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Brydie

Really nice to read everyone's progress! Everything for me lately has been going wrong! The latest was my car didn't pass it's roadworthy and would have cost more than the value of the car itself to fix. Seeing as it's done over 300,000 kms I decided not to bother getting it fixed so currently carel...

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Brydie - http://www.cinchesdownunder.com/products/english-girths/ ??? Do these have anything, maybe email and ask? This morning I ordered a 100% mohair girth from "The Horseman's Shop". Will get Red back to work on Saturday, have two shows next month so need to get him back to work! Have ...

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Ok been a bit distracted recently but I'm here finally! Trainer rode Red for most of our last lesson. Really need to work on him thinking forward, so for the next couple of weeks at least she wants us thinking "lengthened strides". Had issues again with the humidity and girth sores so bee...

Brydie

Ok been a bit distracted recently but I'm here finally! Trainer rode Red for most of our last lesson. Really need to work on him thinking forward, so for the next couple of weeks at least she wants us thinking "lengthened strides". Had issues again with the humidity and girth sores so been...

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Flight - I don't do nearly enough lateral work. Mainly just a bit of shoulder-fore and leg yield here and there.

Last night my ride focused on flexions (he was SO stiff in the poll - at first he didn't even respond to my indirect rein aid so I think we will be doing a lot more from now on.)

Brydie

Just an update on Emma. I had been experimenting with adding a flash noseband and also with the firmness of my contact with the reins.The weather was working for us the last couple of rides and I was able to see her shadow from the sun quite clearly. I could see when she was opening her mouth and w...

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Is that even legal? You paid for a service and now it's no longer being provided.

Brydie

Had our show today. Definite improvement over our last one. Had a few issues... didn't quite get enough warm up for our first test... I was overwhelmed by all the higher level horses in the warm up arena with me and just trying to stay out of their way! On Thursday we didn't have the greatest ride (...

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Flight - the heat is terrible atm! 30+ for days and days and the same this weekend! I'm lucky I ride early this weekend in my show (second test at 9.30am yay). You must be stoked with how hour young one went, he looks really good! Had a really good lesson on Sunday even in the heat. We started a sho...

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Thanks so much for posting this! Has made me look at how far we've actually come (sometimes I get down about only riding prelim!) Old photos are from I think September 2014, new ones from Dec 2015 about two months after starting lessons (taken from video so quality not very good). Also tried to take...

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Well I didn't achieve my goals but that's ok :) More my fault for not having well set, measurable goals etc. Flight - do you have any recent videos of your tests? I have watched some of your videos (I may have subscribed to your youtube channel after watching some jumping you posted on COTH!) Would ...

Brydie

Now that you're asking more work, it's harder so he will resist. So, it's from this point on that you choose which way you approach it. Sounds like you are doing what I would do though. Start small, ask for a little bit and then when he has that, add a little bit more and so on. Agree. We only have...

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This is really interesting. I'm VERY new to dressage (started lessons in October last year) so I basically go by what my instructor says. This makes real sense though. We're only at prelim so I don't think the work should be that hard but thinking about it he had 4 years of little to no work, then a...

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After some in hand work on Wednesday night I honestly don't think he quite understood what I was asking of him/could do what I was asking. His left side has always been a lot worse than his right side. After a few minutes he was giving nicely of both sides at the halt (he got lots of pats/scratches ...

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Thanks! Will give these a go tonight/tomorrow. Temps will be very high so some light in hand work is probably all we can do.

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This is Red's evasion to bending through the rib cage and using himself correctly. He just doesn't want to give with his jaw. He still feels very laterally stiff but is improving from where he was in October. The things we've been working in with our instructor is improving the quality of his gaits ...

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Raised pole work is helping us a TONNE with this.

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Rode hills on Monday and did raised poles yesterday so goals hit for this week! The amount of increased energy is quite remarkable (going from the feeling of always needing more to thinking whoa! But is probably the amount that's needed - not used to it!)

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Really want to build strength so goals are 1. Hills once a week 2. Raised poles once a week Flight - that's a bummer! It worries me that an official judge can miss something like a 10m circle!!! And makes me think were they even watching the test? Also how are you wearing a coat in that heat??? I di...

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Haven't ridden consistently due to Red's girth gall but it's healed nos so back to work! Had a really good (and exhausting) lesson yesterday. I feel soooo dumb for not thinking of this. My instructor set up some raised trot poles. I don't have any cavaletti (which I was thinking of making/buying) bu...

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Is this it?

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Yay well done Flight! You must be super proud! He looks great

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Had a lesson today... bareback thanks to a girth gall... Tried to video it but it looks like my battery is dead in my camera (last two times I've tried using it I've charged it beforehand and the battery is dead within a short amount of time and now it seems like it doesn't even want to charge!) Wha...

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Fatcat wrote:Dover, dressage extensions and actionridertack.com all have string/cord girths.

I live in Australia.. Thought I had added my location when I joined whoops!

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Flight - I had a look at those. I have a shaped girth so not as simple to get a sleeve :\.

Think I might try a string girth, if I can find one here! All my searches so far have come up with only cinch type.

Brydie

Just had a Google of the Heat Stress Index. What's suggested is up to 120, proceed as normal. If over 150 consider riding at a different time or lower intensity/time and anything over 180 do not work the horse!

Thanks for letting me know about it, will be very helpful!

Brydie

I think the sun has a huge impact. There was decent cloud cover yesterday evening (including thunder, but no rain!) But it didn't feel too hot at all and Red didn't even really break a sweat. Kept the ride short but that was mainly due to riding bareback as he has a sore in his girth area :( day off...

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Haven't had any girth sores in a few months but one appeared yesterday

I ride in a wintec so also use a wintec shaped girth. Thinking about getting a sheepskin cover or trying a string girth?

In your experiences, what has helped in preventing sores with sensitive horses?

Brydie

My goal for Jan-Feb is to get a sharper reaction to the leg (both forward and sideways). Also have a show planned for the middle of Feb which my goal is to do better than our last one!

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I know for many of you it's the middle of winter, but here down under we are going to be having a hot week! Hanging around 38-40 degrees for the next few days. I ride after work and apparently it'll still be 36 degrees when I ride at around 6pm. Luckily our arena is quite shady at that time of the e...

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Started looking at the events calendar for next year and starting to organise my lesson and showing schedule for the year!

Was curious on how many shows other people usually go to per year?

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Flight - thank you for suggesting 'think posh'! It seems to help a lot more than just thinking 'look up'. Love your videos of Ding!

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Rosie - thanks! I notice it every time I see photos/videos and think "stop looking down!!!" but somehow it's a habit I haven't been able to break yet :\ I will definitely think about it more (new goal!)

Brydie

Yesterday we had a really good lesson (didn't get to film it but filmed today's ride).

Working on strengthening with walk to canter, shoulder-fore down the long side, then canter to walk (well attempting to) and repeat.

Left rein / RIght rein

Any advice for these transitions?

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We have clean changes!!! Trainer rode 2 days just working on the straightness and sensitivity to the canter aid then asked for the changes yesterday, the third ride, and got clean changes on both leads. She has another ride on Kent today, then he has 2 hack days with me and a day off. She wants to ...

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Brydie, did you show at Clarendon? Yep! I was seriously off my game that day, but that's ok (we really have progressed a lot lately). Think we will try again there in Feb! Regarding the centrelines - my usually straight ones were slightly left of centreline this weekend! That's awesome that the jud...

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Had a show today - I didn't ride very well today at all! Was my first time riding at this venue and I basically had no idea where I should warm up, felt like a very rushed warm up and didn't really get enough of one. Second test was a bit of a nightmare warming up (for me). Red was perfect but I was...

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If you are after a solo shot, this is a pretty good deal

I thought about ordering one when they announced them and were 50% off but didn't, think I made a mistake and should get one now as a christmas present to myself!

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Thanks :D. It's amazing how much of a difference a couple of lessons make! Demi - yes, I have a soloshot2 (just got it fixed and that was my first video using it in a few months). Will be really good to be able to video my actual lessons and actually see the difference in his going in lessons vs not...

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Finally took some video last night. Posting videos from September which I hate but shows our progress since starting lessons last month (had three so far). September Trot - https://vimeo.com/147000831 Canter - https://vimeo.com/147000822 November Trot - https://vimeo.com/147000842 Canter - https://v...

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My boy is a NZ TB, not bred to race.

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It's getting hot for us, yesterday was a hot 38degrees with a really strong wind.. I stayed inside. Got up to 42-43 degrees up here, it was insane! So happy to ride today with a high of 23 degrees. My trainer rode Red for the first time today. We really need to work on softening his jaw as he's loc...

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I am quite new to dressage, but know how you feel but not to that extreme! Our trot is starting to really come a long... our canter could be a lot better! We are now starting to score 7's on our trot work, but can score as low as 5's for our canter. Our current goals are to improve this canter... it...

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Looking good Niki! Well I almost chickened out of a show at Clarendon on the 5th of December, but just sent in my entry! Call me crazy because I have an exam on the Wednesday and working over time the rest of the week so probably won't be able to ride the few days beforehand. But Red is so laid back...

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Only had a trainer present at a show once, and because she was there with other clients and had some free time she helped me warm up for free

. Pretty amazing!

Brydie

Goals:

#1 - Have a lemon water every morning
#2 - Remember to have my multivitamin with breakfast
#3 - Complete the "7 minute workout" every day, repeating once more each week than I did the following week. (Replace with a run/walk on Saturday.)

Brydie

I finally did some today in the field as the arena was pretty flooded! First attempt of our loop, he fell into trot on our way back to the "rail". Then I remembered to keep the normal canter aids and he started to get it, and did these cute grunts on the curve of our loop... and after the ...

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Flight - thanks for sharing, I think he is adorable! We were supposed to have a clinic this weekend but this is what our arena looked like yesterday and we've had more rain over night so was cancelled :( _20151106_065743.JPG I finally sent my soloshot's camera controller to get repaired (got sent ba...

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Brydie, I did my first official competitive classes this year too! State champs at SIEC?? That would be heaps of fun! Yes! It was so scary for me to make the leap to OC classes. I was scared just to even enter them! I am so glad I did though :) I have just joined Dressage NSW and planning on starti...

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Well I have decided my long term goal for next year is to qualify for the State Championships held in September in Preliminary and/or Novice. As they introduced Amateur Owner Rider classes this year, this means to qualify as an AOR I need one score of 65% or higher by about July next year. Goals for...

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