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If you want to join this board

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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Posted in The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
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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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Side Reins!

Last post by Kyra's Mom « Mon Nov 12, 2018 6:32 am
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by HafDressage » Thu Nov 01, 2018 1:36 am

So I grew up in a very SRS school of training that emphasized proper lunging in connection with side reins. Over the past 5 years I've mostly boarded...

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Mon Nov 12, 2018 6:32 am
US Dressage Finals

Last post by exvet « Sun Nov 11, 2018 2:33 pm
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by demi » Fri Nov 09, 2018 10:51 pm

Anyone else watching live stream?

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Sun Nov 11, 2018 2:33 pm
Another theory question

Last post by kande50 « Sun Nov 11, 2018 10:49 am
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Attachment(s) by kande50 » Thu Nov 08, 2018 3:17 pm

I hear about the hind leg reaching forward and under more, and I understand that it has to come forward more (from where it started) if the horse is...

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Sun Nov 11, 2018 10:49 am
Canter

Last post by Ryeissa « Tue Nov 06, 2018 5:09 pm
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by kande50 » Sat Nov 03, 2018 2:58 pm

I got overly ambitious about trying to bend him in canter and messed it all up, but he gave me this really cute strike off, anyway.

Took me awhile...

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Tue Nov 06, 2018 5:09 pm
Rein length and connection for the lower levels

Last post by Ryeissa « Tue Nov 06, 2018 12:36 pm
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Attachment(s) by StraightForward » Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:49 pm

I'm curious everyone's thoughts on rein length - do you ride on a shorter or longer rein? Do you feel you can achieve connection on a longer rein...
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Tue Nov 06, 2018 12:36 pm
Don't call it fall: September/October Autumn Goals

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Attachment(s) by StraightForward » Fri Aug 31, 2018 12:18 am

Pretty sure the word fall isn't going to figure into anyone's goals, unless the word "don't" comes first :lol:

Since lots of use have...
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Safe Sport

Last post by Chisamba « Thu Nov 01, 2018 8:56 pm
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by Chisamba » Wed Oct 24, 2018 1:33 pm

I was not sure if to put this here or on the Observation lounge, but if you are going to show in 2019 you have to do the Safe Sport training on the...

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Thu Nov 01, 2018 8:56 pm
Regaining confidence

Last post by demi « Mon Oct 29, 2018 10:13 pm
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by demi » Thu Oct 18, 2018 1:41 pm

I am putting this topic here because Ive been seeing the subject on various threads and and even on the FB page. The topic seems more common than I...

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Mon Oct 29, 2018 10:13 pm
You can improve the walk.

Last post by Xanthoria « Fri Oct 26, 2018 8:04 pm
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by Shirrine » Tue Oct 16, 2018 6:00 am

This weekend Lewyn got an 8 for his walk.
He doesn't have a naturally good walk. I have spent many long years working on his walk. From long walks...

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Fri Oct 26, 2018 8:04 pm
Hovering?

Last post by kande50 « Thu Oct 25, 2018 5:17 pm
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by kande50 » Thu Oct 18, 2018 2:40 pm

Crappy video, but I'll get another one with a better camera and lighting next time.

Looking at it from this angle (I usually put the camera up...

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Thu Oct 25, 2018 5:17 pm
spin-off: inside leg to outside rein

Last post by kande50 « Thu Oct 25, 2018 4:12 pm
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by Moutaineer » Wed Oct 24, 2018 5:49 pm

I know, the fundamental of all fundamentals. Something I thought I'd pretty much got down. (This is a bit of a rant at my own body and a cry for...

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Thu Oct 25, 2018 4:12 pm
Musings on Hobby Horse, stall cleaning and seemingly irrelevant topics

Last post by Dresseur « Tue Oct 23, 2018 6:36 pm
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by Chisamba » Thu Oct 18, 2018 4:29 pm

A) hobby horsing. So to raise funds for Meryls Equine Sanctuary, I ran a hobby horse show. Children ,Junior and senior divisions. So we had flat and...

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Tue Oct 23, 2018 6:36 pm
New USEF tests are out!

Last post by Ryeissa « Tue Oct 23, 2018 5:04 pm
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by ironbessflint » Wed Oct 17, 2018 4:14 pm

About to begin analyzing the differences. Favorite changes? Things you wish they'd have left alone?

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Tue Oct 23, 2018 5:04 pm
Musings on leg position

Last post by kande50 « Thu Oct 18, 2018 6:35 pm
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Attachment(s) by HafDressage » Thu Sep 06, 2018 2:21 am

Last week a friend and I joined Dressage Today Online and we both are totally in love with it. I decided to start with Catherine Haddad videos and...
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Thu Oct 18, 2018 6:35 pm
Help getting trot lateral work more forward?

Last post by DJR « Wed Oct 17, 2018 7:37 pm
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by Amado » Tue Oct 16, 2018 2:32 pm

I am back to feeling like I can get serious about riding after two years in far northern Maine with no indoor arena and 6 months of snow on the...

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Wed Oct 17, 2018 7:37 pm
Teaching a horse how to learn

Last post by Gestalt « Tue Oct 16, 2018 3:49 pm
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by Gestalt » Mon Oct 15, 2018 3:31 pm

I like watching Warwick Schillers videos. He doesn't have gimmicky tricks or games, he doesn't have special halters or whips, he simply lays out the...

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Tue Oct 16, 2018 3:49 pm
Anna Banana

Last post by StraightForward « Mon Oct 15, 2018 8:32 pm
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Attachment(s) by StraightForward » Sun Jun 25, 2017 7:57 pm

Things are starting to cruise along with the 4 year old appendix QH mare I bought in April. She had what the vet termed a "swing phase right...

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Mon Oct 15, 2018 8:32 pm
USDF tests for purchase?

Last post by Ryeissa « Mon Oct 15, 2018 3:02 pm
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by PaulaO » Sat Aug 25, 2018 7:10 pm

I know the tests are changing in the fall, but is there any downloadable source for Training levels tests? I don’t want to spend $20 on Whinny...

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Mon Oct 15, 2018 3:02 pm
Creative 3rd/4th level training exercises?

Last post by Chisamba « Sat Oct 13, 2018 11:38 am
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by HafDressage » Tue Sep 18, 2018 5:48 pm

So sometimes I feel I'm lacking some creative effort in my rides. Often I find myself doing the same exercises over and over, which is not ideal bc...

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Sat Oct 13, 2018 11:38 am
Collected trot - more cadence

Last post by kande50 « Sat Oct 13, 2018 10:26 am
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by Flight » Fri Oct 12, 2018 2:32 am

OK, so a lot of comments on my tests now are 'needs to show more cadence' or something along those lines.

I am starting to get more suspension in...

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Sat Oct 13, 2018 10:26 am
Northern California - Schoolmasters

Last post by Xanthoria « Thu Oct 11, 2018 11:02 pm
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by Hot4Spots » Mon Aug 20, 2018 8:07 pm

Okay, so after the visit to Davis and their verdict, my beautiful guy is going to have to go into semi-retirement and try to learn to be a trail...

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Thu Oct 11, 2018 11:02 pm
Collected walk

Last post by Tsavo « Mon Oct 08, 2018 2:59 pm
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by khall » Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:49 pm

How many work on collected walk regularly? As probably many of you I had always been told don't work on the walk very much it is so easy to screw up,...

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Mon Oct 08, 2018 2:59 pm
Improving the Canter Seat

Last post by demi « Mon Oct 08, 2018 2:41 am
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Attachment(s) by piedmontfields » Wed Aug 22, 2018 2:59 pm

I have been working quite a bit on improving my canter seat this summer and wanted to share some reflections and struggles. I welcome your own...
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Mon Oct 08, 2018 2:41 am
A good read, Carl Hester

Last post by Hot4Spots « Tue Oct 02, 2018 10:50 pm
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by khall » Wed Sep 19, 2018 3:24 am

Some great take home information in this article.

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Tue Oct 02, 2018 10:50 pm
I Sold My Dressage Saddle Today....

Last post by Ryeissa « Tue Oct 02, 2018 10:27 pm
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Attachment(s) by Tuddy » Tue Sep 18, 2018 1:35 pm

Welp, I did it.

I've been struggling with it for a while. Does it mean I will quit riding dressage? Well, that's a nope from me. But dressage is...

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