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    Cragrat replied to the thread Would you retire this mare?.
    I agree with all the above. You've done your very best. You and your poor mare were badly let down by a really nasty person, but you...
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    Cragrat reacted to SEL's post in the thread CDJ withdrawn from paris with Like Like.
    I thought this! Blue is wrong. I'm yet to see a blue tongue at amateur levels / riding club / fun rides and I'm pretty sure the...
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    Cragrat reacted to Beausmate's post in the thread CDJ withdrawn from paris with Like Like.
    If they refuse too strongly, they are usually withdrawn and if they continue to refuse they can be banned from racing where they are...
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    Cragrat reacted to sbloom's post in the thread CDJ withdrawn from paris with Like Like.
    Yep, time limit for the jockey alone to ride the horse into the stalls, and obviously no (excessive I guess, if we have to) use of the...
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    Cragrat reacted to sbloom's post in the thread CDJ withdrawn from paris with Like Like.
    Change the rules so horses can't be dragged into the starting stalls?
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    Cragrat reacted to moosea's post in the thread CDJ withdrawn from paris with Love Love.
    I think that many of those 'top' riders have been trained in the kick it, pull it method. I wonder how many of them have ever sat on a...
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    Cragrat reacted to Beausmate's post in the thread CDJ withdrawn from paris with Sad Sad.
    And that's the problem. Once you see blue tongues and blood, then that horse has quite likely been suffering for a while. The idea...
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    Cragrat reacted to daffy44's post in the thread CDJ withdrawn from paris with Like Like.
    Unfortunately you seem to be forgetting this is the FEI, the organisation that wants to see "happy athletes", but also removed the rule...
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    Cragrat reacted to Ceifer's post in the thread CDJ withdrawn from paris with Sad Sad.
    It’s been a few pages back but the debate over Lottie Fry… I think she’s harder on the horses than Charlotte. I have ridden several Van...
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    Cragrat replied to the thread Hooves - your opinion please.
    Do both ponies have a tendancy to toe-in? As Smolmaus said, can you get a photo from the front showing both hooves on level ground...
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    Cragrat reacted to SEL's post in the thread CDJ withdrawn from paris with Like Like.
    She's as far from Olympic dressage as you can get but my 13h native x just adores turning up at competition venues. I took her showing...
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    Cragrat reacted to I'm Dun's post in the thread CDJ withdrawn from paris with Like Like.
    One of mine was like that. Hell, one of my dogs is like that. I dont think that its uncommon at all. Horses arent stupid or all the...
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    Cragrat reacted to Fransurrey's post in the thread Thoughts on this demo with Like Like.
    Oof. My first thought was hyprmobility (sorry, kyboard having issus so no lttr aftr 'd' ;) and warmbloods ar crtainly brd to b...
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    Cragrat reacted to BBP2's post in the thread Thoughts on this demo with Sad Sad.
    No comment on the training, but this is what I see on very first look at the video. Having owned a hypermobile horse, who showed a...
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    Cragrat reacted to Gloi's post in the thread Thin soles and wet weather with Like Like.
    I'm another who swears by hoof armour. I've used it on mine for a few years. He is barefoot but it really helps his feet to resist wear...
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