Chanda I have to aggree with most of the posters on here, audit the clinic. What are you getting Chase ready to do? You do realise that jumpers require, speed, scope, agility right? How do you think this horse you have to protect from hurting himself constantly could possibly successfully do any decent level of jumpers? As a jumper rider I have to get my horse fit, strong and ready to go in the ring and in the ring I need to be able to depend on him, if I have to worry constantly about him overbending, hurting his shoulder, his back, his mind (yes all horses are crooked, somehow most manage just fine!)I will never be competative at all. It really sounds like either your horse needs to retire or you need to let go a little.
<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jetsmom:
DMK- Are you trying to say that “even a blind squirrel can find a few nuts sometimes?” <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Hell yes! It’s been my governing principle as it relates to finding eight fences in any given class!
<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jetsmom:
Maybe Richard was also crooked in the womb on the opposite side as Chase. If so, he might be able to get on that horse and get a bend that would make Olga Korbut jealous! 
Oooh, I just dated myself…Is anyone else old enough to remember who Olga Korbut was?
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I’ll see your Olga Korbut and raise you Ludmila Turischeva (sp?). 
When I bought Paddy, in the back of my mind, I thought about the GM clinic that is at Patty Ball’s up here every year. When I tried him, he seemed ready to go. When I got him home, I realized we needed to get our “language” set before I followed through with such grand plans. Both of us are capable enough to go, I think, but we’re no where near prepared. I think that in order to participate in a clinic, the horse and rider must be uber-prepared. Prepared to the point of practicing and working on things that are possibly more advanced than you’d do in the clinic. I’ve audited a GM clinic before, so I know what to expect. And I know that I have to be prepared to do my best. And I know I’m not there with Paddy yet. So I’ve set it as a goal for next year. Before he retires or kicks it, I want to do a GM clinic!!!
I know your situation is special, Chanda, but in my situation, I would love it if Richard Spooner got on my horse to see what he thought of him and what his thought were about my horse from being in the saddle. But I would guess that he would be too busy working with the group as a whole to get on anyone’s horse unless it was absolutely necessary. I’ve ridden in a few clinics (two with Linda and she is a great clinician! ) and the only time anyone got on a horse was when Will Simpson came to our barn to give a very informal clinic, and my horse was being a butthead. Will got on him and kicked his ass and it was really cool to watch!
I also agree with Linda that if a horse/rider combo are not properly prepared, they can really bring down the group. I used to ride with someone who always had to do things 3 times as many times as everyone else to get it right, and that got really annoying. Because that person would be getting a lot of instruction while the rest of us (usually just me actually) was just sitting there. It would just take away from everyone else’s experience. I know that wasn’t the point of your question, etc., but I felt the need to mention that.
You must get pictures too!
I’ve actually heard that theory from my trainer, as a reason the horse I ride won’t pick up a right lead canter all the time. I kind of figured it was just that he needs more muscle, and a hock injection or two. 
Absolutely without a doubt peeing myself RIGHT NOW 
Kip Rosenthal used to come to my college for clinics. I was just getting over pneumonia at the time and still wanted to participate. I let her know ahead of time that I might need to rest at times and if that was a problem, then I would sit it out completely. She was very gracious - said she wanted me to ride anyway, and I literally went to the center of the ring periodically during the heavy-duty flatwork sessions as needed. I know it’s not the same thing. But, I wanted to give you an example of how it might be accomplished if you really and truly want to give it a go. 
<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Chanda:
Thanks for the reminder not to drool. My hubby will be there videoing and I don’t want him to catch any evidence of me drooling over another. Hehe! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Mr Gunnar allows my droolong over Richard ( and Duncan Mcfarland ) Just no swooning.
Zombies……interesting read though. Wonder if whoever bumped this relic up realizes their screen name comes up on my notifications of activity on threads I posted on…even if they delete the bump.
Quick delete on the moderators part! Why would someone bump up an 18 year old thread? Too clueless to realize what they were doing?
We were talking about it on another thread in the Riders forum - this thread was linked in there, so people have been reading it over the last couple of days.
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The OP was posting about another issue on a different forum, and questions about her backstory arose during the discussion. A few posters recalled this thread and others, bringing them up, not to be mean, but to underline the fact that she was a long-time poster.
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This got bumped because some folks figured out that this poster is the same one posting on another contentious thread but under a new screen name.
I don’t see a record of a deleted post that may have bumped this thread, but we’re going to close it to avoid confusion.
