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I'm sorry that you had mixed feelings about the clinic. I'm not familiar with him, but watching the video that MC posted brings up a pet peeve of mine. How the heck do people teach effectively from the sidelines??? Sure you can see and comment on some stuff, and maybe it's just me, but I'm used to ...

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Thank you to many of you for the supportive words! Sorry I haven't been able to respond. It's been a BUSY week. We actually went to a show! More on that in another thread. So, after a week and half of reflection, I still have really mixed feelings. I do think he made some good helpful points, but I ...

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My guess is that you need to experiment with some other bits. I would agree with Gallop's recommendations as well as tell you to look into some of the Neue Schule bits. They have lots of interesting options. I also agree about the curb chain being tight rather than loose. You could also try a tighte...

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Sooooo this weekend I took a lesson from Jeff Moore, who traveled here from Cali, and I have to say I walked away with super duper mixed feelings. On the one hand, he said some things I agree with and had a couple of good tips, on the other hand it seemed to come with a lot of "bullshit and pos...

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While were back to some interesting and more controversial threads, I need to add another fire to the flame. Perhaps you all will hate me for saying this, but I totally don't get how judges are scoring piaffes now days from some pairs versus others. Like yes it is an insanely difficult movement, but...

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I haven't read most of the responses on this thread, nor the other thread that it's referencing, so I have no idea what's going on with the discussion, but I'm going to chime in some thoughts. :) What about Steffen Peters? He rides with his hands relatively low compared to others? I wouldnt say his ...

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Thank you everyone for all of the posts and comments!!! I especially really appreciate the videos. So that first horse, his walk is naturally a 10 and honestly it's shocking to me that anyone can collect that walk without it becoming tense and lateral. So, I think the trainer is doing a pretty good ...

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Okay in my never ending "signing up for a show" panic, I need some advice on extended walk. I've been watching some videos, but there seem to be MANY interpretations of this exercise. Some keep their horses shorter, some more like a free walk. What is ideal? What are the judges rewarding? ...

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Be thankful they haven't decided to "borrow" your horse ... I had that happen once — an eagle eyed, smart mouthed friend happened upon that situation; there was a verbal blistering, my horse was removed from the situation by aforementioned friend (who was the horse's emergency contact), a...

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Seriously I do. Okay so as you guys know I'm kind of gearing up for showing and I almost just fell out of my chair when I realized my USDF renewal was $90. When they say this is a sport of adult amateurs or that dressage is driven by adult amateurs, they clearly must mean "my husband founded Ya...

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So as showing is getting closer and becoming a reality, I'm starting to freak out about how long to warm up. My boy warms up like the laziest creature on the planet, but then works out of it and gets the zoomies by the end of my ride. So, at the end of every ride, I have a nice forward horse. Well a...

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Thanks guys! I thought it was something along those lines. Much appreciated. :) It's so tempting with horses like mine (little stockier build) to try to canter the wheels off them to try to improve the quality of the canter. So you see lots of cob types cantering around at lightening speed (or I do ...

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Hi Dressage Peeps, I know I've heard (and I think read on here) and quote or saying about speed being the enemy of collection or something like that. Can anybody recall? I wanted to post it on someone's FB post about their haflinger (they asked for thoughts), but I didn't want to mis-quote. Much lik...

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I must admit I don't really watch the videos where it's just them sitting and talking about the exercises as I don't really have the time or patience for that. It might be different if they were actually riding, or working with a horse and rider at the same time and had only one video instead of a ...

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Hi Dressage Friends, Update: Bought this to use with my celly- https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07799XTMB/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 So, you have to set the zoom you want before hand of course, but it took relatively high quality video and the stand held the phone up really we...

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I don't know if this will help or if you will want to slap me for telling you things you already know, but anytime you "message" a picture directly off your phone via messaging, email etc., you will normally lose quality bc phones automatically change the picture quality to send them. Two ...

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I watched the ride, and it was horrible and honestly hilarious. The internet blog that some wacko wrote that got everyone stirred up, however, was equally terrible and wildly inaccurate. I'm not for or against a requirement system, but a few notes below: 1. In all the time I've been riding, I've nev...

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Thank you everyone for your responses!!! I read everyone's posts and did a ton of online research. Soooo drumroll.... I bought a truck! I actually wasn't planning to buy one so soon, but the dealership I went to had 2 trucks that fit my parameters and they were ready to play ball. So, I tried a 2015...

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Literiding - Thanks for your response! Soooo I'm not sure what I mean with the brake. In her truck, if you let off the accelerator, the break kicks in and you barely need to actually apply your foot to the brake until you are relatively slowed down. After hunting online, I would say that perhaps it'...

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Last year I bought a 2017 2 horse Gooseneck Sundowner. I've been using my trainer's truck, but now it's time to purchase my own truck. Soooooo...I'm lost. She has a Dodge 3500 dually diesel with airbrake that is awesome, but also hard to find used. So, my question to you guys: 1. What do you haul wi...

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Got it! Thank you so much for the responses!!!! :D SO I read 4-1 last night before I posted and was like okay this is doable and were not thaaaat far off from this...BUT then I read 4-3 and died a little on the inside. Dear lord 4-3 has A LOT going on in there. Sooo many flying changes. So...it will...

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I have a couple of "how to ride the movement in a show" questions about 4th 1. As we're working on 4th level stuff, I want to have some of this in my head for how the test should be correctly ridden. 1. Movement 5: X-G shoulder-in right, C track right. I know if I were on a long side, I wo...

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Very interesting to so far! Piedmontfields & Dressur - I think your conceptualizations are what my trainer is trying to convey. She doesn't mean a deep leaning back driving seat, but rather that the seat/seatbones sort of work in an active way towards creating movement. So what I will say is tha...

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The CDK thread got me thinking a bit about different philosophies on the use of the seat. Most of the trainers I've worked with advocate a sort of following quiet seat that is sort of just balanced, but passive. My new trainer, however, is a big advocate of "creating the motion" with your ...

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I think they are all registered with the KWPN, but the KWPN does separate dressage horses from Gelderlanders and driving horses. So, I think there is some designation within the registry. Also the stallion testing for the Gelders is at a different time than the other stallion testing. https://www.kw...

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Good to know! Do you happen to know how much each ride cost riders?

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I love to keep an eye on the horse sales market. At some point I'm going to purchase a second horse, although probably not for another year or so. BUT, still I love to keep tabs on what is for sale and for how much. So, I follow a bazillion of the facebook dressage sales horse pages. Probably over t...

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Thank you everyone for the responses!!! I am going to try some of these exercises. I think I'll start with the counter SI and trying to lay some poles on the ground on the diagonal. It's definitely that I get out of position, but that becomes a circular thing where I get out of position, he gets out...

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Oh very interesting article! It was a little hard to follow at times as to who was saying what, but I think interviewer (who seemed to have a lot of opinions) was in subtle italics and once I figured that out it was much easier to follow. In general, I thought Lief made really good points. The sort ...

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I am stuck in a half pass rut on my right side. It is my tubby ponies harder side...I don't want to say stiff side, because it's really not stiff, just that he would prefer to bend left and bulge shoulder out right, so the opposite of his hollow side. Anyway, left half pass in trot and canter is com...

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So, often we put up with behavior from trainers that we would never accept of others in the other areas of our lives. I've decided I'm done with that and would rather be trainerless than deal with unsavory behavior. I am so with you and have the t-shirt! I am super clear about other toxic relations...

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I'm terrible about reading through all the posts, so I sort of have no idea where this discussion has gone, but I think I'm taking us back towards pony trot discussion: I've also sort of come to this strategy too. With my "minimalist" haflinger I used to try to chase him around in the begi...

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Interesting thread. I'll chime in with a different reason. The trainer I had before my current one was straight up an insane controlling wacko. And I use wacko instead of the term B-term that I really mean. After her, it took me over a year to decide that I was willing to ever deal with another trai...

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LOL. What on earth are you guys talking about here? I was talking about pictures on websites, facebook, and the like when trainers post self-promotional things. For example, I probably have 30 trainer friends on FB and they often post promotional or self-glorifying type things (which alone is perfec...

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Pictures are truly a moment in time and usually we all post the best photos we have. I try not to judge people too much by just one photo, but we are all probably guilty of it from time to time. I will note, however, that what really shocks me in life is how many crappy photos people do post. Like o...

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So, I grew up an arena baby and literally never rode outside. Then moving to the south, all of the rings were outside, so that changed that. Now that i have a "minimalist" haflinger, I ride both outside (of course) and prefer to ride outside of the ring as well. I never trail ride really, ...

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Sorry I'm late to the party, but I rarely check the other forums. I just found out via MRI that I have a torn left ACL and torn left medial meniscus. I tore the ACL over 10 years ago and not sure about the meniscus. I don't have instability in my leg and I don't have any trouble riding or doing othe...

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Funny you should start this thread, I just stumbled across this post on facebook and it seems like an interesting add to the discussion. Would be curious to hear thoughts on it. https://warneyswhip.me/2017/04/05/this-is-not-lightness/ For me, some horses will have a stronger feel in the mouth than o...

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Lorilu - You are sort of my twinsie right now. So now I am finally getting mediums on my haflinger, BUT they are SUPER hard to sit. While his trot is normally decent/nice to sit and I feel balanced (he's wide, but doesn't push my leg forward like the fresians and Andie's often do), the medium is a d...

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Oh my gosh Isabell was about as close to perfect as you can get. That was one of my favorite GPs I've seen in the last 4 or 5 years I think. I thought it was so well rounded with more correct piaffe and passage than we see most of the time now days. Also, she's had the horse since it was a foal, so ...

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I've been trying to find out why the New Zealand horse was disqualified. Blood was found in the mouth at tack check/inspection after the ride. Yes, as she was riding I thought there might have been blood in the mouth and then I saw she was DQ'd, so I assumed that is what happened. I think her horse...

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Okay done watching. I think Wgold was so clearly the best and also the most classical presented. I did want to push her saddle back like 6 inches, but pretty amazing otherwise. I think LG does a great job with Verdades, but I'm just not a fan of his type - very dutch harness horse look. I also think...

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Also, Rosamud was sooo over collected in the piaffe I'm not sure what to say about it. Like very much front legs back and so then impossible to get out of rhythmically. I dont' know what people call that, but the announcer said "pedestally - like on a pedestal" and it was pretty accurate.

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I loved Laura Graves' ride. I was surprised Werth beat her, but what do I know. She is a technician for sure. I did feel that Rosamund was too cranked in the neck and her hind end was swinging a ton in the tempis. Gals horse is I credible. I've never seen a horse like that in person. He does anot o...

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Okay I subscribed!!! It's almost on!!!! A friend is there and posted some warm-up videos from yesterday. I will say, Carl's work looked the most classical and Isabell's work was probably the most impressive in terms of the way the horse was going. I was not super in love with SP's work, but it's a w...

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I think it's streaming here:

http://www.feitv.org/live

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Okay first...where is it streaming? Second, who wants to gossip it up? Because I definitely do.

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These fit your reqs, but have the silicone on the knee patch, so might be more grippy than you want. With effort you could probably pull the silicone grippers off if you wanted.

http://www.horze.com/knee-patch-breeche ... =GJPU%2FSI

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I might have a different opinion, because I am also a total former arena baby, but I don't think you should do it until you are more confident in your ability to control the horse or less worried about it in general. Probably it would be fine, but if your nervous going into it, it is a recipe for no...

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The working equitation comp was a lot of fun! My horse can be a bit spooky and we've done a few clinics, but being in an indoor etc I wasn't sure how he'd go. The first phase, the ease of handling, he wasn't sure about the bridge, but once he was over he was right. We did the speed phase, but all I...

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