Also other videos of Alive and Kicking.
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Thank you! That was a masterclass.
You can see how much she is micromanaging his hind end from winging about. It’s great to see our big-name riders on how they manage the squirrely ones! She’s being very candid about what’s not “perfect” (he’s 4, it’d be completely unfair to expect “perfect” transitions and she doesn’t punish him for that).
Aside, he’s wearing a false tail, right? Something about the way the bottom 1/2-1/3 is hanging seems odd
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I also think it is a tail toupee. I didn’t notice it the first time I watched but I was confused as to why he had so much tail at the bottom when the top of the tail was so thin. Now that I look again I think you are correct. Really stunning animal even with a thin tail!
Thanks for this! 
It needs to get linked to the recent thread linked to an article that says, in part, how BNR don’t form attachments to the horses they ride.
This one:
ETA:
linked the CJD vid to that thread 
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Thanks for that link!
