Many of the French horses who dominated British racing in the immediate post-war years wore nosebands, including the 1947 Derby winner
Pearl Diver, and the fashion soon caught on.
Some of those include In a Bay of Old Muharraq, The
Pearl Divers' Songs, and The
Pearl Diver of Hidd.
The first day began with a recital by the country's famous oud player, Abdulaziz al Haidos, and a presentation by author Julia Johnson on her book, 'The
Pearl Diver'.
10 Sayajirao (1947) The Irish Derby winner beat Arbar (by a head), Migoli and
Pearl Diver in a vintage St Leger
Centre for Culture and Research in Muharraq, depicting tales from the life of a
pearl diver through melodies, songs and ballads.
Six post-war Derby winners had to wait until they were four-year-olds for their next victory -
Pearl Diver, Parthia, Royal Palace, Blakeney, Snow Knight and Teenoso.
Endowed with a sharp memory, Al Hamili still remembers the most important events he has come across in his life, right from his childhood when he began as a
pearl diver, the First and Second World War days and his meetings with the late Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan to the current fast-paced development which has dramatically changed life in Al Gharbia.
However, Tudor Minstrel was the greatest 20th-century champion to be beaten in the Derby, and when he finished fourth to the French-trained outsider
Pearl Diver in 1947, some newspapers described it as a national tragedy.
Sd is probably Qatar's most famous former
pearl diver (in some quarters, he is known as The Old
Pearl Diver) and something of a living legend.
Meanwhile, Julia Johnson, author of the popular children's book, The
Pearl Diver, said books are windows into cultures.
Al Jassim, widely known as the 'old
pearl diver' of Qatar, is among the featured personalities giving live demonstration of the traditional Qatari way of living at the ongoing Ramadan Festival in Katara.
She adds that although her father was a
pearl diver, she was raised in a generation that viewed simple jobs as inferior.
pearl diver - a diver who searches for molluscs containing pearls