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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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Bend in the short bodied horse

Last post by kande50 « Mon Dec 02, 2019 7:51 pm
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by piedmontfields » Fri Nov 22, 2019 1:59 am

So I have a short bodied horse (Lusitano x). Many things are great about this, as her back is fairly strong and I never really lose the caboose of...

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Mon Dec 02, 2019 7:51 pm
Your Warmup - how do you prepare?

Last post by mld02004 « Thu Nov 28, 2019 11:24 pm
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by Linden » Fri Nov 01, 2019 9:19 pm

I was thinking about this recently, since it is such a big part of how every ride goes. Me, I have a warmup routine that is nearly step-by-step...

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Thu Nov 28, 2019 11:24 pm
Shameless plug for my friend's Dressage Today Online Blog

Last post by StraightForward « Thu Nov 28, 2019 1:47 am
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by Chancellor » Wed Nov 27, 2019 4:44 pm

Jenn is a VERY funny writer. This is her introduction but has another blog about to come out.

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Thu Nov 28, 2019 1:47 am
PSI Auction Catalogue - who's your pick?

Last post by Chancellor « Fri Nov 15, 2019 3:41 pm
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by Linden » Mon Nov 11, 2019 2:50 am

So the auction is coming up here pretty quick -

I love going through the catalogue and pretending I am going shopping. If you had unlimited funds,...

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Fri Nov 15, 2019 3:41 pm
global muscles vs postural muscles

Last post by Kyra's Mom « Fri Nov 15, 2019 5:10 am
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by khall » Mon Nov 04, 2019 5:43 pm

So in my search for greater understanding of the work we do in dressage I have taken Jillian Kreinbring's biomechanics course twice now. Plus I have...

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Fri Nov 15, 2019 5:10 am
Cool down and keep going! September/October Goals and Progress.

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Attachment(s) by StraightForward » Sat Aug 31, 2019 12:07 am

I'm so very over August, it is already September in my mind. :lol:

I have simple goals this 2-month period:

Annabelle - consistent, successful...
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USEF dressage finals

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by demi » Sun Nov 10, 2019 3:30 pm

I’ve been watching off and on all three days and in general, I am impressed by the quality of horsemanship. I am watching AA PSG at the moment and a...

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Sun Nov 10, 2019 3:30 pm
For those schooling changes

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by piedmontfields » Mon Nov 04, 2019 5:03 pm

You may find this video of Silva Martin teaching changes to one of Boyd Martin's horses interesting:

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Wed Nov 06, 2019 2:40 am
What point is being made?

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by Tsavo » Mon Sep 09, 2019 2:09 am

This is Mrs. Horse Problems Australia.

Isn't it known that judges can only see certain things from certain vantage points? Isn't this just optics?...

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Mon Nov 04, 2019 9:51 pm
Stirrups/knees

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by Hot4Spots » Mon Nov 04, 2019 7:23 pm

Just wanted to give a thumbs up for the Sprenger Bow Balance Stirrups. For the years since my horse's injury where I've been relegated to only...

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Mon Nov 04, 2019 7:23 pm
Removing knee rolls??

Last post by Sue B « Mon Nov 04, 2019 4:56 pm
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by ElaPe » Sun Nov 03, 2019 3:47 pm

So recently I started riding with this old trainer that is really "old school" and have trained with legendary trainers in Europe incl....

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Mon Nov 04, 2019 4:56 pm
Spin off--cool down.

Last post by exvet « Mon Nov 04, 2019 1:24 pm
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by Moutaineer » Fri Nov 01, 2019 9:49 pm

So Linden has a post about warming up. I'm pretty disciplined about this, but I feel my end-of-ride procedure is a bit lacking. I tend to try to...

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Mon Nov 04, 2019 1:24 pm
Stirrup Positioning

Last post by Linden « Fri Nov 01, 2019 8:10 pm
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Attachment(s) by PhoenixRising » Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:53 pm

Last night during my lesson I asked my trainer about posting, because I felt like I was posting too much from my feet. Starting to break it down, we...

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Fri Nov 01, 2019 8:10 pm
Pushing through your comfort zone - yes or no?

Last post by piedmontfields « Fri Nov 01, 2019 4:11 pm
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by Linden » Sun Sep 29, 2019 3:11 am

I think a huge difference between a trainer and a rider is the willingness and the confidence to deliberately push the limits of you and your horse's...

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Fri Nov 01, 2019 4:11 pm
Preparing your horse for the warm-up ring (and other adventures)

Last post by piedmontfields « Sat Oct 26, 2019 12:26 am
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by piedmontfields » Fri Oct 25, 2019 12:15 am

So, I got my horse after she had way too many years living alone and without preparation for living and working with other horses. We still struggle...

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Sat Oct 26, 2019 12:26 am
Spin-off: What are your greatest strengths?

Last post by piedmontfields « Fri Oct 25, 2019 12:10 am
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by blob » Wed Oct 16, 2019 5:51 pm

I was reading through the thread about riding challenges. And was thinking how different people have very different things that come naturally to...

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Fri Oct 25, 2019 12:10 am
Intermediare A and B

Last post by Tanga « Wed Oct 23, 2019 5:43 pm
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by Tanga » Mon Oct 21, 2019 5:55 pm

I am apparently the queen of finding rules I have violated that no one knows about. One of them was you are not allowed to show I1 and I2 at the same...

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Wed Oct 23, 2019 5:43 pm
2 hardest things to learn - Riding skill & dressage element? Then?

Last post by StraightForward « Thu Oct 17, 2019 3:14 am
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by Linden » Sat Oct 12, 2019 3:49 am

Been thinking of this for a while. It could be very interesting to hear peoples worst challenges and how they managed to overcome them - who knows...

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Thu Oct 17, 2019 3:14 am
Piaffe and Passage aids

Last post by Dresseur « Sat Oct 12, 2019 12:52 pm
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Attachment(s) by khall » Mon Sep 16, 2019 6:16 pm

One thing that came up in our trip to Portugal was the difference in aids for piaffe and passage as to how the Valenca's train and how I (and our...

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Sat Oct 12, 2019 12:52 pm
Canter - Suppling or Strenthening or ???

Last post by Chancellor « Mon Oct 07, 2019 12:30 pm
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by musical comedy » Fri Sep 27, 2019 10:51 am

My trainer does not include canterining in the warmup. When asked why not, I was told because the trot is the suppling gait. I tell him that my...

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Mon Oct 07, 2019 12:30 pm
"Behavior "

Last post by khall « Fri Oct 04, 2019 2:17 am
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by Chisamba » Wed Sep 25, 2019 12:46 pm

. In my other career I work with humans with disabilities, and often poor communication skills. So these individuals often have "...

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Fri Oct 04, 2019 2:17 am
Use of the whip

Last post by heddylamar « Fri Oct 04, 2019 2:09 am
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by piedmontfields » Tue Sep 24, 2019 7:06 pm

There are so many ways we use the whip in training.

This was an interesting example I saw recently. The trainer used the whip at time while the...

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Fri Oct 04, 2019 2:09 am
Dressage at Devon Live Streaming

Last post by Flight « Sun Sep 29, 2019 11:03 am
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by musical comedy » Sat Sep 28, 2019 12:58 pm

On USEF Network.

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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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