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The other thing is to re-train to the whip to go forward. So keep tapping behind your leg (not hard just constant) until they go more forward. You'll get them trying to 'passage' harder and all over the place, but they get the hang of it to go again. Just do it patiently. Also, because my guy does p...

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An hopefully helpful observation, i believe that he is evading through the back via the outside rein, in the piri, watch for the up and down head and neck movement and the head tipping to the outside , when he starts being very up and down in the neck, he is neither uphill and out, nor on the bit, ...

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I can't even guess what that kind of cold would be like!

So sorry about your lamb, Chisamba

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That was cool! The pic is so clear

Thanks for sharing.

Koolkat - awesome pics too!

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I love that I can watch this too in Aus! I like the scoring and the amateur classes. Yes, if anyone is ok to PM me their instructors it's more fun to see people you might 'know'.

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I did the same thing as you, developed a 'passage-y trot'. To get him out of it, I just speed everything up, but more in my seat. If I use my legs more, or tap him with the whip, he tends to give me a bigger 'passage trot'. So, I may go to rising trot and speed up my rise and take him on a straight ...

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Yes, I think it might be the weaker right hind too. I really need to read more theory about this stuff now! Ding is usually a bit too forward for the changes and tends to run faster and faster as we go. He does swing his haunches. I need to refine it. We've been practising single changes staying str...

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Yes, bummer about Annabelle SF. Sorry to hear this. Demi, glad your solsohot is going well too. Mine is a bit naughty somedays but yesterday it worked even in the rain. Rocky is looking good, especially given the light work she is in. So is Laddie, Moutaineer! I like that about the contact/bit. Susa...

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Blob - I hope you find out what was up, or at least it doesn't happen again. That stuff is a bit scary. Exvet - looking good! Congrats. Greenholmes -glad you've found something you are really enjoying doing. I remember how stressed the dressage would make you feel at times. You may end up doing work...

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I love how everyone else is watching to see what happens!

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I will never be able to do any decent height eventing with Ding, he just doesn't like it. So I am going to settle on the lower levels and work on keeping him confident. Problems I can't solve - I dont really have any major ones? Lots of little ones but I think they can all be improved. I'll never ha...

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I like that you waited for him to canter in the transition and didn't hassle him and he gave you a balanced trans. When he falls out of canter, just balance the trot first and ask again.

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This looks like a good topic! MC why did you delete yours? I'm at work so when I get home I'll read through and join in.

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If I ever get to flying changes my plan is to get someone with a very good eye on the ground so that they can yell "yes" whenever he changes so that I can reward the good ones immediately. My plan is to start with PK's method, in which he asks for the change from counter canter on a big c...

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Hi Blob, are you in USA? Each country seems to have multiple clubs with slightly different rules. The best way is to find a clinic and go with your horse, its easier to see it demonstrated and then have a go. I'm in Australia and it's fairly new in the area I am. I like it for the reasons you are lo...

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Ok I'll share some vid of our first proper attempts at flying changes. So, when i've casually asked, he is always late behind. He gets anxious and wants to run away. I did some work like Dresseur explained she was doing with Miro and within one session he started to do some clean ones but only right...

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I've started flying changes with Norsey, so get them going over these 2 months.
Ding - better pirouettes, keep working toward levade.
Me - lose that 5kg!

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Wow, that is very cool !!!

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This explains the back length:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0BryiqVzDY

I'd say your saddle fitters would have measured?

The shape of the horses back, if it's the A frame then a normal gullet. If they are really wide they tend to do better with a hoop tree.

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I can't remember what my goals were this round. I think it was more of the same of what i was doing. I've been riding the big horse pretty regularly and he's going quite nicely again. It seems he's the type that if he gets a few days off the next ride back is pretty rough and then he's ok again on t...

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Upside down on mine, but can still see she looks like a cutie.

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Chisamba, I had him out somewhere else (not at home) and he gets a bit excited. We were doing some rein back to piaffe steps and i must have had too much of a hold and I felt him sink down more behind and lift up and pause sort of thing. So, I played around with it in front of the mirror at home and...

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Sue B - what a cool horse Scotty turned out to be by the sounds of that! I think Ding would have left the country :D Yay for riding, and for you too Kyra's mum. Hot4spots - scary close one! Exvet - was she a good instructor, Heather Blitz? I loved that big horse she had - Paragon? I'm not sure if sh...

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That would have been disappointing! If it's not what you expected. I tend to go and watch lessons now if I can, before going myself to make sure it's what I'm after.

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Congrats Chisamba! I like the dark saddle cloth, you both look great dressed up :) I had my first go at PSG! It was a training day where you ride the test and then the judge discusses it with you. The PSG test is actually an easy one to remember as the movements are just mirrored. It was really wind...

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I like the girths to come quite high so the buckles aren't resting behind their elbows. As long as it's not bunching up your saddle cloth or getting in the way of your leg, I think it should be right?

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I'm thinking he's just bracing a bit against the bend and so slows down and drops his back? I could be wrong. What happens in walk?

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Wish I had the guts to do this too! Sounds like so much fun.

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Yes, that's pretty much it Chisamba. You don't have to trot, but it's a bit of pressure on the horse when they go to the spot they want, and relax that pressure as soon as they move away. You can steer in a circle (circle even at walk is harder work than stopped) at that spot and pretty quickly that...

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Yes the rat story seems a bit mean, and no they don't work too hard, especially with his newer way of training. He does teach you to look for the little tries, the small efforts that add up to the big response you want. (i'm not very good at explaining it, sorry!).

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I like his stuff too. I did quite a bit of it with my younger horse, and went to a clinic. I really like his recent 'focus' stuff.

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He looks really steady and consistent. I didn't notice that he wasn't totally in front of your leg.
Yes, that does look like a tricky back for saddle fitting!
Hope your back heals up soon and you can ride again.

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Thanks everyone! I feel a little embarrassed by my ignorance to be honest, but thanks for the feedback. I will go back and work on it a bit differently. We used to try and do the lateral work in medium but I don't think he was strong enough then. But that was a while ago. I would always push him too...

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Thanks HafDressage, that makes sense - not letting it get too slow behind. He used to really drag his toes through the sand and have his hind legs out behind him, so it's taken a while to get even this much engagement. I think it will take a lot more time as he doesn't naturally have good hindleg ac...

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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 the trot, but when does it become passage like? How much more do I need to ask for? Here's a vid of what I've started with. I think most people here know ...

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So cheeky!!

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I would not take a Friesian for free! ##Me too## I mean that seriously. They are just such ugly creatures and I like pretty horses. Of course, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and many many people think they are beautiful. The ground shakes when they move. Most of them have no shoulder freedom....

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I have clipped before because 1/2 friesian furriness, but because I leave for work so early and come home late and random I can't do the rugging properly. We can get quite a temperature spread, so I have been leaving them furry and unrugged for as much of winter as possible.

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Take photos of the pages on your ipad and save them in a folder on your ipad or laptop?
Otherwise its the old way - rip them out into plastic sleeve and ring binder folder

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I went to a competition today, I usually try and get leave if I'm working at least the day before but it didn't happen this time, so I was home late each night, had to take a dirty horse who hadn't been ridden for 3 days. My nice partner actually fuelled up the ute and hooked up the float for me bef...

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I don't know what I think about the newly shaped bridles, but the flash on that one looks more secure. When I've tried to use a flash noseband, I found I had to have the cavesson quite tight otherwise it was pulled down by the flash, but that looks better designed and not as likely to.

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Ouch Red's mum, a fractured pelvis can't be nice. How did you stack? Yay for riding, Kyra's mum :) Such a nice pic of Miro, Dresseur. Those adorable eyelashes! Khall, I train mine to be able to sidle up to anything for me to get on. Especially the big horse! No way can I get on from the ground with ...

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Me! Ding has quite a big walk so collecting it for walk piri's etc is important otherwise I just swing around, and also walk-canter. I've been doing it with the soloshot and I was alarmed to see it looking like it might want to get a bit lateral. So, yes stuffing it up is easy. I have to keep it ene...

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Rip's Spanish W is getting good Flight! Will get some video of it. Just in hand, got to figure out how to put it US. He has great expression and reach in his shoulders, pretty fun. Yay! Yes get some vid :) I have to work a bit on mine under saddle, Ding tends to go hollow and stick his head up, but...

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It will only zoom if it has a camera controller with it.

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I do still get this occasionally. Are you on the facebook page 'soloshot equestrians'? Search for SD cards on that page. I hit retry and usually by 5th try or so it will behave. If not, I take the card out and back in a couple of times, if not I've pulled it all apart (camera off the base, SD card o...

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Great update! Nice to see all your pics

Plans for more competitions?

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I"ve been taught it and use it, although I didn't know it was called this. I use it typically at the start of the session, and more like Chisamba has described.

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you look great on her!

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Thanks for the report Rosie! That first day sounded hectic but certainly sounds like you both settled to do so well on the second day. Congrats! Showing is hard. Love the pics.

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