tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post7217133351988415553..comments2024-03-11T21:51:38.696-04:00Comments on The Dressage Curmudgeon: Fun with Free JumpingStephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862983598055228855noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-49668425828887793082012-04-23T21:52:20.977-04:002012-04-23T21:52:20.977-04:00Hmm, maybe you are right..Hmm, maybe you are right..Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00862983598055228855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-34424447979568879542012-04-17T22:55:32.373-04:002012-04-17T22:55:32.373-04:00*sigh* I hate generalizations. Behold, a pure Sadd...*sigh* I hate generalizations. Behold, a pure Saddlebred mare NOT "boinging" over a fence - not by a long shot. http://pets.webshots.com/photo/1494586630046770113RvfPlR<br /><br />Many Saddlebreds are outstanding jumpers, thankyouverymuch. Certain individuals are not, and perhaps Miss V's 1/4 ancestor was one of those. *roll eyes*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-14110306658211255972012-04-16T10:51:16.367-04:002012-04-16T10:51:16.367-04:00Wonderful words on how the horse thinks. :) Hopefu...Wonderful words on how the horse thinks. :) Hopefully I can use this to my advantage with my new horse. I, of course, will still go out and trail ride and jump like I love to do, but if we are doing dressage that day, we WILL do dressage. ;)Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07716255908611793398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-12489075141388910712012-04-15T23:28:29.715-04:002012-04-15T23:28:29.715-04:00I love your blog, really I do, except for one thin...I love your blog, really I do, except for one thing! Your header image is HUGE! I have a quite large widescreen set at very high resolution and I have to scroll quite a ways to get to the start of a blog entry, and I've got 4 inches of scroll bar where the image goes off the side of the page. I'd hate to be viewing on a more standard sized monitor and resolution.<br /><br />Would you please consider resizing it, or if you don't have the software to do that I'd happily do it for you.<br /><br />DDaniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07544044205052458881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-69730039280502253252012-04-14T10:36:26.860-04:002012-04-14T10:36:26.860-04:00Very good advice on how a horse's brain works....Very good advice on how a horse's brain works. Now I just need to remember it :)<br /><br />However... mine is an ex-eventer; for various reasons we don't jump anymore, but I am contemplating a few tiny crossrails just because it would make her year to do it again. We're at a jumpers barn so we have to school around the jumps, and there have been a number of times she's tried to change course so we could throw in a jump or two.quietannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05710112022047395861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-26326591554416398672012-04-13T18:50:37.293-04:002012-04-13T18:50:37.293-04:00I am not surprised in the least that Ms. V has the...I am not surprised in the least that Ms. V has the Bambi Boing thing going on: I have seen this in action in the Saddlebred "Hunter" ring. Yes, people here actually exhibit SB "hunters" and while yes, some of them actually DO have a semblance of hunterness, most cause me heart failure when they are forced to trot or canter the single small crossrail required in the class. It is not a pretty sight. And we're talking about the National Championship class! I know Ms. V has other heritage at work but I'd be willing to bet she inherited her jumping ability, or lack thereof, from the SB side, for sure!RiderWriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05679157278313699794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-86056477069516808782012-04-12T22:42:44.191-04:002012-04-12T22:42:44.191-04:00Actually, that Bambi picture looks a bit like a te...Actually, that Bambi picture looks a bit like a tennessee walker...Bifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07648037666735227722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-64493119104688813382012-04-12T16:45:01.393-04:002012-04-12T16:45:01.393-04:00All my guys jump, but, they are not ace, upper lev...All my guys jump, but, they are not ace, upper level dressage horses either. One is trained to Intermediare I, but he was not built for it--too level a natural carriage--but he can jump up a storm. Trouble is, his brain is built for dressage and not for jumping as he is a coward about approaching anything new--except for dressage markers and the judge's box. The other two? Just nice horses that do "do dressage," and jump as well...even though I don't anymore.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10029423500476995817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-24117660211509099222012-04-12T16:36:43.959-04:002012-04-12T16:36:43.959-04:00"It is kind of like a supermodel farting on t..."It is kind of like a supermodel farting on the catwalk" Love it! I thought of trying some jumping with my mare. She surprisingly didn't *BOING* over the jump (as arabians tend to like to do). Instead she just kinda went through. Shortest route to the end. Definitely no jumper here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-25390619064060443652012-04-12T14:06:56.702-04:002012-04-12T14:06:56.702-04:00I laugh when someone tells me their HORSE doesn...I laugh when someone tells me their HORSE doesn't like to do dressage. "Your horse doesn't like doing dressage with YOU!!!", I mutter to myself. But, true, he may also be a lazy sack of poo and doesn't want to work at all. In either case, not the fault o'dressage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-63143888494664870642012-04-12T13:58:17.212-04:002012-04-12T13:58:17.212-04:00I made a post about this If your horse is refusing...I made a post about this If your horse is refusing to go forward? He must be made for jumpers... Don't bring your dressage hating prejudice horse here! Dressage and forward are synonymous don't you know! And no other discipline needs proper training like we do.<br /><br />No matter that he wasn't even doing training level.. He MUST need a job change because he must have sniffed out it was that ole nutty dressage riding he'd heard about and he wants NONE of it and 'knows" that when you take the slightest bit of rein up... That that leads to collection.. He says no thank you because he needs to jump or be a trail horse. Yes send your well bred purpose horse to do trails because it wouldnt be that he needs a new trainer/rider/owner/alfalfa flake... <br /><br />That was it in part! lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-1126186779371705722012-04-12T13:27:11.635-04:002012-04-12T13:27:11.635-04:00LOL... my Arab *spoings* over jumps as well. That ...LOL... my Arab *spoings* over jumps as well. That post brought back good memories...SweetPeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762714976706163036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-69146219636133911612012-04-12T13:17:49.930-04:002012-04-12T13:17:49.930-04:00Bahaha!! Imagining your pretty dressage horse boin...Bahaha!! Imagining your pretty dressage horse boinging over jumps...priceless. I totally agree with you on the crosstraining idea. People use it as a copout for not dealing with their horse when they are being difficult.RHFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02513212465360292806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-26093256126733069442012-04-12T13:13:14.781-04:002012-04-12T13:13:14.781-04:00Amen to all your statements on the way a horse'...Amen to all your statements on the way a horse's brain works! The horse I'm leasing has decided this going back to work business is a little tedious, so has been throwing in some bucking and bolting (exacerbated by getting enough food now, no doubt), but it hasn't "worked" -- we haven't parted company and he's still working regularly. (And yes, we've eliminated physical problems as possible causes of misbehavior; my husband is an equine vet.)Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.com