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Get a good work up on him, definitely. He's an aged horse with a career...at the least it'll be a good "baseline". At the most, you may find problem areas you can address and make him a more...

I love this.

The source is the Chronicle, not EN. Considering this board is graciously brought to us by the Chronicle, you may want to be sure to give credit where credit is due. :)

Great little article,...

All of my neoprene boots are buried in my "spare" box. Toby's not even allowed to see neoprene. His current xc boots are "orthopedic foam" but I still just think that his skin thinks it is icky....he...

I would seriously talk to someone about helping you develop a good, solid warm up system, then. I know that things can fall apart rapidly in warm up (been there, done that, have the embarrassing...

No judging from me. I use draw reins on occasion.

If I remember correctly, draw reins can be used prior to the start of dressage. I'd have to look at the rules specifically, but I've seen them up...

Yep. I've done it quite a bit. Usually when I've acquired some horse that is getting the nastiest feed possible (my favorite was the "All Stock" which was labeled a "balanced feed for cows, goats,...

Yeah. We've talked about tights or tubigrip under his boots, but since we do almost nothing but one days, that would be such a monumental PITA...especially on the days I'm working alone (as it is,...

The only reason I'm doing this is because, for the life of me (I did a very specific search and nothing came up...and a generic "cross country boots" search only brought up threads from 5 years ago...

Do you ever get coached at shows? Have you talked to your coach about your warm up issues?

One of the best things I've done for myself this year (keep in mind, I've put a huge amount of time,...

My crazy grey horse had two white feet. And, because he was grey and had adorable socks on those white feet, he got a lot of baths....even with that abuse, his feet were awesome.

Yes. My flashy guy was a BITCH with his skin on his socks. They were constantly scurfy, raw, and EVERYTHING rubbed him. I think part of the issues I had with his feet was that I was CONSTANTLY...

Agreed, though, I think horsemanship was on the way out long before the new qualifications.

Back to back is fine at training and below (to a degree). I'll even OCCASIONALLY do it at prelim (as...

lol! I WANT to like it. It was my "home" event for many years. And, like I said, it IS a great venue with good courses. But I just have such horrible, rotten, very bad, no good luck there (it seems...

I think either is fine for the move to training, maybe leaning toward Surefire (I haven't been in a couple of years, but typically Surefire is very much a move up for xc). Seneca can be slightly...

Totally wouldn't stop me. I have had one with 4 white feet who was a PITA, but he had a lot of other circumstances to make his feet crappy, too. Worst feet in my barn right now are black.

On August 4th, Neigh and I will be traveling to my mom's town...where his retirement home awaits him. :cry: For the first time in almost 12 years, I will no longer be able to see my handsome spotted...

PS- The horse market SUCKS right now, so setting yourself up with the best possible horse to re-sell will be a good thing.

While I prefer geldings I don't mind a decent mare, operative word being DECENT. I got really spoiled for a couple of years by having three incredible mares. Not a mareish one in the bunch, all very...

Can't wait to see you and to genuflect at your feet and beg for your forgiveness. :no: Glad the festivities from last weekend haven't kept you away from the eventing world very long, though!!!
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They were there on Sunday morning, early. They wandered around the upper dressage warm up some, but spent the majority of their time in show jumping before show jumping started. Not an efficient way...

Like I said, she goes out of her way.... :yes::D

Even the little tank is better than the two guys standing around with hoses.

We stopped by there yesterday and she said they are scheduling breaks especially FOR watering. She goes out of the way...

Funny. We thought the going was pretty good considering we're in mid-July and we are extremely picky about footing. Go figure.:confused:

Funnily, most of our guys are very good on the ground. The BFG does need a chain away from home, and the Dun One gets to a show and is often as I as a kite when not at the trailer. But a lot of them...