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Thank you all for welcoming me back, it's been so long. It's so great to look at how everyone's doing. Yay for Team Palomino! I remember Ponichiwa's Queso when he was just a baby -- maybe we need to arrange for a Team Palomino reunion at the AQHA World Show in their dressage classes! Hahaha. Exvet -...

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Well hello.....it's been a long time since I posted here, but I'm poking my head back in. It's wonderful to see so many familiar posters. Not sure if y'all remember me, I have the sorrel QH who got to Grand Prix before it was time to retire him about 4 years ago. He's still happy at home, ridden sev...

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Oh I am so sorry to hear this. Prayers for her loved ones.

I hope Billy met her at the bridge, I know how she loved him.

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Tuddy, it's been a few years - just want you to know that I still use this recipe and we loff it. It got cold here a couple weeks ago, and my boyfriend wouldn't stop bugging me to make the slow cooker chili. It's a winner.

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White Mattes Correction pad with shim pockets. All white. Size L.

In excellent used condition. Shows a little use and some discoloration from the saddle, but was always used with a saddle pad between the horse and the correction pad.

$75 in the continental US.

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Selling a 2006, 17' seat, M tree County Perfection.

Absolutely a great saddle. $1,000, including shipping in the continental US.

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I know this is a far left field suggestion, but....can you find some cattle? Being able to do different work (cattle, or trail rides, or cavaletti challenges) might be a good way to freshen your horse's mind, and let you work on some aids without nagging. What I mean by that is, at least with our co...

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Awwww, congratulations and hugs, mama. It sounds like you have done a great job! I hope you are able to enjoy the new chapter.

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Tell them $400 including all the fittings. Get the money and then make a donation to that Pony Club in your friend's name for the same amount. Maybe you could sponsor an award in her memory? Is there a particular cause or class that she really enjoyed? $400 could buy a whole year's worth of trophies...

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I'm familiar with examples of this in Quarter Horses. Some of the elite lines of cutting horses are associated with a disease called HERDA, hereditary equine regional dermal asthenia. In its worst manifestations the skin basically sloughs off the horse when pressure is applied to the skin....in othe...

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A few weeks ago I was working with my baby in the paddock, when I saw my mare, who had been watching us, cheerfully attempting to learn how to operate her gate latch. The latch pulls up and slides over to open, but does have a snap "lock". At the time it wasn't locked, and she was lipping ...

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I want the instructor to evaluate where we are in that moment (there are days where me and my horse are on fire, and days where we're a little more remedial) and we work to improve where we are. That means having exercises and learning the feel of the improvement that I can work on between lessons. ...

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Tanga, those stories would about make me rage quit the sport. To work so hard, to be trying to protect your horse(s), and then get eliminated through really squirrely and dumb reasons...man. It is making me angry on your behalf. I skipped A/B -- they're not offered at my shows anyway, maybe you coul...

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OK, well, apparently unlike the rest of y'all, I I like my fun reading to be absolute and utter fluff, so brace yourselves. :lol: I just finished a series in Kindle Unlimited by Stefani WIlder, called the "Tipped Z series". It's G-rated romance books centered around an Arizona ranch, the T...

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Interesting, I might have to give it a try! Thanks for pointing it out!

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A friend sent me this - it is so touching.

My horse would absolutely do this and do it well if we allowed him to - he is so intelligent he would understand what was going on.

Horses are amazing.

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My dad got me a small air compressor for my birthday about 10 or 15 years ago. It was.....not what I was hoping for, but I admit it has come in handy and I use it pretty frequently. My boyfriend got me one of those robot vacuums for Christmas and I am thrilled. I used to have one that got loved to d...

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Congrats! Wishing you all of the luck and happiness with him!

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I think he's cute!

Looks to me like he wants to be a good little citizen, just green. I agree I think he has a nice canter.

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That ridiculous fee is so odd. It's one thing to pay a normal lesson fee, maybe, to the trainer for using his/her time, or a partial one if they're teaching another lesson while you're riding. But especially considering you've bought from the trainer before (and that it ultimately didn't end well) y...

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I live in the northern part of the state, up closer to Colorado, so our area sees winter sometimes. So we were not hit as hard as everyone down south, at least we have snowplows. For just over a week it was miserable here. Our winters are usually 40-70 degrees during the day, down to about 30 degree...

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Rye, I'm so sorry for your loss.

Great big internet hugs.

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I'm doing OK, but am praying for those in south Texas and the ones trying to care for large amounts of livestock, like ranchers -- they're the ones that are truly suffering, and I have many friends that are in the middle of the worst of all this. I live in the northern part of Texas, and we're not t...

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My area is actually one of the leaders in the country in effective distribution, which makes me very proud that they have been able to organize it so well. Right now the vaccines are open to health professionals, frontline workers, 65+ and then people with serious medical conditions. The people I kn...

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Hugs SueB.

I am so sorry for your and your husband's loss.

I am praying for comfort for you all, and wishing you all wellness and safety as you navigate through this difficult time.

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About $300 for a recognized show (two classes).

In comparison, I can show at an equivalent reined cow horse show for $250 (two classes).....but if I do well, I will earn prize money back, which depending on the placing and class size is $75-300 per placing.

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So why would a gait score would be included at all, even in the collectives. What would be the purpose?

I guess if I were redesigning I’d leave that out completely, because the only purpose it serves is to handicap FOR one specific type of horse, but maybe I’m missing a thought?

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But why is it not fair? If the test is equally ridden well by the fancy horse and the plain horse the fancy horse should win it. Their training being equal. That is what I’m saying Khall, I hear your point, but for sake of what we’re discussing....if a test is equally well ridden, why would they no...

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It seems like it would be interesting to explore different ways of scoring. If you actually want dressage to grow and have bigger participation, you have to address the needs of the majority - and that is us average amateurs. It seems like to me that dressage arranges itself to suit the Olympic ride...

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I'd be all over that horse, Josette, too! He looks like a lovely example of the type of horse I'm talking about. If you check that pedigree, you'll see he has both Dry Doc and Mr San Peppy which I have mentioned I'd seek in a dressage QH prospect. He also has Poco Pine way back, which is a classic q...

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Also.... If you enjoy being a nerd about these things, like I do, here's a sale I like, the Sugar Bars Legacy Sale -- it's a gathering of ranches out west that gather together to sell weanlings, yearlings and riding horses, it would be a good source to buy a horse. Each horse has a photo so you can ...

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Just because I consider all this fun, hopefully everyone else does too, here's some pedigree thoughts.... The Valley View Ranch dealer has for sale a blue roan gelding (http://valleyviewranch.net/Claytons-Blue-Jake.htm) that I would consider coarse or classic ranch bred. He's double bred Hancock on ...

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I don't know much about QH lines, but I saw this one for sale awhile back (he's already sold) and I REALLY liked him. I would have snapped him up in a heartbeat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtusXTjVMSE&feature=emb_logo Yeah, he's nice - a nice mover. That dealer comes up with a lot of what ...

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Yes, I'm in Texas, so obviously the ranch horses are close to me, and I agree they're much, much harder to find out east. But....there are a some, there are even several actual ranches out there breeding quality ranch horses, and there's a whole big active group of versatility ranch horse competitor...

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Jingles for you and your animals, Ryeissa

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I just do not know enough about AQHA to pick a pedugreev that is sport and has a good brain and is sound. Just for sake of the conversation -- as we all know, bloodlines only tell tendencies, and you have to look at the individual in front of you, but that said, The bloodlines that most catch my at...

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So I got a new Pivo and set it up this weekend. It was an exercise in frustration, to be sure, trying to get it set up. All the starting and stopping and getting off to try to readjust it, sometimes it was pointed up to the sky or down toward the ground, several times I thought it was recording and ...

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Well I was able to try my new Pivo out in the arena for the first time this morning. It was a very irritating hour of trying to get it to work, but I did finally get it going, and got about 10 min or so in clips. The videos I did get, it tracked me well. I have an older model iphone, and the 10 min ...

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Gotcha, if you’re comfortable with and have a plan for the super greenie thing then definitely worth meeting him to see if you all click!

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He’s sure cute, but are you wanting one that green? He’s clearly just backed in that video, so there’s quite a ways to go to get to solid citizen, even with a gentle horse?

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Most of you know that I'm a Quarter Horse person, not a dressage person. I like dressage for sure, but I have plenty of other things I enjoy as well, and the versatility of the breed is what makes it perfect for me. I'll start by saying, at this point there are breeds-within-breeds of QHs. So a raci...

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Man, maybe I'm an old sourpuss, but life is too short and there are too many good horses out there to invest so much in a dangerous animal. I empathize with the horse, if he just got the crap lottery of dominant temperament plus physical issues that result in being dangerous. But the fact remains th...

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Ponichiwa wrote:Here's my avg history to help solidify my membership in the Kelo Cookie Club:

*squints*

Hmmmm......yeah..... that'll do it, you can have a cookie, too.

Heck, here have a second one, because it's all so annoying and honestly we deserve it

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Hey welcome to the "almost there at GP" high 50s club. It's a super annoying place to be but we have cookies! :lol: For the record, I think you guys look great, and there was a whole lot to love about that! Congrats on getting to this place with your wonderful partner, what a joyful thing....

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A snapshot of my Sam. I sure hope he turns out to be as nice as Queso!!!! Sorry he’s filthy, but we’re still at the “let me catch and touch you” stage of his training, so the whole grooming and bathing thing will be awhile down the road. He is starting to like me, though, has now started meeting me ...

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Thank you, I am really excited about him. He's just 2 this year, so there won't be a whole lot going on for awhile except me dreaming about him grown up and blossomed. He's fresh off the ranch, so he's a little wooly and a little wild. We have plenty to work on to get him civilized. Straightforward,...

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Queso would be perfectly happy hacking around but is similarly pleasant going to work for a living, which is honestly just what I need. /infomercial for QHs :lol: Preach it sistah :D <3 I read the Second Trot thread but didn't post there. I definitely understand the concept being discussed though, ...

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Wow, he is a cutie, exvet!

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Ooof, I feel this. I'm about 4-6 hours from the nearest above-Training-Level instruction, so I've been doing live virtual lessons for *cough* about 10 years now. I'm never going to pretend it's as good as a live lesson, because it's not. But when your options are virtual lesson or nothing, well -- i...

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You both are stunning! Oh this makes my heart smile, I'm so glad for you.

He looks like a super fun partner.

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