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Show Ring Ready: Memorizing Hunter Courses
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010. Hunter jumps may not have numbers on them, but the courses are not as difficult to memorize as you would think. A well-designed hunter course has an easy flow to it, and once you know what the typical course design is like, you should be able to find your way around almost any hunter course just from knowing the first jump alone! Usually, there will only be one line of jumps to take from the proper direction after coming around the end of the ring! You should always run through t...
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Show Ring Ready: Unusual Tack: The Bib Martingale
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015. Unusual Tack: The Bib Martingale. By Clément Bucco-Lechat - Own work. Licenced under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. The bib martingale looks very strange if you have never seen one before. It is essentially a running martingale in which the space between the two split straps is filled in with a triangular piece of leather. By Clément Bucco-Lechat - Own. Work Licenced under CC BY-SA. 30 via Wikimedia Commons. One downside to the bib martingale is that it prevents the rider ...
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Show Ring Ready: August 2015
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Thursday, August 13, 2015. How to Attach a Lead Shank to the Bit. A leather lead shank can be a very useful tool to have at shows. Not only is it an attractive option for leading potentially unruly horses, but it can be used with either a halter or a bridle. Doubling the chain over will allow the handler to safely maintain a shorter feel on the lead if the chain is too long, but the same circling problem will continue to occur. This method of attachment is especially important to use for any type of bit ...
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A Work In Progress: One Middle-Aged Broad's Descent Back Into Horse Madness!: Best Damn Show Shirt Ever!
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A Work In Progress: One Middle-Aged Broad's Descent Back Into Horse Madness! How It All Started. Thursday, July 16, 2015. Best Damn Show Shirt Ever! I had literally just walked in the door when Sarah Jane, one of my Dover BFFs, yelled to one of the other associates to "Get Amy that shirt! Is it just me, or does everyone get attached to the folks that work at the tack shops they go to? I swear I love and rely on mine like I did my Labor and Delivery nurses. Seriously, how perfect are these shirts? They al...
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A Work In Progress: One Middle-Aged Broad's Descent Back Into Horse Madness!: Jesus Take The Wheel: Adventures In Learning to Trailer (Part Two)
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A Work In Progress: One Middle-Aged Broad's Descent Back Into Horse Madness! How It All Started. Thursday, July 2, 2015. Jesus Take The Wheel: Adventures In Learning to Trailer (Part Two). In a previous post. Saturday morning Dad called and told me he was worried about me negotiating the turn at the bottom of the highway's off ramp. "Ummm, okaaaaaaayyy," I said, thinking I'd practiced a few the week before and it was a simple. Of therapy to get over that.). You gotta feel the wheel! While Dad happily wor...
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A Work In Progress: One Middle-Aged Broad's Descent Back Into Horse Madness!: Driving Lessons, Equestrian Style...
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A Work In Progress: One Middle-Aged Broad's Descent Back Into Horse Madness! How It All Started. Friday, June 19, 2015. Driving Lessons, Equestrian Style. My son Noah recently turned 16, and in New Jersey that means you can get your driver's learning permit. Which basically means that the parent of the fledgeling driver needs either a bucket of valium to remain calm while instructing the newbie, or a damn good stylist to cover the gray hairs earned during practice sessions. During the dog-leg turn: "You'...
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A Work In Progress: One Middle-Aged Broad's Descent Back Into Horse Madness!: Truly Fabulous Horse Show Swag...
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A Work In Progress: One Middle-Aged Broad's Descent Back Into Horse Madness! How It All Started. Saturday, May 2, 2015. Truly Fabulous Horse Show Swag. Two posts in one week! Can you stand it? Must be some new record or something. Today's blathering is on the topic of prizes. You know, the ones you or your spawn get if you happen to have a good day and you wind up with a $1.00 piece of blue nylon telling you, "You done GOOD! Happen, although they better not be growing anything funky in them! They drink t...
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A Work In Progress: One Middle-Aged Broad's Descent Back Into Horse Madness!: The "Mane" Players
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A Work In Progress: One Middle-Aged Broad's Descent Back Into Horse Madness! How It All Started. Her other passion is food. She loves carrots, apples, grapes, pears, peppermints, life savers, McDonald's French fries, Oreos, and would probably knock over her grandmother for a Boston Creme donut. Her greatest disappointment in life is that her voluptuous figure and tendency towards equine pulchritude necessitates a grazing muzzle when grass is overly abundant. So cute it's almost criminal. Loves to be ...
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A Work In Progress: One Middle-Aged Broad's Descent Back Into Horse Madness!: Reality Bites...
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A Work In Progress: One Middle-Aged Broad's Descent Back Into Horse Madness! How It All Started. Tuesday, July 21, 2015. I woke up this morning and my first conscious thought was, "Oh crap, it's only Tuesday.". Score one for the Power of Positive Thinking. My next thought was, "How long until I can leave for the barn? OK, moving towards the positive spectrum, in the sense that I am working towards achieving a positive goal. Makes sense, yes? Must get working on that. July 21, 2015 at 12:26 PM. Best Damn ...
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A Work In Progress: One Middle-Aged Broad's Descent Back Into Horse Madness!: June 2015
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A Work In Progress: One Middle-Aged Broad's Descent Back Into Horse Madness! How It All Started. Friday, June 19, 2015. Driving Lessons, Equestrian Style. My son Noah recently turned 16, and in New Jersey that means you can get your driver's learning permit. Which basically means that the parent of the fledgeling driver needs either a bucket of valium to remain calm while instructing the newbie, or a damn good stylist to cover the gray hairs earned during practice sessions. During the dog-leg turn: "You'...
