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    Dressage riders! Will you have a look at this and tell me if .....

    you SHOULD be ok, be warned though that it is a step up and the standard is much harder, you should be ok at prelim though, i find it immpossible with my TBx to do well in elementary beacuse of all these fancy warmbloods
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    Does anyone else ignore their vet?!

    my horse has a small heart murmur but he has never had any problems with it. i work him very hard most nights and u wouldnt know it was there.
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    Next step up from Novice Dressage

    Hey dont worry about your first elem! i was terrified on my first! you always expect it to be a massive jump up but its not, trust me i actually went from prelim to my first elem and won. you just need to make sure you and your horse are established with simple changes (canter walk canter) and...
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    How do you spend your warm up time before dressage test?

    i compete at elemantary and i usually take about 40 mins working in bofore a dressage test. 10 mins walking and streching then trotting around deep and low. walk canter trans. lateral work extending and collecting walk round 10 mins before im in and get someone to take horses boots off then do a...
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    xc schooling report!

    i hate jumping water and so does my horse, but im going cross country training tmorrow at somerford park so i shall have to work on that .. XD
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