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Meg O'Mara first round at Medal finals... finally up on youtube!

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    Meg O'Mara first round at Medal finals... finally up on youtube!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AflCy9x-QxU&feature=plcp
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    Very nice! A good working round. No posing allowed!

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    • #3
      So proud of Meg. She was a great contributor on the USET Young Rider and Junior Tour when Reed was on the team. Meg is a great example of what happens when kids take advantage of the USET Young Rider tour. She has a depth of experience that really showed in her final round.

      Congratulations to Meg and her family, and bravo to Don Stewart for sending his student out on the european tour. I hope other trainers will follow his example and encourage their best students to go out into the world and learn!

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      • #4
        Her horse is so adorable. Congrats Meg!
        Life is short, ride the best horse first.

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        • #5
          Are there any videos of the second round and the test? Grrrrrr. USEFNetwork?
          You hate that, don’t you? Do you like oysters? You have to acquire a taste for oysters and the deep distance.”
          -- George H. Morris on learning to love the deep distance

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          • #6
            I didn't see a swap anywhere (like some COTHers claim they saw).

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            • #7
              What a lovely round!
              Flip a coin. It's not what side lands that matters, but what side you were hoping for when the coin was still in the air.

              You call it boxed wine. I call it carboardeaux.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Tha Ridge View Post
                I didn't see a swap anywhere (like some COTHers claim they saw).
                As she comes around the corner to the second to last on the really tight rollback on the right lead, she goes to straighten him two strides out from the jump and swaps to the left, then he immediately swaps back to the right to pat the ground. Maybe the judges were behind her? Everything was so smooth I can see how it could've been missed. It was a beautiful rhythmic round.
                You hate that, don’t you? Do you like oysters? You have to acquire a taste for oysters and the deep distance.”
                -- George H. Morris on learning to love the deep distance

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                  I just don't see that. I see him taking a big step with both front legs, but not switching his lead. You're talking about the swedish right?

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                  • #10
                    I was there in person - sitting to the judges' left, nearly directly in front of that Swedish. I didn't see a swap.

                    Super cute horse, nice kid, congrats all the way around!

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Mayaty02 View Post
                      I just don't see that. I see him taking a big step with both front legs, but not switching his lead. You're talking about the swedish right?
                      Yep. I agree with you. There is absolutely no swap there.

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                      • #12
                        There was no swap on the way to the oxer...he just wiggled a little bit, but there was no swap.
                        www.jodsonline.com

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                        • #13
                          Beautiful round! Thanks for posting it.

                          I did not see a swap either, by the way.

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                          • #14
                            He did not swap at the Swedish, nor anywhere else.

                            Great round.

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                              Originally posted by MrsFitzDarcy&Feliks View Post
                              As she comes around the corner to the second to last on the really tight rollback on the right lead, she goes to straighten him two strides out from the jump and swaps to the left, then he immediately swaps back to the right to pat the ground. Maybe the judges were behind her? Everything was so smooth I can see how it could've been missed. It was a beautiful rhythmic round.
                              I just don't see one swap, let alone two. There isn't even enough room after the turn to the swedish oxer for the number of swaps described above!

                              The video shows that jump in slow motion at the end - there is definitely no swap.

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                                lol I didn't even see that they had that jump in slow mo at the end, yeah, no swap for sure.

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                                • #17
                                  No swap. It seemed his body bent the new direction before taking off but he didn't swap the lead.

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                                  • #18
                                    Very nicely done, and I love her horse, especially impressive that he is only 7.

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                                    • #19
                                      I didn't mean to continue the debate. This should be about celebrating her victory. I'm sorry to have hijacked the thread. I didn't mean it in that way.

                                      I can't wait to see the second round and the testing.
                                      You hate that, don’t you? Do you like oysters? You have to acquire a taste for oysters and the deep distance.”
                                      -- George H. Morris on learning to love the deep distance

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                                      • #20
                                        Originally posted by ynl063w View Post
                                        I just don't see one swap, let alone two. There isn't even enough room after the turn to the swedish oxer for the number of swaps described above!

                                        The video shows that jump in slow motion at the end - there is definitely no swap.
                                        I didn't see the slo-mo til now. Definitely think you are right. It's hard to see when there are only two strides out of the turn and the last one is patting the ground.
                                        You hate that, don’t you? Do you like oysters? You have to acquire a taste for oysters and the deep distance.”
                                        -- George H. Morris on learning to love the deep distance

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