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Have fun!!! I miss doing eventing. While I say eventing, I was only doing the newcomers courses (60cm). I found my horses used to worry more about the jump judges on their first outing or changes in the ground. I think with these events, make sure you have enough time to pack everything that you nee...

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Ding's SW - it took a little bit to convince him to walk and wave his front legs. I guess now to keep working on having an engaged SW?

https://youtu.be/bbDIEGi8V0s

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I've taught my 2 SW as well, and because I'm curious about using it for passage I've been working on Ding's. I'll add some vid later too.
I have seen on a Valenca video, how they incorporate a jambette with trot to get to a passage but I haven't really seen it anywhere else.

Cool vids!

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Cool, I keep looking for stuff to listen to on the way to/home from work.

I'm really liking "The horse first" podcasts at the moment. Equine sports medicine vet.

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Take it slow if they get tense. We've been at it a while, so Norsey knows what I want and still I ask and then wait a bit, then ask a bit more... I've found that the straightness and the posture has to be right in the halt and maintained in those first little steps otherwise he really gets upset.

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Dresseur - he has only just got the diagonal steps happening, like literally in the last week or so. That's why there is only a couple and I reward what he can give. It's really just they way I've been taught to teach piaffe. Not much forward. This guy has needed a lot of work in halt and the sugges...

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Do you ever go into the trot from it? I've got mine all thinking piaffe steps right from the start of work into trot to really keep them thinking up in the back. No not yet! He would lose his sh$t I'm sure. Maybe someone who knows what they are doing could manage this earlier with him, but I'm taki...

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Here's some vid from yesterday with Norsey. Soloshot was happy to work. I'm ok to share this as long as people understand it is a massive work in progress! He has been a difficult horse the whole way, and piaffe isn't an exception. But I think he'll get there. So the first one he was getting quite c...

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I'd guess around the $300 mark too

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Also holding the whip above the wither and waving it a bit, rather than over the hind end, helps them lift up more and add energy.

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Well, I've only trained 3 horses. The first one I had no idea, but trained inhand first and probably taught more of the croup hopping than proper lowering and lifting in front. The second I had more help with from an instructor - started inhand then under saddle. Both these are friesian crosses and ...

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Good old FB memories came up today and reminded me that I did my first PSG a year ago now. The time has gone fast and I feel I've stagnated a bit. However, when I watch it and look at Ding now, he has improved since then. I went to a clinic just 10 mins up the road which was awesome! So close. While...

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I like his colour too and see that he's in his winter woollies like mine (although they are shedding now). Look forward to 'seeing' him in the training forum!

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That's pretty good Tanga, how far from it can you go so it will keep following you?

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Bliss looks so fancy! Caliburn too - he has changed a lot and looks so good. Srhorselady, you'll have to figure out the technology so you can share pics! Pooing sand and gravel, wow. Aleuronx, that looks fun and good to do something different. I've decided to not do any comps this year, at least unt...

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I occasionally send MC a message, I hope she pops on here and says hi.
I've been wondering about DJR, haven't seen her here in ages.

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Hot4spots, with just the info there - sudden fussiness with the left, and falling I'd be inclined for a vet visit to make sure there's nothing pain/neuro related??

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Yep share vid, can't remember if I shared my vid where I put together my attempts at teaching norsey. It's pretty funny to look back on. The other thing that helped was renvers on a circle and thinking of getting them to change only behind, so you are literally holding back the shoulders and getting...

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Blob, I think you are right in that I just have to keep working on it. It's already a bit better after me solidly having a go. We've got rain here now for a couple of days, so I can give his back a rest at least! I have tried him in a lower frame but it's actually worse. So far, slowing him down and...

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Thanks for sharing videos of tests Tanga and Dresseur. It's so good to watch. I'm so un-musical I didn't notice the music not matching Miro! I have no interest in making a freestyle because I'm so hopeless. LOL at Annabelle's pic, Straightforward. I didn't see that hindleg at first and I'm thinking....

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I did ask that too :D And was told - well no one is barefoot so shoes must be better. You know you can try a set of shoes for time and if there's no difference, then go back to barefoot. My big horse has had shoes on twice due to a crack that needed to be cut back, and while it helped for that purpo...

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My horses are barefoot and I like it this way, more for my convenience. I have asked the same question and the answer has been - all the top dressage horses have shoes.
I'm not very competitive so I'm keeping mine barefoot for now, but in my area everyone that is 'serious' shoes their horses.

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I'm behind on commenting on everyone's posts but I LOVE all the photos!! Everyone is looking fantastic. Congrats Dresseur for getting your scores for your bronze. I love how that's what you wanted to do so you've just gone and done it! Big achievement especially with a young horse that had that time...

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The replay is on horse and country TV but you need a subscription.

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I tried feeding Ding a racehorse mix, but he just got fat...

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Sorry to hear about Cato, Dresseur. That would be an awful shock. I've got some crookedness in my changes too, Ding can do 2x fairly reliably now but there's a weird crookedness that I know I'm causing, I just have to figure out how. Elvis is very cute, Chisamba! I've decided to ride through tests a...

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I'd love to see it too Demi. Just a hint with vids on public forums, if it's through youtube, I put the link up for a while and then go and change it to 'private' after a short while. Gives people a chance to see it, but then stops it going too far. I'm trying to do an online video for a working equ...

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Sorry to hear about your health issues also, and it is great that you found a good home for your horses but it must be strange now having no horses. I know this is something that all of us will face at some point. That's a lot of years of horse experience, I hope you stay around here to share that w...

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Can be how the horse positions itself to change how the rider sits too?

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Had our face to face clinic which was great! Nice to catch up with the others and see how everyone has been going. It's been 12 months since our last face to face clinic. We worked on pirouette stuff. Both my horses find these hard, and I'm still new with them so it will take a while to get them rig...

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That's so good Kelo! Congrats!!! So excited for you!! I can't imagine being able to get through a GP test. It's a huge accomplishment. Blob, I hope you get RP sorted, it can be so tricky deciphering what is wrong. I've got a face to face clinic on thurs/fri which I'm looking forward to. I had to sel...

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Congrats!!

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I wondered why your username is Blob, blob! You are an accomplished rider. The same thing happens to me a bit at shows and I find it's a bit depressing! So much effort and $ to show and then I can't get it anywhere near as good as at home. When I did PSG for the first time, and wore the tails, even ...

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Hope he's on the mend texsuze!

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Khall, yep still doing some WE. Our club is on hold due to covid, but we should be starting up again next month. I might enter one of the online comps, I've had a couple of run through the WE united Advanced test. It's one handed so there's a couple of spots I'm not quite coordinated enough to bothe...

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Straightforward, I started doing the same with some jumping. I haven't been riding out much over the past few months and getting a bit bored just on the arena. The little horse got the hang of it again quickly, I did used to try and do eventing with him. The big horse... arghh he has totally forgott...

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I really wanted to do this course too, so will be interested to hear what you think of it as it goes on.
I've spent a bit too much $ with online stuff at the moment, so held off.

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Talking about the shoulders thing, I've been doing an online clinic with Norsey and it's been really good. The woman who I love having clinics with, has set up an online process where you submit a 10 min video and she goes through it closely in biomechanical detail and then gives you stuff to work o...

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Sounds like he had an aneurysm from that article. I think COVID is more related to clotting, so ischaemic strokes rather than haemorrhagic but it will be interesting to see the full impact of COVID over time.

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Is he sore as in when you run your hands over him he reacts? Or does it come out when you work him? My big horse is quite sensitive, drops muscle quickly and takes a while to put it back on. I always say if he treads on a bindie he'll be lame. He also objects when the work seems too challenging for ...

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Hope she's ok!
My friend got bucked off her young horse and now has a broken pelvis. She is sore. We don't bounce anymore as we get older, we go crunch!
When Norsey got a bit upset the other day running through my head was "my friend's pelvis, my friend's pelvis..."

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We can't do it that good though! Interestingly, I was demo rider for Pedro Torres at our Equitana in 2018. He was so nice and I learned heaps. It was very nerve wracking riding in front of people but Ding did so well. He's hardly been ridden in indoors, let alone in what a demo arena is like for an ...

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Dresseur - wow nice! Always look so uphill with great collection. I can't manage that with my horses. I always wonder if it's something you have to feel first, so you know what you are aiming for? Love seeing pics! Chisamba, the weather and trees etc.. all look beautiful. Starting to get cold here w...

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I used to often get the comment "half pass not finished" or along those lines because I would sort of let the hindquarters trail forward after the shoulders as I got to the CL etc. Now, I tend to push the quarters that one stride extra so they are in line with the shoulders, then straighte...

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Poor Rudy, wonder what he reacted to? He doesn't look happy! Ironbessflint - nice Halflingers! They are so pretty. I've been holding the curb rein, where it leaves your hand, between my first and second finger to try and help stop it sliding through. Here's an example of Norsey cracking the sh%ts! I...

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Could you help me with what "crack it" means? Does that mean he gets upset or acts up? Yes, he gets upset and Norsey tends to stomp his feet or swing his head down when he cracks the shits and it's usually when I've asked too quickly or too much at once. I was interested reading your post...

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Ok, I'll make a goal this time of keep working on Norsey's piaffe steps. He finds it hard and he's the type that absolutely cracks it if he doesn't understand something, so I find myself avoiding the hard stuff. He's got the idea, they are tiny tiny steps but hey gotta start somewhere and hopefully ...

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Beautiful!

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Good that Laddie was sound but hopefully he stays that way!

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