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  • #81
    A wall eye is a discolouration of the eye/ a blue eye.

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    • #82
      How many people on here are related to another BB member? Domino and I are twins. Anyone else?

      "Nobody said it was easy, no one ever said it would be this hard"
      -Coldplay
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      • #83
        <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Little Indian:
        <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Beck:
        Eclipse: an Irish Martingale is a short strap (4-6" or so) with a ring at each end. A rein goes through each ring, and it sits loose on the reins between the bit and the horse's chest.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

        is this what i see on all of the saddlebreds and the one twh at the barn?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

        What you see on the Saddlebreds and the TWH is a running martingale that has an over-the-neck attachment. Instead of the rings being at the end of the "fork" of the martingale, the gaited running martingale has the rings attacheched by a strap over the neck so the rings say alongside the neck.

        Because of the amount of flexion these horses are asked for, a regular running martingale would have the rings slide up to the bit. This modified martingale prevents this.

        He who angers you, controls you.
        Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.
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        • #84
          Why is it that when I ride on my own, my horse is an angel. But, as soon as we go into a lesson and do the same things I've just been working on, I have a "tasmanian devil" on my hands???

          "errr, ummm, oomph.....brain fart"!!
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          • #85
            <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Jeni:
            How do you keep you black horse from looking like dun?
            <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

            Oooh oooh! I know that one!

            There have been several threads about this - do a search for Paprika, and one for BOSS while you're at it.

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            I'm an angel, honest! The horns are just there to keep the halo straight.

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            • #86
              <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by winnie:
              How many people on here are related to another BB member? Domino and I are twins. Anyone else?
              <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Anyplace and I are probably VERY VERY distant cousins. Merry and Beezer are sisters. There are at least a couple of mother/duaghter pairs.

              Janet
              chief feeder and mucker for Music, Spy, Belle, and Brain
              Janet

              chief feeder and mucker for Music, Spy, Belle and Tiara. Someone else is now feeding and mucking for Chief and Brain (both foxhunting now).

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              • #87
                Not related, but one of my neighbours is on here! Started talking with DH and found out she lives in the same city as me - turns out she(and her cute little dogs!) lives directly across the street from me!

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                I'm an angel, honest! The horns are just there to keep the halo straight.

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                • #88
                  <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by TBeventer:
                  Not related, but one of my neighbours is on here! Started talking with DH and found out she lives in the same city as me - turns out she(and her cute little dogs!) lives directly across the street from me! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

                  Neighbors can count, too!

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                  • #89
                    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by FlowerPower:
                    Buy a premium membership? How do you do that? And what do you get?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

                    Being a premium member means you can upload photos and attach them to your posts, you get one free ad in the Classifieds forum, and you can have a custom user title (aka the thingie under your name on your posts). You can find out more and sign up here: http://www.chronicleforums.com/premium.html

                    The BB was "born" in February 1999. Gofer and I were the first members, because we had to test the BB out. After that, I think Sonesta was probably the first... she was the first one to post, I remember that much.

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                    • #90
                      How do you get (winter) blankets to sit on your horse and not slip off to the side? (assuming blanket is in good shape, and without cranking the straps so tight that your horse walks around with a wedgie!)

                      ** Member of the Alberta clique, greenie clique, Canadian clique and 80's clique and the new "I-kant-spell-werth-c*ap clique" and the missed-out-on-ponies (MOOP) clique **

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                      • #91
                        Gulp. My toes are curling while I'm typing this, but the title of this Thread is irresistable. I'm just starting to get my feet wet in the world of showing (Jumpers). But I'm fascinated with all the divisions, especially with Hunters. How does one find out what all class titles mean e.g. Short Stirrup, Training Pony Hunter, Low Pony Hunter, Pre-Children's Hunter, Pre-Adult Hunters, Hunter Classics, First/Second Year Green Hunter, etc., etc! Am I even correct thinking that "Baby Green" is a horse showing it's first season in the Hunters.

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                        • #92
                          You can clean winter blankets by sneaking to your local DIY carwash and using the powerbrush to clean them.
                          http://weanieeventer.blogspot.com/

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                          • #93
                            another stupid question

                            what is an AAA show.. or an AA show..

                            I know what A circuit, B circuit and C circuit shows are (at least where I'm from) but what about all the extra A's.. what kind of shows are they? Examples? (and whats the definition of A, B, and C circuit shows in the USA?)


                            humm... my third stupid question on this board so far.. hope that doesn't make me look.. um.. stupid or anything

                            ** Member of the Alberta clique, greenie clique, Canadian clique and 80's clique and the new "I-kant-spell-werth-c*ap clique" and the missed-out-on-ponies (MOOP) clique **

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                            • #94
                              Hey Kerby--about the blanket thing. Only my horses that don't move evenly have a problem keeping the blankets in the middle. They might not be *lame* but it's always a good heads up to me that something isn't quite right.

                              Has anyone else noticed this?

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                              • #95
                                <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by maggiemuffin:
                                Gulp. My toes are curling while I'm typing this, but the title of this Thread is irresistable. I'm just starting to get my feet wet in the world of showing (Jumpers). But I'm fascinated with all the divisions, especially with Hunters. How does one find out what all class titles mean e.g. Short Stirrup, Training Pony Hunter, Low Pony Hunter, Pre-Children's Hunter, Pre-Adult Hunters, Hunter Classics, First/Second Year Green Hunter, etc., etc! Am I even correct thinking that "Baby Green" is a horse showing it's first season in the Hunters. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
                                You can find some of them here
                                hunter rules

                                Others are defined by Zone, or by the individual show.

                                Janet
                                chief feeder and mucker for Music, Spy, Belle, and Brain
                                Janet

                                chief feeder and mucker for Music, Spy, Belle and Tiara. Someone else is now feeding and mucking for Chief and Brain (both foxhunting now).

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                                • #96
                                  <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by RugBug:
                                  <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by War Admiral:
                                  Here's my stupid question, which I have never been brave enough to post on H/J: CANTER LEADS. How are most hunters trained to strike off to the canter nowadays? Outside rein/outside leg or inside rein/inside leg?

                                  Back before the dressage/eventing/import influences entered the sport, it was exclusively outside rein/outside leg, which is what I'm more accustomed to (being old and decrepit). I can *do* inside rein/leg and it intellectually makes more sense to me, but my body still wants to do it the way I did it when I was six...

                                  <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

                                  I grew up in the outside leg/outside rein era, too, but know I ask with diagonal aids...outside leg/inside rein. Haven't ever tried inside/inside....

                                  oh, and thanks for the DH explanation. I have been trying to figure that one out for awhile. Maybe it didn't come to me because I have no H? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

                                  That is the same way I do the canter!

                                  ~Jenna & Beethoven~
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                                  I love cats, I love every single cat....
                                  So anyway I am a cat lover                                   And I love to run.

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                                  • #97
                                    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by winnie:
                                    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by TBeventer:
                                    Not related, but one of my neighbours is on here! Started talking with DH and found out she lives in the same city as me - turns out she(and her cute little dogs!) lives directly across the street from me! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

                                    Neighbors can count, too!

                                    http://community.webshots.com/user/c...></BLOCKQUOTE>

                                    What about barn mate,friends, old trainers, and just trainers at your barn?? In that case, I have many.

                                    Lets see:
                                    BankersEdition11
                                    TrulyYours137
                                    lazeo E
                                    jsalem
                                    millpond showtime
                                    LEP enterprises
                                    Pokey~~&gt;tho i don't think she knows who i am, but i know her~~&gt; I ride Noah at marks if you read this...
                                    aachen
                                    luckypony78
                                    bored*
                                    lisa
                                    kkrissyMH
                                    PlusTax
                                    and more...sry if i forgot u...

                                    ~Jenna & Beethoven~
                                    http://community.webshots.com/user/jlm179
                                    I love cats, I love every single cat....
                                    So anyway I am a cat lover                                     And I love to run.

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                                    • #98
                                      <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Jeni:
                                      What is the best way to clean a winter blanket without taking it to the cleaners?

                                      How do you keep you black horse from looking like dun?

                                      Where can I find a pink winter blanket?

                                      Why do I feel the need to find a pink winter blanket?

                                      *Proud To Be A Canadian Sport Horse Owner*

                                      <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

                                      1- Blanket cleaning - There is a little laundry-mat on Merivale that doesn't object to horse blankets

                                      2- Paprika apparently. I think that is going to be this year's experiment, maybe it can be a group experiment?

                                      3- We'll pretend we didn't read that.

                                      4- Royal Ottawa here we come...

                                      "Those are my principles. If you don't like them I have others."
                                      Groucho Marx.

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                                      • #99
                                        <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Simkie:
                                        Hey Kerby--about the blanket thing. Only my horses that don't move evenly have a problem keeping the blankets in the middle. They might not be *lame* but it's always a good heads up to me that something isn't quite right.

                                        Has anyone else noticed this?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

                                        Yep. Hannah's right hock is quite arthritic. She doesn't push off with that leg as much so her blankets always tend to slide to the right. On the rare occassions that someone rides her the saddle does the same thing. I think if they're pushing evenly with both legs it tends to keep the blankets centered.

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                                        • #100
                                          okay, someone please explain to me scratches and dew poisoning.
                                          thanks!

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