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Around here, SF bay area, over the last week, almost every single school district has cancelled school for at least three weeks. I think any still not officially cancelled will be by Monday. I have been going into a bunch of different schools and classes and am not worried. I shopped as I regularly ...

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Drat. Oh well, unless and until the airlines offer refunds, and not just free date changes, I guess I'm renting a car and driving to see Hoover and surrounding sights. I hope they do, but if not, there are some cool things you can see there. My husband just got there today, driving, with friends fo...

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FEI World Cup™ Finals 2020 in Las Vegas Cancelled Due to Coronavirus LAS VEGAS – March 13, 2020 — The International Equestrian Federation (FEI), United States Equestrian Federation and Las Vegas Events have announced the force majeure cancellation of the 2020 FEI World Cup™ Finals in Las Vegas. The ...

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Dear FEI World Cup ™ Finals 2020 Ticket Holder, We are deeply saddened to announce the cancellation of next month’s event, however, the safety and well-being of our fans is our top priority. You should have received the attached press release regarding the finals cancellation. As mentioned, you will...

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Oh boy. I hate to say this, but I'm thinking they have to cancel. If the flight ban holds, the horses can't get here, let alone people coming to watch.

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I've tried the baucher on several horses, and I, too, noticed no difference with very different horses. I basically always end up in loose ring or egg butt snaffles. I also never use a drop. I really, really, really don't like the idea of them. I have gotten to a place where I basically don't need a...

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Salvino's piaffe has some nice sit! But in her opening canter coming into the ring, it looked a bit like she was "shoving" him with her seat. Don't get me wrong, she is a lovely rider. I'm nit picking. Agree. As a judge, I would describe it in the forehand. His canter is huge and he is dr...

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https://www.chronofhorse.com/article/mcdonald-addresses-absence-of-salvino-and-goerklintgaards-dublet-from-wellington-cdi5?fbclid=IwAR3oXiRsVqausB4gaA_FFSFhIa18OrXBKpvLwgIHNerDNxNFZIEdbSilfTY Salvino's first GP: https://gdf.coth.com/article/adrienne-lyle-and-salvino-kick-off-their-tokyo-olympic-bid-...

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https://pbiec.coth.com/article/live-streaming-grand-prix-freestyle-cdi-5-presented-by-captiveone-advisors-live-at-700-p-m-est-on-friday-february-21st?fbclid=IwAR0bXgUcekqrdQaTOMRPoEpLRI0GFt8LHltfhdnCiLS9u8LhYnErvHE7gWg A lot of, um, interesting, rides. I was impressed with the Japanese rider. He sti...

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I hope Manni chimes in and tells you. Since moving back to Germany she has had amazing access to so many great teachers. I am so jealous!

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I DO hope Laura Graves gets a sponsor! I do't know how many other horses she rides, but Verdades was a difficult horse and she did probably better than any other American ever has, really. It would be a shame not to have her out there competing for the team with her experience.

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"It's easy enough to find" Again, not top tier horses. Some trained to GP, some shown, but none of them were on the stage as ready Olympic horses. Like I said, Ravel, Legolas, and Rosie all had issues. Suppenkaspar was shown by one of the top riders tp %72, which isn't high for that level ...

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Has anyone on earth been given more trained top horses to ride than Steffen? Two already trained grand prix horses for every olympics on a platter Pretty much most of the German team. Many of them are so young there is no way they did any training. Sonke Rothenburger is a lovely rider, but you know...

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Has anyone on earth been given more trained top horses to ride than Steffen? Two already trained grand prix horses for every olympics on a platter Pretty much most of the German team. Many of them are so young there is no way they did any training. Sonke Rothenburger is a lovely rider, but you know...

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Yes. I travelled solo and got around by bus. It was great and easy. I also have a friend who is an ex pat and lives there and loves it. There are a lot of cool things you can do because it has Arenal, which is an active (mellow) volcano and cloud forests, and then all of the beach areas as well as l...

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Nice to see they are improving. I look forward to seeing them in Vegas. I assume Adrienne Lyle will be the other, but maybe Kelly Casey. It doesn't look like either of them are competing in the US right now.

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I don't know other details, but I rode in a Wintec Pro for 30 years (from training to GP) because it was the only saddle that fit the shark fin TB whithers and didn't sit down in the back.

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Two tile shelves all the way. Much easier to clean. Always put more than you need. You an just not use one if you don't want it. You can't add one later.

The baskets never stay up well and you can never really get them clean.

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Oooh I know! I know! Dollar Tree. They have AMAZING boxes of wildflower seeds for $1. They have sun, shade, bee attractors, etc. We planted them last year and just one box gave us amazing flowers, some of which are still here this year. I'm assuming your location is WAish, so betting the shade ones ...

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I was just doing a marketing survey and they asked me to evaluate that. I loved it, even though I'm not buying Doritos.

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I was there for the GP. He looked much improved over the last time i saw him IRL, but as noted above, unevenness still shows up..... Cool. Nice to know he's improving. My guess is Steffen is smart enough about all of it that he is focusing in relaxation right now and can fix the unevenness when he ...

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exvet I'm not a gadget person, and I can't see how draw reins help anything. But I see how sometimes neither of you are strong enough. In the few times when I felt neither I or the horse wasn't strong enough, I used a chambon or degogue. I prefer just training and conditioning, but sometimes you nee...

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I was a Siamese breeder for 35 years. I would say, it depends on how you feel about them and who well you know them. Bad things do happen. Is it just bad luck or irresponsible?

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I just found a video link. No time to watch it now. I think it's only the first eight.

https://www.facebook.com/FEIDressage/vi ... 9721106237

Here's the rest:
https://www.facebook.com/FEIDressage/vi ... 3996973313

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I very much agree that IW's trot extension leaves much to be desired--both in correctness and in pizazz. And it was definitely hollow, butI don't know that i thought her horse was particularly hollow during piaffe and passage also. It's interesting, Carl Hester commented that her extended trot was ...

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I just finished watching all of the freestyles. I REALLY don't get it. The top six were super quiet and relaxed, except for Zonik, who I think was way overscored for the mistakes. Hans Peter finished behind Edward when she should have been above. I get what you're saying about Freestyle, Dresseur. I...

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https://gdf.coth.com/article/video-steffen-peters-conquers-the-grand-prix-special-in-week-3-of-the-2020-adequan-global-dressage-festival?fbclid=IwAR08RfJekCk9G3uVO3l4go6yHBYSOb9PstpSemQwk4USlVULPz0P8ajdfQA Wow. I wonder why he did the GPS. I thought he was way underscored. That looked better than an...

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thanks, Tanga, I saw this link in time to watch a few rides! Though, I didn't see Isabel's winning ride. Man, it stopped working about halfway through for me, in the middle of hers. Did she seriously win??? What I saw was bad. She made no attempt at extended trot, the trot half passes looked passag...

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https://gdf.coth.com/article/olivia-lagoy-weltz-is-back-with-a-bang-in-week-3-of-the-2020-adequan-global-dressage-festival?fbclid=IwAR1vT8q8ivn4YS6LIeJGRAH2rm6uH_BbbxfP_pap5zDiOJCMStMCDSq9iyA There's a video in here if you want to see her. I have never seen her before. They seem like a pretty steady...

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Here's Wellington if you want to watch. You should be able to rewind and watch the whole thing.
https://pbiec.coth.com/article/live-str ... january-24

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thanks, Tanga, I saw this link in time to watch a few rides! Though, I didn't see Isabel's winning ride. Man, it stopped working about halfway through for me, in the middle of hers. Did she seriously win??? What I saw was bad. She made no attempt at extended trot, the trot half passes looked passag...

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/4097285 ... SoIcLmF8Ah

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I think I've made a lot of progress lately, and it sort of fits because I'm no longer tolerating. I've been super focused on relaxed and not pushing the horses beyond and getting them anxious. I think I overdid it. With how I did at championships, a lot of scribing lately, the freestyle symposium, a...

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Chisamba wrote:Perhaps you missed where I explained she rides with Carl Hester, in other words, in Britain. If you live streamed Olympia you would have seen her

I saw that, but wasn't understanding that as living in Britain. She's riding as American?

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If anyone is interested, I booked my hotel. I did not a lot of looking around. The Hyatt Place is literally across the street from Thomas and Mack on Paradise. Initially, it doesn't look reasonable, but if you have a group, it is. You can become a Hyatt member and get the longer stay fee for what av...

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I do not know what the status gives them. I assume the USEF backup to prepare them?

I'm assuming Chandler is an east coast rider. I just have never heard of her. You'd think two people who are potential Olympic candidates I would have seen some results on, live streaming, or something.

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http://www.eurodressage.com/2020/01/17/ ... OILcNcN7c0

Interesting. I do not know Chandler or Weltz.

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Well, I will not be staying at any of the host hotels. It might be Hooters, which is cheap and fine. But, they are a good place to "cruise" the famous people. I remember the whole Dutch dressage team hanging out at the bar at Paris, Paris. The first couple of times I went, SWANA had some r...

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I assume 5 to 7 K one way? I guess if you're fairly well off, it's reasonable. For things like the national finals, if you need to fly from CA to KY, round trip 10 to 14 k seems like quite a lot of money to me. And if you're from N. CA, you have to ship the horse down to LA (5 to 10 hour drive depen...

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I don't see anyone else who is better than these guys, no matter what CJ thinks and how many expensive horses she buys. CJ? Charlotte Jorst. There was a Eurodressage article about her trying to get on the Olympic team. She was replying to everyone on the post. I posted diplomatically that it would ...

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https://www.psdressage.com/laura-graves-announces-retirement-olympic-partner-verdades/ I'm sure she is doing the right thing, but this makes me sad. I was looking forward to seeing him at the World Cup and him finally being allowed to win, let alone the Olympics. This makes our team prospects so muc...

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I saw the boot crowns at Big Dees - they are nice but I too was a bit sticker shocked at $130.00 I also wondered if the snap would bother me since it's on the inside of your leg. Yeah. That was about the cheapest I could find. Ouch. The ones I saw had velcro on the inside, maybe for just that reason.

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KathyK wrote:Google "boot crowns."

Thank you! Just what I was going to make my millions off of if no one had thought of them.

Ouch. They are expensive! $130 is the cheapest I can find. I might have to just make my own.

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I'm assuming both directions? Without seeing it, I would guess your weight is to the inside, so she's balancing the unbalance by putting her head out. I would keep the outside rein and inside leg, but make sure you are weighting your outside heel more without pushing into it (and thus often end up l...

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Tarlo--I'm with you on Hotel 6 or Howard Johnsons. Thanks Tanga. I’m sort of in a compromise position. The friend is not a horse person, but doesn’t mind traveling and watching horse stuff. She would prefer to be near the Strip for those occasional times when we are not at the arena. I may have to g...

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A friend and I have tickets for all sessions both jumping and dressage. We don’t have a hotel yet. I was waiting to find out where the shuttles would leave from. I’d prefer something within walking distance of a shuttle but cheaper than the strip. Most of the strip hotels are expensive and we won’t...

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Psst. If you don't care about big hotels with really long distances from one end to the other, there are some pretty amazing prices on rooms within walking distance. The Stratosphere was $27 a night, but that's too far. There are some little casinos and the D and a few other places for about $40 a n...

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Ah. I was going to start a thread on this. I am totally going. I have tickets for all. Manni is coming from Germany to meet up with me and then we're driving there. I'm almost 100% positive you can just buy any tickets you want right now. Saturday usually sells out, but probably not now. you can cal...

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I buy all of mine at the Dollar Store and they work pretty well.

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Yep, that's what I'm doing - no heavy breathing :) The air is better at 608 this morning. It's the same scale AQI. Yeah. Even walking up a slight incline was bad. Throat was always sour feeling. This is what I could find on AQI. It says the 7700 in Canbera is equal to 568 . https://www.theguardian....

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