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My instructor does online lessons too, where you submit a vid and she will analyse it but she takes a lot of screenshots and teaches you to look at what muscles the horse is using in a moment, or what your body position is doing, and/or what your horses body is doing in that moment. I've found this ...

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While he's not built downhill, he is a breed that far prefers to throw into the chest and shoulders to do anything and thus use the underside of his neck especially at the base to create power. I'm at a point now that while I can get him to lift up through the withers, he also wants to lift his pol...

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Yes, I realize how much I don’t know!! Not just about the microcosm of dressage, but about life in general. Sorry, this wasn't aimed at you, I meant for me and I'm tending to be reluctant to offer opinion or advice because in time I realise I'm probably wrong! Why I have joined in this time, is bec...

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This ^^

And i'm only just now, after years of riding.. starting to understand how to get this

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Definitely a smoother trans in the second vid. When you pause the first vid to try and see what's going on, it's like she needs to lift her head to balance what's going on behind. I tell you what though, the more I know, the more I realise how much I don't know!! I do recommend if you go down the Le...

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The gullet is more open in the higher hands pic, right? It's nice in both :) You want to activate that trapezius muscle just in front of the wither and under the saddle. Lifting hands and then getting a bit more stretch forwards and slightly downwards to help with that but not closing the gullet. G...

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Yes, not an easy shape to work with, looks like a big difference in her posture when you ride her

I like the open gullet though. You know your horse best, I know mine can tilt without pushing against the bit, especially Norsey!

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I agree Rockabilly! I just had a bunch of teenagers in the car with me (I dont have kids, all friends kids). They speak a different language!!! The girls swimmers... nothing covering their bums! I"m so out of touch

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Tanga, I use iphone/mac and pivo. I can trim the pivo video on the iphone just in photos (go edit and slide the side of the vids in to the spot you want, and save) or on Imovie on the mac. Android etc should have a similar function? Pivo itself has a trim function (pivo+ app). Can message you more i...

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Chisamba I remember hearing of your barn fire after it happened on the other forum. How friggen heartbreaking and really how amazing to be able to pick up and get going again after that. I can't really even begin to imagine... Aleuronx - love snow pics. Just when it starts getting too hot here I lov...

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Chisamba, never delete your posts! It may feel like people are challenging your responses, but for me looking in I get so much out of the discussion. I totally agree that behaviour is communication and this has been an awesome turn around in my view on training. Mountaineer, I'd like to hear the ana...

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You would be getting the La Nina affect with more rainfall too, Mari?? I'm so glad we are no longer in drought here in Australia, but I"m not used to having to delay when I'm riding due to rain!

He's like a rubber ball bouncing through that. Awesome!

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Blob, I hate that feeling. I went through it for quite a while with Ding. He's not an energetic horse compared to Norsey. For ages I thought maybe I give up trying to do higher level dressage with him, maybe it's not fair to him etc. But I think what happened was he got stronger or used to the work ...

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I do the complete halting and waiting for a release - big breath, chew, shake etc for Ding. You have to be really patient and wait for it at first, and then it comes sooner and then similar to Chisamba, you can offer a stretch and release without halting. Take a breath and shake off your own tension...

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Congrats! She looks amazing!!

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And here is Quinn. The PSG I was working on super steady and up, and steady position and her comments were that I had ridden much better but the canter was flat and transitions need clearer, which I agree as I was going for quiet. 63.5% Video link https://youtu.be/UFdCgnoPRIo The only thing I don't...

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I feel like the slimmer and fitter I get, the harder it is to lose. some one tell me I am not alone in this. Yep, it gets harder the closer you get to your ideal or goal weight. Well done with such a good, consistent weight loss and maintain though!! You might have to try a little tweak in what you...

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The limpy coyote is still there, loved the Turkey eyeballing the camera. The horse and coyote looked cool. I do like the racoons too.

Are coyotes and bobcats a threat to humans, or are they quite timid?

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I'm playing with medium out of/with a passage trot with my little friesian cross. I should add some vid but it looks pretty messy, might send some privately! He's getting the lift (and that through the base of the neck which is important) but then it's a weird fake looking lengthening. He doesn't ha...

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I do 'emergency' 10m circles with Norsey when he gets too wild. Quarters in either straight or on a circle is my go to when his trot gets too big.

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You are looking great Chisamba!

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The barrel rein slaps was more for the quickness to respond, halt to gallop. Not about the galloping, although it did help to get his blood up. But the otherside of that is tension, so it's a balance.

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Lovely!! I've ridden my little friesian x in a neck rope. I was surprised actually how much control you do have. I was expecting none. Not game to do it on the big horse though

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I have this same problem with my friesian cross, and if I was competing, I'd be looking at Inter1 also. It's frustrating and I've been through the galloping, the (what I call) barrel racing yahoo with the rein slaps over their neck galloping, doing jumping in our warm up. And he does it all, but he'...

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Thanks everyone, Norsey does try hard and really lets me know if I'm doing it wrong. Chisamba - yes, he hasn't got the hang of sitting in his canter yet! Especially apparent in his piri work. Mari - yes I dont think he can make his big body move any faster :D He also can get really discombobulated b...

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Congrats Tanga, thanks for sharing the vids and report. It sounded very challenging and you did well to get through all those tests with good scores :) You should definitely be proud of what you do. Super trot there Chisamba! Kyra's Mum, hope your back is ok. Nice with the SW though :) I am reading ...

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So sorry Mountaineer. Hope it all went well.

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I agree with Chisamba, that competition trot and canter isn't collected anymore. It's the 'second trot' thing which I was taught, by one of our top riders is to add passage to your trot and them make it as big as you can! So it's really like a high medium trot. Same with half passes. They are meant ...

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Moutaineer wrote:Honestly? God, no... I'd die.

Good on the rest of you though!

me too!
My instructor has people riding on deerskin. They keep telling me to try it and I say no. I need intact limbs in my job to keep paying for the big critters

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Is it a climbing canter or a lot of jump? I'm always being told by competition riders, that I need more jump lol. Does it slow down too much? If you keep the tempo a little faster and not ask for too much does that make a difference? Or if you go shoulder fore does that lessen the jump? Sorry not mu...

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Super changes Mari! It's been cool watching and hearing your progress! I'm still very goal-less. Horses are going well though, just slow progress. Had an online lesson (submitted video, then go through it) with my instructor which has given me a heap of homework. We are in covid lockdown plus she is...

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Sometimes opening the outside rein can help guide them out into it more. It's more corrective, not really a sustained thing. Like what Tanga said, ask!

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We are all in covid lockdown so I've missed out on a couple of clinics and I do slide backwards without a bit of help. I'm trying to see if my internet will hold up to some online live lessons but not sure that it will. Need to work something out though! On the upside the weather is starting to feel...

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I guess it depends on what you want to achieve? Placings or more experience/training doing your freestyles???

Either way, look forward to vids

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Interesting with the piaffe stuff. I never learned the tap the hindlegs way, and I think it leads to a hopping croup and walking front legs, but diagonalising the walk is something I've finally got with Norsey. I had a lesson with a different instructor, who teaches piaffe this way (collected walk, ...

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I 'stretch' pretty much like Chisamba described. As a reward, as a test, as a reset (especially for Ding being half friesian and wanting to put his neck too high). I don't tend to stretch for very long, a few strides, a circle or two, a short side, or probably as deep/low as what I've seen others do...

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That's interesting to hear Chisamba. I really didn't like Keto diet, I was so over being thirsty all the time and feeling mildly unwell. I need to crack down on how much I'm eating, something happens to me over winter - too much couch time and eating i think. Maybe I'll try Noom.

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I thought the riding/horses were even better last night in the GPS! There were ones I really liked, different to your favourites Chisamba, but as a whole I really enjoyed watching. I like the music they match to the riding as well.
Freestyle tonight! Then I'll probably watch all the replays

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Lucinda Green mentioned that Steffen sits differently and "on the front of his backside" :lol: She has a way with words. Tanga - I did notice that massive side to side thing his horse does in the passage. Bella Rose has nice piaffe/passage trans because her piaffe is basically passage on t...

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If you've got a VPN, 7plus in Australia is covering the lot, and with replays. It starts for us at 6pm, the commentary last night was by Lucinda Green, which is always 'interesting' but not ghastly, and the quality was quite sharp with only a few glitches. Plus, I'm on leave so you can see why I'm s...

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I'm excited that it will be on at a reasonable time for us here in Aus! Yes, interesting article. I don't think they will stop overscoring but it's good to see more stuff out about it happening.

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I took Norsey to a clinic on the weekend. This is one of our regular clinic we go to. As I've talked about before, I have a huge problem trying to do sitting trot on Norsey. His new saddle has helped and I was working so much on me trying to go with the bounce, my hips, back blah blah. People say it...

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That sounds very frustrating and sad to watch. I feel for you!

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mari wrote:8-) I have functional flying changes! Only after years and years of chipping away at them, but now they are there!

Yayyy!! Mine all took ages too, but you just gotta keep going!

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Might be having a bad moment, or on the wrong forum...

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I'm similar to Blob, in that I really want to watch a clinician first to see if I want to ride with them. Sometimes, that's not possible though and you take a chance.

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on that note, anyone have tips for floppy skin? on humans. Think you have to get it cut off. My sister lost 60kg after a gastric sleeve procedure and that is what she wants to have done. I'm still working on my sitting trot and piris with Norsey, and one handed riding with Ding. Pretty sure its wha...

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This is the same for me! It really astounds me how fast time is going. How does it go so fast?

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T does equal training level! But the comment about suspension was for my first level test (sorry, I wasn't very clear!). At first level you add lengthenings at trot and canter, leg yields, and 10 meter trot circles. I think the judges point was that if I wanted my first level scores to be as high a...

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Loving the show reports! Blob, yes that comment could have been worded better that's for sure. Nice scores and big difference from the spooky test to the outdoor test on the first day. T level is training level? Which I think is equivalent to our novice. Asking/looking for suspension at novice I fee...

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