  We report the first results of an ongoing spectroscopic survey of blue
horizontal branch stars in the metal-rich ([Fe/H] ~ -0.5) globular clusters NGC
6388 and NGC 6441. Based on data obtained with the ESO-New Technology Telescope
(NTT), we provide gravities and temperatures for four stars in NGC 6388 and
three stars in NGC 6441. These results are marginally inconsistent with the
predictions of canonical evolutionary theory, but disagree strongly with all
non-canonical scenarios that explain the sloped horizontal branches seen in the
colour-magnitude diagrams of these clusters.
