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I just thought I'd tweak you a little bit for failing to adequately mention your equine partner. Go back and re-read your original submission ... almost no horse mentions ... are there? It's all about you. And please ... please ... don't mistake me for a gambler. As I've posted elsewhere ... I haven't made a significant wager in nearly forty years. I'm an analyst, a neologist, a wit, a bon vivant, a raconteur, a wag, and a scalawag ... but I'm not a "gambler." 
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07-18-2006, 03:31 PM
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"FOR THOSE WHO MAY CARE" This is who I put the topic to. They know of Buck and his "Naked"ness.  I was stating how I did as a rider. I can think of a few names for you, but I am the Queen of Nice, so I will refrain myself.
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09-11-2006, 04:26 PM
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Update-Show on 9/10/06
Well, I have to say, I was very happy with our performances at the show yesterday.
First Dressage test was a bust, BUT we scored higher than we have in the past by about .2%. Buck decided he wanted to rush through the entire test. It was quite comical. The judge asked me after the test "Do you have somewhere to go?" To which I laughed and said "I don't have anywhere else to go but Buck may have" She laughed. I didn't get a "needs more energy" on anything, which we normally get on every test.  Second dressage test we did awesome. Scored higher than we ever had. Got an 8 even. Rest 7s and some 6s. Even got a 7 on our second circle. Jumping we had one rail down, but still managed to come in 2nd overall in the combined in the jumping. Only five of us competed in the jumping. BUT HA HA I beat both trainers in the jumping that I lost to in the last show. Just thought I would fill ya in on how my show went. Thanks for listening to me blab!
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09-11-2006, 05:23 PM
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Buffy,
Thanks for sharing. You are becoming more and more accomplished. Nice to hear of the improvement. Keep it up, and the heels down. DTS
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09-12-2006, 02:05 PM
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Thanks DTS!
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09-12-2006, 03:26 PM
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I was going to put this on the "selections" tread, but here's as good a spot as any. Big Daddy Ray is running this Fri at Finger Lakes, race 9. It's a mile and 70 yd with Elaine Castillo in the irons. ML on him is 5-1. I think this is his distance. I'm hoping.
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09-12-2006, 03:38 PM
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I saw that yesterday morning. (Got him in my stable). How did he do last time out? Ya still thinking of giving him away or have you fallen head over heels in love with him?  Best of luck on Friday. I will keep and eye on the race. Been busy at work lately. Beginning to catch up so I am not as bogged down as I have been.
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09-12-2006, 03:52 PM
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I have a partner on him, so the decision of giving him away has to be agreed. I'm not in love with him. It's business. If he can't pay his way after being given second and third chances, it only costs me what I could be putting into some of the other ones. We'll see. He should do better in this one. DTS
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10-08-2006, 07:00 PM
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10/8/06 show update
Well, Mr. Naked must have liked the treaties he got with his last blue ribbon. We got two firsts and a third today. I am tired and going to bed now. Chat at you guys later!
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10-09-2006, 12:02 AM
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Congrats Buffy, and that blue will come.
 I showed for a whole year as a child before I got my first blue. Ironically, my first blue came at a very big horse show. You never know when you'll have a great ride. Good luck with your horse's combined training. Keep working with him, and try to really get him off of his forehand by doing lots of bending exercises. Try to get him to lift his shoulders up in your corners (this will help). The right frame takes awhile especially if the horse isn't built very well for the discipline. Sometimes spurs help with the impulsion or a dressage whip (you may already use that). Also, getting the horse to trot over ground poles or poles that are slightly off the ground help's too because he has to lift his shoulders up and get his hocks underneath him. Just remember forward, forward motion. Okay, I'm done being an instructor. LOL I may have not told you anything that you don't already know though. Second is still very, very good. Be proud of yourself You got to watch those trainers on the green horses too. Those horses are usually really, really nice. So don't be discouraged at all. That blue will come...
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I was supposed to show next weekend, but the mare I've been riding came up lame last week after being let out, so that's a big no-go for me since it appears that it's a torn suspensory ligament. It looks like I'm going to try and make a schooling show here in the next few weeks with a new horse at my barn.
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For Genuine who asked:
FIRST OFF: Keep in mind that I have a sinus infection I have been battling with since the beginning of last week. Had a lesson Friday night and Buck knocked over about 10 out of 15 jumps we went over because my legs were so weak so that I could not push him forward enough. I threated him that if he didn't listen to my legs in my warmup for the show, I was putting on my spurs. (I didn't have to go to the spurs.) Although I did find out after the show that the girls that rode him before me ALL rode him with spurs. I never have. OK now for the show: Scored a 73.5 on my first dressage test. Nice Blue ribbon there. My friend was competing against me too. She got a 73. HA HA! She was happy though. It was only her second show and the first with the horse she was riding. (there were five of us in this class) Second dressage test wasn't as good. We scored a 66.5. Not great, but Buck was a bit "jiggy" in his trot and not moving forward. He was moving fast but not balanced as much as he was in the first test. By the second half of this test, he had gotten his balance back and we scored much better on this half of the test. We got third in this. (There was four in this class so third was not that great, but the score was ok and we were all in the mid to high 60s) NOW onto jumping. I was very worried about this because there were 14 jumps and I was sooooo tired by this time. My energy was drained. But Buck took care of me. We rubbed the first jump but it stayed up. We went to the second jump and Buck hesitated. I tapped him with the crop and he hopped over the jump then stopped. My trainer is yelling "just keep going forward". HA HA! Buck was pooping before the jump and finished after the jump. HA HA. It was funny. We went on to only knock one rail over, but still managed to win the combination class as the other two in the jumping didn't do as well. One lady had two refusals and the other had three rails down. SO BLUE RIBBON to Mr. Buck "poopy over jumps" and me (sick as a dog, but trying). OK, Buck got six treaty cookies and three apples. I really think he is getting into this showing thing. I think he is beginning to like showing off. Well, I have to get back to work. Thanks for all the good wishes. Cajun: I am sorry to hear about your mare. Is she going to be alright? Tell me about the new horse. And thanks for the tips KY. I have been doing lots of transistions with Buck to get him more on his hind end. I think it is beginning to work. The judge really liked Buck yesterday. She even wrote on my test "lovely test" and "Get a little more of a rounded topline and we will see you in training level". She was a very nice judge and even asked me after my second test what I thought about it. She really did a nice job for a schooling dressage show. She was very helpful. She even commented that she was happily surprised how well Buck moves. She said he had beautiful gaits. Actually scored us an "8" on them. HA HA! Not bad for my western pleasure backyard horse.
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 I know how you feel about being "weak" though... I'm still trying to get back into shape, and it's tough! This new horse I rode yesterday (just hacked her out for an hour) is a nice bay thoroughbred/hanoverian cross mare. She's a very cute mover... a little nervous about "spooky looking" jumps, but overall a great prospect. I think I'll be riding her (her name is Topsy) in the schooling show. As for Amber, (the QH mare I have been riding), she should be fine, but will need about 3 months of stall rest before we can even attempt at getting her back. Unfortunately, she injured herself out in the field... we had some nasty weather the other night and I'm guessing it spooked her a bit and lord only knows what she did. 
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Buffy, I didn't read the entire thread so I didn't know that you had been to several shows.
Congrats on this last show A 73.5%? Wow. Awesome See, and it didn't take you very long AT All to get those blues...
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Thanks for the recap, BM! I loved reading it.
Cajun, I'm sorry about the injured mare, but Topsy sounds like a cutie. On a sad riding note: Please send good thoughts to a poor kid who was seriously injured in Queens this weekend-- he was riding along a highway (I see riders there a lot; it's not unsual) and his horse spooked, charged into traffic and attempted to jump a taxicab. The horse died, and the teenager has serious head trauma and a broken leg. He was with a group called the Federation of Black Cowboys and I'm sick to my stomach thinking he might not have had a helmet on (it's the "cowboy" in the name that makes me worry). So everyone keep winning blues and wearing helmets!
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