Tension in Dressage

Melodra said:
"NUTS" and a "fruitcake."

And you say you aren't bullies. This is disgusting beyond words. I've reported this. You actually couldn't know if a poster suffered from depression or with other mental health issues.

What a spiteful little gang.
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You don’t know either yet it hasn’t stopped you being rude despite your claims of being polite.

Sorry salty!
 
paddi22 said:
ha! yeah totally. its up there in jumping clinics when they say your horse is 'honest!'
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I don't mind this, as it means that although my horse has to put up with me riding like a numpty, at least he is not scared or hurt, or feeling in mortal danger. I kind of give myself kudos for training honesty in!
 
milliepops said:
My fave comment was after k had a meltdown during the warm up test at the home international. Judge described it as stage fright...
Fellow competitor stopped me outside the ring and said "you did well to keep going..."
I'm sure she thought she was being supportive rather than pitying 😂 unfortunately kira is a rather distinctive horse, it's not like you can shrink into the background and hope no one noticed 🤣
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That was my best (worst) tension meltdown. Medium freestyle regionals. We took the definition of freestyle to the extreme. Not a good day 😟
 

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milliepops said:
My equipe is a +1 and fractionally too wide for kira
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Brill, thank you :).

The worst (or best, depends on outlook) I had was just 'brave!' underlined a few times. M spent more time on her hind legs than actually doing the test.
Re: overly positive comments to encourage people - I once had 77.8% at unaff Prelim. The test was barely worth 55% but the judge had seen me warming up (aka dealing with lunacy in those days) and I think felt sorry for me! I could've taken those marks and comments at face value and decided we were awesome but I had enough self-awareness to know that the score wasn't reflective of the test.
 
Right all I still have 20 mins left in work... can anyone point me towards any more old threads like this as this has been the most entertaining hour at work??!!

I, as many others, tried to respond thoughtfully at an earlier stage, was shot down, swiftly gave up and then just returned this afternoon to see what had happened...
 
I had piaffe not required at this level ... when asked for a walk to canter in an elem.... but to be honest it was pretty shit piaffe so I’m glad it wasn’t required... I’ve also had a ‘well sat ‘ or2
 
well i have written what i thought were helpful posts and had no comments although OP said he/.she had thanked those who had given helpful posts, mine were all ignored...... my suggestion of writing for judges received no acknowledgement or response to say it was a good idea or not........for someone who is supposed to be experienced and not new to dressage i find some of the comments very strange, and after reading a lot of the posts again, i still cant see any bullying or nasty comments and the only rude comments seem to come from the original poster....
 
I’d actually
splashgirl45 said:
well i have written what i thought were helpful posts and had no comments although OP said he/.she had thanked those who had given helpful posts, mine were all ignored...... my suggestion of writing for judges received no acknowledgement or response to say it was a good idea or not........for someone who is supposed to be experienced and not new to dressage i find some of the comments very strange, and after reading a lot of the posts again, i still cant see any bullying or nasty comments and the only rude comments seem to come from the

Which comments specifically?
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dont try and start on me now, you have called people liars more than once...but again you still havent responded to any of my earlier posts just that tiny bit on the end of the latest post when i commented on rudeness. you obviously only post if you can have a fight...sorry you wont get one from me, i am much too old to bother!!!!!
 
splashgirl45 said:
dont try and start on me now, you have called people liars more than once...but again you still havent responded to any of my earlier posts just that tiny bit on the end of the latest post when i commented on rudeness. you obviously only post if you can have a fight...sorry you wont get one from me, i am much too old to bother!!!!!
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You made an accusation, I asked which comments you were referring to. That isn’t “starting on you”

As for writing, I did “like” this post which was expressed thoughtfully and politely. Perhaps I didn’t agree with the rest of your post or didn’t see it.
 
How have I only just caught up on this post???? Supposed to be going out tonight and still covered in hay and mud.

Need to confess that I dared to do a couple of prelims on a table top of a cob a few years back. She'd been driven and was so downhill I worried about losing the saddle down her neck at times. Instructor used to tell me off for flapping my legs on her so I was probably one of those people kicking away too - but she had fab (slow) rhythm and we were very accurate so didn't embarrass ourselves. Much easier than my 'eyes on stalks' Appy to do a nice test on.

Will check back later after wine!!
 
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