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Sorry to derail, but ElementFarm your signature line is hilarious!

Carry on.

I'm planning to go the second week of Spring Spectacular...but y'all are making me reconsider. Maybe I'll drop by the first week and see how it looks.

Wow! What a fantastic write-up! Thanks for sharing. I've saved this to my favorites so I can work on some of these exercises over the summer.

Thanks, everyone!

Goodlife, I read (and really enjoyed) your blog. You may be an amateur, but you are in a different class from me!!!!! I assure you George will not compliment me on my perfect...

I think the OP is saying they can't find general rules about attire for hunters. There are rules in the eq section, but the only rules they can find in the hunter section are for formal attire or...

ElementFarm - I saw an ad in the USHJA email newsletter. Diane Carney is hosting. Here's a link:

http://www.telluridefarm.com/schedule.html

Just wondering if the clinic would be appropriate...

I apologize if this has been addressed...couldn't find it via the search function.

GM will be doing a clinic in my area in September. I'd like to ride with him, but I'm wondering if it's a good...

Thanks for sharing your blog. Sounds like you are a terrific rider!

I feel for you in this very difficult situation. Honestly, I think you should stop riding this horse before he hurts you or permanently damages your confidence

You can either work with your vet to...

Last Fall, I made October "No Stirrups Month". I took my stirrups off my saddle for all but one ride. It helped a lot and I need to do it again.

I find taking the stirrups off the saddle makes it...

This.

I always say, that's why they're called 'Tailored' Sportsman. Look inside the waistband - they are designed to be easily taken in or let out. Voila - custom breeches!

Terribly sorry to misspeak. I think it was me who said that. Apologies.

Ryderroo and In the Air - providing feedback to the riders is a great suggestion and would greatly improve the program. Afterall, it's about learning and improving...and how can you improve if you...

I was there Saturday morning. I watched the second half of the first session. It was very consistent with other clinics I've seen Julie do. She focuses so much on the horses. She encouraged the...

George is usually at Diane Carney's the weekend following Thanksgiving.

Bwaaahhhhh!!!!!! Not sure anyone else got that. :-)

You probably don't need to be so upset or outraged. No rules have been broken. Equsrider's daughter received an approved exception. There are no rules barring the other particpant from...

Equsrider - While you had no ill intentions to hurt anyone's feelings, your second post didn't come across that way. I knew immediately which participant you were referring to. It's a small world...

I love St Louis - especially when my point of comparison is Ledges.

If you're worried about deep footing, stay out of the warm up ring for Ring 2, especially by the back door. You could...

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I know it might look iffy but, if you actually know any of these clinicians? The better they know you, the harder they are on you because they already know what you suck...

I'm inclined to agree with Lucassb. Purpl, I know you are fairly new to hunterland and have been asking a lot of questions about derbies, tack, judging, etc.

That's a pretty bold statement and I...

horseladi, could you please post a video of a hunter round that you consider brilliant? I find the derby hunters absolutely gorgeous...so I'm wondering what I'm missing.

Hey, purpl. I'd recommend a couple of really good books on judging hunters:

http://www.amazon.com/Judge-Back-Randy-G-Roy/dp/0968846203
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It's the Emerging Athletes Program (EAP). More info is available here:

http://www.ushja.org/eap/default.aspx

Have a great time at the clinic - bring a note pad. I've done clinics with both...

Amen, sister! (or mister, I'm not sure!)

I see people complaining on COTH about buying horses and sometimes it's hard for me to understand. We have several sale horses in our barn at any one...