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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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OMG, Chisamba. I feel for you. I think we're about the same size, but I'm a lot smaller up top, and boy sometimes I just want to tape them down. We all have different physiology, and we all have to deal with it. If you see the latest USDF newsletter, there is an article in there about plus sized rid...

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exvet Interesting. I don't think Rodriguez is a high scorerer, but you can get scores with her. I agree with blob she's more in the middle. I wonder when you rode with Kessler. I had that experience once where I came to the show and had never seen so many scores under 60% (and 50%)before, and then I...

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Mountaineer and Chisamba--sorry about the judges. This is what I have been seeing, which has just confused me so much. Rides that feel the same get ranged from 54 to 66%. It's almost like the new judges are trying to prove themselves. And Chisamba, I watched your test. I thought it was well ridden a...

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Please understand she doesn't just spook. She stops won't go forward rears if I insist. And then when I finally get her moving she shits off slows down stiffens or Twista every single time four the whole ride. If I change angle, ie try to shoulder in, or h alf pass or go across the diagonal it's a ...

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SF--OMG! That's horrible! Is she on antibiotics? Any scratch I've ever had on a joint that could possibly get into it, I've had to give antibiotics just to be paranoid. Is everyone just having weird everything? Man. So weird here. Lots of bizarre things happening at the barn. And I was there until a...

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Chisamba. I agree with you. Quinn can be very hard mouthed, and is the exact same breeding and environment as Quilla. That's why I shared what I have done and do with her. I had to put her in a double at 3rd level when she was bolty and really hurt me one day, just to have control. And it took a lon...

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Thanks, Flight. I appreciate the feedback. Paul Leonard Morgan just composes music for everything--I got hooked on him when I heard a piece of music that was used in a Chevron commercial, of all things, I could never get out of my head. Unfortunately, it does not fit the horse! I will look at her to...

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Join No Bit-Shit on Facebook and you will get a lot of informed answers abut this. Single joints act like a nutcracker and hit the bars of the mouth and jam up into the roof of the mouth and are not kind. A twisted wire works on pain, which is not the answer. Closing the mouth with a noseband is not...

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Quilla I-2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3jRKfIddJg freestyle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_6xB6X5RUE (from Slumdog Millionaire) Styling the cheap looking cooling vest, but, I didn't get heatstroke! (One GP rider did three movements and retired, too hot.) 7.5's for both horses on pirouettes...

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Quinn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqVvpaVe1lo

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Thank you, goldhorse! I am impressed, too! I didn't get heat exhaustion or stroke. Still getting some hand and leg cramps, but still drinking nonstop until I recover.

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Whoop Whoop. Feeling better. It was easily over 100 today at the show, but I ignored it, kept hosing me and the horses off, drank about two gallons of electrolytes, and took it easy. Quinn was really good and got a 66% at I-1 and a 71% on the I-1 freestyle! I feel like I've had this same I-1, PSG ri...

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Chisamba--100% do what you feel is right and who cares what anyone says. I ended up doing that with Quilla. For some reason I thought she was older than she was a few years back and started GP at 11. She actually did OK and got better scores than we did now, but was stressed about the ones. When I f...

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Oh. SF. So sorry. I had that happen once on the one horse I sold. He was a saint and loved to jump, and the trainer kept pushing the rider to turn into jumps unprepared. The saint just jumped them. I would have never let him go to that situation. I'm sure she'll heal up just fine.

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How about Attainable, Integrated, Accessible Dressage? :D I'll have to make a feedback post when I start putting together a website. I am REALLY needing a transition. I just found out because of VS, not only do we have to do temps and a check, we have to get a health certificate from a vet to go to ...

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This is so weird. My account went back to signing me out every time I went away. Today I'm signed in even though I wasn't last time I was here. I agree, "so much trotting" is such a great comment. It's rough as a judge to try to do your best when the rides aren't so good. I like Mike Osink...

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I'm sorry, east coast, for all of the bad air. This is the first time in five years on the west coast where to looks like we might be OK (because everything has burned.) I have three air filters for the house with cleanable filters I bought three years ago because it was so bd. Interestingly at my b...

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Chisamba--I agree. Scribing if you show at all is probably one of the most educational things ever. It can be super frustrating, though, because from one judge to another they can love or hate the exact same thing, and very different views as to what is what. The SI/HI thing can be tricky because wh...

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Has anyone else used a band system before? Curious on your experiences. I haven't used them, but some vet at my barn sold pretty much everyone on it. Does that vet have the initials MK? I forgot what his name is. Marty? Everyone at my barn trailers to him somewhere in the valley when their event ho...

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Has anyone else used a band system before? Curious on your experiences. I haven't used them, but some vet at my barn sold pretty much everyone on it. They're all eventers and basically don't go on the trail, let alone use the hills to condition, but they think a rubber band around the belly and but...

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khall SO cute! I would teach every horse p/p in hand from the beginning now. An idea to add to that that I did--You can use a halter or bridle, but I stand just behind the saddle facing forward and hold the reins/lead and do it from there so it's sort of like being in the saddle. All three horses do...

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That's exactly what these saints are perfect for! They need a job, and they are SO valuable for new riders.

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