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Anyone know what days Novice is running? I need to decide if I can enter or not!!!!!!!!

BN and N don't really require much conditioning. A TB type horse really should be fit for the lower levels just by being in regular work in the ring, flat/jumping, and hacking out.

If you have a...

There are two at the barn I work at. Both are WBish but lighter than a Dutch horse for instance, and lighter than my Irish horse. They aren't terribly hot, but they have a nice spook in them. Both...

But the short list was not put out til after Jersey!!!!! She was on the long list.

I had a great dressage test, good SJ round, and a FABULOUS XC. First water for training was a really $h!te entrance in. My horse wasn't quite straight and stepped sideways before jumping in, they...

Wow that video was... I don't even know. The horse didn't pick his legs up? Most 'problems' with horses are rider error, not horse error. At least AT showed remorse and seemed saddened when her horse...

Above 18 is NOT a rule for eventing dressage.

I LOVEEEEEE Connaught and Mac b/c they are IRISHHHHHHH:winkgrin:

I wear one. I have ridden thru training so far. I have worn it at at novice and training. I am 17. All three coaches I have ridden with wear one. I trust my horse enough.

No idea about Pinehurst.

Green Hill I wouldn't do. The course is on the side of a mountain. It is hell to walk. The jumps are not great. Last year my novice bank was the second step down of a 2...

Area II:

Maryland HT at Loch Moy Farm

Everything is so close together and convenient, not too much walking. Courses are gorgeous, footing is good in the rings and as good as possible XC. The...

If you have a forward but balanced canter, and you are sitting up, looking up, supporting with your leg, not pulling, and not punishing your horse over the fence, you should be in good shape.

I have always been taught, the rider needs to get the horse to the jump in a canter they can jump from, but ultimately it is the horses responsibility to jump.

It is all about the canter, not a...

I know Buck brought up Reggie from prelim basically...

Obviously if you finish Rolex, you're gonna want to get off right away. But after loping around a 4 minute novice XC course... most horses aren't so tired and hot you need to leap off ASAP.

The ground was hard, but not dangerously hard, or brick hard. They did a good job with it, but it was not perfect by any means, but they did as best they could. I think it will be much better this...

Last fall/early this year I rode a horse that went in glue ons. He had evented thru prelim with them, and he occasionally threw a shoe but nothing more than a normal show thrower. He didn't live in...

Yeah I don't see how anyone could say it was anything but a solid training course. Even my trainer thought it was tough. A fabulous course, but tough. The first two jumps were big tables, down a...

Yeah I had time... LOL I was cantering blindly through the woods.... quite funny.

SOOOOOOO who's gonna be there next weekend? I am... hopefully will finish on my dressage score! It is my goal. No...

The training show jumping was HUGE. And tough because it was like a jumper course, all those bending lines to combinations were related distances. My horse was a star for the first 6 jumps and then...

I go at 9:24 and then jump a bit later. My trainer's first ride is at 8:22 and her last is at 5:44. Can we say LONG A$$ DAY!!!!!!!!!!

My RP is as comfortable if not more so than my Tipp and it is certified!

BLOSSOM: My first horse. Not a good first horse, but what are you gonna do about it. She was green, so was I. She was the definition of a chestnut mare. Her favorite number was the rear, spin, bolt....

It's my goal for the year! My friend and I are aiming at it together... she's so gonna whoop my hiney at it though :winkgrin:

Do NOT go to Reddemeade please!

Waredaca or Hans Gerling's farm are nice... but I believe the latter is kinda pricey.