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There are some good jumper and dressage barns and no worries about event trainer as you have almost anyone of the bigger names in California coming to Ram Tap to school as...

"SevenDogs
In my mind, that is wildly different from sitting back, requiring individual riders to cultivate their own sponsors, and *then* stepping in to make behind the scenes deals with these...

"sevendogs
It also isn't the members of this board that are being asked to give up their horses, so you can't really pose the question that way"

Actually I'm able because so many of the people...

"SevenDogs
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Originally Posted by snoopy
I know a certain international rider who tried to lease a brilliant horse SPECIFICALLY for...

Totally depends on how green the horse is.. I mean every horse is bound to have some hic cups here and there.

Although it is tough in the east with the one day events that are not recognized, a...

Have a Langraaf/Voltaire mare I bred to a stallion who I have really fallen for in the jumper ring. He is a Darko/HEARTBREAKER

pretty darned excited

Did you see the Alex Hua Tian rides NO 52 That is one scary GO

Spirals can be good in moderation so check with who ever you're working with on what degree and for how long your horse could handle that. I am not talking 20 down to volte circles, more like 30...

"Pat Ness

I feel that when my horses started hurting - they started chipping. I don't agree that long spot jumping always means a horse hurts. "

Well yes and no HORSES hurting do anything...

Some people are not good at expressing themselves and I would email back and just make your intentions clear, you were not looking to USE her as your agent and any commissions are paid to her from...

All of the above comments :-)

Some horses can not take having their heels raised, Thing of studs on hard ground like heels or wedge pads. Some of the older horses I have had we had to be very...

I teach and ride but also have 2-3 other trainers who my clients feel comfortable with and will even takes lessons with them so we have a network that covers students if I am riding or at the last...

"vali Recently I was helping my mother do her first event (on Whidbey Island) on my old event horse, and while she had studs drilled and tapped in preparation, she had never used them. Luckily I...

"FalseImpression
I did not read the whole thread, just 5 pages or so, but I have a question. The rules were quoted several times as "if a rider starts late....", but there is also a rule about a...

ON the topic of changing the results of divisions, I see it done all the time when mistakes are made.

At one event a riders was not able to get around another rider with multiple stops. Even after...

"IME, shoes aren't routinely drilled and tapped on P-and-below eventers in CA. To do so requires advanced planning, which is why you ask the event staff about the footing. Like we did -- but we...

Outside but still close Nanci Lindroth.... Love her

"TheHorseProblem
But, "first timers" sometimes panic when this happens - and so do the people around them.
So do horses. A rider at our barn was bucked off when her vest inflated and frightened...

It is hard to believe a mother would compile such a video and post it... Sorry but not amused or humored to see a pony rear, buck, roll and bolt with a child with laughter. JMO and I do not need to...

Yikes just saw the photos) Now I see what your trainer was talking about in advice against this horse. That hind end is camped out behind him. Would not matter if his back was short or long....

LONG back SHORT back Perfect backs does not matter. The only thing that matters is a horses ability to connect it. SOME who have long backs or short backs to not have good connection to the hind...

"When you arrive on grounds, you'll have the "in-barn" inspection. This is when the vets come to your trailer or stall and look at the horse, talk to the rider and are actually allowed to put their...

Um I am sorry you are going through this stress but the post bears the question. Why would you sell your "beloved RETIRED jumper??

Hopefully it is not him.

As for doing D and XC same day, happens all the time...
Pretty sure they will have early D times for training. Rebecca had training dressage and stadium same day.

Also 700 riders are not all...

So so sorry about Sarah's horse and for Sarah :-(

As for the prelim course it was "softened" a bit compared to may..

1. The water line log pile was moved way back from the post and rails into...