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Post by gemini on Mar 20, 2010 18:34:33 GMT
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jem
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Post by jem on Mar 20, 2010 22:17:00 GMT
Give her head in the line up often they shake nodd etc when they have a contact to pull and shake on no contact helps....watch an open Hoys Large Breeds class you often see riders feeding polos to keep ponies amused in the line up loll
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Post by karcher on Mar 20, 2010 23:27:12 GMT
George tends to scratch Milly's shoulder when in the line up, it used to help Dimps too. With Evei we use a leather curb chain as she hated the proper ones and lifted her head when working, the leather one certainly helped. Tesco's have some fab ties on offer at the minute, we've just had a few new ones for this season so have a look, a lot cheaper and a lot nicer than the one's on sale in all the horsey places and they tend to be different than the "Normal" ones! Any particular reason foir the jodh change? Have a look at Olympia/ Hoys pics of the M&M sections and then make your decision.
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Post by medwinatswpa on Mar 21, 2010 8:28:06 GMT
Charity shops for your tie would be much cheaper. Something bright will catch a judges eye and help you to be remembered, but it should not be over the top and should complement the horses colour and your own tweed jacket. When I am judging a class where many of the exhibits are the same colour [e.g. exmoors] it is what the rider is wearing that is my "memory stick".
Some horses when they get bored like to shake their heads to get a sound, like the noise any metal in a curb chain makes. We had one and it stopped her head shaking when we took the curb off completely. We did not need the braking power a curb gives so we simply removed it.
How many people bring "standing still" into the schooling/breaking routein? I always wonder how the Household Cavalry manage to train their horses to stand perfectly still for hours on end - can any one tell me ?
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