Luxury rides for Games horses
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Luxury rides for Games horses
A fleet of 11 Hong Kong Jockey Club trucks will be deployed to transport the 225 Olympic horses and 72 Paralympic horses participating in the equestrian events in Sha Tin and Sheung Shui beginning next month.
The 15-year-old trucks, right, are 5.5-meters long and 2.3-meters wide, weigh 17 tons and can carry up to nine horses each at a time.
They are air-conditioned, equipped with urine channels and lined with shock absorbers on the inside walls to keep the horses from injuring themselves when they act up.
The driving speed will be kept at a maximum of 70kph to prevent bumpy rides from the stables. Police will also escort the trucks to the venue. CAROL CHUNG
