The Anky thread that has nothing to do with anything but has a whole lot to say about alot

[DocHF]

how slc has had so many adventures. Its not that she makes them up, its just that she has been re-incarnated many times by the hindu gods and therefore has had much more time than the ordinary person to collect anecdotes.

(I believe, however, that re-incarnation is punishment for a life that is not lived correctly? And when you finally get it right, they promote you to Nirvana? YES THATS IT- you are only one step away, since you already have the punk rock warmblood, you must be approaching Nirvana. Curt Cobain welcomes you!)

As for poor old Saint Christopher- didn’t they de-sanctify him some time ago? He was the patron saint of travelers, I think. Perhaps actually the patron saint of riders would be St. Jude? (patron saint of lost causes)or St. Francis (protector of helpless animals)

[suzy]

Totally agree with Velvet on this one (shocking, huh?). And adding on to Eilonwy’s good points is this: Anky has brought a number of horses to the FEI levels; not just one! Also, Bonfire is at least 17 (maybe older) and still SOUND! If that isn’t a testament to the correctness of someone’s training methods than I’m sure I don’t know what is.

I don’t think there is any ONE person in any discipline that you can unequivocally say is the BEST. There are a number of people in every discipline who are among the best, and that’s a pretty nice place to be.

P.S. I personally do not see where comparing a hunter rider’s seat to a dressage rider’s seat is of any value – they are two different disciplines!

[Jen_West]

you are clearly consuming what the Taliban is being paid to not produce. Dressage horses are getting LIGHTER and more FINELY bred? Did you just roll off of Mars with the Yemenies sueing us for littering Mars with our space debris? Where in the World Cup have YOU been the last ten or more years? You did not notice the DEFINITE SHIFT from OTTs to WarmBloods? WELCOME to America!

DRESAGE HORSES in the US are definitely shifting toward the warmblood European horse. That would be a HEAVY CLUNKY dull-sided canon-pulling WARHORSE. ??? What am I missing in your proposition? How are dressage horses any lighter and more finely bred than they were one, three, five, or ten years ago?

[Velvet]

Neighsayer, I don’t see the need to repeat myself. You just further display your ignorance of what a real DQ looks like when you make such statements. heavy sigh

[Ninja]

It bothers me to see horses behind the verticle. It is NOT correct. I HATE IT! It’s most unfortunate that everybody these days seem to be riding with WAAAAAAAAY too much hand and are overbending their horses and are in no way concerned with it (including the coaches). 99% of the photos I see in magazines (incl.COTH), or on websites, or on posters promoting dressage the horses are behind the verticle. Bonfire was always behind the verticle and he won everything, that’s not right. Allowing your horse to accept the bit and riding the horses engine not pulling at your horses lips are dressage BASICS and yet the top riders have no concept of that!

If there is one thing I detest about dressage, it is riders who pull their horses noses into their chests and think they are wonderful riders for it. ICK Why do people do that!?!? If your horse goes behind the verticle then you are doing something WRONG!! period.

O.K Im done.

[neighsayer]

do you not mean b*tch?

http://communities.msn.ca/KristinSaunders/PhotoAlbums

[suzy]

I’m certain that he’s trying to dislodge a big, old booger!!!

[Maria]

Ok, I’m going to step out on a limb here. I know very little of the mechanics of deep. But from what I have read and seen, deep does not just employ the horses neck. Deep is the haunches engaged, the horse working over the back, a lift to the shoulders. You are NOT holding the horses head down with your hands. Deep actually promotes flexability and engagement.

Oh goodness, please some brave soul help me out here.

There was a good article on deep in I believe “Hunter and Sport Horse” magazine. Jean Brinkmann was describing deep. If you can wrangle up the magazine it is worth the read.

What gets people in trouble, is those who see Anky, or Isabelle doing this exercise, they go home, try to duplicate it and get their horses all stuck and on the forhand. Correct deep work is misunderstood by many many many people. And as someone earlier stated, deep is only done for short periods of time. You don’t spend your hour schooling session, 6 days a week riding deep. As with everything, good in moderation.

HELLLLLLLPPPPPPP, Why can’t I leave this thread alone.

[Maria]

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwww

Snort that bad boy out.

[Brookes]

OHHHHH Miss Viscious Velvet!!!

Ouch! Please not the face!

I hope you broke two nails!!

Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my!!

[suzy]

My socks are halfway into the next county. Tell us more about that courbette photo!!!

[Velvet]

Here’s a few:

sh**
Etymology: alteration of earlier shite, from Middle English shiten, from Old English -scItan; akin to Old High German scIzan to defecate and probably to Old English scEadan to separate

f***
Etymology: akin to Dutch fokken to breed (cattle), Swedish dialect fokka to copulate

sl**
Etymology: Middle English slutte

bi***
Etymology: Middle English bicche, from Old English bicce

And that, my friends, is the English lesson on swear words for the day.

It’s all about ME, ME, ME!!! (The only signature worthy of a real DQ.)

[slc2]

it’s my office mate.

i have towels, antiseptic, scissors, and an instruction book (’‘Emergency Medicine in Developing Countries’’). i’m looking for the paragraph entitled ‘‘Labor and Birth’’.

some people say i’m too much of a do-it yourselfer. now riding lessons i can see, but this, this looks very simple.

i have a box.

[suzy]

Regarding Coppelia’s two pictures - go look at her first picture in the thread “4 year old critique please.” Overall a nice photo with the horse’s poll up. Notice though (and Coppelia, I’ll even loan you my frying pan to smack me with after I make this point) that he is not trotting in diagonal pairs. Three legs are grounded almost simultaneously. I can forgive this since he’s 4 and stuff like this will happen during those moments when the hind legs aren’t active enough.

Now, go to the picture of this nice, young horse being ridden deep. In addition to a wonderfully round outline and good reaching under of the hind legs, you can see that his legs are moving in clear diagonal pairs with two legs off the ground and two legs on the ground. The loosening of the back that deep encourages will improve a horse’s gaits (when done correctly, of course) – the schwung and the purity.

And Velvet is right when she says you can’t explain deep - you have to ride it under the supervision of someone like Anky.

[Brookes]

I warm up deep, I warm up deep, I warm up deep, now I’m running for my life, it works!!!

Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my!!

[Brookes]

Rosey! My, my so terribly eloquent dear!! I can see that our pal JW has gotton under your skin also.

Your mothers sounds like she was quite the rodeo gal! You must be so proud of her. Does she still have all those darn saddles she won? I’ve always wondered what people do with those after they have won 5 or 6? Do they sell them or keep them as trophies?

As for you Suzy and Velvet you dear, dear ladies, eh hemmmm. . … sorry something got caught in my throat! Must have been a furball, meow!

Just to make sure this continues to be horse related and we don’t get busted royally by our oh so understanding, compassionate and good natured moderator.

Here’s a question for you two. We are introducing my younger gelding to the double bridle, he is schooling 4th level now. If I so much as put even the slightest bit of pressure on the curb (right side only) he immediately goes rein lame! I’m pretty good with a double bridle, so my trainer tried and she had the same problem. She wants to wait for my clinician to come and figure it out, which I agree with. I would like your feedback on this, pretty, pretty please!!! I’ll say nice things about you!
Promise I will!

Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my!!

[lisalou]

Kathy
Does this book really exist, or are you pulling our collective legs? If it does, I may have just found my “bible” :

[suzy]

“Nev-ah shall this threat die.”

Is that one of those Freudian slips or camisoles?

[hitchinmygetalong]

Yes, I would like to know how to pronounce it. All my attempts end up sounding mild to moderately vulgar.

PUPPIES!?!? Really?

[Velvet]

If you’re going to play in the Devil’s playground, you have to be willing to beat up some demons!

Runaway from the darkside! Come back to us–the good side of the force!