Gainer strongly defended the two officers involved as fairly new to the force but motivated and compassionate, acting through what he described in a statement as a national and accepted practice for mounted officers nationwide.
Dubai's main index was the top gainer among its regional peers, jumping 2.0 percent to 3,514 points in the most active trade of the week as nine-tenths of the traded shares rose.
"I just wish the rest of these guys would come out before they get killed," said Linda Gainer, who owns the RV park and cafe/ general store that is six miles from the refuge headquarters, on Friday morning.
The sector indices were meanwhile all red but three, as the consumer services index finished the day as the lone gainer and the healthcare and utilities indices ended the session unchanged.