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Has anyone on earth been given more trained top horses to ride than Steffen? Two already trained grand prix horses for every olympics on a platter Pretty much most of the German team. Many of them are so young there is no way they did any training. Sonke Rothenburger is a lovely rider, but you know...

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Yes. I travelled solo and got around by bus. It was great and easy. I also have a friend who is an ex pat and lives there and loves it. There are a lot of cool things you can do because it has Arenal, which is an active (mellow) volcano and cloud forests, and then all of the beach areas as well as l...

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Nice to see they are improving. I look forward to seeing them in Vegas. I assume Adrienne Lyle will be the other, but maybe Kelly Casey. It doesn't look like either of them are competing in the US right now.

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I don't know other details, but I rode in a Wintec Pro for 30 years (from training to GP) because it was the only saddle that fit the shark fin TB whithers and didn't sit down in the back.

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Two tile shelves all the way. Much easier to clean. Always put more than you need. You an just not use one if you don't want it. You can't add one later.

The baskets never stay up well and you can never really get them clean.

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Oooh I know! I know! Dollar Tree. They have AMAZING boxes of wildflower seeds for $1. They have sun, shade, bee attractors, etc. We planted them last year and just one box gave us amazing flowers, some of which are still here this year. I'm assuming your location is WAish, so betting the shade ones ...

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I was just doing a marketing survey and they asked me to evaluate that. I loved it, even though I'm not buying Doritos.

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I was there for the GP. He looked much improved over the last time i saw him IRL, but as noted above, unevenness still shows up..... Cool. Nice to know he's improving. My guess is Steffen is smart enough about all of it that he is focusing in relaxation right now and can fix the unevenness when he ...

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exvet I'm not a gadget person, and I can't see how draw reins help anything. But I see how sometimes neither of you are strong enough. In the few times when I felt neither I or the horse wasn't strong enough, I used a chambon or degogue. I prefer just training and conditioning, but sometimes you nee...

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I was a Siamese breeder for 35 years. I would say, it depends on how you feel about them and who well you know them. Bad things do happen. Is it just bad luck or irresponsible?

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I just found a video link. No time to watch it now. I think it's only the first eight.

https://www.facebook.com/FEIDressage/vi ... 9721106237

Here's the rest:
https://www.facebook.com/FEIDressage/vi ... 3996973313

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I very much agree that IW's trot extension leaves much to be desired--both in correctness and in pizazz. And it was definitely hollow, butI don't know that i thought her horse was particularly hollow during piaffe and passage also. It's interesting, Carl Hester commented that her extended trot was ...

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I just finished watching all of the freestyles. I REALLY don't get it. The top six were super quiet and relaxed, except for Zonik, who I think was way overscored for the mistakes. Hans Peter finished behind Edward when she should have been above. I get what you're saying about Freestyle, Dresseur. I...

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https://gdf.coth.com/article/video-steffen-peters-conquers-the-grand-prix-special-in-week-3-of-the-2020-adequan-global-dressage-festival?fbclid=IwAR08RfJekCk9G3uVO3l4go6yHBYSOb9PstpSemQwk4USlVULPz0P8ajdfQA Wow. I wonder why he did the GPS. I thought he was way underscored. That looked better than an...

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thanks, Tanga, I saw this link in time to watch a few rides! Though, I didn't see Isabel's winning ride. Man, it stopped working about halfway through for me, in the middle of hers. Did she seriously win??? What I saw was bad. She made no attempt at extended trot, the trot half passes looked passag...

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https://gdf.coth.com/article/olivia-lagoy-weltz-is-back-with-a-bang-in-week-3-of-the-2020-adequan-global-dressage-festival?fbclid=IwAR1vT8q8ivn4YS6LIeJGRAH2rm6uH_BbbxfP_pap5zDiOJCMStMCDSq9iyA There's a video in here if you want to see her. I have never seen her before. They seem like a pretty steady...

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Here's Wellington if you want to watch. You should be able to rewind and watch the whole thing.
https://pbiec.coth.com/article/live-str ... january-24

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thanks, Tanga, I saw this link in time to watch a few rides! Though, I didn't see Isabel's winning ride. Man, it stopped working about halfway through for me, in the middle of hers. Did she seriously win??? What I saw was bad. She made no attempt at extended trot, the trot half passes looked passag...

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/4097285 ... SoIcLmF8Ah

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I think I've made a lot of progress lately, and it sort of fits because I'm no longer tolerating. I've been super focused on relaxed and not pushing the horses beyond and getting them anxious. I think I overdid it. With how I did at championships, a lot of scribing lately, the freestyle symposium, a...

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Chisamba wrote:Perhaps you missed where I explained she rides with Carl Hester, in other words, in Britain. If you live streamed Olympia you would have seen her

I saw that, but wasn't understanding that as living in Britain. She's riding as American?

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If anyone is interested, I booked my hotel. I did not a lot of looking around. The Hyatt Place is literally across the street from Thomas and Mack on Paradise. Initially, it doesn't look reasonable, but if you have a group, it is. You can become a Hyatt member and get the longer stay fee for what av...

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I do not know what the status gives them. I assume the USEF backup to prepare them?

I'm assuming Chandler is an east coast rider. I just have never heard of her. You'd think two people who are potential Olympic candidates I would have seen some results on, live streaming, or something.

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http://www.eurodressage.com/2020/01/17/ ... OILcNcN7c0

Interesting. I do not know Chandler or Weltz.

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Well, I will not be staying at any of the host hotels. It might be Hooters, which is cheap and fine. But, they are a good place to "cruise" the famous people. I remember the whole Dutch dressage team hanging out at the bar at Paris, Paris. The first couple of times I went, SWANA had some r...

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I assume 5 to 7 K one way? I guess if you're fairly well off, it's reasonable. For things like the national finals, if you need to fly from CA to KY, round trip 10 to 14 k seems like quite a lot of money to me. And if you're from N. CA, you have to ship the horse down to LA (5 to 10 hour drive depen...

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I don't see anyone else who is better than these guys, no matter what CJ thinks and how many expensive horses she buys. CJ? Charlotte Jorst. There was a Eurodressage article about her trying to get on the Olympic team. She was replying to everyone on the post. I posted diplomatically that it would ...

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https://www.psdressage.com/laura-graves-announces-retirement-olympic-partner-verdades/ I'm sure she is doing the right thing, but this makes me sad. I was looking forward to seeing him at the World Cup and him finally being allowed to win, let alone the Olympics. This makes our team prospects so muc...

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I saw the boot crowns at Big Dees - they are nice but I too was a bit sticker shocked at $130.00 I also wondered if the snap would bother me since it's on the inside of your leg. Yeah. That was about the cheapest I could find. Ouch. The ones I saw had velcro on the inside, maybe for just that reason.

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KathyK wrote:Google "boot crowns."

Thank you! Just what I was going to make my millions off of if no one had thought of them.

Ouch. They are expensive! $130 is the cheapest I can find. I might have to just make my own.

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I'm assuming both directions? Without seeing it, I would guess your weight is to the inside, so she's balancing the unbalance by putting her head out. I would keep the outside rein and inside leg, but make sure you are weighting your outside heel more without pushing into it (and thus often end up l...

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Tarlo--I'm with you on Hotel 6 or Howard Johnsons. Thanks Tanga. I’m sort of in a compromise position. The friend is not a horse person, but doesn’t mind traveling and watching horse stuff. She would prefer to be near the Strip for those occasional times when we are not at the arena. I may have to g...

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A friend and I have tickets for all sessions both jumping and dressage. We don’t have a hotel yet. I was waiting to find out where the shuttles would leave from. I’d prefer something within walking distance of a shuttle but cheaper than the strip. Most of the strip hotels are expensive and we won’t...

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Psst. If you don't care about big hotels with really long distances from one end to the other, there are some pretty amazing prices on rooms within walking distance. The Stratosphere was $27 a night, but that's too far. There are some little casinos and the D and a few other places for about $40 a n...

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Ah. I was going to start a thread on this. I am totally going. I have tickets for all. Manni is coming from Germany to meet up with me and then we're driving there. I'm almost 100% positive you can just buy any tickets you want right now. Saturday usually sells out, but probably not now. you can cal...

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I buy all of mine at the Dollar Store and they work pretty well.

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Yep, that's what I'm doing - no heavy breathing :) The air is better at 608 this morning. It's the same scale AQI. Yeah. Even walking up a slight incline was bad. Throat was always sour feeling. This is what I could find on AQI. It says the 7700 in Canbera is equal to 568 . https://www.theguardian....

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Glad there were no long term effects but when the air quality is several times higher than hazardous (over 300 is hazardous and we've had readings of up to 7700) I wont be riding my horses! Of course. You should not ride, as I did not. It felt bad to be outside. I didn't wear a mask because it woul...

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Oh, Chisamba, I got to attend/ride in/be part of two instructor's seminars with Lindgren. By then he had mellowed some, so he wasn't as tough as he used to be. I remember lots of exercises for everything. Flight, I'm glad you're safe. I ride no matter what, always. Two years ago the fires were so ba...

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Flight --I have done that. It's a good idea. But, didn't help with my horse. She doesn't spook at new things. She spooks at the same thing, like over and over and over on a ten meter circle. I have to find a way to make her work.

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It worries me a bit for how she'll be when we finally show, but I also hope there will be so much new she wont have too much time to focus on one thing. Well, yeah. You never know. It could be terrible or could be great. One of the scariest spookers I ever had to deal with could kill you if a leaf ...

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She has some vision issues I think, but I don't feel too sorry for her because I had a blind horse. I can see (no pun intended) where partial vision could be worse than blindness. All horses are individuals, some horses that are blind have to be put down because life is too terrifying for them. Yes...

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Ooooh! I have that horse! And two more! They just have more opinions. My now 9 1/2 year old spooks at the SAME THING EVERY SINGLE TIME. Now, this is the horse that will also go step all over what she's spooking at. I left her tied once with a tarp on the other side of the fence. She pulled it out, f...

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Has anyone ever heard of this? It would be something that you would put around the top of of the boot so it is higher and has the super high bump up the side everyone has that makes your leg look better. I don't buy expensive stuff because I can't afford it, so the boots I have fit, but don't have t...

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I've never seen that. Interesting. Maybe it's to avoid having the metal of the buckle so the reins don't interfere?

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I have my gift bags ready to take to the barn now. There are two guys who live there and are wonderful. I give them $50 each, and I have a little twine cutter tool and key chain for them as well as some goodies. They are good people. BO doesn't get money, but a card, goodies, bale cutter and key cha...

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They will have shows in 2020.

http://www.eurodressage.com/2019/12/22/ ... o9i4X7_4_Y

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I agree. It depends. And I agree, I don't agree with the opening inside rein, and everything Dresseur said. I can see what you were seeing, musical comedy. What I do when I feel a loss of balance or bend in the half pass is go to leg yield or circle and establish the feeling of off the inside rein, ...

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Yeah. I think about this, and it's one of the many reasons I am not getting back into the business, no matter how much more qualified I am than 99.9% of the people around here. To be a real quality trainer for people, you have to work really hard and help them learn how to ride and train their own h...

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I went past the interviews. :) In reading about this test, I don't know what they're going to do about it. I actually really liked it, and though it is "easier" and faster than the GP, I really liked it. If they switched to something like this, it might fix the huge problem of the GP just ...

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