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[Janet]

At Training and below, I only braid for championships.

[Janet]

BOTH are "Beginner Novice through Training"- "Competitor may compete without a jacket ..."
EV114.5.b (dressage)
EV114.7...

[Janet]

Walk the course well ahead of time.
Go through the course in your head multiple times until you have memorized the course and can recite it at will:...

[Janet]

What is the harm that you are anticipating 1 lb of sweet feed will do?

[Janet]

I guess my comments are influenced by the fact that all the experience I have had with "navicular" horses has turned well.

My sister...

[Janet]

"Poles on the ground" are "poles on the ground". They are NOT cavaletti.

Cavaletti, by definition, are raised off the...

[Janet]

That, or could be Beginner Novice at a USEA HT, at the time (up until last year) when you did not HAVE to register a horse with USEA to do Beginner Novice....

[Janet]

Thanks. The horse in question was lifetime registered in 2004, so the search should have caught any results....

[Janet]

I agree with Asterix that it is VERY poor course design.

I will also agree with Asterix tthat scribing for a good SJ judge is an incredible...

[Janet]

The TD/GJ can choose whether or not they want to watch the video, and can choose whether or not to believe it.

There is one well known (to...

[Janet]

USEF has information about the horse
RIGHTFULL RASCAL (4669093)
Aliases: RIGHTFULL RASCAL
Foal Date: 2/24/1996
Breed: APPENDIX...

[Janet]

Depends on where you are. Around here (Northern Virginia) that is not an unreasonable price for a horse that is placing at Training.

[Janet]

1- Is she sound now?
2- Is she currently in the same level of work, on the same kind of footing, that you will be doing?
3 -Do you plan to...

[Janet]

On "inside leg to outside hand", focus first, and mostly, on the "inside leg" part.

The outside rein is to contain/control...

[Janet]

Fill out a paper entry, scan it, and email it, along with your Coggins etc. and put the check in the mail first thing in the morning, and you will probably...

[Janet]

jim-kah-nah

[Janet]

The rules (EV150.5.a.4) say that it is Elimination to "jump or attempt to jump an obstacle which does not form part of the course... Obstacles not...

[Janet]

Good point.
If they had given you 2 refusals it would be 12 points, 4 for the first refusal and 8 for the second refusal.

[Janet]

Yes, definitely let the organizer as it was, at best, "sloppy" judging.

[Janet]

Showjumping rules ARE different.
But the showjumping rules DO say that "it is not considered to be a disobedience to circle for up to 45 seconds...