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I am so sorry, Khall, great big giant hugs for you, your dad and your family.

Prayers as you trudge down this incredibly difficult path.

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I wish I had that kind of support! Me too! And I wish I could ride a fraction as well as he does. He is an Olympic rider, and he has proven that. He is fortunate to have a sponsor who rightly believes in him and (I am pretty sure) gets to ride her horses when they're done competing for the gold. If...

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Oh, that is so sweet. A wonderful memorial to Fergus.

People are kind. We all understand your grief, and your love. Hugs.

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Well....I mailed in my (recognized) show entry. I don't know if we're gonna be good enough, but our performances riding the test are getting pretty consistent, and this is one of only a small handful of shows within range of me this year. It's quite possible I'll score in the 50s. Then again, I migh...

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They show a closeup and hold of a bag of Doritos 8 seconds in?

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That Wikipedia link took me down a very interesting rabbit hole, and I learned quite a bit about Lil Nas X and Old Town Road and "country rap," none of which I knew anything about before! It was a fun commercial, I liked it. Also, I know now why Billy Ray Cyrus was in the last moment of th...

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Rock on, Paula! That takes SO MUCH strength!

I am so glad your bestie and sister are supporting you, too. Keep up the hard work!

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I am so sorry for your loss. Great big hugs to you. Nothing makes it easier, but for me during my recent loss, I found comfort in knowing that I kept my promise to my boy - he never wanted for anything while I had him 'til the day he passed. I hope you, too, can find some comfort in doing that for F...

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If it helps anyone, I just stayed at South Point a few months ago, and it was nice! They have a horse center right there in the hotel, so who knows, maybe there will be an event there too that you can watch while sipping your morning coffee before heading to the World Cup

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So a few nights ago, I dreamed that I had finally showed Grand Prix. In the dream, I picked up my score sheet to discover I had earned a qualifying score, and suffice to say, I was pretty pumped in my dream. What was that score, you ask? 60.4% :roll: I can't stop laughing about the fact that, even i...

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My lessons with the Cowpony are going very well. We are working on making his passage bigger - she is having me do a LOT of passage-medium trot transitions, and then picturing the MT power push while cueing the passage, and that is helping. It's kind of cool, actually. My one tempis are still a work...

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Huge thanks to my Kringle, PhoenixRising!!!!! I got a cornucopia of wonderful items for not only me but also my ponies and puppies :mrgreen: First, everyone got treats - I got some of my favorite candy, and the horses got some stud muffins they're going to go berserk over, and my dogs got some freez...

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It takes time for the interviewers and interviewees to get good at making interesting comments - it's hard to think on the fly like that, so a lot of times you get standard answers. I would wager they get better at it with practice. I guess I'm surprised the interviews bother you guys. It's just a c...

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This is Fynn: https://www.horsetalk.co.nz/2017/02/15/ ... age-horse/

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It is scary and stressful and difficult. Just ride through these bumps as you're getting moved into the place that will fit what you need (I know, easier said than done!) Think how happy you'll be when you're settled in! It sounds like you have a really solid plan for you and for your horses. But we...

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That is an accomplishment! I am so happy for you!

You are going to be healthier and wealthier (and you're obviously already wise)!

Keep it up!

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Yeah, it's a bigger problem than just dressage specifically. I have a friend who is limited in her abilities, but had a SAFE albeit limited horse that she rode. You know the kind - ride it every day, it's good, ride it once a month, same horse. Anyway, friend moved, and a year or so later, the limit...

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I'm told this is true, and that show managers are scrambling to find new places for their shows. It's supposed to be the host for the USDF Region 5 regional championships, too, this year, so that will have to be moved as well. No confirmation of what is the reason or what will happen to the facility.

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I did, but it was a $500 horse that had never been touched by a human. Bought her off a 1 minute video and her papers. Horse was indeed just as advertised

But she turned out to be pretty nice.

Not sure I'd be so keen to buy a riding horse sight unseen, though.

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I have absolutely no helpful contribution to this, but I had this vision of you there, with one big nurse holding a lip twitch, maybe grabbing an ear as the doc approaches, the other big nurse sitting, exhausted, after finally throwing that hobble on you, while you throwing everyone the worst mare d...

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I am sorry for what your friend is going through.

I have heard rumors that Wobbler's is somewhat common in dressage warmbloods, I wonder if that's true? Like, new SOP you should x-ray any young prospect's neck to check for that type of thing?

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So exciting!

It's a beautiful saddle and I hope you have many wonderful rides in it!

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Welcome Phoenix Rising, we will be sure to cause as much trouble for you as possible

Unless, of course, we can get Chancellor to take us along on her vacation to paradise!

(Have tons of fun, Chancellor!)

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Did anyone go? If so, what did you experience/learn?

Seemed like there was a pretty good agenda this year, so just wondered.

Does anyone know where the 2020 convention will be held?

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Aleuronx - Wow what a beautiful indoor and yay for the trailer! Mountaineer, that is awesome - what a good day. Hot4Spots - dang goofy appy! :lol: So the Cowpony and I are still pushing along. My instructor keeps doing different exercises to "see how he responds" - the ones he likes, we ke...

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exvet wrote:Ride what you love and love what you ride........there's nothing better.

Hear, hear!

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Congratulations on succeeding on a very difficult task!

Onward and upward, now!

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That is awesome!

Wishing you all the luck and good vibes!

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hugs, Xan.

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Moutaineer wrote:Good. It might just give pause to the next would-be predator.

Hear, hear, Mountaineer.

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So a handful of months ago, I got a new instructor. My previous instructor is amazing, but I was hitting some roadblocks in my learning with how info was being presented. Anyway, I found this new person, who has some different tools in her toolbox that are really clicking with me and the Cowpony. I'...

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Thanks guys. I appreciate you all, been rereading this thread as I mourn - it helps. Like Fergusnc said, and exvet and hayburner et al said, he was old, and I think I am gonna choose to believe it was a heart attack. When the light came up I spent time looking over his body and his pen - no damage, ...

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He was fine at dinner time, but gone by breakfast. That breakfast is prepped, and just sitting in my feed room. He'll never eat it. I need to put it away before the rats get to it, but haven't been able to yet. My old gelding Henry died earlier this week. I don't know what happened, but assume it wa...

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I'm so sorry for your loss.

Kelo

That was interesting, thanks so much for sharing that video!

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Kelo, I meant to say congrats riding Grand Prix! That's a huge effort. I understand the frustrations of mistakes, since I seem to do them at the lower levels and I imagine they just get harder to get it all right as you go up. Would love to see some of your tests if you video them?? Thank you. I re...

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I don't live there, but show up there. The Colorado Horse Park is in Parker, and they have a ton of dressage shows including the dressage regionals the past couple years, as well as clinics. They have some dressage shows in CO Springs, too, which is not far from Parker. There are a ton of horses in ...

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I need to figure out what to do with my spare hand! I look silly, but I was trying to keep it away from the reins :D Well, if you want to draw inspiration from the western performance world, the answer is...basically what you're doing. We keep our free hand up, almost like you had another rein, bec...

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Oh, hugs to all of you carrying such heavy burdens. Onward to better days. Ach, redsox…I went through something similar to that a couple years ago and I really feel for you. Sudden surprise divorce, and mine came with a extra dose of a super sick horse and sick family member....suffice to say, it wa...

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Xan, I am so, so sorry. This is heartbreaking. Great big hugs to you. I don't know if this will help at all, but I had a dog with severe health problems. The problems were all "fixable" as in kicking the can down the road, but it was at a tremendous cost. And I did it - I did everything I ...

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They're typically offered via FEI Test of Choice classes. Interesting, thanks. I'll have to look again at a show bill for the shows I go to, I don't remember seeing a TOC option for those, but to be fair I-A and I-B haven't been something I've needed to worry about (until now, I guess) so maybe I d...

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So I took my ponies to a schooling show this weekend. Rode the Grand Prix test for the second time with my gelding, and I'm so frustrated at myself. We have been training so well, and I was so excited to do it. But then, it seems like 90% of the stuff that has been going right in my lessons the past...

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Oh my gosh, that is INCREDIBLY frustrating!

I don't think I would've known that either. I mean, I've heard about them, but none of the shows I go to even offer I-A or B as a possible option....so how are you supposed to ride them, then?

That seems so unfair.

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I wouldn't have gotten anywhere without pushing past my comfort zone. I might have 4 lessons a month, or I might have 0. If I waited for someone to supervise me, I'd never have gotten anywhere. There is a positive reinforcement trainer that has an exercise called "101 things you can do with a b...

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Man, the only thing I have going for me is persistence. I am not the most talented rider, I don't have a trained horse, I have limited access to instruction, and I do a lot of stuff wrong. But, by gosh, I keep trying. Sometimes I score upper 50s, but I'm an amateur trying to learn upper level stuff,...

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I have one nice and fat on free choice grass hay, a couple flakes of alfalfa, and then the minimum amount of Nutrena ration balancer. No grain.

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Yay for riding again!

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Oh, man, I am so sorry.

He is in good hands, and you'll get through this, but I understand how crushing it is to have another, and to have your aspirations delayed as well.

Ugh, just....sympathy hugs. I've been there, it's awful.

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Did the narrator say there were 3 more?? Yes...there are always more horses at Bowie, they usually have about 5-10 for sale at any given time. This one just tugged at me. If you click their user name, you can see the other horses they have. When the videos disappear, the horses have sold or shipped...

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Kelo, is he going to the killers? Please,no. What a shame. Yes, it is my understanding that they pull potentially desirables ones out and offer them for sale for a few weeks via Facebook/Youtube, then if the the horses don’t sell, they eventually end up on the slaughter truck. I don’t have room or ...

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