Re: International Rides/Realism

["Maryanne Stroud Gabbani" <gabbani@starnet.com.eg>]

Frank,
On that you got it right. Finishing or even pulling your horse before the
vet did was winning for us. All the exposure that the UAE brought us had
only one good effect that I can see. People who thought I was crazy to ride
for hours in the desert now see that it's a lot of fun. Otherwise, we are
going to be fighting off the money/power vultures for months now. I figure
that our best bet is to do a long series of REALLY BORING and financially
unrewarding local rides for a while til they all go away. The scary thing is
that Maktoum was quoted as saying he'll fund a ride like the last next year
too....but maybe we'll get lucky and he'll change his mind.

Maryanne Stroud Gabbani
Cairo, Egypt
gabbani@starnet.com.eg


Why can't the ENDEAVOR and its accomplishment be the focus? (Please,
> I'm not naive here, just a bit altruistic, I guess.)
>     That said, how do we get them to care?
>     "Exposure, exposure" I keep hearing.
>     Careful for that which we wish, we might get it.
>     Then, what get exposed...
>      The owner/rider who raises, trains and campaigns their horse year
after
> year?  (I wish)
>     The Big FEI Ride with 75 starters and 18 finishers? (I hope not)
>       (...on THAT note, I thought it interesting that Maryanne indicated
that
> 6 of the finishers were FIRST TIME riders from Egypt.   I guess "To Finish
Is
> To Win"....maybe.)
>
>       Frank.
>
>
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