Now, if you would, please say a bit more about what you mean by his canter work? Thanks again.
Aly
Here’s another time we got into a discussion of classical vs competitive.
[QUOTE]Originally posted by horse chick:
[B]There is a clinic in the spring with Thomas Ritter. Anyone have any feedback? He sounds very classical.
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I would think that most people could appreciate Thomas Ritter’s website about classical dressage. It is a fabulous website with an amazing amount of information. I know if I hadn’t already bookmarked the site, I would have been greatful for someone mentioning it. Isn’t that what this bb is also about, providing information? Gee, I thought it was…
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Some one wants to talk about a clinician, someone is actually riding in the clinic, they get shot out of the water and the conversation turns to religion and shopping.
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The clinic isn’t until April. Given the bizarre twists and turns this thread has taken I wouldn’t dream of posting a report.
Gwynne, I’m old and still passionate but my momma taught me about manners and assumptions. Can I pull up a rocking chair and join you in a cup of tea? 
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I just have to say this: FIFTEEN YEARS AGO I wrote an article that got printed in COTH basically discussing and describing (my article had illustrations) exactly what you have been, slc. And I’m a nobody who just loves/loved the sport, never took significant lessons with anyone but did a lot of reading and watching and riding.
I cannot understand why all this stuff is STILL an issue! How can we have come so far as to field consistent, competitive teams with considerable depth in the reserves and yet still haven’t established what the correct foundation is!
Or maybe everybody KNOWS full well all that which you have described, slc, but chooses to ignore it. I have found that frustrating to the point that I now only ride my PSG-I1 horse for ‘our’ pleasure (he’d prefer to jump anyway). I have a talented baby coming along and I thought for a moment there of showing him when someone mentioned somewhere how much cheaper it is to show dressage than h-j these days…but this stuff just angers me and I don’t want to get out there just to get mad at the state of it all.
What am I saying here? I guess I’m ASKING you, slc–do you think all that you wrote still needs to be said that often? I’m not razzing you about it. I’m serious. Is it STILL necessary?
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That explains a great deal since they are not everyone’s cup of tea. An entirely different world, to a certain extent.Completely different kind of engagement and topline than the typical successful upper level horse.
Nothing “wrong” with that, of course. Just completely different–and resulting in a significantly different mindset in the trainer as well, IMO.
BTW, anyone hear recall Jean Claude Racinet?
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I’ve heard nothing but good things concerning the afore mentioned clinician . Am considering auditing myself.
gwynne
Guess it’s all probably a bit of Merry “Flaming” Christmas…
Off the topic, can someone tell me why we allow the retail world to continue dictating how and when we celebrate? I think we should all get together with our own families and celebrate on a different day, at a different time of year. Maybe we all wouldn’t be so cranky. I mean, think about it. It’s the darkest time of year and also usually the most dreary with all the weird weather. Why don’t we celebrate it in the summer when we are all feeling great? Or in the spring when everything feels new? No one ever said that 12/25 is the real date…actually, they estimate it as being closer to July!
JMHO
SLC,
I don’t think that Christians view other religions as “evil.” I think that is a generalization for Christians that is as bad the the ones you say are used for people who are now typified as “pagans.”
From my understanding there are many faiths that feel they are the one true way to salvation, enlightenment, etc. Christians are just one of these groups. None of these beliefs necessarily feel the people who follow a the beat of a different drummer are “evil,” on the contrary it is more often that they wish they could show the others “the way.” Thus, the term Christians used to used for themselves…they used to call their faith “The Way.” All of these faiths have one thing in common, they all believe their way is the one way to happiness (heaven, etc.) because this is what the individuals have discovered through their own experiences and faith.
The only reason some early followers were so destructive was by the commands of humans who were politically motivated. That’s what it usually comes down to…politics. BTW, should we switch gears and blame the negative attitudes on a lack of a new president? 
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