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Exvet, I can commiserate with the hissy fits, and then just getting on with it, leather, rinse, repeat. The union should be expecting lots of calls from Tesla this fall, lol. At least it is encouraging that your pony has longevity and maybe he'll grow into a more mature mindset and sign up for the j...

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Jingles for a not too difficult solution to a happier back, Mountaineer. I hope it also doesn't take away too much from your vacation. It is great that you can hand the reins over and Potters can stay fit and be even better when you're back in the tack. LSP, very cute photo. It speaks volumes that y...

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Moutaineer, my Facebook algorithm fed me a post that Justin was sitting in second and I knew you must be smiling ear-to-ear for him! Exvet, very glad your daughter is going to be OK, but it sounds like quite a traumatic ordeal. LSP, I hope fall right around the corner will give some relief from heat...

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Heddy, congrats on getting past the muscle spasms! That sounds really painful and frustrating. And congrats on the weight loss as a bonus to getting your energy back, Tanga! I hope you can figure out something for your arm function. That also sounds painful and frustrating. I'm glad this thread got ...

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Glad Troy is being a good little boi for his first rides. Can't wait to see him progress! I got home Saturday night and did an easy stretchy ride on Sunday after a bit of lunging where T reminded me that there is an impressive passage in there if I can just learn to coax it out. This morning I did a...

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Really nice tests, Chisamba. I've pretty much mined YT for good examples of 2nd level rides, so always nice to see a few more. I had a really good ride tonight. The last two days I've stretched her shoulders pre-ride. I notice her really responding to the right shoulder stretch in terms of that &quo...

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Chisamba, the burgundy looks smashing! I'll have to watch your tests when I get to a bigger screen. Yes, I've been thinking that really polishing the simples is the key to many things. Also, Lilo said Ts w/c is correct, so doing more will keep improving the canter. I've been feeling crappy this week...

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Moutaineer was good enough to point out to me that I got a month ahead on threads. So my show report is over there. :lol: TLDR, we are pretty competent at 2-1, but have a fair bit to still unpack for 2-3. Simple changes need to get automatic at home so we can make them acceptable at shows. T needs t...

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Oh silly me. July has just been a long goddamn month

I shall skulk back over to the correct thread

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Congratulations Tanga, sounds like a great show, and lots of new possibilities for you beyond the show ring!

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T was quite good at the schooling show today. She grabbed a wrong lead in 2-1 but it was an otherwise good test with a 7.5 for our rein-back. I admit to phoning it in a little on our mediums, and we also got dinged for being too gradual in our medium/collected transitions. Judge was not the point fa...

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Wow, I feel like we're over the "hump" with summer. August 20th is usually when things start to calm down a bit here. Top priority for me: Figure out where the hell my sitting trot went and get it back. As part of that, keep going to the gym of course. Tesla: Tomorrow we're doing 2-1 and 2...

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Whew, I just got home. The lesson with Lilo was great, I wish the clinic had been 2 days. She kicked my butt, lol, but I didn't get chewed like a couple riders did. My trainer friend stayed to watch my ride and was kind enough to video pretty much the whole thing so I'll be able to review and take n...

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Well where did my post go? Congratulations Alx, what a lovely ride, and a harmonious pair you and Kora make.

Exvet, jingles for your daughter. May it be simple and benign. Glad you found a saddle.

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Jingles for your kitty Khall! We survived 2-3 today. T swapped on the CC serpentines for 4's, but we still came out with a 62. When I was just wrapping up our warmup for 1-2 I was trying to tighten the girth from the saddle and T stepped sideways onto herself and popped a tab hon her front shoes. So...

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We got in yesterday early afternoon, so I was able to get a ride in the show arena. T was not spooky, but she found quicksand over by R and kept trying to stop. That is the general area where the in gate is, so I was concerned that she would be even worse about it today with actual horses waiting. C...

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So stretching I've been doing with T is Masterson's down/back method for the hind legs. The trick is to push the foot up towards the stifle until they start putting the weight down into your hands, then slowly move down/back. If they start to pull back, go with sooner rather than later until they st...

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Well T came out sound last night and felt great. She had some right lead wonkiness but I've taken some tow and flair off her hinds and haven't put shoes back on. I'm going to get her hind shoes back on tonight and hopefully that will help. Ride times came in and my latest is 11; the weather isn't lo...

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Huge congrats Aleu and Kora!!

Blob, jingles for MM!

T seemed pretty much sound this morning. Im going to try to get her front shoes on tonight and hopefully ride tomorrow.

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Yay, you are an FEI duo. Best of luck tomorrow! LSP, glad you are having some good ride son Lynx, and it's great that you can share him with your daughter. This morning I went out to ride before T's chiro appointment, and noticed her RH was puffy and warmish just above the fetlock. Put her on the li...

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Thanks all for the commiseration and sympathy. At least he finally was able to move out of ICU to the rehab unit a couple days ago. My brother said he was communicating better yesterday, and hopefully being in a focused therapy program and out of the ICU will be helpful. Tanga, that sounds so sad an...

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Well, I have joined the unenviable club of people with ailing parents. My dad went in for heart valve surgery and it triggered a stroke, so I was with him in the ICU in California for the last several days. He has substantial aphasia and paralysis on his right side with no use of his right arm. They...

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I'll be starting to ride before work soon, so just trying to keep consistent while also fitting in workouts and not falling asleep aty desk. Show 2-3 at the end of the month and then clinic with Lilo. There is another show the following week, so hopefully will wrap up my 1st and 2nd level scores and...

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Moutaineer, ouch! Jingles that the doc can get you sorted out and back in the saddle. I guess it is already time to close out! It was a successful period for us, getting some nice scores at our show a few weeks ago, and getting to ride in some helpful clinics. The clinician this weekend thought we'd...

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Well, I think T's mystery issue is solved. While I was waiting for the chiro on Wednesday, I realized that her new neighbor was all in our business. So she went from a mini to an older gelding. Sure enough, he was gelded late, and was trying to mount a mare who used to board there. So yeah. Luckily ...

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Alx, I hope the heat dome breaks soon, that sounds miserable. It sounds like you're making great progress and getting ready for PSG! T was much more cooperative tonight. I still did a long walk warmup with lots of lateral work. She wasn't shoving into my right leg nearly as much, and being less fidg...

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LSP, yes, I think T is just always going to have these Embrace the Suck phases where the work gets harder and the old bracing and sucking back habits come back to a degree. I just try to balance that with not being too hard-headed about kicking on when she might really need something other than toug...

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I'm surprised it's been so hot on UT and CO. Here the temp dropped about 30 degrees and I was actually cold at the dissection on Friday, then we got some rain in the afternoon. Today it was beautiful with maybe a high of 70. The mercury will start climbing again tomorrow, but it's looking to be a re...

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Aleuronx, nice video, thanks for sharing. Mtneer, I think I am in the same boat a bit. I got T's shoes on last night, but she still seems kind of sluggish and stiff to the right when I threw her on the lunge. So I called off our jumping lesson and I went and did some bodywork on her this morning, wh...

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Good on both of you for getting out there at 4th! I got home a day earlier than planned, so I went out and rode this morning. T had one shoe left :roll: so I figured she could manage to go barefoot for the next few days, especially since her fronts have been off for over a week. She was quite a pill...

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LSP, I all my jump poles are those landscaping timbers. They also stack nicely with the flat side. Well, except the ones that decide to twist and warp.

Except, good luck! Also to Mtneer. Glad Potters pulled it together today even if the judge was crabby.

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Oh Potters, take a chill pill and have a good night's sleep!

I'm looking forward to getting home and riding on Sunday.

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Oh, exvet, what a terrible experience and a loss of a promising young horse for your neighbor. Horses can just be so fragile. Aleuronx, glad you are on track to get your truck fixed up in short order. Tanga, great job on your show! Tesla threw a shoe in the pasture yesterday. I knew the day before t...

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Heddy, jingles for your dad. It sounds like such a hard situation. Blob, hurrah for the homework being so effective! Aleuronx, I can't wait to see how you and Kora do the rest of the summer. So exciting! Moutaineer, if it's skinned up for the show, a little brown shoe polish might not hurt? I put so...

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Yay for pony rides. Very exciting, and glad he was a good boy! Today was really good. It was low 70's with a mild breeze, so T was more energetic, but nothing crazy. First level went very smoothly, and we got 5 8's. T got an 8 for gaits (!) and I got a 7.5 for rider aids to finish with a 71.364. So ...

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Good day today! First-2 we missed a 70% by the slimmest of margins. 2-1 we were just under 66% with some points thrown away here and there. Tomorrow will be cooler so I'll try to build her up more with lateral work in the warmup, and expect a little more in the test. Today keeping her agreeable and ...

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Dang Potters! At least it looks pretty superficial? The horses will drive you to drink. I went by the show office this afternoon to pick up my number, and then headed to the barn to do a quick "you shall be in front of my leg" ride and then a bath. When I got there, the BO was just walking...

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Blob, I am not sure about Beris bits, but my Winderen is holding up well after more than a year. They recently came out with thinner mouth pieces, but it looks like they only go down to 4.5".

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Fager actually promotes using a smaller bradoon and a larger Weymouth, so that might be a way to go if it's hard to find a smally Weymouth. The thinner titanium bits seem like a good idea for the more petite horses. Moutaineer, I'm not showing at Les Bois, but I will probably go watch for a bit, so ...

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Congratulations, good thing you ordered that shadbelly!

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Yes, their customer service is not great. I do have a direct line to "James". This is my third SoloShot. I wouldn't really expect more than 4-5 years. The batteries on mine were basically toast at that point, and not really worth the expense on an older unit with a motor that was probably ...

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Well, to be fair, they were doing lessons at a few places, and the other riders there are boarders, so of course their horses are used to the llamas. It probably just didn't occur to the organizer and was otherwise convenient for me to not have to haul somewhere. Today's llama-free lesson was much b...

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LSP, glad you have fun at the WE clinic. No input on your boy's "excitement." I had a gelding who was terrible about showing his junk in the showmanship class, but I think that was excessive relaxation Exvet, sorry you had to miss a lesson, but it sounds like you're figuring out finer poin...

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Lynx is quite the chonky boi these days! The BO was saying yesterday that she sat a pic of T when she was 2 and couldn't believe it was the same horse. She was all head and angles on a toothpick neck, lol. Today we ran through our tests. Those canter departs on the short end are our nemesis. First-2...

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Well T is going to have to focus on dressage for a bit. I gave her a fair warmup tonight, then she "forgot" how to canter and I had to get after her a bit. She was like - "short reins, straight through the haunches, and forward... pick two." She did remember after I kicked her bu...

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Congratulations that is amazing. You've really earned it; it is so great seeing an AO bring a horse up the levels like you've done!

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Yay for the horses who aren't holding back anymore! We had a group school out on the XC today. Unfortunately, it was pretty rainy so I was worried about T slipping with her composite shoes. It was all find with jumping some logs, but we just jumped one little roll top and called it a day. Ryan said ...

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Ah yes, I would also love to have mirrors, but don't see that happening. At least my new SoloShot worked today. Last time it just spun around and videoed the ground. If I'd known it was going to work, I would have set it up in a better spot today. We did gridwork since it was a smaller arena. We wor...

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LSP, Lynx is really filling out. Yes, it does look like you'll be more supported with your stirrups up a notch or two, but it looks like the two of you are working well together! We had a fairly mellow stretchy ride with some spiral in/out on Friday. T seems a bit touchy in her back, but I think it'...

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