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Maryanne Stroud Gabbani commented on Endurance.Net's group '2010 Very Virtual Classic'

I've decided that trying to do a VV ride and babysit a bunch of riding tourists is a fast track to the nut house. Maybe when I get this tourism stuff down pat.

January 3

Maryanne Stroud Gabbani replied to Endurance.Net's discussion 'Track Logs' in the group 2010 Very Virtual Classic

Second day of riding and we went out with our clients from yesterday and some new ones. Other than some wonderfully sticky mud at the end of the ride that the horses truly wanted to avoid, all went well. Avoiding mud next to deep, dark green canals…

December 28, 2009

Maryanne Stroud Gabbani commented on Endurance.Net's group '2010 Very Virtual Classic'

I like the way that it lists my mileage without saying that they are just kilometres. LOL

December 28, 2009

Maryanne Stroud Gabbani replied to Endurance.Net's discussion 'Track Logs' in the group 2010 Very Virtual Classic

First of six days out with clients from Canada and the UK.

December 27, 2009

Maryanne Stroud Gabbani and C M are now friends

September 7, 2009

Maryanne Stroud Gabbani commented on Angie Mcghee's video 'Josie's pony won't go'

I betcha money you do see that girl on the trail! Great movie.

September 3, 2009

Maryanne Stroud Gabbani commented on Endurance.Net's group '2009 VV May Flowers'

I've posted a tracklog..I hope I did it right. Didn't pay attention to the March Madness because I was too ticked off at missing it.

May 28, 2009

Maryanne Stroud Gabbani replied to Endurance.Net's discussion 'TrackLogs' in the group 2009 VV May Flowers

My friend Cally is visiting from Bahrain during this ride. She's in love with Dooby and used to ride here twice a week but now she travels from Bahrain for a few days to a week or so to stay here and ride as much as she can while she's here. So toda…

May 28, 2009

Profile Information

Hometown:

Giza, Egypt

VVClassic: Division

HandDrawn

VVClassic: Horse#1 Name

Fagr

VVClassic: Horse#2 Name

Bunduq

Relationship Status:

It's Complicated

About Me:

I'm a Canadian widow, long term resident of Egypt, and I run a small equestrian tourism facility/farm. I also maintain a number of riding/photography/Egypt blogs and a lot of dogs.

Website:

http://www.alsorat.com

Number of Horses

Favorite Saddle

Sharon Saare or anything comfortable that fits my horse

Number of Rides you do each year?

0-5

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How Long have you been riding Endurance?

0-5 years

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Maryanne Stroud Gabbani's Blog

Welcome To Friday

Nancy's path.kmzFriday is the first day of the weekend in Egypt so it's the first day of my heavy working days. My first set of clients today were a couple of high school girls who come to ride every weekend. Neither of them are the most courageous riders, although Nancy rides one of my more difficult horses, Dooby. We did an easy round along the… Continue

Posted on January 16, 2009 at 4:06am —

Gimps and Newbies

Having recently pulled a muscle in my leg, I decided to introduce Hannah to VV endurance with a really "ea… Continue

Posted on January 15, 2009 at 1:51pm — 2 Comments

Well, It's RO for me

Download Meander with Hussein.kmz

Been a while getting this finished due to health issues here. Had a sleep problem that necessitated nights in a sleep clinic to diagnose and then arrange treatment with my new best friend, an air pump that pushes air through my sinuses so that I don't partially wake about 90 times an hour. Good t… Continue

Posted on March 21, 2008 at 5:30am —

Sex In The Desert

Download Loose Stallion Mar 5.kmz
We started out just to have a training ride for one of my young mares, an hour in the desert and another in the countryside, to see how she's coming along in her work. She's about four and a half, a rose-grey baladi arab, the unconcerned mother of the devil of the farm Shams who runs riot with the dog… Continue

Posted on March 5, 2008 at 4:08am —

Madness all right

Download Mastabat Pharoan Mar 3.kmz

I haven't been riding much for the past three weeks between a combination of friends visiting and raging bronchitis. Hard to get into frolicking across the desert when you are hacking up your lungs. So when I thought about riding today I sort of had in mind one of my older steadier horses lik… Continue

Posted on March 3, 2008 at 1:23pm — 1 Comment

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At 8:37pm on February 24, 2009, kat swigart said…: I finally added a picture.

At 11:27pm on December 7, 2008, Andrea Brand said…: I'm sure she'll be fine. The du Plessis' are very nice people.

At 11:04pm on December 7, 2008, Andrea Brand said…: Hi Maryanne

NO she's not an axe-murderer. She'llbe fine! Quite a rough and ready set-up but I'm sure she will enjoy it. Be ready for very high temps though, going into the very hot months around here.

Regards
Andrea

At 2:27am on January 10, 2008, Leonard LIESENS said…: Hi Egypt :-) The best wishes for this coming yearPlease send us some sun; I will go riding today at noon in the forest belt of Brussels.

At 12:32am on December 23, 2007, D'Arcy L. Demianoff-Thompson said…: Hi Maryanne,

Happy Holidays! Hope all is well with you and your's. Best wishes for the New Year.