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I started watching the trial and it's stunning. Those two contradicted each other every which way. It's sure looking like those two attacked MB in some way after harassing and setting him up in every which way (including illegal recordings) and she ended up getting shot in the "7 minute" f...

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Finally got to a 2nd show this year. Because we were on lockdown for EHV until the 31st it ended up being really small despite all of the cancelled shows and it being Osinski. They needed temp. checks for two weeks prior recorded, so that's probably why. I didn't sleep much the night before because,...

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khall wrote:Tanga yes absolutely spot on. Working on my position is my top priority.

Me, too! Besides working on my legs, I'm trying to keep my left hip forward and how to do that to fix my swingy changes. I do not know why it works and how to get the feel yet, but when I do it, it works!

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khall--I love the in hand work. Just a thought from the other videos--your legs seem too far back on both sides all of the time and stirrups too long. I just got the leg too far back feedback, so have been working on getting both horses more responsive so I don't feel like I need to do that. (A lot ...

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I’ll be interested in your results! I have three cushenoid horses on Prascend. In the past I have had good luck with the compounded Pergolide powder which is much cheaper. Unfortunately my compounding source no longer makes it. Also I thought you might be interested. Chasteberry is from the Vitex T...

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I never like to feed just a bunch of stuff because I don't know what works, so I'm always trying ingredients to see what will work. On my quest to see if maybe Quinn has ulcers/tummy issues (despite being out 24/7 and food all of the time!) and me having a LOT of aloe vera in my yard, I started with...

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OMG. Apparently I didn't save my post. Agree, I would add a chain or butt bars. You need to be able to open the door without anyone backing right out. I don't tie my horses. I don't see the point in tying to the side. If you want more room for a slant load, you can leave the divider to the side, but...

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Nice, Kyra's Mom! I am now firmly in the do it on the ground camp of training this stuff. It was the only way I really got the Q's to understand lifting the knees for p/p. I am trying to improve Quilla's now and if I use a whip when I ride she does her dramatic stops and refuses to move, and then wa...

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I used to use Calf Manna, and I think it's available. That might be a good solution for the older mare, esp. Maybe I'll look into that. I don't think chia seeds are available in bulk.

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For many years I fed flax seed oil capsules. I bought them from Costco. It was easier, cheaper and my horses ate them readily. Thanks, but I can't imagine that would be cheaper. It would be about 12 a day, which for the $15 price, only lasts 25 days. Normally the 25 lb stabilized flax I get for $30...

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Any suggestions. I've been feeding flax, either whole seed or stabilized ground, for a long time for weight, coat, feet, etc. and think it helps. The prices have gone insane, though. I cannot find the stabilized, which I got a 25 lb bag for $33, and the seed used to be $30 for a 50 lb bag and is now...

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Flight, OMG. That is the best video EVER! We've all been there. I have to say, I was laughing out loud the first half.

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khall--I LOVE that video of the piaffe on the ground. Everyone should do that. blob--I am still working on Quilla's ones, which can be on or off and I can't tell. Chelsey gave me some ideas that might be useful for you. I think I have been seating too deep, driving her back down a bit, so she leaves...

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OMG. Someone I know only on FB posted my story and someone else posted about pas de deux of mine they had seen. I never got a video of it! It was 25 years ago when video cameras were expensive and I really had no money! I asked my friend Dennis Callin to do it with my at the champs and taught it to ...

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Agree with Chisamba. Both Quilla and Quinn were doopy do and easy at 4. 5 was not so fun and both of them tried to to the spin and run (Quinn always to the left, Quilla always to the right.) 5 is not my favorite year with all of the challenging, but you find out what you really have. I'm sure weathe...

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My first thought is something is hurting, like the dew claws. I think a vet visit is good. I'm two months on the new dog, Ozzie, and navigating his temperament. We got him because he had zero aggression I saw. The only thing he does growl at his the the older (fat) dog trying to steal his food, so t...

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Same gait. As a judge and in general most judges know the null spaces and in general will not judge anything there unless you make it a real problem. I've seen judges mark issues on the movement before, after, and ignore it. In general, definitely use that space to do what you need to make your hors...

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Too many urls, so new post. Here's one that might work: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Stanley-22-in-4-in-1-Cantilever-Mobile-Tool-Box-020800R/202262088?MERCH=REC-_-searchViewed-_-NA-_-202262088-_-N& If I had a chance to redo my pick for a barn trunk, think I would do this: https://www.homedepot.co...

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I have one of these for the one many night show I do every few years. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-22-in-Connect-Rolling-System-Tool-Box-230381/207138757 I have this at the new barn and some cheap dollar store plastic shoe box things on the bottom: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-22-in-Connec...

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Tanga - Interestingly, we’ve started working the canter on straight lines recently. Good heavens that is hard… Because he tends to roll forward like a boulder down a hill, most of our work is spent on curves and complex patterns and hundreds and hundreds of transitions. So wish us luck for the next...

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Mari, those are really nice changes to start with. Just what I like to see. He's using his hind end. It's so much harder to fix them when they are late and/or lazy behind. As Chisamba says, he needs to come up, but that takes time and strength. That's why I just sometimes spend weeks going in straig...

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LPS I have actually given the cats 5 mg of citrizine (human pill broke in half) for allergies and never really seen much difference. During allergy season, all three tend to do some coughs once they start trotting. I just let them until they are done, and they seem fine. Your video looks a LOT like ...

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Thank you, everyone. 40 years of trying. It's interesting. They edited out a few phrases here and there not to "offend." After I had to put Zuri down, "This about killed me, along with learning what a true sociopath is in selling her daughter doing all the I-1 work, dirt cheap to a &q...

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We go through this with the horses regularly. If I'm having allergy symptoms, the horses and the cats usually are, too. The allergies are BAD here now since we've mostly been warm and everything has been blooming for awhile.

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I got the notice of the Diamond Achievement a few weeks back. I actually had all of the qualifications years ago, but they didn't come up with this until recently. I know ya'll know who I am--no secret!
https://yourdressage.org/2022/02/28/the ... -bymbeaux/

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https://horsesdaily.com/article/adrienn ... I3MY5RJC9g
Adrienne Lyle

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Mountaineer

That's exactly what I thought when I saw those boots.

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I think this is just perfect.

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Mountaineer--I think you're right on. I haven't been watching much, but I see it in general in judging. It seems like they won't give 8's unless you're the top of the world, and I see this at ALL levels at all shows. I don't like this. I think most horses have 8's in them, and many have 9's, and the...

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Tanga, I adore the slowness of your extended gsits but you will score better if you allow a bit more run. Wierd but I've seen it over and over I know! It depends on the judge, but some just love running. I can't let Quinn do it, though, because she does the "trip" and breaks into canter, ...

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Thanks, LSP. I am really OK with it. I was happy with both horses and know we've made progress. That's why I wait to post sometimes. I need to let the annoyance pass and move on. In the end, no one else cares and we all do it for ourselves. If I wanted to "win," I could drop levels and do ...

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Thanks chisamba, I was actually thinking the same thing with the white on the ear cover. I got four of them pretty cheaply, so I will switch them out. And I am working on those changes! She is SO much better at home, but any tension and they look bad. I'm hoping the aloe vera might help. The pirouet...

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Finally getting around to posting. Had a show on Sunday with a new S judge that I've never heard of before, which always makes me wary because I know most people who've ridden FEI. Eh. (Interesting. Looked her up. She's only ridden GP twice, ever. ) Quinn was really tight a few days before, but I wa...

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I think the TD's, judges, and everyone else are going to care not one whit about anyone challenging a coat pattern and not even go there. I'm not going there because I don't have the money, but I DID show in dark grey breeches Sunday. I'll try to get the videos up tomorrow. It was weird seeing it in...

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Chisamba I saw RK IN LA Riding Biotop. He got WAY overscored for a horse that he could not take on the bit. Apparently the horse was super sensitive and would blow. When I mentioned it to some Europeans in a discussion, they were all a huffy. I think at the top levels some basic incorrectness is for...

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Oh, hypermobility is a HUGE discussion. And you know what? There is going to be little to no real research into it because that's not where the money is. You make a lot more money on breeding and selling horses that "naturally" doing dressage, even though the world literally means TRAINING...

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https://www.usdf.org/docs/ShowFlash/web ... Y_MVNlRgos

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khall I am back to about the same time. Yes, those horses were looser, but the quality was much lower. I remember seeing the WC in person in LA, and every single horse had major flaws somewhere. It's not like that now. I disagree on Anky. She wasn't perfect, but she did a good job with her horses an...

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I watched PSG from Thu and also thought the top riders deserved the good scores they received. I was impressed with the top riders and horses and thoroughly enjoyed watching. Im still learning how to watch and look at the scores at the same time :oops: but in spite of that, my take away is dressage...

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Ooh, I just saw a bobcat today, midday on the back of the ranch as I took the horses out on a warmup loop. I've only ever seen a couple here even though there is so much open space here surrounded by barns and housing.

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Thanks for posting the links, Tanga. I plan on watching some later this afternoon. And good luck Sunday! Im looking forward to watching your vids. You and the Q’s are my fav FEI stars! You're welcome! I do like I can watch it later, too, and I can scan through and watch what we want. I will see if ...

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More live on through Sunday if you want to watch. https://gdf.coth.com/article/live-strea ... 2QcutsuhoY

I would be THRILLED to be judged at the standard of Wellington at my show on Sunday!

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I'm just writing a response. I didn't read anything in detail, so this is just my overall observation. The hardest thing to do is truly ride forward into a correct contact. At the highest levels, that forward goes up (in the whither, neck, front end.) Everything is not fixed with forward, but it sur...

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goldhorse, your video is private. We want to see!!

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The freestyles. https://gdf.coth.com/article/live-strea ... F5EQDI8TaM

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Whoo Hoo! Enjoy it.

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https://gdf.coth.com/article/live-streaming-watch-thursdays-dressage-classes-live-on-january-27th?fbclid=IwAR2ZJ_KznE39S6D4wEaXAL-tx5eTMGsrHgi-9v4IjrQsDzXNgz-txmTt7ks Watching the GP now. OMG!!! Ahh. Apparently, you can do three shuffling steps of "piaffe" and get a 7! And 6 m "piroue...

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I don't shoe my horses. Back when I did, my farrier made me learn to put on and take off a shoe. Always good to know. Their feet in general grow much faster in spring and summer than winter. I trim mine little whenever they need it. In the growth period three weeks was sometimes too long. In the pas...

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Yeah, interesting, eh, demi? Now you know why my pirouette scores really confuse me. I think there were a lot of factors in weird scoring including horses that were just not going to do it and a different set of judges. I'm looking at who the judges are now and I don't recognize any of them, except ...

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:) I like that you can watch these at any time. Yeah. I will repeat my comment people often don't like. They score very high at the upper lever levels like this. I really liked some of the rides, but if I do some of that crap, I get 4's. I saw a lot of what you were talking about. The first three ri...

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