Ridecamp: [RC] Looking for a guide to endurance at Jerez

One of my best friends, Nagwa el Daly, will be going to Jerez with a group
of friends for, as she only found out today, part of the WEG. She's always
been a dressage and show jumping rider (taught me what little I know of
dressage...great teacher, but Dory and I weren't such super students) and I
started her out on trail riding...at first on her Dutch Warmblood of all
things. A friend of hers in Europe booked her and some other Egyptian jump
enthusiasts at the Plaza from Saturday night and now she's really ticked off
that she's missing the dressage, so she may try to change things to go a
little earlier.

At any rate, the endurance is Monday and Nagwa (aka, Babsi) would really
like to see a real endurance event even if it is FEI. She's been involved in
our Egyptian disasters (even bought and socialised a brilliant Arab gelding
who is capable of doing very well...more appropriate to the desert than
Oscar) as a rider, volunteer, all over the place. We've had people go to the
Gulf and see the endurance there and we've had the UAE come and do the song
and dance here, and frankly Babsi and I, along with a lot of other people
have gotten really depressed by it. Is there anyone who is going along to
Jerez for the endurance who would be willing to show her around, answer some
questions, and basically show her that most endurance riders are nothing
like what we've seen so far in Egypt? I'm the only one here who's seen what
I would call a "real" ride at the Pan Ams and it was a terrific experience
for me.

Babsi is about 40, one of the best riders I've ever seen, completely fluent
in English, German and French as well as Arabic, but believe it or not, a
little shy. (A nice glass of Spanish red wine is very beneficial in these
circumstances. <G>) If there's anyone who will have the time to introduce
her a bit to endurance that is rather more real than the circuses they hold
here, it would be really wonderful. I would appreciate it, Babsi would love
it, and I'm sure that you would find her really interesting. She's going to
give me the details of the hotel, phone number and so on tomorrow, so if you
know of anyone, please email me privately. She'd probably be happy to return
the favour on the show jumping and she knows a lot of the jumpers.
Remembering the care that I got at the Pan Ams, I told her that there would
surely be someone.

Thanks,

Maryanne Stroud Gabbani
Cairo, Egypt
maryanne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.ratbusters.net


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