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Happy Riot day, Rye!

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I recently bought this, micklem style bridle for MM:

https://dapperhorse.com/collections/bri ... with-reins

I haven't ridden with it yet, but leather quality seems nice and the crown piece is nicely padded

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A thought on possible consolidation: Riding & Training (would include dressage training; young horse) Horse & Farm Care (would include vet, farrier, grooming; tack, facilites, and transport; senior horse) Rider Needs (would include apparel, senior rider, fitness) Observation Lounge (includin...

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I would LOVE to do working equitation. But I'm not sure how to get started, honestly there's not much of a community in this area. Me: Exercise out of the saddle, even if it is just walking Cook/eat well Find time to balance riding/barn time with other obligations RP: Continue lateral work Continue ...

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So sorry to hear about your mom, Aleuronx. Hoping she has a good treatment plan. Me: Exercise out of the saddle, even if it is just walking Cook/eat well Find time to balance riding/barn time with other obligations RP: Work on more lateral sensitivity Get straighter Improve our lengthenings, get mor...

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7 degrees here with wind-chill of -10. And sadly we're not equipped for this, so I have a frozen hot water pipe. Was planning to ride today and am instead trying to see if I can thaw this thing myself or if I need to call a plumber. Sigh.

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You could probably have a training forum and collapse the young horse and cross training into that. Breeding and confirmation could combine with vet forum into something around horse care. Facilities and transport could combine with tack and equipment to something about horse and farm equipment. You...

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We could potentially consolidate/combine some?

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Fingers crossed the saddle is ok, Mountaineer! I have time off from work, so I've been trying to take advantage of it with horse things, but it's been on and off rain so lots of wet. Yesterday I took MM out to the xc field and lunged her over some of the smaller fences that were in dry spots just fo...

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I like Lemieux pads! From the 'fancy' pad brands, Equestrian Stockholm and Kentucky Horseware pads have held up the best to lots of washing. But the Lemieux pads are very nice and their newer 'twilight' color the darker gray is beautiful. I also have been admiring their fig color which is a deep egg...

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The monthly training thread is definitely the most active, but it's also something I very much look forward to reading daily

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I feel that riders are not open enough to doing the opposite. They may follow that manta in training the horse but are not inclined to challenge themselves. First off my personal.opinion is that feel is now important than the eye. I also think to be open minded and able to learn you might need to l...

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Congrats, Ponchiwa, Queso is so lovely! Great to see everyone's progress. Flight, I love the picture of you and Ding--PSG is a big accomplishment! RP and I had our show on Sunday. This was my first time doing a trailer in for the day show with him rather than stabling overnight and letting him have ...

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oh gosh, Goldhorse, so sorry. We dealt with a strangles outbreak at the barn I was at many years ago and it's definitely no joke.

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Thanks for sharing the suggestions and findings, Exvet. Although the source of the issue is different than Jr's, with MM's asthma I'm definitely interested to hear what others are trying and doing. I pulled the flash off her bridle awhile back and am debating removing the cavesson too. These days I ...

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Great news, Exvet!

Do you mind sharing her suggestions on how to address mucus?

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Exvet, I hope your PTO battle is resolved quickly and you don't have to fight for what you have earned. When is Jr's scope scheduled? The trail riding pictures are beautiful! Mountaineer--great news! sounds like there is a lot of productive winter riding ahead! Chisamba--great to see you riding and ...

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I use waterless shampoo and it works quite well. There are many options designed for dogs, there is also this horse specific one that I quite like: https://www.chewy.com/absorbine-showsheen-miracle-groom/dp/261918?utm_source=google-product&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=13905630716&utm_cont...

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Happy thanksgiving to those that celebrate it! We've had some very cold temperatures here, unusually cold for November. My two are the only two at my barn that don't get blankets. They get a clothed when it's cold and wet, but when it is just cold, they stay naked. They are also unclipped (many at m...

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HL: have you thought about adding back the rice bran or removing the SmartCalm? You could also add in protein via tri-amino if you think that's what she's missing. Be careful with the Red Cell, most equine nutritionists and vets will say that most horses have too much iron in their diets, not the op...

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Glad to hear you are continuing to heal so well, Chisamba. Ouch, Exvet, hope you are not too sore today. We are getting some much needed rain carrying over from the hurricane. So, today is probably a washout. I'm hoping it will help with MM's breathing, which has still not been great. We've added cl...

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amazing news!!

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Oh, ExVet, I am so sorry to hear you have had such a challenging couple of days. I hope there is good news for your SO's treatment and prognosis and the car stuff is taken care of quickly. Chisamba, great to see you out and about. i'm sure it feels nice to be able to spend time even brushing the hor...

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Me: Exercise out of the saddle, even if it is just walking Cook/eat well Find time to balance riding/barn time with other obligations RP: Work on more lateral sensitivity Get straighter Improve our lengthenings, get more variation/distinction within gaits Go to a show in Dec Try to get 2-3 lessons ...

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closing out because even though I will ride in the upcoming days, I'm ready to think ahead to the next bimester! Me: Exercise outside of riding, even if just walking I managed to do some of this actually, but need to do a lot more Eat healthy/cook more went ok until travel got in the way Keep traile...

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Chisamba wrote:As this bimonthly goal draws to an end I'm ready, I think for my surgery on Wednesday. Just have to pass a negative covid test tomorrow.

Chisamba, will be thinking about you, hope the surgery goes well today and that you are able to stay comfortable in the days after!

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Trot poles are another thing to play with. I've actually never found them super helpful in TEACHING the lengthening to start, but they do help build the strength and can be a nice way to teach more cadence/wait/sit once a horse already has a sense of lengthening.

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this is not a strength of mine, so take all suggestions I have with a grain of salt...but I recently was working with a clinician who basically stressed a couple key points: 1. make sure when you ask for more, you don't throw things away in front otherwise that energy just escapes out the door 2. yo...

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LSP, sorry this has been such a challenge. I can't remember -- did you guys xray the stifles? If not, might be worth doing so! Sorry if it's something you've discussed already, my memory is a total mess these days

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If you want to PM them to me, I'm happy to take a peak...

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I don't see anything in those videos, but they're not ideal for checking because they are so quick and you don't see much from the side. He's also not really trotting but more jogging like a good boy to stay aside his handler

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It does seem like both the 2019 and the 2023 tests have made an effort to make 4th level a bit easier. I know many riders felt the 2015 version of 4-3 was harder than PSG. At closer look, I've also noticed that in some cases even where movements haven't changed much, scoring has. For example at 1-3 ...

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the trick with the w-c transition IMO is timing. In the trot, which only has 2 beats at worst you will be 1 beat off on the timing and so usually you will get the carry over to the transition even if the timing isn't quite right. In the walk, you do need to get the timing right. The first step of th...

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Exvet--I definitely think I can slow him down, the question is will someone then say we don't have enough impulsion? Unclear. I've shown so little at first level that I think a few more shows will help me figure it out while I play with things. It's possible once we have a bit more sit and collectio...

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Blob. Wrt riding MM. I felt so bad exercising Teddy until one of my pupils mother, who had severe COPD would run while her daughter rode. She told me that even though running was very hard it made all other aspects of living better. Teddy did better the more fit I could keep.him. so perhaps if you ...

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Straightforward--I do think the judging is more conservative/harder in championship classes and I think that is totally fine/fair! For the judge that scored us fairly low (61) it seemed like the main complaint was that we were too quick. My trainer does not think this was the case and thinks perhaps...

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RP and I went to regionals this past weekend. The year had gotten away from me and we hadn't shown since November, so i definitely felt rusty going in. We rode two practice runs of 1-3 in the open show before our championship class on Sunday. In the two practice runs we got a 68.6 and a 66. But our ...

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It now says to leave and return to the rail slightly after/before the letter, and has a diagram of the horse parallel to the rail at the letter, so maybe that is to show the change of bend more clearly rather than people basically riding out of and into the corners? I actually feel like it's more c...

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T-3 has gone back to the shallow loop serpentine at the trot it had in the 2015 tests instead of the 3-loop. When they changed to the 2019 versions i remember the explanation being given that they brought in the 3-loop because they thought the shallow loop didn't adequately show changes of bend. I u...

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First-3 and 2-1 look exactly the same. Maybe someone will summarize the actual tests/changes that DID change. 2-1 is the same, but 1-3 actually has a significant change. The canter and trot tours are broken up. Previously you would do all the trot work (except the final lengthening) and then walk a...

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I was really hoping they'd update 2-3 so the canter tour wasn't SO LONG. But alas, that cc serpentine is still there and so you still canter all over town and back. At first glance looks like 2-1, 2-3, 3-1, and 3-3 are all unchanged.

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Just looked up the smart saddles and looks like they're not a true treeless saddle, but rather a flexible tree saddle (like the dynamic I have), though I think the dynamic has more structure in its flexible tree.

I suspect we will be seeing more flexible tree saddle lines on the market

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Yes, she was diagnosed with asthma early in the year, her first time having symptoms. We allergy tested and had a treatment plan that had worked all summer, but now isn't anymore I have to use albuterol for Teddy. My old asthmatic. Allergy meds were mostly ineffective and interfered with his abilit...

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Yes, she was diagnosed with asthma early in the year, her first time having symptoms. We allergy tested and had a treatment plan that had worked all summer, but now isn't anymore

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Oh no, Al--what difficult conditions. Hope your dad is doing better. After a pretty good summer with MM, her respiratory stuff has taken a turn for the worse, which is frustrating especially considering everything is dying and so allergies should be better. This time instead of breathing harder, her...

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does anyone have any experience with or thoughts on a theraplate? our new barn has one and it's free and available to use with our horses for anyone who would like to. I've never used one before and so was interested in perspectives. there doesn't seem to be any real actual science on any particular...

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Chisamba--i don't know the answer to that question and I think about it a lot. And I think there are also two version of that question--has that horse topped out at training up the levels? And has the horse topped at showing at those levels (and getting decent scores)? I also think sometimes it's no...

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sigh, RP and I are on a bit of a struggle bus and I'm sure i'm to blame. Our right lead canter is a real mess right now. He feels so tight and stuck through the neck and the back and is getting super lateral, if I try to supple him, he swaps (either fully or just behind). So right now the canter to ...

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I've been using Fly-Bye for a couple of years and I LOVE it. The flies down here in GA are no joke and this one is about as good as any fly spray gets. On top of that it smells better than most and doesn't include scary chemicals. It's also safe for human use, so i often spray it on myself on bad da...

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Kyras_mom-- nexium has been really effective for RP and so easy to feed. It cleared up his ulcers and it's what I still give as preventative when when going to shows. Hopefully it's helpful for Kyra as well. I hope your hip heals quickly! Exvet, Aleu, and Mountaineer-- sounds like a lot of good and ...

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