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I know this is a dressage board, but I can’t resist talking about the jumping finals individual. They were so exciting! Neither American medaled. I think it was Karl Cook who had a bad spot into a double and took down both fences and then he got very emotional afterwards, and almost made me cry! My ...

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I enjoyed watching the freestyles (and so did Ryan Gosling!! He and his wife and kids were there). I liked the winner’s ride - harmonious and without the tension of some of the other high scorers. I thought generally the music was pretty boring across the board. The crowd did a really terrible time ...

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I also like the new format for both dressage and jumping where round 1 is qualifying only and scores don’t carry over to the final. Makes it a bit more exciting and competitive in the second round.

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Still slowly working my way through day 1. I saw the Singaporean rider a few times in Wellington. She did a good job recovering from a disastrous start - I thought if I was here I’d bow out but she got him back. But then after her salute she dropped the reins and I guess he hopped out of the arena o...

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I’m still on the stadium jumping for the eventing. Not enough hours in the day to stay caught up! The eventing dressage test was fun - about my level so I may try to ride it myself just to see how it goes. Such a short fast test. I have found it very strange in the eventing that they can substitute....

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It got really dark there for a few weeks, seems a little bit better now that Kamala is running, but at the end of the day they reacted to a black male president by electing Trump over a white woman, I just don't see them voting for a black women.

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Yeah Tanga, I was thinking about it this morning because the question came up on ToB about whether the demands for competitive GP are unattainable without abusive training. I wondered this same thing myself. Essentially the bar keeps getting raised to a certain type and most horses are never going ...

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Congrats Mountaineer!!

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Tanga wrote:We got 5 and 6 on the pirouettes, which were tight, but I cannot decipher was she wrote on both: "don't come in w/hon (or w/hor) lead." Any ideas? All 7's on the last line except a 6 on the passage.

I’d assume that means “don’t come in with haunches leading”.

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Zevida glad those clouds moved out of the way! Same thing here, we were very fortunate. The drifting cloud streams actually added some extra "O-h-h-h-h-h!" to the surreal display. Yeah the wispy clouds moving past the sun during the partial part of the eclipse was actually kind of neat - ...

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After a cloudy morning 20 minutes before the total solar eclipse the clouds parted and we had perfect clear skies for the whole eclipse. It was incredible - totality was a truly moving experience.

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I'm visiting family in Dallas this weekend and they live where there is over 3 min of totality. Of course, the forecast may dash it or make it much less impactful. But, I'll have a nice visit with them either way. I put it on our calendars back in 2017 when the last eclipse came through the US. My b...

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I am always a fan of trading volunteer hours for costs. I’m not sure how anyone can complain - gives everyone equal options.

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Just watched the Carl Hester video and I like that exercise! I may try it on my own this weekend. Sometimes I find that whatever I do with my legs is a change. Medium canter? Change! Straight canter? Change! Flex inside in counter canter? Change! We do work on things like leg, yield a few strides in...

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Aleuronx such lovely photos! Exvet - you're so right that the hurt is worth the relationships we have with them. We're working on trot HP and flying changes. For the trot HP, he doesn't have access to a lot of sideways jump, if that makes sense. He needs a bit of forward oomph first, and then the h...

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I forgot I have a folding cart I keep in the back to bring bags of grain from the trailer to the barn every few weeks.

I also didn’t mention all the stuff in the glove box or center console. Broken sunglasses, Uno game, orange safety vest, iPhone cable, and more.

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Our tack room at the barn doesn’t have a lot of space so I have to keep a bunch of stuff in the car. I have a tote bag with my helmet, gloves, and a few other things that I have to carry in and out. I have my boot bag. I have a tin with horse cookies. I also have my Barn boots that I change into and...

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Moutaineer wrote:
It's pretty obvious I'm the weak link in this partnership!

Aren’t we all???

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For zevida - String of Pearls - a series of 10-meter circles (usually 6) end on end from A to C with the focus of bend (supple), round and maintaining a consistent forward tempo at whatever gait you're executing. At canter you can use the canter walk canter transition to change bend/direction, trot...

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Anyone remember the string of pearls exercise that Zettl was always so fond of? Molly and I were commenting and reminiscing when we each were first introduced to the exercise (she in 1997 on one of her grand prix horses and me in 2000 at a symposium). Well poor Junior worked the exercise at all thr...

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I’m so sorry for your loss Tanga.

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exver I’m sorry the show didn’t go as you hoped, but give yourself credit for getting out there. On the equitation class it’s really unclear what they want. One of my barnmates rode in a junior equitation class. I thought for sure she’d be top 3 and she was 7 of 8. All 3 ponies placed last. But the ...

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And, August trailcam https://youtu.be/eeyJBl99xuk How did you even notice the water snake that was motionless?? The three legged coyote seems to be hanging in there. Loved the raccoons messing with the camera! Hearing the sniffing at it was so funny. And a bobcat again! So fun! Thanks for sharing

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Once I got over being prickly about it (felt better than that to me!) and heard it from more than one judge, I reckoned its good to get an impartial view and know what I need to work on this winter. And we went out and did it, which is an accomplishment in itself these days! And I think that the ba...

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Me and my horse are both home from the show. We had our best ride today for a 64% and fifth in the class and we ended up 6th overall for the state championships! Which means we got our Top Ten hat :D I’m also pleased all 6 of our flying changes were clean which did not happen in June. One judge even...

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I liked today's ride better but one of the two judges really did not so I ended up with a 62% and finished 11th out of 12 for the USDF regional class. I still have hope for a top 10 finish with tomorrow's ride - a new day! And, I was happy with my ride. The judge at B gave us a 60% for a horse who t...

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Aww Tanga I’m so sorry about your wrist that really sucks!! Hope you are able to make it through and take care of yourself.

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Successful first show day for me we got a 63% at 3-2 and finished 7 out of 11 which means we get a ribbon since they do ribbons to 8th. I’ll take it! And that means I’m well positioned to hopefully finish in the top 10 after Sunday’s 3-3 test I hope! But at least I’m coming home with one ribbon! We ...

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Moutaineer wrote:And it's Covid. I've avoided it until now.

Oh bummer hope you feel better!

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DESPITE someone walking through end of the arena DURING my test (you can see it.) I was a little distracted and said out loud to the judge a horse was there. Quilla didn't care. Holy WTF at the person hand walking THROUGH the arena!!! And I can't believe I missed that! I remember seeing someone han...

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Of course the day we are all leaving for the show the smoke rolls in! From fires in Oregon and Northern California. It is supposed to clear out by tomorrow and I don’t have my first class until Friday so hopefully it works out. One of my barnmates is now thinking of scratching. I was already in the ...

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https://youtu.be/sui7zri6-Ek?si=MGqW-KyOH7KaO-Pa her poor horse tripped right before and you could see it stung a little. My dad had been watching a few tests beforehand and said just about every horse had tripped right there so there must have been a hole or something. Here's her first little dres...

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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. 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 b...

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I prefer to mix-up the warm-up routine from a set of typical exercises we would do. I don't like my horse to be anticipating. But I can agree that for a nervous horse or who is fried that consistency and predictability of the warm-up could be really valuable.

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Keep the shoulders back like you've been stabbed between the shoulder blades and have blood running down your back. This is funny! The other day my trainer told me to sit up like I’m the Queen of England and that really helped! I have better posture and keep my chin up and stretch my legs down. But...

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@Tanga I will be at champs too after waffling back and forth for weeks (months). We won’t be competitive but it also feels like now or maybe never for me and my guy. I just want to have fun and enjoy cheering for my friends and barnmates. We will be competing at third AA. I will seek you out to say ...

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I would love to be able to post mediums on my guy mostly because we have no medium to begin with and trying to sit the rushy wannabe non-medium isn’t fun for either of us. We aren’t going to get better than a 5.5 so just let us post and put us out of our misery.

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I've probably had, over the years, a dozen posts on bras, support, etc. I've spent probably, thousands of dollars over the years trying every thing. She fit, title nine, chetta trotter et al. I always wear Two support bras. I was at a clinic once doing a demo and this guy hands me his business card...

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@chisamba - I watched your ride and felt a kindred spirit. Our horses are very different and have different challenges but both fit the mold of not the fancy mover and just worked on doing "good" work (not 8 good but colloquial good). Your test to me showed good basics and had good moments...

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Very cool! Looks like the bird was thinking the snake could be tasty? But maybe was a little more than the bird bargained for so she gave up?

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An otter and a beaver! Amazing!

It makes me so nervous to see the house cat(s) in the same spots where the bobcat and coyote hang out.

That turkey looked huge!

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I had a working eq comp with Norsey on the weekend. He was soooooo good. He really is a nice, obedient horse. He's quite smart so he's worked out what a weq course is about (although he'll probably spook at something next time, now I've said this!!). He has been to these grounds a few times over th...

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Zevida, well, having scribed for this one and others, things like counting the tempi changes out loud for her. But, yes, pointing out things like off course, too. She was having trouble keeping up with the FEI tests and even mentioned it was time to retire, but didn't. The show in Oct. last year I ...

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\And knowing this judge and scribing for her last year, I really hope the scribe is sharp and can point out when she keeps missing things. Oh interesting, I have scribed a ton and I would never point anything out to a judge other than if they missed giving a score for a movement. What would you wan...

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I'll add to Blob's query, I've used cee coach during lessons and find the cord to be annoying, why don't we just call cell phone to cell phone and use a wireless earbud? I've found using my phone there is much greater delay, often 2-3 seconds, in the audio as compared to using CeeCoach. I either ru...

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And just the PIVO app How do you call/provide a link via the PIVO app? Sorry for being so clueless! When you start a Pivo Meet (video call) in the Pivo app, it generates a link and then you text or email it to the other person. Here is their help center article that reviews how it works. https://su...

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I can't believe it's halfway through Feb which means about halfway through my winter in FL (I am trying to stretch it to mid-April-ish but entirely at the whim of when transport will be available for the horse back to CA). I'm so excited by how well our lessons are going and the new perspective I'm ...

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Belated but oof to mountaineer, sorry about the fall. I had a horse who I really would have considered bombproof but there were two things that completely unglued him - cows, and ice/snow sliding off the roof. I'm settling into Florida and enjoying the change of pace working with a new trainer, such...

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I would LOVE to do working equitation. But I'm not sure how to get started, honestly there's not much of a community in this area. I’ve seen a few working eq videos that really intrigued me but it also isn’t clear how to get started. It seemed like an interesting alternate if I don’t want to try go...

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I use PIvo for remote lessons too. It has a video call feature built into the app so you just send your coach a link to the video call. They can remotely control the camera from their view if needed, if anything is off with the tracking. The auto tracking should work well, as long as you are the onl...

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