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Hey Pwynn...I just had a thought. I know 'gold' is supposed to be hard to achieve, but is this for 'mastering' or being tops on the scoreboard? After all, we already have blue ribbons for that. ...

Me, I remember competing in the 80's! Hey, relax, your reflexes ARE kicking back in, think of the people that don't have those reflexes. As someone else said, your confidence will be there when you...

Well I never did all those things you did for exercise. I basically rode several horses. But when I dropped back on my riding I gained 30 pounds! Eeek. How I lose weight riding is it keeps me from...

Since you basically 'have' to be a USEF member for Prelim and that means you have either stated you are an amateur or are not, would be interesting for you to take the rider data from the Prelim data...

Showoff! :lol::lol::lol:

This is to give a perspective, although I understand whatever people decide are the 'right' qualifications a lot of good thought has been put into it, so I'm not complaining. But... I would love to...

DW, those smurfs are awesome and just gave me a great giggle. Are they travelling smurfs or do they reside only at Lamplight? IF so, it will make me try even harder to qualify for the AEC's!

Now *that* would be a cool video to share if you had it.

I have ridden and jumped my horse without a bridle with a neck rope many times and still do. He prefers it which tells me a lot about the elasticity of my elbows! I always thought I learned that...

Just looked at the weather map for this morning and saw the line of storms across northern Illinois. :eek: Here's hoping the weather passes on thru quickly and all riders have a good go today.

abrownhorse is also in MO. She has a really cool private farm. Don't have her website handy.

I vote for weekend also. Work gets in my way otherwise.

I love riding for Jimmy. Depends on cost (stabling, can I stay in my trailer, etc.) and weekend (Flying Cross HT and KY Classic are possibly on my schedule). I have an experienced Preliminary...

I should have made a smiley face on the last post. I was kind of making it as a humor post. :)

This would make it easier for everyone and I would have scored better at the last event if I...

Well I personally am ok with the fact that CT came out with his letter. A while back people were saying "what do the ULR's think?" Well, some are brave enough to come out and state that and whether...

The rider needs to close the leg and the hand. :) Really. For slowing down the speeds. Yes, it will cost some time penalties, but someone needs to take responsibility for running at the speed the...

I think I saw your horse! I was admiring the mohawk on a little 'fat' grey guy. I was trying to figure out the breed. I really liked the mane.

I had a great time too. I hadn't competed all last year and so took my old boy out and we had a blast. We were in Prelim div 2 and ended up doing our dressage in the rain shower. I think it only...

I don't think a horse and rider have to do a long format to jump Preliminary. Yes, I have done a long format in the past, but I don't think one must do that to do well at Prelim. If my goal is not...

Huh? I think you are confusing the USEA definition of amateur with the USEF definition. For USEF, ANY money...not $2500 or more. And I am sure most of the people in this case are USEF members...

And who are they negotiating with? Blue Cross and Blue Shield? I doubt 200 people are going to get much of a break. But I digress. Best of luck to them. They will obviously have to reach out...

Um, no, the USEA is an organization made up of both professionals and amateurs. Their job is to represent ALL interests. A PAC is a group who's interests are very specific to that group it is...

As I said, the light bulb is now going on.... so we DO need an amateur advocacy group. Where do I send my contribution to our new PAC? And they need to be lobbying for the various causes the...

You mean like a PAC? If so, the light bulb has just gone on.....

I think those days are gone. In today's environment, I can't imagine being willing to let a competitor do this.