Maybe it’s a homemade contraption?
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Don’t tell MHG that. (And probably JH, too).
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Yup. And guess what, nobody is disputing that.
But given that everything else is an unknown when it comes to the civil trial, assuming that jury will conclude MB or anyone at SGF is responsible for her gunshot injuries is premature, to say the least.
Not to mention the jury will have to evaluate what role LK played in creating the circumstances which led to her being shot.
And while she undoubtedly experienced pain and suffering, there appear to be no other losses or damages. No loss of current or future income, because she didn’t have any income. No loss of work, because she didn’t work. No loss of performance or enjoyment of her hobby, because by her own admission she is able to ride 4-5 horses 6-7 days a week and is performing better now than she ever had.
So given her own contributory negligence, the lack of proof that MB shot her, the complete lack of grounds upon which to find SGF liable in any way, and the difficulty proving any losses or damages beyond pain and suffering…none of that adds up to a big win for the Kan Kans
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Not a zip tie in sight, so probably not. 
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My first riding instructor (a million years ago) would have us ride in side reins when the school horses were being particularly naughty. In hindsight now it doesn’t seem terribly safe, but it is common practice with beginner riders many places in Europe, and it did make savvy school horses much more steerable, as I recall 
ETA in the video it doesn’t look like a side rein to me - too thin and nowhere to adjust the length. I think it’s a very thin draw rein attached at the billet straps and held with her snaffle so we can’t see the separate reins.
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I know, right?? Isn’t it great? Now I wish I had tried it years ago!
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As a brief aside, Lara Osborne got a 69.265% on her PSG test! I love when people are having fun and succeeding with their horses!
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Oh, man.
That could be an extremely long session.
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Hmmm. I looked at the video again more closely, and I see what you are saying now. It’s weird. They might be going through the snaffle bit rings to a flat piece on the front of the cavesson?
I don’t know what a contraption like this would be trying to achieve, other than forcibly tying the horses head down. It seems like a bronze medal rider like LK should be able to get a horse on the bit without riding with side reins or some sort of weird modified hackamore-tie down contraption.
I wonder if Ulf has a lot of students riding around with these sorts of contraptions? Somehow… I doubt it.
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Nice to see someone who can actually ride at PSG instead of just talking about it. What a great score!
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Oh - you might be right about this. That makes more sense.
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Ha! Eons ago, first level me got a chance to get on a fourth level horse. I thought I rode okay. That horse showed me I didn’t. I half-passed him into the wall and somehow scraped off my outside stirrup leather. So embarrassing. But I did get better. 
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Sigh, yes. When you consider there’s the original police interview transcripts, sworn interrogatories, sworn depositions, sworn testimony, each an opportunity to give a conflicting statement, yes. It will be very long indeed.
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Could someone please provide a link to the video?
It’s on Jim E Stark’s (aka Guy Goodwin) public Instagram account.
Ulf can be heard in the background.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKaX1l0Jrny/?igshid=NmNmNjAwNzg=
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Jordan has also shown PSG with her absolutely adorable pony - one of her scores in the past was 65.7%.
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Absolutely. Get your entry forms in now! 
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If I’m not mistaken, Jordan was riding PSG at Hawthorne Hill too.
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Sometimes, when I was teaching one of my TB mares a new movement, she would get confused about what I was asking. She would start throwing out everything she knew and then some, sometimes even tempi changes, all in rapid succession. I would always laugh, halt her, softly massage her poll between her ears, and say “OK, clear your mind.” 
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They look like bungies (sp?) to me. You know, the elastic things that clip to your girth and then run up through the bit rings over the poll?
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