i’m back from el salvador where i was working on a house build for habitat for humanity! got to ride monday, it was good. went out tonight for a lesson and the mare decided to try to remove her shoe. farrier might make it out tomorrow, if not, then monday. gah! i wanna ride!!!
doing well on the workout part, though. have a date in the am with hubby to go to the gym.
Ummm…what do the different colored circles beside our names mean?
Dewey - good luck on the PPE! I was beyond nervous when I had the PPE done my gelding. I really wanted it to go well and was thrilled when it did! I can’t wait to check in and hear how it went!
I’m getting back into the show ring this year after two major accidents last year and I’m loving the advice on relaxing and stress-relievers. Anxiety at shows, while there, was never a huge problem before, but I have a feeling it might be an issue. I love horse shows and getting to ride and test my skills, but I have to figure out a way to get these accidents behind me!
I think the green circle means that someone is actually online.
Ooh! Learn something new everyday! I never really noticed those circles until it was pointed out.
I’m doing good, getting better day-by-day! Getting a little stir crazy. I have an appointment with the surgeon today to discuss what’s next, can I go back to work, exercise, riding, etc.
On a good note, I’m taking Lucky up to my trainer’s place in the next week or so, and I’m SO excited. He’ll get ridden, and I’ll get to ride with my barn buddies, once I’m cleared to.
Hey, does anyone get Practical Horseman? I was leafing through it the other day and they have an article on equitation, and describes the ideal equitation over fences, but then shows a photo of a Maclay rider (I think) with what I would describe as less than ideal equitation. I guess my reasoning for scrutinizing is, I want to know what’s right! And I still cannot figure out what is acceptable. To me, having your butt a foot out of the saddle and basically on the pommel is incorrect, but this rider did. Now, camera tricks plays into it as well, but…many of the “winning” riders I see have this type of riding style. I just don’t get it.
Opus- I drink before riding a lot! (just one). Hell, before shows, my trainer shoves a drink in front of me and says, “Drink your juice!” LOL. She knows how uptight I get. I do think it helps.
ST, hope the wound is better! Those incisions in folding parts of your body or right on joints are the WORST. I hope you’re doing better! And I also saw that equitation article and that photo and was similarly confused. I also saw a photo of jumping exercise where there appeared to be no release…
Dewey- hope the sales contract is working out!
So, I rode my boy last night… and he was an incredible angel. He did not once offer to buck, he didn’t even THINK about jigging until 20 minutes into the ride, and he did everything I asked for without question. hell, he knew what I wanted before I did!! The qualities that make him a nervous over-thinker are also what makes him so dang smart. He was so relaxed that he even hung his head like a Western pony, and I LET HIM do it. I will work again later on getting him in a proper frame, but for right now, I want him to know it’s OK to relax and stretch. i seriously almost cried, because of all the tribulations we’ve had the past year. He was awesome.
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Sale is agreed on pending PPE!!! He says he values “selling her to someone who knows and loves her,” so all systems are go! PPE will be Saturday morning![/QUOTE]
Congrats!!! I hope the PPE goes well tomorrow morning. 
And thanks for all the pro-drinking posts. 
I would rather just drink a rum and coke before my lesson, but I’m not the best at judging how much I’m pouring. :cough: So, if I stick with beers/wine coolers, I can at least measure it properly.
– I’m still playing lesson tag with trainer no. 2. I should have gone out Thursday to ride the possible lease horse, but she had an emergency come up. Then I was scheduled to ride this afternoon, but there’s some serious storms blowing in. She’s all booked up on Saturday, so we’re looking at late Monday morning. Which should be interesting. Monday morning ride in Georgia, Monday afternoon ride in Florida. Eeesh. Poor Jeep. I think I’ll treat it to an oil change today.
Opus, I am the same way with liquor! I can’t gauge. We adults at the barn are so bad that we take turns keeping the fridge stocked with adult beverages. God, I love my barn.
Where ar eyou located? We have storms coming in in Atlanta too, and I hope I get to school tonight- show in the morning!
SpacyTracy, if you’re getting Practical Horseman, I would stick with George Morris and his photo critiques for equitation tips. He can be a martinet about turnout details, but you will never go wrong following him!
Riding without stirrups, or reins, or both, always improves one’s seat and riding. I know if you ride alone, that can be hard to do, at least the no reins thing. i don’t do it as often as I should, because at this time of year, when I can only ride a couple of times a week, the pony can be a little frisky, making me less inclined to drop my stirrups for any length of time.
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Hey, does anyone get Practical Horseman? I was leafing through it the other day and they have an article on equitation, and describes the ideal equitation over fences, but then shows a photo of a Maclay rider (I think) with what I would describe as less than ideal equitation. I guess my reasoning for scrutinizing is, I want to know what’s right! And I still cannot figure out what is acceptable. To me, having your butt a foot out of the saddle and basically on the pommel is incorrect, but this rider did. Now, camera tricks plays into it as well, but…many of the “winning” riders I see have this type of riding style. I just don’t get it.[/QUOTE]
Spacy: What’s nice about equitation, but also frustrating, is that it must first and foremost be effective. We can describe the “perfect” position, but it also requires the “perfect” horse for that specific rider’s conformation to be “ideal.”
There’s actually a good explanation of this in George Morris’ “Hunt Seat Equitation” Where he explains that the horse’s conformation and jumping style influence the overall picture of horse and rider. I think he used Christy Conard and her horse Night Moves to explain that a horse who jumps upright (and a lot of modern equitation horses do, because it flattens the jump and makes it easier to ride) will break up the lines a little bit as he jumps up into the rider versus down and away from the rider like a hunter might.
Another example of a horse who jumps like this is Brianne Goutal’s Logan, seen here: http://www.nhs2011.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/000673.jpg
because he is jumping up into her, and she is blessed with some length of leg, the upper body is naturally close to the horse and the line breaks up from hand to mouth, and the same with the leg position which counter balances.
Here’s the same rider, same horse, showing a more traditional jump and thus, more classic equitation:
http://www.floridahorse.com/images/2004wef/goutalPB31404.jpg
Still the long release which is common today, but otherwise, very correct, but obviously influenced by the horse’s jumping style.
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Where are you located? We have storms coming in in Atlanta too, and I hope I get to school tonight- show in the morning![/QUOTE]
I’m at the other end of the state, about 40 miles NE of T’hassee. Yeah, we’re getting hit with some severe storms now. No telling what it’s going to do this weekend. The forecast seems to change hourly.
Dewey good luck tomorrow morning. Let us know how it goes.
Spacytracy how did the appointment go at the surgeon today?
Weather is really awful up here today too. No riding for me or the kids! The gash in my son’s horse’s leg is improving. We’ve been hand walking him and the swelling is way down. Trainer says he can start riding him at a walk this weekend i guess that is if we don’t get snowed under and the barn doesn’t blow over from the blessed windstorm!!
Sky’s PPE
Everything went fine. The vet watched me ride and then went over every inch of her, did flex tests, etc., and everything looks normal except a little sensitivity on her near fore, which is due he thinks to her flat feet. They desperately need farrier attention and have for some time. He feels sure that when she is shod regularly, she will be fine. Unfortunately, we are not finished with the exam because his x-ray machine conked out while he was trying to get pictures of her front feet. So we will have to wait until it gets fixed to get the PPE completed. The owner will be disappointed, but what can I do?
Anyway, I am relieved that Sky is in excellent health.
Thanks for the update Dewey. I’ve been trying to get at my computer all day to find out how things went. Too bad about the xray machine, that has happened to me too. When is the vet coming back to do them?
Nasty weather up here and a really wacko ride today. Im putting it down to wind, noise, and snow on the ground in the indoor (don’t ask me how). Tomorrow is another day…
Thanks for taking an interest, Hazel! Don’t know when the machine will be fixed–he thinks within a week.
Sorry you had a crazy ride…as you say, tomorrow is another day!
Thanks for taking an interest, Hazel! Don’t know when the machine will be fixed–he thinks within a week.
Sorry you had a crazy ride…as you say, tomorrow is another day!
Well of course, it’s so exciting! Also pretty stressful, I hated every single PPE I ever did. It’s a drag about the xray machine, you’ll have to let us know the results when you get them.
Trainer is going on vacation next week so lesson got moved to tomorrow, which is maybe a good thing after today.
I can’t wait for spring…
HEY GUYS…1000 POSTS!!!
No ride today. I couldn’t get to the barn until late. It was VERY windy, and I was alone, so I decided to skip it. Turned her out in the arena to run, saw a beautiful capriole
Hoping to ride tomorrow!
Hinderella I noticed that too. And I am honored to have been post number 1000
Way to go adult re-riders let’s all have a drink to celebrate…
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