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luvs2ride79
Registered: March 2005
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 840
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June 3, 2005 2:55pm
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Rating: 10.00
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Vert nice photo, lovely stallion, but that hunter rider needs to get out of that dressage saddle  . She needs to drop her stirrups 4 holes and post up, not forward. I bet he has a great career as a Dressage horse though! Lovely forward movement and round back. Looks like he'll be quite the contender!
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CarolLMiller
Registered: May 2005
Posts: 121
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Barb--I totally agree with you. This was when Gia Dawn first started studying dressage and she did NOT have the right body position. It killed me to watch her show dressage when she was riding so far ahead of the vertical. I watched Gia Dawn compete in the ODS (Oklahoma Dressage Society) Spring Show in May 2004, and she had improved considerably. Re: dropping the stirrups, it reminds me of a comment Eckard Meyners made at his Seat Symposium in Dallas in March. He commented on the fact that a lot of dressage riders think dropping their stirrups will give them a "dressage leg." He said unless the rider develops the leg properly from the seat, dropping stirrups won't help--the only thing dropping stirrups will do is make you ride around in stirrups that are too long. And, you should have seen some of the expressions on the faces of these "big time" dressage trainers (riding participants) who were told to RAISE their stirrups until they could learn to use their leg and seat properly. HA! But, I do see where you're coming from on that. Her seat was atrocious for dressage. Her position on her seat bones is incorrect (she should tuck her bum under and get off her crotch), her leg isn't rotated at the hip (look at the knee) and her feet are in the wrong position (toe pointed out and down and too much calf). Also, if you took the horse out from underneath her, she'd fall on her face (because she's so far ahead of the vertical). But, hey, think of what we looked like when we first started studying dressage. Ouch! All of that aside, thanks a million for your kind rating. I so appreciate your feedback--and your lighthearted humor about the rider. 
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luvs2ride79
Registered: March 2005
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 840
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Oh yes, I remember when I first started riding Dressage, HA! The pictures of me from than have been burned, lol. I did a lot of stirrup-less riding to learn how to use my leg more effective. Boy did that work! I still need to get down another hole or two for the perfect leg position, but my dern horse is just so fat, lol. It makes riding with a straighter leg very challenging... But, if I can do it without stirrups, I should be able to do it with them... Why do I do this again? lol
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CarolLMiller
Registered: May 2005
Posts: 121
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You sound like me...when I go to my trainer's for a lesson, I don't take my horse. I spend my lesson time on one of her schoolmasters with my trainer on the other end of a longe line. I never touch the reins and spend half the lesson without stirrups. I felt pretty accomplished when I was able to do sitting trot without stirrups or reins. Of course, just because I was ABLE to do it doesn't mean it was very pretty. I understand that the riders at the Spanish School have to spend their first two years on the longe to develop their seat. So I don't feel so bad about what I have to do. We all have to pay our dues. Here's a hint: I found that a good way of knowing if your stirrups are too long is if they dangle below your feet when you sit the trot. Another way to know is if you can't clear the pommel with your crotch in rising trot. I find myself thinking that I can ride with longer stirrups...until I sit the trot. Then, back up they go!
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fufur_marie01
Registered: November 2005
Location: Mountian View, MO
Posts: 509
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August 5, 2005 6:17pm
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Rating: 9.00
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