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Holy crap! Be still my beating heart. Would love to see her move too. She is adorable :)

I agree with JB. But I also think that you should do what makes you feel comfortable. It's your horse, and I assume you plan to keep the horse for you? There is absolutely no reason you shouldn't...

I have experience both sudden onset and gradual onset and in 95% of the cases there were many signs that something wasn't quite right months or even years prior.

In many cases people just don't...

Maybe you could post what line this is?

Sorry to the OP. I have been through this, I even thought there was something "funny" about the horse I bought! But the trainer I was working with told me...

My saddle came (used) with a Ricotti wool felt pad, LOVE it!

http://www.ricottisaddle.com/saddle_pad.htm

I wont tell you to sell her, but I disagree with this statement. Sometimes partnerships aren't "right". I can relate to a lot of the things that you said. For me, selling the horse and getting one I...

LOL! I was given a Storm Cat grand daughter (By Future Storm) as a 3 year old and she was a lovely mover with a canter and jump to die for. She was so brave too, and so easy when she wanted to be...

Nice post. This is where I am at right now. My mare does not raise her poll in any transitions except upward into the canter. The fact that she does is free lungeing makes me think it's the way she...

DA, check you PMs.

I too was a bit of a chicken trail riding my young mare. I ended up buying a used Circle Y arabian saddle (for my mare's short and wide back). I was a little worried about the horn at first, but the...

I actually really like my good old Circle Y Arabian saddle. The only thing I hope to do is change the stirrups. So far I have spent up to almost 3 hours in it and no soreness :)

clint, I am actually riding in the Mike Etherly clinic on Sunday, June 29 early, were you planning to audit? There is no audit fees.

I agree that it is expensive. However it is at my barn which is...

Every horse may be different but to me it sound like we have the same horse!

Along with my bit change to a happy mouth, I started doing lots of trail riding (long rides with BIG hills), and lots...

Also, fwiw, experiment with different bits. My mare also would rather drop behind the bit, I thought riding her in a loose ring KK ultra was fine and it was ALL me and the riding. A trainer finally...

This sounds very much like my issue (I am a H/J rider also btw!). My mare is not throwing her head in the normal head tossing way, it's literally from the poll and whither. She is actually very light...

She was bought with less than 30 days under saddle and has had the "habit" from the day I bought her. When I bought her she would not canter because of balance issues. I started her with the help of...

She does is always, when being free lunged, lunged in side reins, and being ridden with and without contact.

I have literally tried everything in my arsenal, riding techniques, lunging with gadgets, riding with gadgets, riding forward, collected, saddle fit, every vet. Mare is 6 years old, under saddle...

So with all the raves about the Diva Cup I ordered one, and it arrived on day 2 of my period. I have to say, I am having issues :( I ordered size 2 because I am over 30, but I worry it's too big,...

If the rubber bit guards don't bother her, what about a big hunter dee happy mouth? I recently put my mare in one, the sides along the mouth are the happy mouth material.

I had a mare like that, very talented, great mover and a great jump - but she also had a nasty buck. I actually went back to the trainer I bought her from and ended up doing a 50/50 split on the...

If anyone really wants to know what is going on, there's a really great lecture here

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1073425200911585815&hl=en

Please note that this lecture was given...

DITTO! I have all the books and still just love reading them. Billy and Blaze fueled my obsession with horses as a child. And I still LOVE the gorgeous drawings.

FYI, most of our petroleum comes from the Americas
http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/current/import.html

Where or not we drilled for more oil in...

OMG been there, done that, had the hospital visit to prove it. So many of us could write the very same biography. Good, even great rider as a teen, went to college, got a job, stopped riding for 10+...