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Last post by Chancellor « Fri Nov 21, 2025 8:31 pm

by Chancellor » Fri Nov 21, 2025 8:31 pm

If you are really a horse person and want to join this board, I suggest using a horse-y related username or something that people recognize from the...

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New Suggestions Thread

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by Chancellor » Wed Dec 09, 2015 8:27 pm » in The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics

I believe that with the font size larger, I have accomplished all the requests that were on the old thread save being able to embed youtube videos....

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My Portugal trip to the Valenca's

Last post by piedmontfields « Thu Sep 26, 2019 3:36 pm
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by khall » Fri Sep 13, 2019 5:42 pm

Two friends and I traveled from Georgia to Portugal first of September arriving the 2nd after an overnight flight. We were met at the airport by one...

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Thu Sep 26, 2019 3:36 pm
Iron woman Hilda Gurney

Last post by Kyra's Mom « Tue Sep 24, 2019 5:59 am
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by Tanga » Mon Sep 23, 2019 5:56 am

If you are not aware of HIlda Gurney, everyone can just bow down. The woman is 76 years old and this was the last of 28 rides over four days at the...

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Tue Sep 24, 2019 5:59 am
Fabulous video on what's wrong with dressage

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by Tanga » Wed Sep 11, 2019 10:07 pm

I love this video. I having been saying this over and over. I get reemed on COTH for saying the judges are really hurting dressage by placing IW as...
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Wed Sep 18, 2019 6:47 pm
Things I wonder about wrt modern dressage

Last post by Tanga « Sun Sep 15, 2019 9:05 pm
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by Chisamba » Fri Sep 13, 2019 4:31 pm

Tanga made me think, which I suppose is a good thing. I think technology has contributed to some if the changes in dressage.

Old school: the...

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Sun Sep 15, 2019 9:05 pm
Your favorite patterns/exercises and what they do

Last post by StraightForward « Sun Sep 15, 2019 4:04 am
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by StraightForward » Sun Aug 11, 2019 2:48 pm

I posted over in the goals and progress about an exercise we used in our last lesson.

This morning I was relieved to be scheduled at 8 am, and we...

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Sun Sep 15, 2019 4:04 am
One bell boot

Last post by Tsavo « Fri Sep 06, 2019 1:34 am
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by Chisamba » Wed Sep 04, 2019 3:43 am

Hilary clayton used a chain, but dont worry, so long as it is significant enough for the horse to be aware its there, a bell boot will work.

Is your...

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Fri Sep 06, 2019 1:34 am
Susanne von Dietz Educational Event in Landrum SC

Last post by StraightForward « Sat Aug 31, 2019 4:28 pm
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by piedmontfields » Sun Jun 17, 2018 11:34 am

FYI, Susanne von Dietz is teaching at JJ Tate's farm in Landrum SC this coming Tuesday-Wednesday. Most rides will be JJ, but auditors get to watch...
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Sat Aug 31, 2019 4:28 pm
Seat Aids for Transitions - clinic notes and thoughts

Last post by Tsavo « Sat Aug 31, 2019 3:48 pm
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by piedmontfields » Wed Jul 10, 2019 2:55 pm

I'm slow sharing some of my learning from the Susanne von Dietz clinic in June. One point she made with a number of riders was to understand the...

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Sat Aug 31, 2019 3:48 pm
Scores - 6 year old test

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by musical comedy » Sun Aug 25, 2019 2:56 pm

These scores blow my mind. Imagine coming in dead last in a class of 15 with a 76%. What are they going to do when the scores reach 100? I suppose...

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Let's sweat some! July/August goals and progress thread

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Attachment(s) by khall » Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:01 pm

Yesterday was the start of July and man is it hot and humid here! We are high 90's and supposed to hit 100 tomorrow and the humidity is always...
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Fri Aug 30, 2019 6:15 pm
Metronome trots... nature or nurture?

Last post by Tsavo « Thu Aug 29, 2019 5:09 pm
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by Tsavo » Sun Aug 25, 2019 1:58 am

The horse I exercise has a metronome trot. He is an OTTB.

Was this trained or was he born that way?

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Thu Aug 29, 2019 5:09 pm
Marius Schreiner clinic went well

Last post by khall « Wed Aug 21, 2019 9:31 pm
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Marius worked well with all levels if riders and helped everyone, I feel very positive about the clinic in retrospect.

I just wish I could work...

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Wed Aug 21, 2019 9:31 pm
Default brain settiings

Last post by Tsavo « Sat Aug 17, 2019 12:05 am
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by Tsavo » Mon Aug 12, 2019 11:36 am

These are my default brain settings for my riding at the moment... I do these things 95+% of the time and without thinking:

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2. Inside to...

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Sat Aug 17, 2019 12:05 am
Left/Right versus Inside/Outside

Last post by Dresseur « Tue Aug 06, 2019 2:26 pm
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by musical comedy » Sat Aug 03, 2019 10:09 pm

I remembered something Moutaineer wrote last October:
I also, (I suspect many lefties are like this) don't automatically know my left from my right...

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Tue Aug 06, 2019 2:26 pm
SPAMMERS!

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by Chancellor » Fri Jul 26, 2019 1:00 pm

So, on top of a whole lotta crap at work (including my entire work laptop crashing and nearly setting fire to my house), the spammers have found us....

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N. CA buddy at dressage champs?

Last post by Tanga « Thu Aug 01, 2019 7:18 pm
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by Tanga » Wed Jul 31, 2019 9:20 pm

I didn't know where else to put this, so I hope this is the right place.

Is anyone else going to the CDS/USDF/USEF champs. at Rancho Murrietta in...

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Thu Aug 01, 2019 7:18 pm
Get me out of training level!

Last post by StraightForward « Thu Aug 01, 2019 4:33 am
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by Xanthoria » Thu Jan 18, 2018 5:00 pm

I've been reading a lot of threads about people circling the drain at training level forever (nothing wrong with that!), and I have to say that what...
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Thu Aug 01, 2019 4:33 am
Strengthening the Canter

Last post by Linden « Mon Jul 29, 2019 6:35 pm
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by Kelo » Fri Jul 26, 2019 2:00 pm

In the canter, my young horse is periodically falling out of lead with her hind end for a stride or two. She just kinda sputters around and gets back...

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Mon Jul 29, 2019 6:35 pm
Half pass zig zags

Last post by DJR « Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:14 pm
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by Flight » Mon Jul 22, 2019 7:41 am

Can anyone walk me through how you do the change of bend. For example half pass right K to X then half pass left X to H.

I can get it done, but I...

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Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:14 pm
Just want to gush for a minute

Last post by KigerSMM « Mon Jul 22, 2019 9:22 pm
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by MidgetMustang » Tue Jul 16, 2019 5:59 am

Long time lurker coming out of the shadows because I know you folks will appreciate how over the moon I am...

A couple of weeks ago I had a lesson...

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Mon Jul 22, 2019 9:22 pm
Good connection

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by demi » Thu Jul 04, 2019 4:17 am

Deleting
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Lightbulb Moments

Last post by StraightForward « Sun Jul 14, 2019 4:06 pm
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by musical comedy » Mon Jul 08, 2019 10:52 am

When all of a sudden you realize that one thing that works. That one thing you've been doing wrong forever. Or not enough or too much. Sometimes it's...

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Sun Jul 14, 2019 4:06 pm
Trainers riding through you.

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by musical comedy » Fri Jun 21, 2019 5:04 pm

Sounds like a few of you like this method? My trainer does that. Do I like it? Yes and No. Sometimes I feel like what and when he tells me to do...
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Sun Jul 14, 2019 2:38 pm
He/She Has Got Your Number

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by musical comedy » Thu Mar 28, 2019 12:52 pm

I hate that comment. My good friend has said that to me a number of times, and each time I have to bite my tongue so as not to argue. What does that...
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Sat Jul 06, 2019 11:32 pm
"When you give the rein, give something!"

Last post by Tanga « Fri Jul 05, 2019 11:29 pm
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by piedmontfields » Fri Jul 05, 2019 10:12 pm

This was a very interesting comment from the Susanne von Dietz clinic I audited a few weeks back. "When you give in rein, give something! Give...

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Fri Jul 05, 2019 11:29 pm

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