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To: Solon who wrote (5191)	12/18/2000 8:04:20 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

Last spring we rented our arena to the local dressage federation and they brought this Danish lady in. She spent an hour explaining that all we know in classical riding today is passed down from Xenophon and then to the Italian master Dementio and of course the unforgettable Polish master Geriatski etc. etc... when she finished explaining ad nauseum about classic riding she beamed and pointed her finger in the air and said "it's twadition!". Anyway, they brought a horse out and began to show the nuances of tacking it up the proper gymnasium dressage way. When they came around to wrap the front legs some little kid said "look they're wrapping them backwards" and sure enough they were putting on the wraps so the tendon was pulled to the outside, instead of drawing the tendon to the inside and underneath the horse so it has support. The little girl rode a reining horse and knew instinctively what they were doing was wrong. She knew at the gallop on a small circle her horse had to be underneath her. During the warm up you could hear Rosinante swishing his tail, grinding his teeth and going UGH! everytime she sparked him in the ribs to do something. After a very long time they brought another horse in and together they rode a duet called a Pas de Duex. Later two old cowboys road in the arena to a Patsy Cline tape, to their credit they called their duet a Poop Dee Deux. I guess what I'm trying to ask you is, how long have you been involved in the dressage community? <edit> a bosal is a hackamore even if you say it isn't 10,000 times.