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sbloom replied to the thread groundwork.Agreed but connection and postural work is always a great place to start for a newbie. I think we you are a newbie it can be hard to... -
sbloom reacted to Red-1's post in the thread How would I go about getting into dressage without a horse? with
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He always said he'd not do a riding holiday but we are going to the big horse fair, the Feira Nacional do Cavalo in Golegã, and it is... -
sbloom reacted to Gloi's post in the thread How would I go about getting into dressage without a horse? with Like.
A good thing to do would be to go to local competitions and write for the judge. Start unaffiliated and you learn a lot of useful...
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sbloom reacted to Fluffypiglet's post in the thread Saddle Pad and Numnah keeps slipping back with Like.
One make of saddle pad just doesn’t work with my saddle but others makes are fine. If it’s happening with different saddle pads then...
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sbloom replied to the thread Saddle Pad and Numnah keeps slipping back.It may not show up as the saddle actually moving forwards, but it wants to, if you know what I mean. Likely time for a saddle check.
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sbloom replied to the thread Yet another delightful rider..... not..... when will this end?.I feel we have, for some time, had kids coming into the sport who might have started for the right, or at least, long standing reasons...
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sbloom replied to the thread Yet another delightful rider..... not..... when will this end?.I'm afraid that when I wrestle this with logic I too end up in the place of - (mostly professional) competitive sport has no place using...
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sbloom reacted to Crazy_cat_lady's post in the thread Yet another delightful rider..... not..... when will this end? with Like.
At this point I think horse "sport" is no longer ethical especially as the methods behind closed doors cannot be policed They are all...
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sbloom reacted to smolmaus's post in the thread Yet another delightful rider..... not..... when will this end? with Like.
I know you've been in the trenches so to speak, I'm just being a big old GRUMP today. Getting stories of friends-of-friends being...
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sbloom replied to the thread Yet another delightful rider..... not..... when will this end?.Oh of course, I'm talking theoretically. The judges, alone, could make this change if they wanted to, right now, within the existing...