26 reactions · 13 shares | The Tigris river is said to have watered the biblical Garden of Eden and helped give birth to civilisation itself. But today it is dying. Human activity and climate change have choked its once mighty flow through Iraq. The country may be oil-rich but it is plagued by poverty after decades of war and by droughts and desertification. | AFP News Agency | Facebook

Under a great ride from Barry Geraghty, Tigris River lands the Guinness Galway Hurdle for Joseph O'Brien - 20 years to the day since father Aidan won the race! | At The Races