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Here is my daughter and the adorable Gypsy gelding.

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Blob, glad you had a good time. Continued jingles for MM. Hopefully you get a break in the weather soon!!! My daughter had a delightful time riding the gypsy the other day. She's going to ride him one more time this weekend. So adorable. My SIL asked her to ride her horse while she's camping. But I ...

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Khall- I'm glad you are starting to feel better. My experience with Covid has been all over the place. I haven't had it much but once it was so mild and cold like. And another time it knocked me out horribly! And thinking of you on the anniversary of your mom's passing. I understand exactly what you...

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Exvet- so glad your daughter is okay. I had a friend that was in the hospital for similar things and I know it was very scary for her family. Also Troy and you are looking good! I just can't wait to keep watching him develop. Mountaineer- yay for Justin! Wow 83.2! Amazing. I hope you can continue to...

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Chisamba- wow! Thank you for sharing. I love the burgundy coat and boots, especially with Kimba! Both tests were lovely to watch, very harmonious to my eye. Loved how prompt and obedient every transition was. Very well ridden. Inspirational! Makes me itch to go ride some tests too. It's been 100 deg...

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Mountaineer- glad the recent injection seems like it's having a positive effect! Yay!

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I had a whole post I wrote out for you Tanga but apparently it didn't post and went completely poof on me! Buggers. Anyways, congratulations on a pretty successful show. I hear you on the rising costs of everything. I feel it's getting more and more elite to just be in horses at all! At least where ...

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Busy few days for everyone! Tanga and SF thank you guys for the reminder of keeping up with the stretching and strengthening. It helps keep me off the ledge because everyone is so real on this board and no one is pretentious about this tough journey in horse training! Khall, jingles for your kitty. ...

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Feel better Mountaineer!! I hope the follow up goes well. SF- hope the show goes well. Well Lynx was fabulous and maybe a touch tired during our ride today. When I went to get them from turnout he felt a little warm / slightly sweaty already so I suspect he had ran around a little and self exercised...

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I had a whole post that went poof! Alueronx- congratulations, you have worked so hard for this and with such a great attitude, you truly deserve it this! I was refreshing the board all weekend to see if you updated:) Blob, jingles for M.M. That sounds really tough to battle right now. I'm beginning ...

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Best of luck to everyone heading to a show!

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As always, love reading all the updates. Sounds like many are making progress while navigating the struggle that is life! Lynx has doubled as kid pony this week. We have been throwing my daughter on him at the end of my lessons and she's been having a little mini lesson from my trainer. It's SO ador...

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This probably belongs here more than the other thread, but after the pole clinic last Sunday, one of the other riders in it, told me Lynx and I looked really good and she's so impressed with how much reach and lift Lynx had. I was honestly shocked because I felt my riding was a bit off and Lynx was ...

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Goals: continue to work on the pole work. Start using the equiband again more consistently. Continue working on our canter. I had wanted to ride in a clinic at the end of the month but some unrelated things have come up that are causing some financial stress. Clinics are so outrageous anymore I'm no...

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Well for my goals we did continue chipping away at the canter as best we could, did work on just going forward and straight. We ended focusing a lot more on pole work because of the pole clinic series at the barn but I figure that will only help us! As far as my riding position goals - I sure tried ...

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Tanga- thinking of you and your mom right now. Sorry the show was a bit of a cluster with the music but looks like you rode well and made the best of it! Definitely frustrating though. Exvet- enjoy the cruise! Good luck for anyone showing this weekend:) Lynx was a little "foot stompy" afte...

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SF- one of the things I find so valuable about reading everyone's journey is the value of sticking through things. I am one that honestly panics about if things don't go (partly because I worry about his comfort and partly because I just assume I am screwing up.) but sometimes you really just have t...

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Man, it is HOT. Because of a busy weekend I wasn't able to get the barn until the middle of the day, ugh. It was a ghost town. I opted to just do some in hand work on this little wooded "trail" lane by one of the outdoor arenas. Even the indoor arena is a little too hot because of lack of ...

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Alueronx-you guys are looking SO good together! She's looking so mature and strong. Thank you for sharing. Mountaineer and SF- someone should tell Lynx it's blazing hot out- instead of being a plug he's full of energy and zesty lately lol while I'm pouring sweat myself! SF- looking forward to hearin...

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Heddylamar- isn't it nice when someone from the outside can see all the work we've been doing and progress? :) Blob- sounds like a good place to be with RP right now! Fingers crossed that MM fares okay this summer. Lynx was a hottie tamale for my lesson today. He had yesterday off We kept things mor...

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Heddylamar- thankfully Lynx doesn't get explosive (although he sometimes can get an opinion!) but we really don't do enough turn on the forehand! So this is still a great idea to try. Other we used to do a lot of square corners And he did get to the point where any type of corner he would start to s...

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Ponichiwa we certainly need to add in more serpentines! I'll give that a try.

I usually try to just change the movement (so if he's taking over and anticipating a leg yield or a haunches in, instead of trying to get the quality back, I'll go straight and do something else)

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Blob- yep that's very much like Lynx. It's hard because in an ideal ride I would rather do that to keep things even on both sides (easier) but we do similar to you. Switch things up constantly between where and when we do things. Sometimes Lynx isn't anxious about it- he loves lateral work overall b...

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Tanga, yep! It makes for a much more mental ride (for me anyway.) It's less physically tasking at least. Lol I'm definitely never kicking or begging for anything! He's like that about the canter transition too. The other day I just sat the trot (yes in preparation to canter) and immediately he cante...

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Like for example today we walked on a loose rein, walked over poles, trotted around on a loose rein. Then did some some shoulder in at the walk on a serpentine figure. Then more trotting with some leg yields mixed in. Then trotted up to trot poles but he was too keen so we would walk right before po...

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Khall-, yes its nice not to have to beg! But he needs to learn to pause before assuming he knows all the answers! Ha! We definitely change up things constantly. Sometimes I wonder if that part of the problem. He's so sure that there is always "something" coming up. I actually might try a d...

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I should add that I had an OTTB that was a pretty forward going guy, maybe even more so but he didn't anticipate nearly as much. Honestly I have to watch the anticipation on the ground too. It's a bit just his personality. So it's not the forwardness that I'm struggling with, it's him wanting to jus...

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Lynx was once a slug under saddle. Like you could beat him and he'd barely budge (We never beat him of course lol I'm just saying that's what it felt like, nothing could get him hot.) I think was going for two or three reasons. Definitely some type of discomfort (feet? back? Stifles? Not sure but he...

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Congratulations to everyone who showed this weekend! You are guys are out there doing it and it's pretty dang fun to have read along on your journeys. I feel privileged to have done so and it makes me almost think about getting out into the show ring again. Busy busy weekend but managed to pop out a...

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Exvet, really hard to imagine you guys as an embarrassment - I admire you going out there are giving it a shot. I know you have accomplished much already with your go-getter attitude. So that motivation sure hasn't failed you yet. Sorry the saddle fit thing is so frustrating! Good luck tomorrow! Mou...

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Sending chill and brave vibes to Potters!!

I'm busy today, so my trainer is lunging Lynx today with side reins. Busy weekend and he needs to slowly ease back into work anyways but hope to do a little ride on Sunday

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Exvet, so sorry about your neighbor's horse. So sad. But you and Troy just look great! What a nice neck he has! Alueronx- keep up the awesome work! Khall- glad everyone is well, hopefully the dry lot makes life easier for you and keeps everyone in good shape! Lynx had a light week with weather and t...

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Tanga- congratulations on the good show! Heddy- poor Maia! Hope she feels better now. Ants can be nasty! Well Lynx was acting like a weirdo yesterday morning when the saddle fitter came. It's something to do with the rain (or that's what it appears to me so far ) He was stomping and kicking so badly...

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Mountaineer- tell Potters he's too handsome to be scraping himself up that way! SF- wow what a productive and positive show plus clinic you guys had! That's so exciting!! Lynx was funky yesterday. I almost think it's a weird representation of being cold backed. We are having a weird mix of warmer da...

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SF, beautiful photos and wonderful scores! How exciting how it's really coming together with T. Heddy, so hard with an aging parent. I'm glad you were finally able to get some ride time in as we all need that self care during times like that. Exvet- from my perspective, Junior is continuing to impro...

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How exciting for everyone moving on up through the levels! Very cool to see the journey. Lynx was fine yesterday. Not stomping or itching so the mystery continues. He did a quick warm up in the equibands and then just light pole work. I have a lesson on Thursday but he will get today off. I have to ...

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Alueronx- sounds like you really pulled it together even with that but of tension! Wonderful photo!! What an exciting path you guys are on :) Blob- sorry the show was a mixed bag. I wish horses could talk sometimes and tell us what's up with them. It'll be interesting to see what the clinician think...

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Well today I just did a lunge with Lynx as he was acting a little irritable again. Basically he was stomping his feet. But no flies today as it has been raining and was too early. Seems like maybe his legs are itchy?? It's so vague and random. Only the second time he's done this. We did play with si...

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Exvet - I suppose it happens! I had a gelding that would actually mount mares if given the chance (one time he got through an electric fence.) My trainer at the time nicknamed him "Woody" lol!! I also had another gelding that would get erect during ground work but he was never disrespectfu...

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We survived the working Eq clinic today! It was 80 degrees yesterday and overcast and slight misty today but thank goodness we have an indoor! My daughter did awesome on her golden oldie lease horse. And my SIL did really good with her horse (he's 18 this year.) Lynx definitely was better with the o...

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Well my lesson today was a bit meh. First lynx had a cut on his lip. I hadn't seen it at first but I did notice he wasn't as eager for the bit during bridling. It was a bit lower down though so nothing to stop from riding. Then a wasp decided to tag along when we were warming up. Lynx and me both ha...

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Good luck in the clinic SF!

Khall- glad the storms weren't worse! Tornados were not too far from here the other day...

The quality of the photo will be totally lost posting here but hopefully everyone can still see Lynx and his muscle development!

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Today I decided to still have my lesson, just to see what Lynx was like after his field trip yesterday. Thankfully he looked (according to my trainer) and felt very sound today, so good sign there. He did feel a little tired. Probably more mentally than physically though. He did throw his version of...

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Alueronx- congratulations on such a wonderful show! Wow you must be beaming with pride!!

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Exvet- sounds like some real breakthroughs with Junior! Woohoo!! Khall- fingers crossed that Joplin and Rip stay steady insulin wise. What a battle especially in a state like Georgia. Dry lot will hopefully make life easier for you. SF- how fun!! And can't wait to hear about the upcoming dressage cl...

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Chisamba, I think we all have had a hard time getting on this board some days, I think Chancellor has said that the board has been dealing with lots of attacks and spam (honestly I'm not a technology person so maybe I'm wrong .) I've tried to be very patient because I'm just so grateful that the boa...

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SF- T makes the jumps look like she thinks that is easy work! Well today Lynx was very odd when grooming him. He was stomping his feet but there were no flies. He also was kind of biting at himself.. like his legs and honestly just anywhere. Very weird. My trainer and I were standing there like, &qu...

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Alueronx- thank you! I definitely enjoy my little yellow guy. Good luck at the show this weekend, it sounds like you guys are well prepared and should do wonderfully!! It's amazing how far Kora has come the last two years. Inspiring! Mountaineer - I wish we had mirrors. Since our facility is multi u...

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Today was already really hot and humid here. I really hope summer isn't miserable. Lol. My dumb phone suddenly decided it can't connect to any Bluetooth devices so I had planned on doing a lesson with my ride IQ app but that didn't happen. Still, Lynx was very good. I was on the jump saddle again to...

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