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Those are nice changes Aleuronx. I have the same problem with half pass left--it's me. I get stuck. The big helper with me is to think of lifting up the inside shoulder and off the inside leg so the horse can mover over (gets me off my inside seat) and as soon as it feels sticky to me, I circle or l...

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Interesting discussion on shark fins. Sora was like that a little, and Quinn is like that. Quilla is not--I very much noticed she is an inch less than she should be because those whithers never grew. I could be doing something very wrong with Quinn in why she just won't develop much there, but I thi...

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Mari gid you salute with your left hand or did the photo invert itself?? I did salute with my left hand. Both halts :oops: No comments from the judge though :lol: I always salute with my left hand! And have never heard anything. I'm not sure there is an official rule? Or if there is one, it's defin...

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Tanga, Calif. Dep't of Fish and Wildlife would like to know about your badger sighting. https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Mammals/Badger I am very jealous.[/quote] Well, that is very cool. That was the badger! It's clearly not expecting an actual address that I can give them and trying to get me ...

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Not posting goals, but I have to say I love my girls. Yesterday proved it. I took my dogs on the trail yesterday. One is a lab/pitbull mix that is fast and loves to chase. The other looks like mostly Dobie, but bigger, and some kind of giant hound because he loves to scent, and he is all about grabb...

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Oh boy. I'm not doing my recap. I went back and looked. It went really badly with Sora, but it ended up being the best it could. Still weird having so much less to do at the barn. The BO mentioned it was weird to see me walking with only two horses. Interesting Leslie Morse keeps coming up. I knew h...

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Hey, can I just vent a little? OK, we all know I am not the best, but I do what I can. I couldn't get enough GP scores (along with a LOT of other people) to ride it at champs, but did get my freestyles, and I rode four GP freestyles during the year under three judges just so I can get year end award...

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Best photo, ever, Chisamba! By Red Wine. Wow. That was the stallion involved in the abuse/neglect case here in Santa Rosa and some whole thing where he sort of disappeared somewhere or something.

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Good job, Chisamba, keeping on keeping on, and everyone else. khall--love the piaffe thing. I think doing it in hand every which way is totally the way to go. Two weeks down and I finally, mostly can get up and walk and do things and not feel like I need to sit down because I'm dizzy and need to bre...

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Thank you, everyone. I'm still not processing very well. I'm still quite sick and walking up the hill even a little to get the girls exhausts me. At least I'm not sleeping 18 hours a day. My leasors are giving attention to the Q's. They were already looking for mom when ridden by where she was, and ...

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My friend and her vet daughter tried for two days. We lost Sora last night, three days after she went there. My amazing friends. In August the vet had a hard time, but was able to get in with the tube and get everything out with a smaller tube. She tried and only got a little out, but could not get ...

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I am glad it all worked put for you. I think a lot of us are going through similar challenges.

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exvet, I am sorry about the harsh judging at champs. That's what I saw, too. Hey, sometimes you win by showing up. I know I did. Ugh. I have to let this out. I took my older mare up to my friend's wonderful farm on Saturday. She travelled well and went into a quarantine stall with mushy food and alf...

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Chisamba wrote:Tanga my oldest student tripped getting out of the shower and broke her ankle!

OMG!!! Be CAREFUL people! It's stupid trips and break this month!

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Chisamba, I am SO sorry about your mare. Life seems to be tricky right now. With all of these decisions, I always err on the side of sooner after too many tragic too late cases. And I think if it can be a learning experience, that's a good thing. Flight. OMG. This is DO NOT TRIP month. Someone at th...

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Good luck, everyone, at regionals. I'm sorry about the heat! I know you're all bored with my drama, but I'll just copy and paste one last episode. One more episode of the drama, Everything Really Scary Going on, But it's Turning out OK. Just for fun. Checked on the horses Monday after getting my wri...

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Quilla CDS '23 champs GPFS 61% (Hotz 63%, Pavlich 58%, lost by a hair to 1st place because of scoring difference.) I fell on my wrist left before this and was in insane pain that got worse through the test and was nauseous by the end, and I rode the last passage one handed with my left hand. THAT wa...

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Quinn CDS '2 Champs USDF Quinn CDS '23 champs USDF I 1 60% 3rd by a hair. Hotz/Pavlic both 60%. If she hadn't gotten all stiff and tripped in ALL THREE med/ext trots, we would have won. At the end someone gave me videos from another angle , which was interesting. She was VERY stiff in this ride. htt...

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Xrays show no break! Unless it's a hairline that shows up later, wrist brace for two weeks, and then should be OK!!! Of course my sinuses started exploding as soon as I drove into the bay area and my nose is running non stop. No Covid on the test and grabbed a flu shot at the hospital. I need to sle...

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Made it home without any other major stories. Going to crash big time now. Quilla was AMAZING in the GP freestyle and we actually did our ones. SO mellow for me. Basically every ride, no matter how good or bad was 60 or 61% (and I would say the majority of scores I saw 4th and above were between 60 ...

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Good job, zevida. I wanted to watch you, but our rides were in top of each other. I'll catch you Saturday and Sunday. A 63% is a good score. The scores have not been high, but mostly fair. The east coast judges are being far harder than the west coast ones. I watched the open and AAA GP, and it was ...

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I know you're just dying to know the next episode of what happened next! Off we go. About 4 am I was pretty sure I left my helmet in the truck, and since I have an insanely large, oval head, and was one of the first rides of the day, I started stressing about that. Got up at 6:15. Turns out, my frie...

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OMG. OMG.OMG. Left right on time for the championships, everything perfect. Stopped off at the feed store 20 minutes from Murietta to get shavings at 1. My truck wouldn't start. Tried jumps from 3-4 different people. Nothing. Triple AA comes with a battery because I called my mechanic and he said it...

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[/quote] It has good wifi! It is such a great hotel. I always think I should save money and stay 25 mins away at a place half the price but it really it a beautiful place to stay. I am still having mixed feelings about going! I got new boots in a few weeks ago and I was trying to break them in, but ...

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Chisamba wrote:Tanga, how did it go?

Packing now. Leave Weds. First rides Thursday. I will post what I can. I assume the insane expensive motel have really good wifi.

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Be careful of ulcers with turmeric. My friend nearly killed her horse with severe ulcers overdoing turmeric. It does cause loose stools. When I took turmeric because I am allergic to NSAiDs my reflux and indigestion was ghastly. Even thought it's touted to cure everything including Gerd my experien...

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Aww, Chisamba, I do hope you can have the talk. Better too early than too late. We just had a 33 year old where she made the decision to do it before it got bad. In the spring one of the in bad shape lesson ponies got really bad when I was at the World Cup and it was as bad as they can get. Mom is n...

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Oh DO come if you can, Quelah. I think the numbers are down because it's just gotten so expensive and yet ANOTHER sort of plague with the VS this year, which required a lot of show cancellations and then all kind of hoops to jump through to put on and get to shows, including a vet certificate 2 -5 d...

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Sorry. I just HAVE to jump in! Eeeehh! I'm actually excited for champs. Got a room at the inn right there, thankfully, because I have 8 am ride times most days. Weather is WAY cooler than normal. NO smoke and fires! N. CA counties don't have to get that extra EV vet cert. VERY small show! Last few y...

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That's great!

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Oh, good. There are a couple of shorter ones that were earlier, but I don't know if I can figure out how to post them. I noticed the main issue was she was tightening her inside hip and not allowing the horse to come up into the change or the pirouette. she is long legged and short waisted like me. ...

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OK, ONE more time! Let's see if this works.
https://youtu.be/pS1NjZ3od-0

https://youtu.be/i1vuo1y0HX8

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Ok. I switched them from private to shareable. They should work now? Flight--MORE spots! I love it. Yeah, zevida! Who cares if you're "competetive." We all do it for ourselves anyway. 3rd level used to be the hole where no one ever competed, and then about ten years ago, it became one of t...

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Ahhh!! Two weeks to champs. I think it will be OK. Since this might be it for me, I splurged and spent too much money and a year of calling getting a room at the hotel right there. (It's a 25 minute drive for most hotels.) I'm really happy with both girls. I think Quinn is consistently scoring in th...

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I would never use one. I don't like flashes or drop nosebands, so I certainly wouldn't use this. My nosebands are purely decorative.

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I think western dressage is growing because of the BS gaits, the insane costs of horses and showing, and it gives people another option to show. I have never shown it, but judged it, and I think it's great. The tests are VERY similar to regular dressage, the criteria are very similar, and the direct...

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Wow, mountaineer. I would never work that hard to get to a show. I know I am super, super lucky. I mostly show 20 minutes away. Though, sadly, the other close show is not doing them anymore. They used to do three a year, usually two day, but it's been one plague, catastrophe after another and they w...

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Very fun, Chisamba. A group at my barn are into horse camping now that they don't show. They went to Yosemite about a month ago with horses, a mini she drives, and her goat she always drives with. Middle of the night a big uproar and the goat was gone. Bear tracks. They never found the goat. I think...

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Susan--Good for you for doing the feet. You can do it! I have a really, really bad back, and the only way I can trim is to sit on a bucket and do their feet that way, usually only two feet a day. But this time of year they grow so fast, I really need to get in and do a little every two weeks or they...

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OMG! I have never heard of that happening to a horse. I hope she comes out k. keep us updated.

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Quinn was much more wired today, and I rode her later when it was hotter. He nailed me on the extensions and our piaffe/halt (we have been workin on it!!!) But we got 8's on both walk pirouettes (been working on those like crazy) and except for the supposed to be the three tempis where I forgot and ...

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Went from sweater weather Thursday to hot today, and hotter tomorrow. Lucky me. Day 1 with Osinksi, who I trust as a judge. He was not liking my extensions and I got 5's and 4's all day. 7 on halt, two tempis, and change. Trot like in passage and more lift in piaffe. I was being VERY careful to be c...

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Here's the scapula release: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhtTvNqIxKQ I have been stretching Quinn's neck to the side for awhile, so maybe that is why it seemed pretty easy from the start to get my hand in there. Quilla is pretty muscle bound in the shoulder, so just sticking my hand in there at f...

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Straightforward, maybe something that will help you. Quinn can be very tight in the neck and shoulders, to the point she looks lame at the collected walk (you can see it in videos.) I am been trying all kinds of stuff for years, but think I found something that really helps, and Quilla, too. I do so...

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Straightforward --I looked at your test. I liked the trot, though I think she could be a bit steadier in the contact and a tad slower. The canter looks very lateral, and the canter left looked haunches in from what I could see. Normally I would say with walk comments, they are all over the board and...

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Ooh, Chisamba, do a freestyle! What's why I'm still showing. I just love freestyles. And I've become an expert on using Garageband to edit the music. I'm so used to it, I can basically hear if the music is long or short enough, ride it, and make small changes as needed. I've reedited the new GP free...

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Ooh, Chisamba, one of the many reasons why I think we look alike. I am a massive back curler, too. I don't know how tall you are, but I'm taller than most, so tend to slouch so I don't tower over people. And because I have an overly arched back, I tend to slouch to "give." I "think&qu...

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Ooh. Interesting. Yes, I think it is HARD to do an extended trot posting. But, if you have issues, or the horse does, you have options, so, for example, if I could post a few strides here and there on Quilla's, I think could do better. Or at least look better. I actually hate posting the trot becaus...

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Oh, and just FYI, did anyone see Natalie Lamping's proposal to allow posting in mediums and exteded's through 4th? I LOVE the idea. They don't make it a better movement and it's not easier, but it can be better for the horse and rider. Hilda Gurney basically sits in half seat in hers. (Thankfully.)

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I agree this is a great discussion. And I still call BS on you interfering with your horses, Chisamba. Clearly you are getting the best out of them. Thank you for the compliment. I cringe when I post videos here, but I know it's a safe place. So many things I "should" be better at, but it'...

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