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Tesla has earned tomorrow off, so I guess it's time to close out! OK- *checks calendar* it really is time for a new thread. :lol: Show season is done here, so I am now free to embrace the suck and work on improving Tesla's canter. I've gotten some good ideas for that, especially from Lilo, but have ...

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Cool to get the tempis, Exvet! It is so great when the stodgier ones start becoming self-propelled. I am with you on loving the quirky horses. Today I was out at the barn thinking "I have a damn' good horse!" I've had really good rides on Tesla this week. All the leg yielding is paying off...

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Moutaineer, good to hear from you, and I hope you're more comfortable very soon. Looking forward to what you and Potters will get up to next year with your back all fixed up! LSP, maybe simple obstacles? Sometimes having something to focus on like riding between cones can help with focus and reducin...

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LSP, crossing my fingers that the hock injections work out well for Lynx! T has had hers done twice, but this year she's been fine without them, so it's not always a sentence of doing them all the time forever. Glad your daughter had a successful show on her catch ride horse. That should be a good c...

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Khalil, towards the end of Annabelle's very long stall rest, I put her on DePaulo Tranquility and it was a lifesaver: https://www.depaoloequineconcepts.com/collections/products/products/tranquility I've had friends who tried it and said it didn't work (geldings, and I don't think they did the full l...

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LSP, sorry your daughter joined the unplanned dismounts club. Hopefully she won't be nervous for too long. I took a fairly dramatic fall chin-first dive into gravel off a fresh horse when I was her age (still have the scar to prove it), and honestly don't remember being scared to get back on for my ...

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LSP, sorry you came off. Hopefully it was just one of those strings of events, and not a significant physical cause. It's good that you have the vet coming out to take a look anyway. As it happens, I took a little dive off of Tesla on Wednesday too, when she stopped at a fence and I went over her sh...

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Reading with interest, but I have't really formulated anything useful to contribute just yet. Maintaining impulsion in the trot HP is my biggest challenge. I was told I just need to believe in it more. Something I find interesting, is that our canter HP is easier to the left, and trot HP easier to t...

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Jingles for Joplin! I hope she recovers fully and quickly!

+1 for a half pass thread. I was thinking the same thing recently.

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Aleuronx, congratulations on the freestyle! Fzybt, glad your boy is coming around to the show environment. It sounds like he will be a solid citizen in short order! LSP, this is the time of year when they all get a little spicy isn't it!? We had a blast bombing around the XC field yesterday. No one ...

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SF- sounds like a really good outing for you and T. Did you get any photos of you guys in your posh outfits? Yep, I tried to post one yesterday but it was too big as an attachment. A friend from my old barn took a few. I was hoping there might be pro photos posted, but haven't seen any yet. Friend ...

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Sorry you had such a tough lesson, Exvet. Hopefully Junior gets his head on straight and back with the program. Maybe he just woke up on the wrong side of the stall that day. Troy is looking handsome, glad he is turning out to be a good egg! LSP, glad Lynx is seeming unbothered, and hopefully the sw...

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Last day of the clinic went great. We decided to focus on half pass, which we did progressively through W/T/C. First was just riding up CL and then turning towards the target letter, then developing HI. Next step was riding some SI, then turning up CL, riding SI, then stair step HP and SL. The last ...

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Thanks! I will go with that unless I receive further instructions. Maybe I'll get some use out of the fancy show shirt that really isn't cool enough to wear when coats are waived.

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Good to hear from you Chisamba! I'll be hanging on everything you have to say about the changes. If we don't have them next summer we're going to go off and show hunters and eq. I had a good lesson with Carrie this morning. She said T had put on muscle since she saw us three months ago, and clearly ...

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Glad you had a good outing Fzy, onward and upward! Tanga, you are already a champion for breeding and training your own horses to that level, and being out there competing in the heat. It's funny, showing under Stewart and Darnell back to back, I thought they were really consistent with each other, ...

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Thanks, ya'll for the input. I am going to trailer over today to where the last show of the season will be and tootle around. It's so frustrating to have a talented horse who just doesn't really want to do the work...any work! But is otherwise an absolute sweet- heart! Not ready to give up yet! Wel...

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Tesla goes through phases of warming up really slow where it's like she's moving through quicksand. About two years ago she would start out looking lame, so I would lunge until she moved sound. I remember a rider I was sharing the arena with giving me the hairy eyeball like she was trying to decide ...

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Yes, it's been a rough few days out here. My work has been getting the DOGE steamroller treatment this week too. Overall this year has just been relentless. So glad we have our horses to help us through some dark times. Exvet, you're definitely not a bitch for serving up some truth. Everything is ge...

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Are the equisk bands the one that go diagonally from one shoulder to the opposite leg? I've seen videos of those. Yes, those. It makes you really conscious of staying straight and keeping length through the body. I don't use them for a full ride, but maybe 10-15 minutes. I could even sit the trot b...

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Well fun with saddles. The tree points on the Erreplus are not even. The left one sweeps out a bit and the right one comes in a little more. That corresponds with where T is smaller on the right side. I got in touch with the Erreplus rep in Portland and he said it was not something he can fix, and t...

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SF really nice 2nd 3 test! T is showing such good cadence in her trot these days. What exercises did Lilo suggest to help her canter? I asked someone else recently how they would address the lateral canter on the TB she was riding. Never really said. It’s something I’ve never sat on or dealt with b...

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Alright SF we're ready to play with ya in this sandbox now. Bathroom renovation work complete? Haha, I've decided to take on painting the outside of our house. It's a pretty large house, and about 2.5 stories on one side. I might regret my choices. Yesterday I took my saddle over to my regular pers...

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Thank you, it's always great to read clinic notes. I would certainly ride with her if I got the chance!

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Looking forward to your clinic notes, LSP. Blob, I hope RP's ear issue is easily solved. Exvet, who wouldn't want to admire such a lovely little studmuffin, LOL! I was glad not to be riding two tests with almost three hours between them today. T was much more civilized coming off the trailer today, ...

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Exvet, I can commiserate with the hissy fits, and then just getting on with it, leather, rinse, repeat. The union should be expecting lots of calls from Tesla this fall, lol. At least it is encouraging that your pony has longevity and maybe he'll grow into a more mature mindset and sign up for the j...

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Jingles for a not too difficult solution to a happier back, Mountaineer. I hope it also doesn't take away too much from your vacation. It is great that you can hand the reins over and Potters can stay fit and be even better when you're back in the tack. LSP, very cute photo. It speaks volumes that y...

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Moutaineer, my Facebook algorithm fed me a post that Justin was sitting in second and I knew you must be smiling ear-to-ear for him! Exvet, very glad your daughter is going to be OK, but it sounds like quite a traumatic ordeal. LSP, I hope fall right around the corner will give some relief from heat...

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Heddy, congrats on getting past the muscle spasms! That sounds really painful and frustrating. And congrats on the weight loss as a bonus to getting your energy back, Tanga! I hope you can figure out something for your arm function. That also sounds painful and frustrating. I'm glad this thread got ...

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Glad Troy is being a good little boi for his first rides. Can't wait to see him progress! I got home Saturday night and did an easy stretchy ride on Sunday after a bit of lunging where T reminded me that there is an impressive passage in there if I can just learn to coax it out. This morning I did a...

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Really nice tests, Chisamba. I've pretty much mined YT for good examples of 2nd level rides, so always nice to see a few more. I had a really good ride tonight. The last two days I've stretched her shoulders pre-ride. I notice her really responding to the right shoulder stretch in terms of that &quo...

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Chisamba, the burgundy looks smashing! I'll have to watch your tests when I get to a bigger screen. Yes, I've been thinking that really polishing the simples is the key to many things. Also, Lilo said Ts w/c is correct, so doing more will keep improving the canter. I've been feeling crappy this week...

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Moutaineer was good enough to point out to me that I got a month ahead on threads. So my show report is over there. :lol: TLDR, we are pretty competent at 2-1, but have a fair bit to still unpack for 2-3. Simple changes need to get automatic at home so we can make them acceptable at shows. T needs t...

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Oh silly me. July has just been a long goddamn month

I shall skulk back over to the correct thread

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Congratulations Tanga, sounds like a great show, and lots of new possibilities for you beyond the show ring!

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T was quite good at the schooling show today. She grabbed a wrong lead in 2-1 but it was an otherwise good test with a 7.5 for our rein-back. I admit to phoning it in a little on our mediums, and we also got dinged for being too gradual in our medium/collected transitions. Judge was not the point fa...

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OK- *checks calendar* it really is time for a new thread. :lol: Show season is done here, so I am now free to embrace the suck and work on improving Tesla's canter. I've gotten some good ideas for that, especially from Lilo, but have only halfheartedly implemented them since I didn't want to invite ...

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Whew, I just got home. The lesson with Lilo was great, I wish the clinic had been 2 days. She kicked my butt, lol, but I didn't get chewed like a couple riders did. My trainer friend stayed to watch my ride and was kind enough to video pretty much the whole thing so I'll be able to review and take n...

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Well where did my post go? Congratulations Alx, what a lovely ride, and a harmonious pair you and Kora make.

Exvet, jingles for your daughter. May it be simple and benign. Glad you found a saddle.

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Jingles for your kitty Khall! We survived 2-3 today. T swapped on the CC serpentines for 4's, but we still came out with a 62. When I was just wrapping up our warmup for 1-2 I was trying to tighten the girth from the saddle and T stepped sideways onto herself and popped a tab hon her front shoes. So...

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We got in yesterday early afternoon, so I was able to get a ride in the show arena. T was not spooky, but she found quicksand over by R and kept trying to stop. That is the general area where the in gate is, so I was concerned that she would be even worse about it today with actual horses waiting. C...

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So stretching I've been doing with T is Masterson's down/back method for the hind legs. The trick is to push the foot up towards the stifle until they start putting the weight down into your hands, then slowly move down/back. If they start to pull back, go with sooner rather than later until they st...

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Well T came out sound last night and felt great. She had some right lead wonkiness but I've taken some tow and flair off her hinds and haven't put shoes back on. I'm going to get her hind shoes back on tonight and hopefully that will help. Ride times came in and my latest is 11; the weather isn't lo...

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Huge congrats Aleu and Kora!!

Blob, jingles for MM!

T seemed pretty much sound this morning. Im going to try to get her front shoes on tonight and hopefully ride tomorrow.

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Yay, you are an FEI duo. Best of luck tomorrow! LSP, glad you are having some good ride son Lynx, and it's great that you can share him with your daughter. This morning I went out to ride before T's chiro appointment, and noticed her RH was puffy and warmish just above the fetlock. Put her on the li...

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Thanks all for the commiseration and sympathy. At least he finally was able to move out of ICU to the rehab unit a couple days ago. My brother said he was communicating better yesterday, and hopefully being in a focused therapy program and out of the ICU will be helpful. Tanga, that sounds so sad an...

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Well, I have joined the unenviable club of people with ailing parents. My dad went in for heart valve surgery and it triggered a stroke, so I was with him in the ICU in California for the last several days. He has substantial aphasia and paralysis on his right side with no use of his right arm. They...

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I'll be starting to ride before work soon, so just trying to keep consistent while also fitting in workouts and not falling asleep aty desk. Show 2-3 at the end of the month and then clinic with Lilo. There is another show the following week, so hopefully will wrap up my 1st and 2nd level scores and...

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Moutaineer, ouch! Jingles that the doc can get you sorted out and back in the saddle. I guess it is already time to close out! It was a successful period for us, getting some nice scores at our show a few weeks ago, and getting to ride in some helpful clinics. The clinician this weekend thought we'd...

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Well, I think T's mystery issue is solved. While I was waiting for the chiro on Wednesday, I realized that her new neighbor was all in our business. So she went from a mini to an older gelding. Sure enough, he was gelded late, and was trying to mount a mare who used to board there. So yeah. Luckily ...

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