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    Training book recommendations

    Can anyone recommend any books showing stages of a horses ridden training. A sort of step by step guide showing the order of things to work on, or maybe an extended and more explained view of the scales of training? Thanks :)
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    Exercises to engage core and lift back

    As per title recommended exercises to engage horses core and lift their backs. Also ways to encourage to keep the impulsion on whilst completing these exercises. Thank you
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    BE eventing any fall and your eliminated

    I see the sense in the rule as a medic under pressure to make a split decision there and then to allow the rider to continue or not is always going to be liable in this day and age. Concussion is sometimes delayed and although appear fine at the time other things could be going on. Although I...
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    Hacking alone - how is it for you?

    How different is your horse hacking alone or in company? How do you handle the two different situations? Just curious as mine is like two different horses when in company or alone. We try and hack best we can on our own but not sure if it is really worthwhile. Will hacking an alert /...
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    Saddle woes and decisions

    So I am wanting a new saddle, my decision making at the best of times is not the best and saddles seem to be a total mind field! Currently have a T4 GP. This is not doing anything to help my position and since having this saddle you can notice in videos and photos how my position has changed...
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    GP saddle for long legs...

    Any recommendations for GP saddle for long legs that both helps your position for dressage and jumping? I currently have a Thorowgood GP. I have come to the conclusion that the stirrup bars are just not in the correct place for my long legs and therefore not helping my riding position. My...
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    Blogging / Facebook pages

    I would like to start a blog page or FB page to track mine and my horses progress into Eventing. Mainly to keep track of our progress for my own benefit. What reasons do you blog for? How did you get started, any recommended sites? Some peoples blogs seem really popular and have taken off...
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    Bone Spavin and winter

    Any tips to keep your horse with bone spavin happy in winter? 1st proper bout of cold weather and it seems to be really effecting him. He is rugged to keep warm without over heating, turned out everyday. Exercised at least 5 days a week and we were doing ok. But over Xmas period he has had...
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    Best Synthetic dressage saddle

    Which do you think this is? My money can not really stretch to a full leather saddle. So opinions on the best synthetic would be great please, or maybe even part leather like the thorowgood t6 or t8. What do people think of the Kent and Masters saddles? I might be able to push the budget...
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    Setting plans to reach your goals

    PaddyMonty -- Wow!. Never thought of it as being so in depth as that, but it makes sense. I was just breaking down each goal as in what I need to be doing, what classes we need to be going to. Not necessarily the horses way of going and why we were not where I was expecting to be. I Need some...
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    Setting plans to reach your goals

    How do you do this? Ie. Its small goals to reach the main goal. So how do you plan each of these small goals to eventually be at the main goal. Then once that it reached how do you plan on going to achieve the next step. I just seem to be floating around from show to show, schooling for...
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    Will we ever just 'get' it?

    I am one of life's very much un-natural riders. For someone that has been riding basically all of my relatively short life I am just not getting anywhere. I have only been riding 'seriously' like actually learning something, since a having owned horses as an adult, so about 10 years now. Had...
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    XC clothing / colours

    Just trying to decide on XC clothing and colours for a new base layer shirt. Can anyone recommend any good places to buy from? Also would love to see your different colours and designs for some ideas of what different colours look like on different coloured horses. So photos would be fab...
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    Exercises to improve the horses jump

    What are good jumping exercises to help improve your horses jumping technique? Obviously grid work is always one, are there any particular combinations which will work better than others? What about any other exercises or is it just practice, practice, practice till the horse understands how to...
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    Holding onto the bit

    He doesn't particularly, bridle came with it and I never took it off. It isn't actually done up tight so not sure it really does much. But further reading on here and I will try him without it tonight. Would this contribute to him holding the bit?
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