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Khall, yes it's the false dandelion (or flat weed is what we call it too) that caused the stringhalt. LSP - I'd be happy with that warm up frame, Lynx has filled out he looks good. My little spotty bum young horse has been developing this weird bump on his coronet and funny shape to his hoof. Our lo...

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I haven't checked in for a little while, but I'm away for work all week. Get home friday and leave again Sunday. The horses look pretty feral. I try and ride on Saturdays and Sunday morning. Ding is going well since he was off with his lameness, I've just been getting his flying changes back and con...

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I've never been this fat and I can't seem to fight it. I know I need to stop eating as much but because it's never been a big (haha) issue before I can't seem to eat less. My cholesterol suddenly went high, so I've had to start paying attention to saturated fats and avoid those. My grandma, mother a...

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It's nice to be riding Ding again. After riding the young one, he's just 'set and forget'. He reminds me of when I rode the Valenca horses, the less you do the better they are. They know what they are doing. Bear, the young one is still going well. I've started teaching leg yield, we can open/close ...

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Goldhorse, sorry you had such an awful 2024. That is lot of losses. My dr almost gave me a GLP1 drug recently too, but then decided to give me duromine. I tried it once and felt so strange and couldn't sleep that I'm not going to try it again! So, I have a few months to try harder and see if I can m...

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Urghh riding life is too short for instructors like that Blob!!

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Oh wow that snow Alueronx, beautiful. After seeing the autumn vid, it's like looking at a black and white vid. You should make a little video (or pic collage) of you riding in the arena in all seasons. Summer here and while not as hot as what Mari has been having, mid 30s celsius, makes it too hot t...

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Chisamba, I totally agree that you did what you could and made the right decision for Deneb.

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Lovely photos Mountaineer! I like your boots. I made it through the working eq national champs. We ended up winning but in true "Bradbury" style (Steve Bradbury was an aussie speed skater who won gold because the others fell over ahead of him). We took 2 days to get up there because I had ...

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Aleuronx, that is scary and I'm glad Kora was ok. Your poor float though. LOL Chisamba!!! Glad you got your pants on in time! :lol: As for the curling, Norsey is the king of curlers. I've tried lots of things over the years. He is light on the contact and in the early days of riding him everyone jus...

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Great stuff Chisamba! Yes, it's quite dressage based and we do get some new people who expect it to be more like sporting events.

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Mountaineer, reading your posts is making me nervous about my competition next weekend! Mine is a long travel and effort and I just wonder what Norsey is going to think about it all too. Hopefully no dead people corners :lol: Sounds like you are doing a great job though. Ding had his MRI. He has a r...

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Hope you're ok SF! Falling off is not fun. I've got a bit going on, good and bad. Ding has been 3 legged lame for a while and is now booked in for MRI this week. The vets were hoping for abscess, because nothing else found on X-ray or ultrasound and that is what he presented like. But nothing has co...

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That's exciting about the arena!! You'll have to show us the progress

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Mari, your poor guy - I hope it is clearing up by now?? SF, wow I didn't realise it was that big. I've dealt with a couple of sarcoids on one of my horses. They are awful things. The is healing up nicely considering it was such a bit excision. LIpsmacker, sounds like a good clinic, glad you got good...

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It can be happening for all those reasons mentioned which results in you just holding onto that rein too much. So if you let go of the rein that is pulling the nose over/up (opposite ear will be lower) straighten the head tilt with the other rein and move the whole horse straight for a few steps and...

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Did you get your tests on video Blob? Sorry that you got disappointing results and especially any unkind comments. LSP I admire all the effort you are putting in with Lynx to get him right. My sacrum has finally stopped hurting so I've began exercising again, which is just walking my driveway. I tak...

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Sorry I don't usually like giving advice not requested for. However, that bum slide is something that happens to me and those 2 things have helped me stay in the middle. I'm teaching some new people at work and it's all very new to them, and I'm quite surprised at how many times I've had to repeat s...

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Tanga, her leg is sliding back because her bum is sliding off to the outside. Get her to bring her outside seatbone close to the middle of the saddle. If she collapses her upper body more trying to do this, get her to think about pushing her thumb into her hip socket and pushing her hips over so her...

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Last year I had some lessons with a guy from Portugal. It might have been the language thing (although his English was very good) but he had really simple aids and positioning for teaching and fixing flying changes. It did help that he was a very good rider and very solid in his position! For exampl...

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I'm not sure on trailers, i have a basic one and throw a camp bed down when I stay over at comps. But I'm very primitive :) I will say, you only live once! So go for it. I'm thinking about covering a section of this arena so should take my own advice. I've never seen timber covered arenas in Austral...

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I'm a B camp. And patience, just keep chipping away. It took my horses (and me!!) a while to figure out where legs are supposed to go for flying changes. I dont think you wait for perfect. You try stuff, see where it fails then work away at that. I also had to stop thinking that first goes (and 2nds...

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I didn't realise that, Chisamba. Thanks. So he might be an old boy!

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Tanga, that would have been a very interesting conversation with your old friend. All the goss but with what sounds like a very experienced eye. I would love to have eavesdropped! I just wish the top riders would stick to riding the movements correctly. I know it's all about what wins, but IW has be...

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Looking so good Aleuronx! The music sounds great, well done! Thanks Blob, I"m sure in Spring, Ding will look better again. I have been busy at work and they are all looking a bit rough. Norsey had dreadlocks in his mane... That's tough with MM especially when you are going to Yellowstone etc. I...

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So I managed to do my 2 competitions, so goal achieved for once! Norsey was good, we didn't get eliminated.There's always stuff to work on and they had a different obstacle "varied terrain" which meant i was supposed to canter over some industrial fake turf. One patch coloured black and th...

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I need to catch up on the rest of yesterday's tonight. Zevida, I think thats weird how they can sub in a reserve in the showjumping, the Aussie team did this. I preferred when they had 4 in a team and took the top 3 scores. Tanga, I do agree that it is disappointing that they don't reward those ride...

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I can watch it for free on the 9now app. Maybe possible with a VPN? I'm loving it because it's on at a reasonable hour and I'm home from work this week in time to watch it :) I did fall asleep last night after a few hours though.... Carl's horse was very short and tight in the neck I thought. The Am...

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It's thermals and ski jacket weather for me!
But I will make some goals this time.

Compete in 2 comps with Norsey at the next level up. And hopefully be happy with how we go!

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Chisamba, I'm so envious!! You look amazing. I just cannot seem to put myself on diet and lose weight. Well done. Mountaineer, Potters has a decent spook in him! Well sat. Nice tests too, I think you both look great. Sorry to hear about the toe. Bloody hell, that would have hurt. Love seeing everyon...

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Great to see an update from you LSP! I agree with your approach to Lynx too. He'll let you know if it becomes too bad and he might have good days and bad days like all of us. Chisamba, love the Pauletta story and look forward to hearing of your progress together :) Mountaineer, enjoy your holiday! M...

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I agree with your post Chisamba. To address your earlier mention of working eq - yes for sure some people do it badly too! I struggle a bit ethically with riding my horses at times. Maybe partly because I'm not 100% sure I'm doing it right. Kelo, he looks and sounds like he's becoming a nice horse. ...

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I want to see a pic of the racoon being naughty!!

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Thanks Tanga, that is all very useful! I did read it and had a ride afterwards. Definitely setting Ding up more before I ask for he 1x tempis with a bump of the legs and a jiggle with the reins helped a lot. He's always been a slow twitch fibre type horse. It really was the same for walk - passage. ...

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Mari, I love the SA accent! Good flying changes in there too :) Goals for me - just get some riding in and think about going to the working eq Nationals in November. I'm not sure we will get there, it's like a 9hr drive and I'm so busy with work I'm not getting as much riding in as I'd like. Ding ge...

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Cool! We dont get to see it here, I remember seeing pics of the weird shadows and people saying the birds went quiet when it went dark.

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Aleuronx, those photos are beautiful!! We are still summer with some hot afternoons. We've finally moved. I think I did over 20 moves with the horse float, as we had about 4 tonne of split wood and 30 bales of hay and lots of outside stuff, like my working equitation equipment. The most stressful wa...

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I have to admit, I HATE working out. I find it boring--even when it's hard. So, I'm trying to do high intensity, short workouts. I've found some 20-30 minute HIIT workouts that I will try to do. They are boring and hard, but at least they are over quickly. Mee tooooo! I hate exercise! I like it aft...

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Exvet, that sounds so scary! Glad he made it through and I hope he continues to recover. Chisamba, your horses are looking great in those pics. Glad you're continuing on and finding ways to keep training them. The rearing wouldn't be fun at all, so it's good that you've got something to help Saiph w...

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I"m hoping I'll be back riding by the end of Feb! Stupid back is taking a while to heal, but it's giving me time to slowly pack up the house and we will be moving in 4 weeks. I had to buy a new saddle for Norsey. Saddle fitting is so frustrating, different opinions from saddle fitter etc. Anywa...

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Chisamba, i'm so sorry about your dog. That's just a horrible situation to have happen for everyone involved. I think I remember seeing that vid of Flei, anyway good to see again and yes, very good for so new under saddle. SF, they are lovely photos! Tesla is a really lovely looking horse. Cute pic,...

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Oh Annabelle! You might have to resign yourself to keeping her! Exvet you know your horses so good that you didn't get stuck into him. I remember stopping in the middle of a dressage test because my horse didn't feel right, the judges couldn't see anything and then 2 days later hopping lame with an ...

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Mari, lovely photos and congrats on good scores especially the flying changes. It's getting hot here too, there's one comp I could go to, but my little black horse especially doesn't do well in the heat. Norsey has a sharkfin wither. Yes, he could build up more muscle but I dont think he's ever goin...

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ECVM research, I think started by Sharon May-Davis?
But if she googles ECVM she should find it.

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Lovely photos Exvet I had a clinic with my instructor on the weekend. She was down for 6 days but I had a course on at work so I missed the first 4. I love just watching as much as I can. I took Ding for my lessons and we worked on straightness and back to inhand for his piaffe. It was cool, she too...

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Tanga, that's frustrating. It is a lot of effort and $$ to achieve what you have and it's crap that they are arguing over semantics. Glad you're feeling better though.
Same for you Mountaineer, sounds like Potters is going well.
Hope you can ride Lynx, Lipsmacker!

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You had 6 tests per level! Ours is same or similar as USDF ones with 3 per level. I'm not sure I could have remembered all the tests if there was that many that could be chosen!

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