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Also playing with RB one handed serpentines (trying to ride him like a Lusitano per Cedar:) That is wonderful how well Cedar is doing. She is apparently very talented, but JP gets a lot of credit for training her too. Is she a one size fits all training type though? I mean, all horses can't been ri...

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This is how people advance in my opinion... they have successful and quick warm ups made possible by their body not their brain monitoring the situation and not having to consciously address a million things every damn ride. I've read before where people are able to say I do this/that/whatever with...

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What's the latest thing people are using to video their rides? I forget the name of that one product that kept getting delayed. Did they ever make one that works in an indoor arena?

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Ryeissa wrote:Nice! you have lost weight? both look really focused on the trainer.

Doesn't she look wonderful!

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My good friend had one. You could PM her on coth if you like (I'll check with her and see if it's ok to give out her board name). She had cats and horses at home. Against the rules, she allowed the dog to be unleased. That went ok. However, one day it met with an unfortunate accident and died. It wo...

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Omg Wicky, that is horrible. I'm sorry for you. That said, my opinion (and I know I have strong weird ones) is that most FEI horses sold have some hidden issues that wait to appear until after they are purchased. Especially I've seen soft tissue injuries that were likely old ones that had been reste...

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They must move from location to location. A couple weeks ago, my body was covered with itchy bites. It was really bad. Under my bra straps, under my arms, and in other places I have no idea how they got there. But lately, not a bite. Weird.

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My trainer is taking his group to Florida again this year. Price of board+training: $3700/month I don't think that includes the seasonal dry stall cost which could be 1k a month or more. Add to that your farrier fee, living expenses, and showing if you do it. Some may think I'm being dishonest when ...

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If you read the experts (which most of you do), you'll find differing opinions on this. As I recall, DeKunffy is a toes on the stirrup person. I've always disliked the term 'bulk the calf' (not meaning to offend Piedmont) because in stiff dressage boots a horse can't tell if the calf is bulked or no...

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The COTH thread on this matter is interesting. Lot of people seem set on spinning ..... Why do I read that place I continue to ask myself. Why do I occasionally post there is even more of a question. The group over there only want to argue, debate, and prove themselves right. It's what they do. The...

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The fact that she documented on FB that she was threatened and in fear doesn't help his case, whether true or not. The other thing she wrote was about him being a drunk. No clue if this is true or not, police would know if he was intoxicated when they arrested him. How being drunk plays out in an at...

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I can understand the reasons for not reporting. I can't understand bringing it out decades later. What is the endgame? I mean, what do the accusers expect to achieve? I would think the goal of reporting is to stop the perp from continuing the behavior. But with the older accused, all it does is tarn...

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Omg, they've put George Morris on the suspended list! Incidents that occurred 1968 and 1972. I remember hearing stuff about him and young boys way back.

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MaryC wrote: my trainer often gets them backwards!

Correct. Not only that, but quite a few articles I've read on straightness, the author or editor has used right when they meant left, and vice-versa. Zettl's book is one of them.

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I always have the minority opinion, but if I had a horse that was VERY lame and the source couldn't be diagnosed with blocks, I would be doing a whole body bone scan. Over the years, I don't think I have ever opted for the 'wait and see' approach. If the horse is lame up front and vet was looking in...

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I remembered something Moutaineer wrote last October: I also, (I suspect many lefties are like this) don't automatically know my left from my right so there's always a beat where I have to think when someone says "right rein!" which drives some instructors nuts--when I was a kid it was alw...

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That's a mistake unless things are different in Canada. I thought they used the same tests and rules as USA. Note the USA 4th level test is SITTING.

https://www.usdf.org/docs/showflash/web ... estyle.pdf

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Musical Comedy ...her Xray looks very much like the cyst in the link. Terminology should be " cystic lesion". Hmm. Did you get xrays on her when you bought her or do you have any baseline xrays? I had owned my horse for a long time before we found the cyst. It was a fluke how we found it....

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Terminology is important here. When I hear 'lesion' I do not think of arthritis. I'm wondering if she has what my horse has, which is a subcronodral bone cyst. See the damage 'hole' in the cartilage. https://images.app.goo.gl/Snvvd4zxspDjiydu7 When something like this is close to the joint, then it ...

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I also have over the years and with multiple horses learned better how to break movements down and (myself) understand the components so that I can work on each piece with the horse individually. Over time this too has yielded 'better and easier success'. With Junior, I worked on SI, HI and renvers...

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Today, Sylvia Loch kindly answered a question of mine on FB just before I rode Kyra. I asked her how to maintain flexion on the stiff/heavy side without hanging on the inside rein. She gave me a few ideas, and the one that worked was moving my outside rein away from the neck a bit. It's not like th...

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I truly feel the lights are on now. All I have to do is remember and make this new thing a habit. I've defintely made a breakthrough. I look forward to tomorrow's lesson to see what the trainer thinks.

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The only thing here is that the recommendation is not to continue steroid injections on a high motion joint like the Stifle. The recommendation is IRAP, Prostride, etc. My old guy has a congenital bone cyst on his right stifle that was only found by accident a few years ago. Since then, he started g...

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Don't want to comment or judge someone who didn't ok publishing the video on a forum and being discussed. I don't agree with that, sorry. If a video on youtube or elsewhere is Public, then it's open for discussion anywhere. jmo. Exactly how does someone 'ok' a video for being open for discussion? D...

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I think you're dead on, Flight. I've seen this lesson so many times from JJ. Rider and horse come in and rush around with a tight topline, not really through or honest. They think they are using forward to connect the horse. The horse might even be a bit explosive. Quite a common situation with PRE...

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I didn't understand why the chestnut horse was wearing a tie down martingale or whatever that is called. Otherwise, no issue with the lesson. I did not watch the whole lesson because the tie down turned me off. I can't tell if those are draw reins or something else. Can you see a set of two reins? ...

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Sigh, MM's saddle finally came and I did not like it at all. What kind did you get? Anytime we special order, it's a big risk. My new one came in about a month ago. It was a compromise for me in order to fit the horse. I will say that usually a new saddle feels odd at first when you've been used to...

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See then, we're pretty much on the same page. A lot of people would call those instructions quick. At the speed they are given requires a rider that doesn't have to think about which leg/hand/seat, etc they are going to use. I mean, she's like 'circle'...now. You can't be thinking about the aids for...

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What do you think of this style. My trainer calls out instructions sometimes this quickly. However, he cares more about the quality and success of the request.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvsSe6D5yGk

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Ryeissa wrote:I think the point here was to discuss the communication style not the riding itself- how did you feel about that aspect?

What specifically about the communication style am I to comment on? Actually the style is just about the same as my trainer does.

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This is a mini-example of a trainer I love riding through/with her student: https://vimeo.com/313667677 And a slightly longer version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2uG8qeeKxQ You notice that there are a lot of shorthand terms/ideas communicated to help the rider---JJ usually teaches students th...

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Well then, you're just a better rider than I am. Be grateful.

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This riding through you got the best of me in today's lesson. I felt like yelling "shut up". I barely got out of the warmup trotting today. If you heard the instructions while I was trotting to the right, you all would :shock: :shock: . One correction barely got said before another one was...

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Ok Piedmont, I watched the part of the video with the standing at trot and going back and forth between jumping position etc. I can do that with short stirrups in my jumping saddle, but no way with my long stirrups in my dressage saddle. What was the point of that exercise? That was one I did way ba...

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[quote="piedmontfields"] From posting and landing in a slightly different place (around the hours of a clock face), I got that this can be a bit of a massage for the horse's back and a relaxation tool for the rider's back (Susanne is very big on healthy back protection). I also thought the...

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OK, I totally missed any reference to stirrup-stepping in the video. But I am pretty foggy in the mind due to illness right now! LOL, that's because there wasn't any reference. I went off on a tanget and even left out important words in a sentence. I'm really getting old! When I read about hip drop...

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The hip dropping exercise at walk is also huge for me. I also like using dressage standing/jumping standing and dressage sitting/jumping sitting positions in warm-up. Wanna try to explain these two exercises? Talking about what we do is difficult for me. All know about the term 'stirrup stepping', ...

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Really interesting Sue B!! I have fallen so many times my right side. Funny thing is how my groin/knee pain come and goes and it's not based on how I'm using it. It's like I move a certain way, and a nerve gets trapped. Really hurts, then resolves quickly. I told my friend that perhaps a lot of time...

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This is a early portion of a lesson for a GP/FEI rider-trainer ---see what you saw when she started and tell me if you think Susanne saw it too and went right to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz0JaOqI3hM We might not have noticed the same thing. I saw what Suzanne wanted at the walk, but it w...

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Piedmont, would you put Suzanne and Mary Wanless in the same category insofar as their credentials and being help to assist someone improve their seat? I haven't never read the detailed background of either. I know that Suzanne is a physiotherapist. I'm trying to understand of that background in of ...

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MC will you need a hip replacement? I specifically asked that. Doctor said "no", likely will never need one. I actually don't have any issues with my hip. No pain, Not much restriction, etc. I wonder how many women my age have lost cartilage but just don't know it because they were never ...

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This to a "T" for me. I, like so many, have found challenges with the tempi's but when I got out of my head and just rode by feel I found the same autopilot 'easiness' I developed as a child when riding the strides between my fences. So I have to look at that movement and set it up like I...

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Yes, you can see why I don't want to leave. I have more pics for later. It's a BIG property.

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I think that is a really beautiful property (views!) and I do like the neatness and more contemporary house. I even like the galley kitchen with the dark cabinets because the counter tops are light color. All the windows are lovely and I really like the hardwood floors. I might miss some big trees ...

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Piedmont, those taxes are heavenly. NJ has a graduated state tax based on income, but SS and retirement income can be excluded. Our sales tax is 6.6%. We don't have a local tax, which I think you do. LOL, yeah what's 40k when you have millions. What do you all think of this little property? https://...

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To expand on what Flight asked. I hestitate to air the dirty linen by admitting some of the beginnerish things I've been doing. With my current mare, leg yield is part of every lesson. First during rising trot warmup and then at the beginning of the sitting trot work. It's always come down the long ...

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Dresseur posted an in-depth report on her health on the progress thread. I can certainly relate to it, and had intended to write a report on my own groin issue. I strained my right groin decades ago. It was when I was first starting up/down lessons and stood in 2point too long. Because I didn't own ...

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I'm getting too thin now. I don't want to get like those anorexic women that look in the mirrow and don't see themselves as skeletons.

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