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May. 19, 2013, 05:35 PM
I think a lot of these problems stem from the fact that the TB studbooks are a whole lot older than gene typing. We've got to grant that pintos of...
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May. 19, 2013, 10:02 AM
I don't know what we're supposed to call it, but I also saw what definitely looked like a strawberry roan TB in race training at Lamour Farm in...
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May. 18, 2013, 02:20 PM
For me, at least, I think it just boils down to muscle memory. Isn't there some saying where it takes a 100 times to make a habit and a 1,000 times...
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May. 18, 2013, 07:40 AM
I've had a different impression-- that racing fans are so hungry for another TC winner that almost every Kentucky Derby winner in the last 15 years...
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May. 10, 2013, 09:22 AM
My favorite horse-related "victory" happened over 20 years ago-- when my mare was only 5. I'd been trying for months to get a good lengthening, then...
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May. 10, 2013, 07:29 AM
Congratulations! Cancer treatment has improved so very much, and continues to do so so fast it makes my head spin. I remember back in the 60's when...
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May. 9, 2013, 01:16 PM
I wish I could help! I'm afraid it was embedded in one of the many long threads we've had along the lines of "what's the matter with dressage...
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May. 9, 2013, 08:59 AM
Trying to "get things right" has got to be the central problem of living-- which means, I think, that giving and receiving criticism is a necessary...
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May. 8, 2013, 08:10 PM
Not quite, Suzy. I think Rugby was just trying to be careful not to overwhelm you with too much to work on all at once. Now, be a good girl, work...
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May. 8, 2013, 05:47 PM
FINALLY-- we have a ROAST!! Well Done, rugbygirl, especially given Suzy's blatant attempt to pre-cook her offering!! HURRAH!
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May. 8, 2013, 09:12 AM
Chisamba, thank you for sharing your story. I'm thinking it must have been very hard for you to remember it as you wrote, as I was moved to tears...
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May. 7, 2013, 06:50 AM
The most important thing I've learned on the dressage forum is the difference between a great lengthening and a true extended trot, which, in turn,...
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May. 6, 2013, 12:09 PM
All of us, everywhere, especially in public, have many things happen to us/said about us without our asking, many far worse (and better) than what...
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May. 6, 2013, 10:25 AM
What I have been objecting to is the frequent suggestion that any comments that offered criticism rather than praise were de facto unkind. When...
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May. 6, 2013, 09:52 AM
P.S. When's the "suzy roast"?? I'm hungry!
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May. 6, 2013, 09:50 AM
Durn, I just accidentally deleted a lengthy response to Meup.'s last post. Let me summarize by saying that I'm glad for the OP because I've found...
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May. 6, 2013, 07:34 AM
Meupatdoes:
As some one else pointed out, this is a "discussion forum," which invites discussion by its very nature, not a clinic or a show, at...
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May. 5, 2013, 01:30 PM
I just watched a couple videos of Mike Schaffer riding, agree that the OP video is, indeed, absolutely wonderful by comparison, and am glad both...
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May. 5, 2013, 10:24 AM
Ah, yes, absolutely. But we only really know them by comparison. One of the most useful exercises Erica Poseley uses is to have riders practice...
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May. 5, 2013, 09:13 AM
My mare had this problem following a stifle injury (blanket caught on a tree) she incurred as a youngster. After a couple years during which vet...
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May. 4, 2013, 04:22 PM
I wasn't assuming anything. I merely wanted to know what was going on in that "moment" that made it "wonderful" to those who called it that. Gloria...
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May. 4, 2013, 03:59 PM
Please look at the link I posted, and note that the primary student learns not only from the teacher (aka trained professional), but from fellow...
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May. 4, 2013, 01:15 PM
Thank you for a great post, Plimsol. And I also thank Mike for starting this thread because I have found it instructive in many ways.
At this point...
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May. 3, 2013, 08:17 PM
But the person who posted it here was not the one who had the wonderful experience. If it had been I have little doubt that there would have been...
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May. 3, 2013, 05:28 PM
Thank you, Gloria. That helped a great deal. I just hadn't realized that this "very capable pair" had not been able to produce that kind of...
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May. 3, 2013, 03:51 PM
Thank you, Suzy. I, too, would like to know the context in which this was regarded as "wonderful," i.e., what was being taught, what were the rider...
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May. 3, 2013, 08:00 AM
I found this "wonderful moment" video frustrating to watch from the first frame onwards because I firmly believe that good riding comes, first and...
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May. 1, 2013, 04:14 PM
I think a lot about Sally O'Connor's dictum that the primary avenue of communication is through the horse's back from the rider's seat, which makes...
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Apr. 30, 2013, 12:59 PM
ISE has long been on my ignore list, so she does not receive the benefit of my corrections.
(Meantime, my assumption has been that it's language...
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Apr. 30, 2013, 10:06 AM
I think you meant "were,: not "where offended," and likewise "were up all night."
(Person with one of those useless English majors finding this...
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