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That money was donated during HRC's run for President in 2008 not during her time as SOS. Uranium One has been determined to not be the smoking gun you are making it out to be Literiding for HRC. If you have such ability to discern who is a crook in the political arena then I would hope your radar i...

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Exvet's post hits very close to home with my situation right now. My parents thankfully do have savings but not 1 million and with 2 of them going to need memory care how quickly will that go? I could never see spending $50,000 or more on a horse. I just could not justify spending that on a horse ev...

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I aim for 5 days a week with Rip, 3-4 days a week with Gaila and Joplin. A mix of arena, pasture and lunge and/or in hand. Summer of 2017 I spent most of it working in hand in the barn aisle with a fan blowing on us. It was brutally hot. Lately with other issues (parents, weather) I am lucky to get ...

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I sincerely apologize to you Chisamba, it was not clear to me when you referenced my videos that there was a compliment in there. Thank you for that compliment. Because of my flexibility (I could have been a contortionist I had so much flexibility) I need to ride with a bit more positive tension in ...

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Chisamba I used to be a gymnast, you absolutely cannot be tense in order to do a tumbling run. You need power, suppleness, shock absorbing but not tension, that is how you injure yourself. It is that controlled power that I try to emulate when riding my energy efficient horses. You also are riding a...

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I'm so sorry for those who are dealing with harsh weather, injured horses and injured humans. I'm sure you guys are like me you just want to get riding regularly! Last week was really nice here and I got all 3 horses worked several days in a row, actually riding a couple over the days. I am dealing ...

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Rye very interesting article and confirms what Mark always said in that as the horse begins to engage their slings they will get narrower across the withers. I found this to be true of both Rip and Gaila. I have a wither tracing from them when they were younger (pretty much identical tracings for th...

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Yeah exvet and Jr! Very happy for you and your boy. I have to disagree though you look like a kid on that pony:)

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I also deal with this issue with Rip and his sister Gaila. They are just not that reactive to the GO aid. So I have done the chase them off, ask with light aid and if they do not respond chase them off with both leg and whip. If that is what I am working on then I just work on that, don't worry abou...

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Yay! That is awesome!!

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I'm so sorry Xan! Jingles for a new job soon!!

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Great job Flight! You poor ones on the southern hemisphere, that is some hot weather. Rosie you and Bliss are tough! All that snow and cold I would be huddled up by the fire refusing to step outside. I hate cold weather, heck I freeze here in Georgia when it is in the 40's! I am getting nothing done...

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Of course there are valuable uses for the wall/rail as has been listed already, but I am a ride off the rail kind of rider to test and see if the horse is really there under me properly. One fun clinic I rode in years ago the clinician had me doing very precise WT transitions making sure I had contr...

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Not getting much accomplished here between the rain and the other weather or my other responsibilities (aging parents and doctors appt). Joplin when she is getting worked is showing how sensible she is. Our farm is next to a tree nursery and they are clearing out in prep for spring. Their burn pile ...

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blob I do in hand work with my greenies to teach them lateral work from the ground (SI, counter SI, HI and eventually HP and renvere). For US, serpentines for suppleness and transitions for strength. Some caveletti too for strength. That is the exact exercise Cedar had me riding clinic before last. ...

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exvet sounds like you are heading in the right direction with Jr, hope he figures it out and gets stronger to develop this year even better. Riding out is a wonderful way to get them fit and stronger, love being able to add in outside the sandbox. I am lucky to have some rolling pastures to ride in ...

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Right now I would just like to get to ride! Between Rip and Gaila running fevers and now rain for over a week riding is just not in the cards. I do have an all weather arena, but even it is being taxed with all the rain we are having and more predicted tonight and tomorrow! Heck I need 4 wd just to ...

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Just google swamp cancer or pythiosis, there is lots of information out there on this disease. Initially when Rip and the other horses here started with their problems in 2015 my vet thought pythium was considered to be the culprit, but that has since been determined to not be the case. My horses we...

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Update on Rip and Gaila and a bit of a puzzle. All 4 of my horses on 12-21 were vaccinated with rhinomune and flu avert IN (have used both of these vaccines regularly over the years with no issues in my horses). On 12-24 48 hours later is when Rip and Gaila started with the NQR and then fever. My ve...

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Wow that is pretty presumptuous of your trainer to ask for the PPE results that you paid for. Now if she offered $ for them to help reimburse you for your output, sure. But just to assume because she is purchasing the mare with fairly recent PPE that she is entitled to them is IMO beyond the pale. I...

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SF no idea as of yet. Sending off nasal swabs and manure to check for different illnesses. Adding in a 3rd antibiotic since both horses are showing very low WBC counts. Rip has been stable with his temp today but poor Gaila is getting hit hard. I found her at 10 pm last night in the field just shaki...

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Gosh SueB I am so sorry you lost your precious Lucy. It is so hard to lose them so unexpectedly.

I am glad your DS made it on his trip and back home safely.

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Christmas Eve Rip was NQR, had the vet out and bloodwork was off. WBC down, liver enzymes slightly elevated. He ended up breaking with a fever later that day. Then Gaila was NQR that afternoon and she ended up with a fever as well. Vet started Rip on antibiotics but when Gaila broke with a fever was...

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I'm sorry gold horse.

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Scruffy Xan is talking about going Prelim, I had a 15.1 hh mutt of a horse that could make time at Prelim. Going advanced is another thing, but Prelim is not that challenging to make time. I like this young horse because he is game and like josette said he seems to have a great brain. He got put int...

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I really like that KWPN/DHH cross gelding. He looks like he could really gallop and jump which is exactly what you need for CC. The one MC posted is a nice horse as well, a bit more polished.

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My biggest accomplishment this year has been finding Cedar to work with. So happy to be able to host her regularly here and she is developing quite the following. She's got Rip and I working SW in hand, now to transfer it to US. I am excited to continue to work with Cedar in 2019. Already have 2 cli...

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Chisamba I agree with Rye if it isn't broke don't fix it:) Though I do think there are some horses that do not like bits and go better bitless. There are lots of options to go bitless, I've ridden in just a rope halter before and I had a long debate on the bosal/hackamore (which is what a bosal is c...

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I've been eyeing them and they are some nice looking horses. Even the palomino youngster looks like a fun one.

Goldhorse I had heard about that hoarding situation a few years ago and had known of some Iberian people who had gone in to evaluate them as they were being dispersed.

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We lost one of the good ones today. Though Indy was not mine technically, I cared for him for many years and put many a riding mile on him off and on over the years. We found Indy for a student at that time of mine who needed a tall horse with a good mind (he was 17 hh ASBx). He was 4, somewhat brok...

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piedmont do you know if that bit is legal to show in? Bit clinic sounds interesting, I've never attended one. I have some exciting news. I will be hosting Jillian Kreinbring in May 2019 for a biomechanics lecture and 2 lesson days in Georgia. Her lectures have so much information to them. Looking fo...

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I try really hard not to limp! One I could not get by with though. I ended up tearing my meniscus in my left knee after a fall, it was not immediate but happened later that night getting out of a booth at a restaurant. I'm sure the tear started after the fall, direct impact of knee to ground but was...

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I don't. Unless it is an injury requiring a doctor visit I don't tell. I've sported some nasty bruises, one full outside thigh (that one had me peeing blood initially) that I made sure to keep my clothes on while it healed. Helps DH goes to bed earlier than I do. Most recent is from today, partial h...

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Is the big pinto WB the one that I had found on FB that was such a nice mover?

Good luck, sounds like Gwen can help you re Ireland.

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Ouch! Sporting a lovely bruise (partial hoof print) on my hip. Was working Rip in hand and he spooked bucked and kicked out. Caught me pretty good with his toe, not full hoof thankfully. Ibuprofen for the foreseeable future. Pretty sore in that hip joint. Not surprising, he is known to fling feet ar...

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Excellent thought Chisamba! Yes I do think we need to appreciate what we and others can do well more than worrying about what we cannot do well.

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Great picture/card! Yikes on the appendectomy and Merry Christmas! I'm terrible with cards so do not participate either.

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Xan I know this one is in Ontario, but she is cute. The FB ad has her at $25k not $30. CCS Vanya. http://www.tiaraequine.com/for-sale.html

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It sounds like what you are looking for MC is exactly why I like the approach of those who schooled with NO. Very very deliberate and slow introduction to the bit and bridle first in hand then US. Mark always first showed the horse how to reach out and down with the neck in hand, then he taught them...

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MC I do think Tsavo is banned, not just time out. She was given a time out and still was crying foul, Chancelor said bye bye which I took to mean she is banned. I do wonder if she found a horse. I do not miss her picking fights over stupid stuff. Who cares if some use acupuncture/chiro? But she coul...

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Pretty much yeah, I go. I am sole caretaker of the horses and other animals on the farm here and have lost my main barn help this summer. I've been known to be puking sick and still head to the barn or running a fever and be out building stalls etc. When I was a WS at a dressage barn I got so sick w...

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I fully agree Tarlo Farm! We are learning more about how the election was tainted and not just by the Russians! But by Trump himself. I do not think Pence is re-electable at all. He is no way has any of the same pull that Trump did (remember Trump lost the popular vote by quite a bit and only won th...

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Xan no problem! I do agree the price is high for what she is. Who knows what she would end up like. I don't mind the neck or head too much. But hey I'm not shelling out big $ either for a horse. You have every right to stack the deck in your favor. Funny what you are saying about free jumping. I hav...

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Xan I know you said no draft crosses and normally I would completely agree with you but I ran across this young mare and man she is a nice one! https://www.facebook.com/183260155034960/videos/207016136900061/?fref=gs&dti=300865666671469&hc_location=group From this FB site: https://www.facebo...

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Ponichiwa Tsavo was banned from the board because of her posts re acupuncture. Congrats on your scores with Kiwi! and yeah on Queso:) Nice to have a good minded young horse for sure. I tend to like double break snaffles, sometimes loose ring (my favorite is a KK) and sometimes eggbutt, though for a ...

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I'm using Alfalfa lox by Triple Crown for my mare. Feeding fat and alfalfa I would think would cover you pretty well though you might want to add in an Omega supplement (I like Omega horse shine). I had asked my vet who scoped my mare who has had issues with ulcers and he said alfalfa was one of the...

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I don't have to go to FB for a conversation on Trump or the GOP in general. These are people I know (some are extended family:( ) and it just boggles my mind. I've told them I did not like this man before he even ran for President, I despise him now. I do think the chickens will come home to roost a...

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aregard I agree with all of your points and certainly Trump A) should have never been elected president for so many reasons (he has no clue nor does he want to about how government runs) B) Trump never expected to become president (and it looks like he should not have i.e. COLLUSION). How do you fee...

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I agree MC and he can JUMP! I love Quaterback offspring, have been watching them for several years now (2008 I think was the first year I ran across them). In searching for Quaterback stallions this guy popped up. His dressage movement is not quite as good as some I've seen but dang that guy has som...

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I have a variety! Only one is clipped though may be looking at clipping Gaila as well, at least a bib or trace. I blanket all but my old girl who hates to be blanketed (will try to bite you) with exception of cold and rain or cold and wind. Then I just tell her she has to deal. Rip is clipped (needs...

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