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    17" dressage saddle, new in Ohio

    I just bought a new "Dover" dressage saddle, and it doesn't fit my horse. He is a slab-sided TB, and this saddle has a medium tree. The gullet measures 8" from one dee ring to the other. It has a 17" seat. Dover is in quotes because it is unmarked, but the person who sold it to me told me...
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    Arena Trail?

    It's been a while since I've competed, but trail was one of my best classes! If you have a bridge to practise on, paint it different colors. Don't make it slippery, but get him used to walking on white, green, red, etc. When he gets used to one color, paint it another. Do the same to ground...
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    my friends horse and its trouble whith bits.

    If your friend rides so infrequently that her horse is too fat, there's a chance that the horse needs a training review. I'm sure that she remembers that the horse used to obey commands, and she's frustrated that he doesn't behave like he used to. A horse isn't a big furry bicycle, that can...
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    My first horse (in a very long time)

    Got my girth in the mail yesterday, and I rode for the first time! He's definately rough (as am I), but he's got a long swingy trot that I'll really like once I get used to it. He lives at a small commercial egg farm, so there's lots of space between buildings, but he has to deal with giant...
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    My first horse (in a very long time)

    I undersdand. My last horse is 20 this year, and I'd pay triple what this new guy cost if I could find him back. Now, let the brain-picking begin! First, does Dover make generic saddles? I answered a Craigslist ad for a new Dover drassage saddle because it was $200. The person with the ad...
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    My first horse (in a very long time)

    He is nine, and he doesn't have a name yet. His registered name is Julia's School Boy. I can't even think of a shortened name out of that! I'm great at coming up with chicken names, but a horse is more monumental, and permanant. My last horse was The Shack Bully, also stupid, but I called...
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    My first horse (in a very long time)

    It's been seven long horseless years, but I promised myself that when my house was paid off, I could treat myself to a horse. I went without a cell phone, cable TV, resturant meals, and new clothes, but now I am without a mortgage! The horse I chose is very similar to my last one: a nine year...
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