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Please note that the company that makes it is offering a rebate through sometime in June, I think. You have to send your invoice in along with the form they offer. I got the form through my vet but...

I agree with you, this horse is skinny! I would do what I can to up his feed (the hay), including purchasing alfalfa hay or high quality supplements. It's disturbing to me that this woman thinks...

EmJ, are you out of S. Camp, NC?

I have a bucking strap on my saddles, I have for years. I haven't used them during a buck - never thought of it at that moment. But they're handy to pull the saddles off the rack!

I think that if your horse is anticipating this movement, you've been schooling it too much! (or maybe you are showing a lot). It's hard with a smart horse. I would not school lines of test...

Yes, slc, but she didn't need to have pictures taken in the synthetic version of what is now one of their cheaper models. That's the point!

Snoopy, sign me up, too! LOVE that indoor arena and...

As I was flipping through the June 9 COTH (the dressage issue) that I had flipped through before, I was newly struck by the "Barn Spotlight" feature that this time illustrated Isabell Werth's barn. ...

Huh, sounds like my whole last 12 months! Funny though, nothing really happened when someone else showed my horse last month...

But it could be worse. There's a person at our barn with a...

True, but if you are looking at the HDS Katy shows, they had 5 this year instead of the typical 3. So the entries are pretty spread out between the frostbite show, the HDS april and june shows, the...

I'm riding a Rubenstein/Inschallah daughter who has a very broad back and a bit of a sharkfin-like wither. She originally had a custom Hulsebos. Currently, she goes fine in a Bates Isabell with a...

Thank you! As you climb the levels, the work is harder for the horse (and rider) and it is more difficult to to keep the back swinging and supple while executing movements and sitting more. When...

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I don't understand the inverted figure 8 on the dressage bridle. Even on the model horse, the throatlatch piece seems to press into the skin and the cheek where it fits into the...

Exvet,

How on EARTH do you do it? By my calculations, you must never sleep. :winkgrin: Seriously, I'm tired just reading your posts.

[As an aside, why is your name "exvet" when you are...

I've been told to achieve "falling down neck". I achieved this (said instructor) when my horse is moving through the back, the withers are up, and the neck feels like the horse is peering over a...

What a nice idea! Who...WHO... would be unhappy if they arrived and got offered cookies???? :) One barn at our local recognized show offers a tub of carrots - free to all. It is popular.

At...

PLEASE come to my barn and make these statements. PLEASE! I will give you a place to stay on the property during your visit. Feel free to chat with our resident trainers, as well as the German...

Well yea, I know. But other registries do grade yearlings. I've seen a number of foals go from 0-adulthood, I know it is tricky *at best* to predict future success in yearlings, and that early...

Sorry, I meant inspection grading. I know his oldest offspring are only yearlings but I'm sure probably most went through breed inspection. It should be a matter of record and already published.

My first thought is movement, especially from a quaterback daughter. NOT the front legs, but the hind legs. Do they come UNDER the body naturally and sort of pull the horse forward or do they push...

My friend has shown in a dark green hunt coat. She looks stunning on her paint.

I go with white full seats (have worn beige), dark navy hunt coat, velvet hunt cap, white gloves, dress boots...

The ration balancers are meant to be fed in small quantities, not like regular grain. this is why they are so concentrated in protein. This makes them more cost-effective. :)

In my experience, it depends on the quality of your Schleese saddle fitter. Some are better than others...

The fitter should come to your barn or a barn near you, and should be able to provide...

What kind of horse do you have? TB or TB cross?

I'd start with looking at the type of soil you have and the type of grass that grows on it. You can get that info from your local Ag...

Thanks guys!

I started this thread and like I said, I'm not a hunter rider but I read about hunters in Practical Horseman (I've subscribed for over 10 years) and really had this burning question....

Hmmmm. I don't think that the quality of riding used to be higher. I think that today, the quality of horses are higher because of shorter generation time and ease of importing breeding stock and...