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Go to some schooling shows. You can watch plenty of dismal jumping over jumps with no groundline. It will make you appreciate those nice flower boxes.

I hate the bow balance. I rode in a client's saddle with them last week and they were miserable. I have little feet and they felt huge. Plus I tend to ride with my foot to the inside, which with...

Generally I think horses back off the oxers more, which is great, but not so great when it's the first fence in a course for juniors or amateurs, since most horses also back off the first fence more...

I'm thinking your problems might stem more from your "slight contact with the bit" comment. Your horse and you might not agree on how much contact is slight. The first thing I'd do with a horse that...

As he should be. He's a great judge.

I can't really comment on the accuracy of that story. When we purchased the horse as a coming four year old there were no vetting issues. Somewhere along the line we heard a story that she had "been...

I don't agree that foals share many conformational qualities universal to discipline. Maybe piece by piece there are universal qualities, but overall is a different picture.
Temperament of the...

I had a long, serious reply typed out here, but my computer ate it and then I realized that you and I are probably the only people reading this that care at all. ;)
So instead, let's try an analogy...

Your vet needs to assess the risk of that particular chip for you.
I would, however, ask some serious questions as to why an 8 year old (almost 9?) would still be very green.

I can't comment on why a horse would stop without seeing it stop, and I've never seen Escapade stop that I can recall. There are plenty of reasons why any horse might stop on any given day. None of...

That answered a major question I've had since this came up. :D

I think in person he's a bit more substantial than he looks in photos. Not clunky, but you wouldn't want a type much heavier. He jumped well from a variety of distances and looked very adjustable....

It's very obvious that you don't follow hunters.
There is more to a performance career than just taking a horse to a horse show. I spent a lot of time with Escapade in a horse show environment, and...

Me too. I've always been at the barn on a nearly daily basis, so I usually do my own purchasing, but it's certainly not uncommon for a barn to order tack or clothing as needed for client's horses....

There are only 3 vets in the area with that many disciplines? Really?

1)Partnerships don't usually work.
2)It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks the agreement is, you and the trainer need an agreement. In writing. Written by an honest-to-goodness lawyer. Then,...

I don't concur. I spent a lot of time with him over a winter about 4 years ago. I found him very interesting as a show horse, and have only positive things to say about him in the barn as well.
I...

I've seen a lot of lame young horses in my recent searching as well, both online and in person. But I tend to think "mismanagement" before I think OCD. Lame young horses come from not recognizing...

Me too. I went to a few local shows this summer to help my friend with her green horse. Those pleasure classes took forever, there were like four different sections, and nothing in there looked like...

1) I own a pink eared flymask. Unfortunately, I no longer own a mare that wears a flymask. One of my geldings spends the summer looking a bit metrosexual.
2) I broke down after many years and have...

This time of year from FL you should try everyone, you never know when you can get on a load.
Try MJR http://www.cothclassifieds.com/Classified/ListingDisplayPrint.aspx?lid=33 and DJ...

Handwalking horses at the show in their stable clothes with shavings in their tails. Why is no one stopping these people on their way out of the barn?

Bridle bags don't so much say tacky as they...

My point is that YOU are the one telling him the horse's name. Unless the vet has had a long term relationship with the horse, most vets are not going to argue with you about the horse's name, even...

No, I'm saying that, when someone brings out a horse for xrays and tells the vet it's Blackie, and someone later calls for Blackie's xrays, the vet will send Blackie's xrays. Buyer and Vet are not...

Elizabeth Chadwick's For the King's Favor .
I've loved pretty much everything she's written.