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    I have one and love it. They are nicer than the...

    I have one and love it. They are nicer than the ones from custom saddlery IMO. And I did look at Schleese but was uncomfortable with the idea that the fit of the saddle was dependant on the rep you...
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    I ride with Carol Robertsons group. They are...

    I ride with Carol Robertsons group. They are excellent and do some of the young horse classes with their own horses.

    If you are in HB or Costa Mesa the other barns you mentioned are over an...
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    That document is from 2007. Here is what it said...

    That document is from 2007. Here is what it said it would accomplish by 2011:



    They seem to have accomplished very little of that. Strategic plans are great but there has to be...
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    Watch if you can, but the real benefit is riding...

    Watch if you can, but the real benefit is riding with him. His timing for the in-hand work is exceptional. He put a piaffe foundation on my mare in 1 session. He can also show some very...
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    Jerks are jerks. As good drivers/riders we will...

    Jerks are jerks. As good drivers/riders we will always have to watch out for them for our own safety and theirs; whether they are on a horse, bicycle, motorcycle, or Audi (rapidly replacing the BMW...
  6. Because of the high age and low numbers of horses...

    Because of the high age and low numbers of horses on the Arabian drill team I was on we decided to try quadrille's. So we contact a dressage trainer "so she could help us figure out what headset our...
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    What part of any of that is "preserving the...

    What part of any of that is "preserving the horse's dignity".
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    Carrots grow in the wild. And if they had hands...

    Carrots grow in the wild. And if they had hands to dig them I am sure stallions would be offering them to mares to entice them to their herd. Mares would be thinking "Check out the huge carrot that...
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    I ride at night with a few other dressage riders....

    I ride at night with a few other dressage riders. The only horrible and frightening thing I have seen is a FEI horse being taken on trail. :eek: The ones I see getting joint injections are horses...
  10. Thread: FEI Prospect

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    Poll: An FEI prospect baby needs to have the gaits to...

    An FEI prospect baby needs to have the gaits to compete at the FEI level, not just play around at home. It is a baby, you have nothing to go on other than temperament, conformation, and gaits. A...
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    I could happily live in the farm managers house...

    I could happily live in the farm managers house alone.

    http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=DN&Dato=20100515&Kategori=WILLIAMSON&Lopenr=5150802&Ref=PH

    Like cherham said,...
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    My Vespa (made by Vespa and not a plastic chinese...

    My Vespa (made by Vespa and not a plastic chinese thing) has a top speed with me of 67+. And it gets to 50 fast. I agree with moving with the speed of traffic, which is why I would never take it on...
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    It depends on how much you spend on the bike...

    It depends on how much you spend on the bike whether you break even. Pick up a used one, go with the smallest engine you need, etc. A big gnarly 1,000cc 20,000$+ sportbike is going to take much...
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    No, I couldn't find a seahorse specialist in my...

    No, I couldn't find a seahorse specialist in my area. I did get some raised eyebrows though from the practices I contacted.
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    Well now I have a giant bottle of the sucker. ...

    Well now I have a giant bottle of the sucker. Which did come in handy as I had to dose the quarantine tank. Diamox is the main treatment for Gas Bubble Disease. Which is a bacterial infection in...
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    Drug pricing and the tight off-label regulations...

    Drug pricing and the tight off-label regulations for vets is why I have turned to buying drugs overseas in the past. I could not get the Diamoxx prescription my seahorse needed to survive from any...
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    http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii193/tercesflo...

    http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii193/tercesflow/?action=view&current=P2293364.jpg

    Just fading. Here is my mare's faded coat with her grown-in trace showing both her coat colors.
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    My jump saddle was fitted by Paul and he did a...

    My jump saddle was fitted by Paul and he did a wonderful job. We trailered the mare there so we could put saddles on her and he made adjustments for a better fit.
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    Your parents got to live their life where they...

    Your parents got to live their life where they wanted to be. Go live yours where you want to be.
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    Organic cotton is damaging to the environment. ...

    Organic cotton is damaging to the environment. It uses 3-5 times more water to grow and in an area like India where water is in short supply and they grow a lot of cotton; it is really taxing the...
  21. The judges at the international level have ridden...

    The judges at the international level have ridden at Grand Prix.

    Deep work does seem to really help my heavily muscled horse stretch over her back and become more supple longitudally.
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    At a previous barn a waaaaaay fat, lazy, 17.2h...

    At a previous barn a waaaaaay fat, lazy, 17.2h Percheron jumped out of his 12x24 pipe stall. He was found in the morning amid massive destruction as he had opened all the storage trunks in the barn...
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    There was an issue with botulism in Los Angeles...

    There was an issue with botulism in Los Angeles that horses caught from bits of mice in hay cubes. A number of horses died.
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    I actually had an internal candidate that popped...

    I actually had an internal candidate that popped up a few times. All the other times it varied wildly. Sometimes it is the hours they are available, how they conducted themselves in the interview, ...
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    To all those looking for work...

    I do hiring occasionally at my work. And because we are a good company we get lots of applicants. Lots. There are people I interview that would be a perfect fit for the company, great work ethic,...
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