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Wow Exvet, lots going on. You are so right to put your foot down when they keep demanding more, more, more. I hope you can get things figured out with Junior and continue on towards your goals. I just came in my from my second day of lessons. Yesterday Tesla was just horrid. She stopped and grew roo...

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Happy Thanksgiving! I hope all are surrounded by great people and great food!

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Blob, it's so great to hear that MM is feeling better;I hope the trend continues! It is dang cold here too, but at least it should be warming enough of the next few days for the arena to soften up again. Lucky, as it will probably be the last time my instructor can come up for winter since many of h...

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Chisamba, please be careful with your new hip. I know it's not easy to wait! Glad Cali is going to stay with you with a new rider. What you did with him is so amazing. LSP, it is a hard decision but it's nice to know that I have plenty of time. Of course in my "market research" I've seen a...

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Susan, how funny we got the same stirrups. I wanted the Jin safety stirrups, but couldn't justify the extra cost. Of course now I'm hunting the interwebz for an XW jumping saddle for T, so I might need another pair. Not that there is any jumping in the near future if the weather doesn't shape up! Ye...

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Thanks for sharing the videos Exvet. It's great to follow the progress with both of your boys! It was relatively nice yesterday and there was a little jump course set up, so I jumped both girls. A is getting much easier to jump - that is, she doesn't haul me out of the tack like she used to. It's a ...

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Jingles for your SO, exvet! I hope in the realm of cancers, it is one of the easier/very treatable ones. Congratulations on the show for both of your boys, at least that is a good way to end an awful week! Moutaineer, glad you are back in the saddle. Yeah, WTF with this weather the first week in Nov...

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Healthy healing vibes, Chisamba and Moutaineer! Anne, great to see you on your bay boy with that beautiful backdrop. He has quite the hind leg engagement there! I finally felt well enough to climb aboard Tesla last night. She was a little balky at first, but worked out of it and we had a nice ride, ...

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Well, I came home from my trip with the worst cold I've had in quite a while, so I did indeed not get any more rides in in October, except a quick one on A last night. So I might add to my goals after a few days back in the saddle. Tesla will probably be a turkey for a first few rides back, so I wan...

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Thanks for the update Chisamba let the healing begin!

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Best of luck with the surgery Chisamba! I am also closing out early as I'm on a work trip and will probably only get 2 more rides this month. Self: Starting DRT 2 on the 5th Doing well, I'm on week six, started repeating weeks with the idea of finishing in the to start DRT 3 in January. Train for a ...

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Trotting towards the camera I thought I saw a tiny shortness on the RH for a couple steps, but that could also be from a rock, or as blob says, being a good boy tracking his handler. I am a little mean and make my horses canter on the lunge a bit and then try to get them into a forward trot to see i...

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Brandon is looking a lot steadier in the contact. And what a bunch of chonky bay boys! One thing I was doing with Tesla before she could really LY in canter was to just turn a little early and try to drift to the rail with the left shoulder leading. It helped to have her a little more into the left ...

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I think it was ExVet who mentioned the image of a plane taking off? To me it's not just the half halt, but making sure the hind legs are gathered a little under, having a forward feeling with the contact but not throwing the reins away, and having that up and forward feeling in the body so the horse...

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Tesla was brilliant yesterday. I think I'm being a lot more effective with my right leg lately. We are going to be living in travers/renvers right for awhile. She always wants to throw her haunches left and yesterday I was able to ride canter with a little feeling of HI on the right lead, and SI/ren...

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She is by a DeNiro son out of a Weltmeyer mare. I'm not sure about the dam lines on either side, but pretty much straight dressage lines as far as I know. I took her to a jump chute clinic when she was three and she literally broke a pole in half plowing through a cross rail. She showed she CAN jump...

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LSP, I am thinking about trying RideIQ as well. Some people in the Flying Change Hell thread on ToB said it's really good. Lessons might be sporadic to non-existent over the winter, so this might be a good alternative. Yesterday marked another goal off the list - did a jumping lesson with Tesla. It'...

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Blob, well done on regionals - did you feel that the judging was just tougher for the championship class? It's great that you and RP can go show at a big venue like that and he has the confidence to perform. Chisamba, so sorry to hear about losing the young horse. I hope Saiph is doing better and th...

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Yay, this is great to see!

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More good lessons yesterday. With Tesla it was about keeping her more on my seat and slower in the trot steps. Keeping the bend in the T/C/T transitions, and then some SI to renvers and a touch of HP centerline to longside. Here is the video I put in the canter thread last night: https://youtu.be/4r...

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It was so interesting to read back through this thread. I am so happy to report how much better it all is now. I still have to be quite emphatic about getting her to bend right at the beginning of each ride, but she is learning to move off my right leg much better in all gaits. Yesterday we were abl...

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Some canter at the end of our lesson today, along with touching on some SI to renvers. T is getting much more maneuverable in the canter, and the lesson today was about getting her to accept a little more weight on the hind legs and stay under my seat in trot. That is translating well into canter. C...

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Flight, can't wait to hear about your first I-1, you'll do great! I had a rather disjointed lesson on Annabelle this morning (had to warmup in the watered but not worked indoor, then went outside only to have the guys start pulling pens apart next to the arena and running the skidsteer to spread san...

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It now says to leave and return to the rail slightly after/before the letter, and has a diagram of the horse parallel to the rail at the letter, so maybe that is to show the change of bend more clearly rather than people basically riding out of and into the corners? I actually feel like it's more ch...

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Now that I am looking at the right tests - I'm thinking I'll be doing T-3 and 1-2 to start with Tesla next year, and 2-1 and 2-3 with Annabelle. The 2-2 test just seems wonky. Plenty of time to ride through them and see though.

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First-3 and 2-1 look exactly the same. Maybe someone will summarize the actual tests/changes that DID change. 2-1 is the same, but 1-3 actually has a significant change. The canter and trot tours are broken up. Previously you would do all the trot work (except the final lengthening) and then walk a...

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First-3 and 2-1 look exactly the same. Maybe someone will summarize the actual tests/changes that DID change.

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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: . I’m can’t even imagine the degree of lift that Tesla can give you. Very cool. Yeah, I can't say I've felt that before :o but I could get used to it just like I could probably get used to driving a muscle car. We didn't quite find it today, but she was very good. I was going to...

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Alice's mare is incredible. I think I know what you mean, Chisamba. I got that same feeling watching Isabell Werth at WC when she won on a 90%. It was technically excellent, but I felt no joy from the performance. Making the really hard look easy is what it's all about. I hope the pair you like did ...

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My new helmet (Uvex MIPS) just arrived. It has a lot of nice features, especially considering the price point. The chin closure has multiple "clicks" to fine tune the snugness. The harness has little sliding locking pieces so the V where your ears go can be adjusted. The liner has cutouts ...

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My new canter challenge: I'm starting to introduce Tesla to jumping. She clearly things cantering is better than trotting, but she cannot find her distance to a ground pole/crossrail to save her life. I think fall is going to involve cantering over All The Things maybe 2x a week. I have to sit absol...

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LSP, what a gorgeous place to ride! Glad Lynx is doing well enough to do a dressage lesson. Maybe next year you'll be out there on the mountain together! Chisamba, nice work. I hope all goes smooth with your hip and you are back in the saddle ASAP. I had a quick jump with A this morning before takin...

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Blob, I hope you can get things sorted with MM. So sorry she is having issues again. Khall, glad you had another good clinic. Joplin's canter is so buoyant! After getting almost no work done today telling multiple people that Annabelle is for sale, running to the other side of the valley to look at ...

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Wow, the change in Caliburn is stunning, and I love the video. Tesla is the same. I might find a better barn, but not likely to find anything that will allow me to keep two in work as it will be more $$ as well as a longer drive fighting traffic. It is kind of "funny" that I was thinking m...

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Oh dang Alx, what a tough go. Jingles that your dad keeps improving. Weather plus horses being unreliablew and other unforseen circumstances all seem to converge at the worst times. Glad you weren't hurt in the unscheduled dismount though.

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Damn' it sounds like my barn will be closing by the end of the year. Somehow I knew this would happen if I moved Obie over. Trying not to freak out just yet, but I'm putting out feelers. Might need to sell Annabelle sooner than I'd planned.

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Oh Gosh Moutaineer, you've got to stop with these injuries! I hope it's not too serious. :( Tesla has really changed a lot. It kind of sneaks up on you when you see them every day. LSP, jingles for Lynx continuing to improve. You really deserve a sound horse that you can ride without all these worri...

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Flight, I always love your WE videos. You and Ding have come so far. It's funny, right after watching your video I came across a WE club in Montana (one state over, but they are BIG states) on FB and started following them. Then I heard a couple riders at the show today talking about a WE clinic or ...

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SmartPak does free returns, so I figure there's no risk giving it a try. I know some other places change their return policy during these sales, so best to double check that. I had a $10 off coupon too, so it was like $130 out the door.

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Although the helmet awareness group and annual event seems to have fizzled, many retailers are doing sales for safety awareness this week. Just in case you need a new, or a spare helmet, or are ready to upgrade to MIPS. I've been riding in a TraumaVoid Lynx for two years now, but I'm going to try th...

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Demi, good to hear from you! Moutaineer, glad you had a good clinic and are seeing the results (and getting the kudos)! Chisamba, I don't think it's a boring quandary at all. I'm in the same boat on whether it's fair to try to get Annabelle to third. Second is already a lot to ask for her, but she a...

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The bodyworker I used to use who also ran a rehab facility had one and it was pretty much collecting dust. I never saw her use it; she said it was more popular with people than horses (she would take it when she had a booth at events).

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Congrats, Queso looks great in blue

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I thought I had enough in the collected trot today until I started showboating and pushed for what I felt was a very acceptable medium across the diagonal to change direction, and my trainer said drily "Oh, good--there's your collected trot!" :lol: I had almost the same moment on A in my ...

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I'm still taking lessons with Danielle. She has moved over to Johann Hinnemann's now and is coming up once a month or so.

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Susan, apparently there is a vet up in Emmett that is good with ulcers and charges less for scoping. Maybe you know her, but if not, I can get the info from someone at my barn who used her. Yeah, the weekend's air was Not Great. Yesterday I had a non-riding day and still spend about four hours at th...

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Good to hear from you! Sounds like a good new start for you and Phoenix.

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Whew, Tesla's first show is on the books! I found out just a few days ago about a Pony Club schooling show and took her in the ground poles. It took about an hour of walking her around and a bit of lunging before I felt like getting on was a wise choice, but after that she was really quite good. I w...

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Sounds similar to my lesson on A this morning. Stretchy forward round in the trot, then keeping her over the back and really bending into the SI or HI, then another deep stretchy circle thinking lengthen. Doing this in both trot and canter, and keeping deep in T/C, C/T and even W/C transitions. She ...

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I think I had a bit of a breakthrough today WRT my right hip/seatbone. I let the seatbone float a little, and that leg has historically been the one to rotate more outwards. It is not easy, but I have to think about pushing that knee down and the hip forwards. I could see the improvement in the righ...

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