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What are your tips for sitting the trot?
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How would you teach someone to quietly sit the trot, while keeping steady legs?
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PETA Going after Dressage
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http://barnmice.com/group/barnmicenews/forum/topics/peta-charges-totilas-owners-with-animal-welfare-violation-- Edited by Barnmice Admin on Tuesday 23rd of October 2012 10:12:47 AM
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Christmas gift.. help?
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hello everyone! merry christmas to all the horsey-people out there. i recently got a county compition dressage saddle... very nice i must say.. we have to get a bridle for it.. what kind is the best... my mom likes to say... only the best for the best.. if you know what i mean :) please input :) merry chris...
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The Art of Letting Go
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http://www.eurodressage.com/equestrian/2012/09/23/classical-training-art-letting-go
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Weight in outside rein vs weight equally in both
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A lot of people discuss having more weight in the outside rein. However, my coach wants equal (light)weight in both reins with the horse balanced and carrying himself in the middle. The other day as I was cantering I miraculously got a collected canter with the perfect light balance between both rein...
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Ontario Has Talent High Tea and Fashion Show
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This is a great way to get ahead on the Christmas shopping as well as support a great cause. Press ReleaseAn idea was brought forward, how about a series of clinics for Ontario youth? The idea took off and now an organization called Ontario Has Talent was created and they are organizing a series of clin...
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The Benefits of Counter Canter
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http://www.barnmice.com/video/ask-the-olympian-week-22-the
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Any tips for timing for the one-time changes?
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So Caspari is now doing three "ones" very nicely with Belinda. He is coming along quite easily and soon it will be by turn to try. I am very capable up to the "twos" and I have done a few ones on GP horses. There my experience ends. I would love some imagery or timing tips to get myself...
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WHAT is going on in the Olympic Warm-up Ring??!!
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This is really an outrage. I have read that Cornelissen'shttp://www.ratemyhorsepro.com/news/patrik-kittel-reignites-rollkur-controversy-at-olympics.aspx
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Bobbing your head when you sit trot
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Why do you suppose people bob their heads when they do the sitting trot? I wonder how that could be fixed. That is not one of the many things I need to fix, but I notice other people doing it.
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Canter Balance
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hello, my 5 year old has recently had a locked stifle so the vet had come and injected him but before he injected him,(4 weeks before) my coach had me trotting and walking up hills . ANYWAY, we hadn't cantered for 4 or 5ish weeks so his canter is very unbalanced and "stringy" (not collected a...
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Valegro and Charlotte Dujardin - FEI CDI GP Freestyle at Hartpury 90.65%
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http://www.barnmice.com/video/valegro-and-charlotte-dujardin-fei-cdi-gp-freestyle-at-hartpury-9
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Rath and Totilas out of Olympic Games
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Matthias Rath is suffering from mono and has been sidelined. How unfortunate that this pair won't be able to compete. Has anyone here ever had mono? I know it can be completely debilitating.
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The "Dress-ahge Finger"
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Just wanted to share this great video from SmartPak, don't get caught showing the wrong Dressage finger! LOL The "Dressage Finger"
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My Horse Did Three "Ones" Today!
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With Belinda on him! He is such a fast learner! Once he is really confirmed, I'll have a go at them. I've never trained them in my life and I don't have the timing to do more than four or five at this point. The one-time changes have always been my biggest challenge, but I'm sure that with Bee's help and a ho...
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"Dress-ahge", Ann Romney, and Stephen Colbert!
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There's been some humor injected into the usually serious world of dressage competition this Olympic qualifying season! Ann Romney is part owner of Jan Ebeling's ride, the Oldenburg mare Rafalca. This has been picked up by the main-stream press and of course was perfect fodder for humor a la Ste...
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Behind-the-Scenes with Hester, Charlotte and Valegro
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http://www.barnmice.com/video/behind-the-scenes-with-hester-charlotte-and-valegro
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Western Dressage Test Over 80%
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http://www.barnmice.com/video/western-dressage-usef-basic-test-1-what-does-80-714-looks-like-- Edi...
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Rollkur: Facts, Fiction and Horse Health
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http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=19699&src=SV
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flying changes
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Does anyone have any advice about starting the changes? Favourite exercises, what to look for before attempting? I have a 12 yr warmblood and i worry that I'm starting too late. The past year he's come along by leaps and bounds and I feel like I should maybe give it a go. He does a pretty decent counter-ca...
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Stretching and Extreme Views
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I've read in recent months articles written by people who are absolutely opposed to stretching your dressage horse. I've read their arguments and viewed their illustrations. I don't agree with them. I don't think you should go out there and stretch a cold horse. I would never do that to my own muscles...
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Quote on Helmets in the Dressage Ring
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Eurodressage reports the following quote: On his website Ludwig's Horse World, German journalist Dieter Ludwig quoted 63-year old German trainer Johann Hinnemann: "Not the helmet but the top hat is part of the official attire of a rider of the highest level of dressage. There is nothing agai...
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A Rant about Abuse and our own Hypocrisy
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http://www.barnmice.com/profiles/blogs/cesar-parra-abusive-reiners-and-our-own-hypocrisy
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Cesar Parra Facing Charges for Abuse
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http://www.barnmice.com/profiles/blogs/do-you-want-to-know-how-cesar-parra-received-the-criminal-charges?xg_source=activity The court date for criminal charge...
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How do YOU choose your trainer?
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This thought is spawned by an ongoing discussion in the forums. If I look back at my history, there's been one time that I've actually handed my horse over to a trainer. At his facility, at the request of my then current trainer, and I didn't see him work my horse. I don't know that I regret the decision,...
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Dynamic Upper Respiratory Obstruction
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Although this doesn't apply only to dressage, but to all high performance horses, I thought some might want to comment on how flexion during athletic activity might be impacting horses respiration in a way that has not been widely recognized before. It's news to me, but maybe it's common knowled...
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Improving my horses topline?
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Hello, I have a 4 year old thorougbred and i have only had him for 7 months, but my coach says i have to build up his topline and i have to keep him in an ideal "box" He is very umm sprung out should i say, whever he is doing his undersaddle work etc not tracking up and he goes into a frame, he is just not...
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Update on my 4 yr old at the Gold Dressage Championships
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We had a great time at the Ontario Gold Dressage Championship and KLDA Gold show. So impressed with my 4 yr old - lst, 2- 2nds and 3rd. Scores of 68, 66, 65 and 65. Missed reserve Champ by 1%. Thanks so much to our coach. Judge's comments - Impressive Canter, very nice test, energetic here we are warming up...
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Help! Please explain what this means!
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I am reading this that we should NOT be doing the long and low stretching. Is that correct? I'm not talking about a horse plowing around on the forehand, I am talking about lowering the mid-neck and getting that swinging loose gait that comes when the horse reaches into the bridle, the hind legs are enga...
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Silver Shows in Ontario
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Hello Can anyone tell me where there are Silver Dressage shows in Ontario this year. I haven't been able to find too many! Thanks Sonia
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