Tag: Dressage horse
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Silouettes in Black and White.
This week Cee’s B &W Challenge is Silouettes. Here is my repsonse. In case you are interested the Tips from Cee page has lots of great tips on how to improve your photos Black and White and Color.
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Just when I thought it was safe.
How often in life do we think that things are OK and we can relax about something that has been bothering us. I don’t know about you but I have it happen a lot that as soon as I think some issue is ok KABOOM. Something completely unexpected hits! This is what happened to me…
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At Last!!
This past week I went to see the surgeon who had replaced the socket liner in my right hip. When he came in to to see me the first thing he said was: ” Are you ready to ride your horse?” Needless to say I said “YES”. I also told him my horse had a…
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One Week to Go!
One week from today I will be in the OR getting my worn out hip socket liner replaced. It has served for 21 years so it doesn’t owe me anything.As the plastic particles from its disintegration are circulating around my hip joint and causing problems I will be happy to be getting a new socket…
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The last show…
Biasini may not have been in this last show of the Global Dressage Festival but the horse I previously referred to as ” the Understudy” was there to compete. And considering how well he did I shall call him by his real name: Diamanten Dave. On Thursday March 30 he competed in the Prix St.…
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Lost in the Maze!
I am not the woman in purple lost in that maze but sometimes I feel like I am. At the end of last week Biasini’s right front leg was puffy. I got the vet out and he was jogged . At first Lynsey thought she saw some uneveness in his stride. But the vet said:”That’s…
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I Have Good News!
First of all I want to thank all the WordPress bloggers who sent positive vibes,healing vibes and positivitiy for me and Biasini yesterday. The vet came this morning and started by palpating the leg. It did look a lot better today I should add. Then we went out to the driveway and the vet’s assistant…
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What a difference a day can make!
As I was preparing to go to the barn, in good time, to get Biasini to the show for his Intermediare 1 test, my phone rang and I saw it was Lynsey. Immediatley I suspected that something was wrong. It was. She told me that Biasini had a puffy right front leg. They had jogged…
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Todays’ Test was a Triumph!
Today Lynsey Rowan rode my horse Biasini in the FEI Prix St.George dressage test. I know from when I have ridden him in the competition arena that he can get very strong and start to pull like a freight train! But today I could see there was none of that. His frame was in the…
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Monday Portrait
Biasini has done his work for the day. Lynsey will take him for a walk to relax and then he gets his bath, some hand grazing with his ice boots on and then….dinner!
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The Understudy Steps Up!
My coach Belinda Trussell had entered a show at the Global Dressage Festival . She was entered in the Prix St.George class. But the horse she had entered was not able to compete today. So the Understudy had to step up. This was a big step for the Understudy. He has never competed at the…
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And now…..
I can honestly tell you that last weekend while getting Biasini to the show and watching Lynsey ride him through two tests, I did not think”Gosh I wish I was showing”.Not once. It never even crossed my mind. I should be clear that I have done lots of showing in dressage for over 20 years.…