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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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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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Position as it relates to effectiveness

Last post by kande50 « Fri Jan 05, 2018 4:42 pm
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by Tsavo » Fri Dec 29, 2017 3:01 pm

This is an offshoot of another thread.

Here are some relevant questions...

1. What are the limits of position before it affects effectiveness?

2....

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Fri Jan 05, 2018 4:42 pm
Get out your winter boots - November/December Goals and Progress

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Attachment(s) by StraightForward » Wed Nov 01, 2017 1:06 pm

November 1, time for the next thread!

Miss Anna Banana is coming right along. I've been working on her lateral work, but in the half a lesson I got...
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Tue Jan 02, 2018 10:26 pm
Interesting observations that I learned from Mark Russell

Last post by piedmontfields « Tue Jan 02, 2018 5:36 pm
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by khall » Mon Jan 01, 2018 6:41 pm

I remember Mark saying that as we get our horses to lift from the base of the neck and engage their thoracic sling across the top of their withers...

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Tue Jan 02, 2018 5:36 pm
Stirrup Stepping Redux

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by StraightForward » Sun Dec 17, 2017 3:21 pm

I started a thread asking about this a few years ago, and let's say, it did not end well. :lol:

At the time, I was asking because it was mentioned...

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Tue Jan 02, 2018 3:00 am
Test Questions:4-1

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by HafDressage » Mon Dec 18, 2017 6:12 am

I have a couple of "how to ride the movement in a show" questions about 4th 1. As we're working on 4th level stuff, I want to have some of...

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Would you allow the intentional infliction of pain/discomfort from a bucking strap on your horse?

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This topic has a poll. by Tsavo » Tue Dec 12, 2017 12:07 am

Let's see how this goes. I am writing down my prediction and mailing it to myself...

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Sat Dec 16, 2017 11:36 pm
Positional challenges and projects

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by piedmontfields » Mon Nov 06, 2017 6:02 pm

On the monthly thread, there were a few references that made me think this might be a good topic to pull out in its own thread.

As part of my effort...

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Wed Dec 13, 2017 11:53 pm
Walk work and a question

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by Tsavo » Mon Nov 20, 2017 2:55 pm

So I am allowed to ride at walk for 2 weeks before we reassess the situation. He got a coffin joint injection on 1 Nov, I rested him for 2 weeks and...

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Turkey Trot

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by Red's Mom » Wed Nov 22, 2017 3:02 am

I am having a blast with driving. My pony is really fast! We got a blue ribbon at our first ever driving derby. If I could figure out how to post...

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Thu Nov 23, 2017 2:30 pm
In Which I Seek ze Legerete (long)

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by Abby Kogler » Fri Oct 27, 2017 5:02 pm

So, I did my four day audition rides with Bertrand Ravoux to be accepted in the Legerete USA Trainer Course.

In 1991, when I lived in Ashfield MA...

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September and October Goals and Progress

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Time for a new thread again; summer flew by!

Hoping for a cooling trend soon; it's supposed to hit 101 today.

Annabelle will probably be off for...
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Thu Nov 09, 2017 10:12 pm
Trail Horse Challenges!

Last post by Sue B « Thu Nov 02, 2017 3:55 pm
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by StraightForward » Sun Oct 29, 2017 1:08 am

I've been interested in doing these for quite a while. I took Maya, my previous mare, to one in-hand, then a second one under saddle. It was fine for...

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Thu Nov 02, 2017 3:55 pm
Balance and sensitive horses

Last post by Sue B « Tue Oct 31, 2017 10:54 pm
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by demi » Sat Oct 21, 2017 3:37 pm

Just how much a sensitive horse is affected by being even slightly out of balance is something I am just starting to realize. I am an amateur,...

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Tue Oct 31, 2017 10:54 pm
Episode 4 in which my horse will work on (and for) grass

Last post by Tsavo « Thu Oct 19, 2017 10:18 pm
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Attachment(s) by Tsavo » Sat Oct 14, 2017 3:13 am

Today I show up and I am reluctant to call him so as to avoid a gallop again. He sees me and trots towards me for about 75 yards where it is obvious...

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Thu Oct 19, 2017 10:18 pm
Driving clinic on Sunday

Last post by Red's Mom « Wed Oct 18, 2017 2:00 am
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Attachment(s) by Red's Mom » Fri Oct 13, 2017 5:57 am

Screen Shot 2017-10-12 at 10.37.08 PM.png This is my driving pony Oreo. We are going to a driving clinic in Moorpark with Larry Brinker this Sunday.

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Wed Oct 18, 2017 2:00 am
Suggestions for driving bit?

Last post by Red's Mom « Fri Oct 13, 2017 2:22 am
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by Fatcat » Sun Oct 25, 2015 11:57 pm

I have a Welsh/Shetland cross pony mare that I drive. I've never found the perfect bit for her and am hoping more experienced drivers have...

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Fri Oct 13, 2017 2:22 am
Episode 3 in which my horse tries reining

Last post by kande50 « Wed Oct 11, 2017 9:34 pm
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by Tsavo » Sun Oct 01, 2017 12:27 am

This is pretty good...

Today I call him and instead of walk or trot or canter to me, he spins like a reiner and then gallops towards me. He doesn't...
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Wed Oct 11, 2017 9:34 pm
Seat Spinoff - Seat usage

Last post by Tsavo « Sun Oct 08, 2017 2:01 pm
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by HafDressage » Wed Oct 04, 2017 3:12 am

The CDK thread got me thinking a bit about different philosophies on the use of the seat.

Most of the trainers I've worked with advocate a sort of...

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Sun Oct 08, 2017 2:01 pm
Initial notes from Charles de Kunffy clinic- The Rider's Seat

Last post by piedmontfields « Mon Oct 02, 2017 9:45 pm
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by piedmontfields » Fri Aug 11, 2017 9:12 pm

I had the good fortune to audit a Charles de Kunffy clinic at JJ Tate's summer location in South Carolina. As always, treat my notes as an attempt to...

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Mon Oct 02, 2017 9:45 pm
Exercise >> Previcox

Last post by Tsavo « Sat Sep 30, 2017 3:28 pm
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by Tsavo » Thu Aug 10, 2017 10:50 pm

So I left for a week with my horse on a double dose of Previcox for about a month due to some irrational exuberance on the lunge line a while ago....

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Sat Sep 30, 2017 3:28 pm
DHH - A commentary on the sport? or No?

Last post by HafDressage « Sat Sep 30, 2017 2:19 am
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by HafDressage » Sun Sep 24, 2017 5:28 pm

I love to keep an eye on the horse sales market. At some point I'm going to purchase a second horse, although probably not for another year or so....

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Sat Sep 30, 2017 2:19 am
Episode 2 in which Bats79 expertly solves my lunging problem

Last post by Tsavo « Thu Sep 28, 2017 2:13 am
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by Tsavo » Fri Sep 15, 2017 1:04 am

Bats79 wrote:

Proprioception has changed with the pulling of the shoes. Even a small amount of "yield" through the hoof that wasn't there...

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Thu Sep 28, 2017 2:13 am
Article on Lightness

Last post by Tuddy « Wed Sep 27, 2017 9:51 pm
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by Abby Kogler » Thu Sep 21, 2017 7:07 pm

I liked this.

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Wed Sep 27, 2017 9:51 pm
Nicole Weinague clinic

Last post by Abby Kogler « Wed Sep 27, 2017 8:34 pm
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by Abby Kogler » Mon Sep 25, 2017 2:35 pm

I just spent two days auditing a clinic with this person. She was excellent. So many clinicians, even good ones, focus on the horse but not the...

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Wed Sep 27, 2017 8:34 pm
Need new thoughts: Half pass on the harder side

Last post by piedmontfields « Tue Sep 26, 2017 2:27 pm
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by HafDressage » Thu Sep 21, 2017 4:07 am

I am stuck in a half pass rut on my right side. It is my tubby ponies harder side...I don't want to say stiff side, because it's really not stiff,...

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Tue Sep 26, 2017 2:27 pm

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