!!!

Haven't seen any sheep at all...do you think the Abruzzi's have pinched them all !!!! ????? :eek:

[QUOTE=alex and lyn]Got really excited then...adverts at bottom said Mare Puglia...is it a pugliese female horse i ask !!!!!! Er no !!! the sea !!!! Clever how it muddles up it s'English and Italian suggestions tho @ !!!!!!!!

Made me laugh anyway..........How big are these lizards then......ours are about 2 inches long !!!!!

Haven't seen any sheep at all...do you think the Abruzzi's have pinched them all !!!! ????? :eek:[/QUOTE]

Could be - going by my cookbook it seems all Abruzzesi really eat is fish or lamb...

[QUOTE=GeorgeS]So, you haven't seen any of the REALLY BIG lizards yet...the ones that creep up on you when you aren't looking, then, they quietly launch themselves into the air annnnnnnnnnnnnnn ;)[/QUOTE]

ok so none of you watched the sci-fi "V" in the 80's had alian lizzard things that could turn themselves into humans. Some of them decided to defend the humans against the really bad lizzards and were very kind,

I thought george was one! Kind one of coourse!
You're no fun any more you lot, gave you a picture and everything :D

Now I know what you mean...teenage son used to watch it....he was hooked .....I was scared !!!! If I see a large lizard now , I shall start talking to it just in case....da de da da ......Were they any good at painting...could do with a hand round the house decorating !!!! :eek: