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Well I rode her today as leg seemed okay and I can tell better at walk mounted if she is off or not. Seemed sound but vet will be called tomorrow. It's really difficult as we don't have a small turnout area to use 24/7 just the sheep fold for short times. We have about a month and a half until winte...

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Just an update and request for advice please. Shandy has damaged a hind suspensory ligament where it branches around the fetlock. She was sound in walk, lame trot. She has had three months box rest with catraphon and shock therapy treatment. Vet scanned her Friday and was very pleased with how it ha...

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Unfortunately Shandy is broken. Hopefully will mend with rest . That's it really for July/August.

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I hope I'm allowed a longish update here as officially no longer a dressage wanabe. I decided to have one last shot with Shandy at long distance riding which is my real passion. She vetted out on pulse rate when I tried it 5 years ago, acted like a lunatic on ride and trampled over husband at venue ...

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Good to see all the updates and lovely photos, flight your horse is lovely. Less good to hear you are selling Your stallion ex vet. My season has ground to a halt. After a surprise success at a Dressage show (video greater with a wave of indifference here) I had a showing clinic and indoor trec line...

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Short version - sort of had gave up dressage, did a test today and actually won it on 68.92%. Long version ... So, we went to a local dressage intro class (walk, trot only) today. Aim was to remember test and have a consistent contact. Huge class of 17 seniors plus 5 juniors. New venue to us with a ...

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Bit of an odd update from me. I rode 2x different horses today. Both on the same yard as mine, it came about as I was wondering past the menage and one of the other horses riders asked I wanted a go. I suspect she thought I would decline but that might be my paranoia! I tend to think I’m an awful ri...

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Funny old year for me in many ways, some newish disciplines tried and a lot of growing up on my part-at 54 years old :oops: Having bored many to tears about wanting to do long distance on an Ayrab, I have done two short long distance rides on Shandy pony. Loved it but sadly my hips/pelvis didn’t and...

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Exvet - how wonderful to compete on a horse you bred yourself and did so well. You must pleased as punch. My post is a kind of end of an era/chapter beginning of a new one. I did a pleasure ride last month and an indoor trec comp. absolutely loved both. Did a long post on October thread which I acci...

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Just realised that there is an existing thread so added to that one - please ignore this one!

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As no one else has started this one in the series I thought I would oblige! I have been quiet on here following a blinding revelation...I don't enjoy doing competitive dressage and have no idea what I was doing it at all! This might seem negative but its not, its the most positive line of thought I ...

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As spring follows winter a post from Dresseur is inevitably followed by one by me...My update is that we have semi defected from dressage to show classes, I have been competing in Mountain and Moorland ridden and in hand classes. I have found that Shandy is much more forward and therefore much round...

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lovely to see everyones reports, as per usual mine follows on the heels of Dressuer - Im not stalking honest! Lovely lovely photos dressuer. I made a discovery with pony. All those years of struggling to even get canter resolved by taking her to a breed show. I haven't done much showing as opposed t...

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Its lovely to read how every one is progressing. I have a bit of a sad update really so tea and biscuits for those who manage to read through this. I was looking forward to posting again as had booked instructor to accompany me to a competition and took the day of work. I had a lesson the night befo...

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A belated goal setting update from me, my goals were to remember the blinking test, relax when competing, progress with balance, outline and riding back end before front rather than focusing on neck position, stop obsessing about not getting left canter lead and also to use seat more for dictating p...

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hello x vet nice to hear from you. It sounds to me like you have a clever native pony that doesn't quite understand what is required so is offering anything it can think of bar what you want! We trained my pony to leg yield by starting on the 3/4 line and leg yielding to the fence as it capitalises ...

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Aww thank you I have spent so long thinking rubbish rider pony not the right one so I now use the word astonished an awful lot! The reader giving the wrong test movements was a massive confidence boost for me. The competition before I had no reader and actually got lost on an Intro test ( I wrote ab...

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I deleted my previous post as was feeling quite down however I took pony to another affiliated British Dressage competition and much to my astonishment I won one Preliminary class and placed second in the other one we entered. We also now have the three scores above 62% needed to enter the British D...

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I attended a great clinic watching Gareth Hughes and his novice to grand prix horses. He was the most down to earth dressage coach I have heard. He was brought up in Australia and coaches their Olympic event team so is very to the point. His horses were lovely but he pointed out their conformation c...

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I am following this for ideas have similar issues in fact 1 judges comments were pony barely walking at times. We are now working on my not blocked my her by allowing my hands to move with her and my hips, I unconsciously stop my hips from moving with pony at walk so I try to ensure they sashay alon...

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I think this is a fascinating discussion. I was really interested in dressuers vaulting lesson and what she gleaned from it. Not on a par with that but on a similar vein, Yesterday evening here was lesson night hot and sultry so poor shandy couldn't breathe very well, chunky build, black, mild hay f...

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I toyed with not doing an update but finally succumbed...so apoligies here is another long one from me.I have had a funny time with Pony and not been terribly happy, facebook friends are probably bored stiff with my whinges/rants on this topic. It came to a head in a lesson where I upset pony and in...

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https://m.facebook.com/groups/3037395023?view=permalink&id=10158907174735024 This is one of the remaining 5, I think, free roaming Fell herds. Peelings and or rundels prefix. My mare is from the Greenholme stud slightly further away from this herd. The first mareis most identical to her, like th...

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Goals for me are to mix it up a bit so doing a variety of things with pony to keep her fresh and to do some goal setting instead of my nebulous I'm doing dressage and get rid of the canter fixation.. Did an obstacle training day which consisted of 1 1/2 hrs training over fixed x country fences and w...

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I did a non dressage event last weekend, I attended a Trec training camp at Cartmel Racecourse in the Lake District. It is a lovely venue and all the orienteering was within a National Park ( in fact one that I think was instigated by Beatrix Potter). Stunning views when out riding on top of the fel...

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Ohh more lovely photos! I ended May by doing my first British Dressage affiliated test. I had been warned to expect a 10% drop in scores compared to unaffiliated as marking is stricter plus certain percentages are qualifying baselines for regional championships. We had various disasters getting to t...

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Dresseur are you able to post clips of your training please? I was interested to read about your hand position. Fascinating how many tips can be gleaned from these threads.

Impereni what a stunning horse.

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its none other than Charlotte de what not and Valegro romping down a field, chased by her dogs with her shouting yippee - just posted it to illustrate that some dressage horses are allowed out of the arena and to have fun even when the horse has experienced some success. They hack all their horses o...

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Not sure if this will work but this is how some dressage riders ride out of the arena

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Just been watching a programme about the Manchester bombing, one week today so many young children and adults lives were permenantly destroyed. The arena is about 25 minutes drive from my home. People are still being arrested . But life goes on I guess.

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Nearly the end of the month, so another little update from me. I have my affiliated dressage debut on Wednesday so as a confidence giver I entered 2 x unaffiliated tests yesterday at a nice friendly venue, what could go wrong? Well I had only memorized the wrong blinking tests :lol: ! I had realised...

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Congrats dressuer and every one else who is progressing. We are also slowly progressing at my snail pace rate of "getting it". A few weekends back we tried a new to us venue. Very busy working in arena by the lorry park, competition arena was outside reached via road crossing then through ...

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Hello khall how awful for you and rip presumably not something a hobday would help x

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Hello all since posting the original post I have been striving to improve, I have had a number of discussions with my poor trainer who is having to gradually unpick years of my misunderstanding very basic principle. Examples; Me - I always thought to turn, bend, do a circle you only used the inside ...

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Dressuer, well done you both look so correct and beautiful.

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greenholmeshandy

This month or so has been quite an odd one but with good results and a bit of progress. I managed to end up front cover with a three page spread about my pony and trec in Native Pony magazine. A few weeks ago we went to our usual venue and competed in intro c (walk trot) and preliminary dressage (in...

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we had another little dabble at dressage on Sunday, intro c which is a UK walk, trot test and quite twiddly and preliminary 13 which involves canter work which I didn't really click with as canters started after A and C on 20 meter circle before X. I stupidly let my self get flustered by this so Sha...

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Thank you all for your comments on my update and its interesting to read others comments on other peoples updates. I must confess I find short and simple comments easier to follow and understand (I deal with advising on UK Tax legislation day in day out I think it burns out the little grey cells), G...

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Chisamba you made me giggle (in a good way), my only ever dressage rosette with Brychen followed medication in the form of several vodka and diet chokes

, worked wonders for nerves but as I now tow alone it's not an option

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I managed to achieve some of my goals, I went to the Trec AGM and picked up my award, rosette and got suitably inebriated... I also went to a dressage completion last Sunday and did Intro C - which is a walk trot test and a bit fiddy and Prelim 18 which is the next level up so involves canter work. ...

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Happy New year, I'm just up after a lie in and off to do horsey. A very quiet New year night for me as oh working, so watched London's fallen on net flicks then late night due to random fireworks from all the neighbours.

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Because some one had to succumb to starting the thread :lol: ! My goals are: Go to dressage training day which has a focus on training on how to warm up and ride in at a competition, plus individual training session Enter 2 x dressage competitions so pony can start to gain experience of the indoor e...

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Left canter!

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Well, I have not commented on other peoples comments or progress as I don't really feel I am qualified to. I decided that my December goal was to actually "grow a pair" set some goals with my pony and stick to them so we can both progress. So I downloaded a workbook on goal setting and a 2...

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Thank you Ryeissa,

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we have a nice free forward but a bit head sticky up but reliable canter. Poor instructor is coping well with my snails pace progress: I have edited this as I had a long hard think last night. Instructor has ridden pony for 8 or 9 sessions over a month on her own, with instructor pony goes in a beau...

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