Water is the most basic of life’s ingredients, a fact more vividly clear in the desert regions of the Arabian Gulf than perhaps anywhere else in the world. Some 30km outside Doha, Qatar, lies a geographic area blessed with ample ground water. There the barren desert has been transformed into an oasis of lush gardens and grassy paddocks. This is Al Shahania Stud, one of the most progressive and successful Arabian breeding and racing establishments in the world.