tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18924015143373940042024-03-13T10:50:54.422-04:00The Jumping PercheronThe Jumping Percheronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588158783906726626noreply@blogger.comBlogger372125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892401514337394004.post-11918919610204728652022-05-23T22:31:00.001-04:002022-05-23T22:31:46.452-04:00Still Out Here!<p> It's been over a year since I posted last. No particular reason for the sudden drop off other than Instagram is much quicker to update. I have so many other projects and things I work on that the blog took a back seat. While I do enjoy writing about our adventures, sometimes you have to take a hard look at prioritizing things. People ask me a lot how I "find the time" to do all these things. Simple, I don't. I have a saying I tell people that I believe in and use every single day. That saying is "If you are always looking for time, you're not going to find it. You have to MAKE time." How do we make time? Prioritizing. </p><p>I am very grateful and honored to have had some AMAZING opportunities present themselves and there came a point where the blog was not going to move me forward in the direction I needed to take these opportunities. Why? Time consumption. This is why I post mostly on Instagram. It's very easy and quick to post what the girls are up to. So, if you don't follow me on Instagram, you can find us here:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLW9Y9NSpNj1tJCf72xilZYUC_WoFHBFQNRWNodRZMHjIHq0nTmdHH9q2U6XhVGfLqf-WJy66oqNwVhMMy-HwuLdvhH0YRVaTgjo97MNO7rBoPaoMN_wlgr5P85SyoebKnGIwyQBy_ANnlM6haEMQxVPkr_KwV8RtbCZgZBIEAmRbgWojJrTtRX1lJiA/s1424/IG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="517" data-original-width="1424" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLW9Y9NSpNj1tJCf72xilZYUC_WoFHBFQNRWNodRZMHjIHq0nTmdHH9q2U6XhVGfLqf-WJy66oqNwVhMMy-HwuLdvhH0YRVaTgjo97MNO7rBoPaoMN_wlgr5P85SyoebKnGIwyQBy_ANnlM6haEMQxVPkr_KwV8RtbCZgZBIEAmRbgWojJrTtRX1lJiA/w400-h145/IG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/jumpingpercheron/?hl=en" target="_blank">Instagram: jumpingpercheron</a><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;">Even though the blog has taken a hiatus, the girls sure haven't. Klein and Super B are doing amazing as always. </p><p><br /></p>The Jumping Percheronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588158783906726626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892401514337394004.post-73773375961643944302020-11-19T00:40:00.000-05:002020-11-19T00:40:04.783-05:00Dead Tooth Extraction - Dental Surgery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilX-8NWu3_rf4bPxsPunxtgfNvR2TQPMRfvYbsuBhEBZUqwAMSxltXI0A7pOuwCW-xcxiMwq0lfzJA5GArtM1Weo6qDxnrleJm2sGPdR_WfY18BPJBBoBF1ghXURP1PYEqkr7rNwp0bizn/s2048/IMG_5712.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilX-8NWu3_rf4bPxsPunxtgfNvR2TQPMRfvYbsuBhEBZUqwAMSxltXI0A7pOuwCW-xcxiMwq0lfzJA5GArtM1Weo6qDxnrleJm2sGPdR_WfY18BPJBBoBF1ghXURP1PYEqkr7rNwp0bizn/s320/IMG_5712.JPG" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">All done!</p><p>Klein's surgery went really well yesterday. I will warn you now, there will be graphic picture of the procedure in this post. It looked very invasive, but it is a somewhat routine surgery. I think that is why I could watch it. That, and the fact I wanted Klein to know I was there with her. After Super B's colic surgery last year, I think my nerves are deadened enough to put up with watching a lot more procedures on my animals. People, that's not a problem. Animals, I've always been the person that demands the channel be changed whenever the ASPCA commercials come on. I have a really hard time looking at posts about abused/neglected animals or even just ones that need homes. My heart breaks. Yet, I am an MFS, am halfway through an MFM, and deal with the some of the worst of humanity on a daily basis. I have held a decapitated human head, with absolutely no second thought. But kind of like the saying "there's someone for everyone" it's the same for occupations. </p><p>My vet warned me that this procedure is very bloody. She also warned me about the hammer. So I knew what I was getting myself into. The left side of Klein's face was blocked and she was sedated. That's why she appears to not really care in the video. </p><p>The whole thing took about an hour and a half. Basically, a bone flap was cut so they had access to the sinus and above the tooth with the dead root. The appropriate term for the procedure is "Dental Repulsion of 209 through Maxillary Sinusotomy." There was already a bone response going on where the bone was remodeling where the dead tooth was. Some of that had to come out so that the dead tooth could come out. The dead tooth had six roots too. It was not loose at all either. </p><p>Globs of pus came out of the sinus. I cannot imagine the sinus pressure and headache my poor girl has been dealing with. Through all of this her attitude never changed. Beyond being a little lethargic she never once had any attitude about anything. These types of horses can be in some serious trouble in the wrong hands. If you aren't committed to finding out the actual cause, even though the horse is still just slightly out of sorts and won't refuse anything you ask, you probably don't need a horse like this to be honest. Klein won't quit, if I asked her to go out and jump a course right now, she would. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjVRgxjEg5CrdiUuVWhiepkQq-fi0tml9IWg8bMvVzN39PU-d_rFl0NVjlnqBMpje8t_KvPjvyPYCzFk83Is_d1XgSgt5MH0mcIsgkeG6Ta6HYz3YoQVKhgfUIzYJNgIEj1bHoDFG42MeW/s2048/IMG_5682.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjVRgxjEg5CrdiUuVWhiepkQq-fi0tml9IWg8bMvVzN39PU-d_rFl0NVjlnqBMpje8t_KvPjvyPYCzFk83Is_d1XgSgt5MH0mcIsgkeG6Ta6HYz3YoQVKhgfUIzYJNgIEj1bHoDFG42MeW/s320/IMG_5682.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoR6iB5U17ernFgm55TuPGgX3Pu6aHEWYgefegmrbHJQ81WVbNDyW6ucg17e6WH0zYrJ9iYAnmvTq9JRGKo6844WtHh8QMIJUZTImdEnh6256d1ELhF1bHuv29wsxWMc4iqWgrS57g-lHz/s2048/IMG_5691.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoR6iB5U17ernFgm55TuPGgX3Pu6aHEWYgefegmrbHJQ81WVbNDyW6ucg17e6WH0zYrJ9iYAnmvTq9JRGKo6844WtHh8QMIJUZTImdEnh6256d1ELhF1bHuv29wsxWMc4iqWgrS57g-lHz/s320/IMG_5691.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5xbzajl6-PFNQpHI8gtgVqI2rpcwqrZGOWscNq5OBleKuRKZFjN4ulM1Y4T3IrZkDFIgsQ8KMrFb0hrxB2UMmT7wNSafKi610kUVOXbzcZg9iuLgVRk7w0aubf4U6XuTbW5ZHxEDPwgUL/s2048/IMG_5693.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5xbzajl6-PFNQpHI8gtgVqI2rpcwqrZGOWscNq5OBleKuRKZFjN4ulM1Y4T3IrZkDFIgsQ8KMrFb0hrxB2UMmT7wNSafKi610kUVOXbzcZg9iuLgVRk7w0aubf4U6XuTbW5ZHxEDPwgUL/s320/IMG_5693.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFysWk_iplCcFg08Uy4xCg0iGBQX-6rcPzCka0RS83Yhf3vbGvaBJZmJ6nYXNuLIc-aaMglaeq_4Jufgreb8YZO-u8tREExLmibgtKre5lYKxn0-FeUbDW93lNuyHJV-pxlPoGNgxmFrG/s2048/IMG_5705.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFysWk_iplCcFg08Uy4xCg0iGBQX-6rcPzCka0RS83Yhf3vbGvaBJZmJ6nYXNuLIc-aaMglaeq_4Jufgreb8YZO-u8tREExLmibgtKre5lYKxn0-FeUbDW93lNuyHJV-pxlPoGNgxmFrG/s320/IMG_5705.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvJhsxc9G3HeLaEu7ZfVVDOaJ4XfCXwfTMNFxEpFEf4BgIABci8pgqAi0qClNeQtdypCynl9MTDSPnadKn8Q9yz8TNW1fOb3_1PINgDKE73pBRP-sof7r90B29sulSSElKOD4V_8OagzUh/s2048/IMG_5707.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvJhsxc9G3HeLaEu7ZfVVDOaJ4XfCXwfTMNFxEpFEf4BgIABci8pgqAi0qClNeQtdypCynl9MTDSPnadKn8Q9yz8TNW1fOb3_1PINgDKE73pBRP-sof7r90B29sulSSElKOD4V_8OagzUh/s320/IMG_5707.JPG" /></a></div><p>After the sinus was cleaned a bit and the additional new bone was removed the hammering started to essentially punch out the tooth. They each area of the tooth start to give until it finally came all the way out. It took quite a bit of hammering. You could clearly see the little hole in the tooth too. All of it came out when it let loose from the hammering, so that was great. No little pieces were left, meaning no additional digging, poking, prodding.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx65YLH9aRrz786tzUV_hEUQ5B9pnSqYlpFwcaWMCVJKQIwzeMwyDL3DOssQRmSSb1rPE_w8SrZAvO0JrOPCA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p>After that was out they flushed and cleaned the sinus, put in a medicated putty where the tooth came out, put the bone flap back in place and closed it. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh0k2G7n1UUgKdzW7oIXOJ6aoLM5O-2dgzUeaSdqoudgaXyCba1Cdtw70KTa7BrO0hJVExfLRJKLENztsvcb-STJ-ITb-bsOPehVxcxAsM8y1Fmo-ZUO2gTlVN2G79t__HGxqcCD0K2ZCa/s2048/IMG_5699.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh0k2G7n1UUgKdzW7oIXOJ6aoLM5O-2dgzUeaSdqoudgaXyCba1Cdtw70KTa7BrO0hJVExfLRJKLENztsvcb-STJ-ITb-bsOPehVxcxAsM8y1Fmo-ZUO2gTlVN2G79t__HGxqcCD0K2ZCa/s320/IMG_5699.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQb50b-KB-wmva8vqPXiUoZV4qBVkdXj7vnn8shn_RlAp1IzG-4EGT9ZJA46usyxpnqhJoxnehUuuldu9Dgix2MAVz7Gzh2H856RgfopwkzGWu4j6ECpBpgfZBj0j56UGLP3Q2fVQU4hyX/s2048/IMG_5701.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQb50b-KB-wmva8vqPXiUoZV4qBVkdXj7vnn8shn_RlAp1IzG-4EGT9ZJA46usyxpnqhJoxnehUuuldu9Dgix2MAVz7Gzh2H856RgfopwkzGWu4j6ECpBpgfZBj0j56UGLP3Q2fVQU4hyX/s320/IMG_5701.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Out!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcGyJGa0htyeUoQkZFEheTGTMyjpXtqc5SeXkzV8NDB4u6sV00DCgjkkN-zRLKLng99hKTZb7WXxWzT3njfDZTxYQA8U4gJVrCGTGv1rhwLGPM0u2EVxl-zlMvkZlCpkPHEq5VqaK5HT-R/s2048/IMG_5708.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcGyJGa0htyeUoQkZFEheTGTMyjpXtqc5SeXkzV8NDB4u6sV00DCgjkkN-zRLKLng99hKTZb7WXxWzT3njfDZTxYQA8U4gJVrCGTGv1rhwLGPM0u2EVxl-zlMvkZlCpkPHEq5VqaK5HT-R/s320/IMG_5708.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>Within a few hours she was allowed to have her hay again. I went to see her that evening and took her for a walk and a hand graze. She acted like nothing ever happened. If you didn't see the bandage, you would have no clue what went on just hours before. The putty will fall out on its own once the gum has healed where the tooth came out. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHu4Q2RUihGGeNMzL29N-HqVbIGbch_VFAm9l-uVgxPRnEUAsPRxXbfxz6fdizFF2JBtBwUZgLgbJWGyuh_Gyve6OROSLq-gC9I1yAgpgVjFtK6ZYmH1h4HdJSqF9bUh2Lk6wJz2S2YVO5/s2048/IMG_5723.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHu4Q2RUihGGeNMzL29N-HqVbIGbch_VFAm9l-uVgxPRnEUAsPRxXbfxz6fdizFF2JBtBwUZgLgbJWGyuh_Gyve6OROSLq-gC9I1yAgpgVjFtK6ZYmH1h4HdJSqF9bUh2Lk6wJz2S2YVO5/s320/IMG_5723.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Grazing like nothing ever happened.</p><p>My vet let me know first thing this morning that everything looked great and she had the green light to come home. She will have a follow up I will take her in for on Friday morning, then her staples will come out in two weeks. I can start riding her now as well. Which, will just be long walks for the next couple weeks anyways. She's out of shape, so we'll start back slow. She did gain a little weight while she was on her vacation, so that needs to come off a little bit. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLFTzBfQ8luk4tMitCBBT6BCET9ip4iwSrn_xlocMSQq6eQFwINRnjpxdhfWG9kL-6l-X7ltnNW2wAewFdQLsssjx9Gt9yVahSyoFLqwTrgFaEuzv80Y5RmRYEfmA6uN8BgEZMP_1X7UkN/s2048/IMG_5741.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLFTzBfQ8luk4tMitCBBT6BCET9ip4iwSrn_xlocMSQq6eQFwINRnjpxdhfWG9kL-6l-X7ltnNW2wAewFdQLsssjx9Gt9yVahSyoFLqwTrgFaEuzv80Y5RmRYEfmA6uN8BgEZMP_1X7UkN/s320/IMG_5741.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Unicorn reunion!! I took B on a little field trip this morning's ride anyway, so I just took her with me after we were done with our ride to go get her BFF. She was SO happy to see Klein.</p><p>She has a VERY minor amount of drainage. It is barely noticeable, and it will just continue to fade away. It's already significantly less than when she had the infected snot drainage. I am just so relieved it's over and done. She already seems brighter overall. She even did when I went to visit her yesterday evening. The rest of the recovery seems incredibly easy, so I am thankful for that too. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwuAkxaU3m5_88lmrX16ZGxmAJ8KgeZPF6l-LaedPvtU_hBjhw3WhaffA5WYhxruGN1iXRs8nDWPx3fF2b127KI3mehC1V3a7V7EUrrKlc-cyQ7rs63jG2fj4P7ot7yILxlU0Msn8ziZd/s2048/IMG_5752.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwuAkxaU3m5_88lmrX16ZGxmAJ8KgeZPF6l-LaedPvtU_hBjhw3WhaffA5WYhxruGN1iXRs8nDWPx3fF2b127KI3mehC1V3a7V7EUrrKlc-cyQ7rs63jG2fj4P7ot7yILxlU0Msn8ziZd/s320/IMG_5752.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">My happy girls!</p>The Jumping Percheronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588158783906726626noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892401514337394004.post-4295455433518519792020-11-17T22:41:00.002-05:002020-11-17T22:41:31.851-05:00Back to Normal<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicsyB84UESAm6CzeOQ99hZtfN-10T128GUZYizZGyL5HRUjNk_HOiIIP4Jj_O-sor2N9ID-YZMFn2We46zokixEsopvTTeB-ak5GshmAP-ufm3AXmMkWvg0QBcCBqzKOyontJKgcQEThFw/s1469/IMG_5108.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="1469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicsyB84UESAm6CzeOQ99hZtfN-10T128GUZYizZGyL5HRUjNk_HOiIIP4Jj_O-sor2N9ID-YZMFn2We46zokixEsopvTTeB-ak5GshmAP-ufm3AXmMkWvg0QBcCBqzKOyontJKgcQEThFw/s320/IMG_5108.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>I have been home from my work trip for a few weeks. The Super Mares are so happy to have something to do again. They don't mind a little time off, but after a while they start to get a little bored. They LOVE to work. Both of them. Oddly, even though they are complete opposites when it comes to their breeds, they are both bred to work hard. It shows. Combine that with being mares and you have two workaholics that don't know when to quit.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEfPhjHqcruiuGnFbuHn0c1FZKdm2RbLNzGZXkeLySIEz28ZCegcIUdQBPVy9jyZL7pBCd1999elDlf6yM3f6z9X2NnB4dsJMtI-f_F59jwsW2h57kc0H4WtJNlyoiar6NbqeJaf54Or1q/s2048/IMG_5409.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEfPhjHqcruiuGnFbuHn0c1FZKdm2RbLNzGZXkeLySIEz28ZCegcIUdQBPVy9jyZL7pBCd1999elDlf6yM3f6z9X2NnB4dsJMtI-f_F59jwsW2h57kc0H4WtJNlyoiar6NbqeJaf54Or1q/s320/IMG_5409.JPG" width="320" /></a></p><p>They will both come back to work gradually. Despite the fact that I don't think it's possible for Super B to become unfit, she's going to come back to work gradually, for the sake of prevention. Imagine if you hadn't went to the gym for months and tried to go in and go back to the workload you were at months prior? Same concept.</p><p>Unfortunately, Klein mare has not been herself. A couple weeks before I came home my ponysitter said she was eating, drinking, peeing, pooping fine but just wasn't her normal self. She just couldn't quite identify what it was that was off, and she knows Klein extremely well. She has known her for years and taken care of her many times. She started to seem stiff in the mornings sometimes too, even a little lethargic. Still, she continued on normally as far as appetite, water intake, bathroom habits. Even when B would sass her, she would be like "Look, yeah, I don't feel good, but I still run this place. Step off." She never had a fever either. </p><p>During this time she had a trim and was uncharacteristically lazy about it, leaning on him and just being fidgety. That's not her normal. She also had a bit of a snotty nose with clear snot, but it cleared up and could easily be attributed to the terrible air quality that lingered in the valley for weeks due to all the fires in California. The smoke was THICK in the valley, so thick you couldn't see the mountain behind us that was only about 3 miles away. </p><p>The snot cleared up on its own, still no fever, everything else normal except just not really herself 100%. When I got home I noticed her eyes seemed somewhat puffy, like the horse equivalent of having puffy eyes from a cold. I don't know that anyone else would have really noticed it, I only did because I have had her for 13 years. I know her through and through, and can see subtle things in her. I still couldn't quite figure out what was going on.</p><p>A few days after I came home she had a snotty nose again. This time, it was yellow and had a slight smell to it. By the second day it had an abscess smell to it. It was FOUL. The vet was coming out the next day anyways so she fit her in and took a look. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoIg3_mKjqkiNmVDqz8nsWcHwc1bLdd4hKm1WrfFVcuZAZR3Nz30cPXz4XcjZ3MLPHmGVFn3AJWnfPtHs4hqlcPrJAnajuOskoRZoRVu9omGIXrqoKABCo93KaRLb9LwndW9q_OyDjbo6Q/s2048/IMG_5488.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoIg3_mKjqkiNmVDqz8nsWcHwc1bLdd4hKm1WrfFVcuZAZR3Nz30cPXz4XcjZ3MLPHmGVFn3AJWnfPtHs4hqlcPrJAnajuOskoRZoRVu9omGIXrqoKABCo93KaRLb9LwndW9q_OyDjbo6Q/s320/IMG_5488.JPG" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">The foul smelling snot.</p><p>The snot was only on the left side. She checked her teeth, and examined a few other things. Since she was still mostly normal (appetite, etc...) she did an injection of Excede to see if we could kick whatever was causing the snot. We also did some blood tests which came back showing a mild infection, which we knew, everything else was normal. She said it SHOULD clear within three days. It didn't clear in three days so I picked up another injection of Excede at the vet's direction. She said if that didn't do the trick to bring her in.</p><p>Well, that second injection didn't do the trick. So, we went in for further investigation. The plan was radiographs of her head and a respiratory scope. Radiographs were first and in about 10 seconds the vet identified the problem, a tooth with a small hole in it and a dead root. You could also see all the sinus congestion on the radiograph. She said that tooth had to come out. So, surgery was scheduled for a few days later.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHHRTX9htdXoNUu5MfL55MZHtu4zTgm1C_R_d5dduQ3zGG0OFKKDKiTKHRu4eQxYsBAkUP-RGFvHHQVuZNbUJYMtBnCYGfB1Yv6z5SlPDGCkXvcyfMiEFyaCdYanKsP0NqrA6yeIWv4lY1/s2048/IMG_5586.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHHRTX9htdXoNUu5MfL55MZHtu4zTgm1C_R_d5dduQ3zGG0OFKKDKiTKHRu4eQxYsBAkUP-RGFvHHQVuZNbUJYMtBnCYGfB1Yv6z5SlPDGCkXvcyfMiEFyaCdYanKsP0NqrA6yeIWv4lY1/s320/IMG_5586.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgulq9xZgxUe0RL0Cs1ubadYS4MvDA5rmJwuZAAs6-AqrsZbDPR8R8Ca5lZRmlyPJFNJjzi-kFz1dUokZyMvhjE-m8VAMo_KHkABaUL40bm01wt1L5mDtj82zR-Ys9Iy1ioNow-pbBZwjqY/s2048/IMG_5580.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgulq9xZgxUe0RL0Cs1ubadYS4MvDA5rmJwuZAAs6-AqrsZbDPR8R8Ca5lZRmlyPJFNJjzi-kFz1dUokZyMvhjE-m8VAMo_KHkABaUL40bm01wt1L5mDtj82zR-Ys9Iy1ioNow-pbBZwjqY/s320/IMG_5580.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvrCjUFk8VdWigwY-u40Oe4F8t23Q5x6vlAxDRKGZygBU8i2LHS74rQdFwjFWUg1trlTNIL1PYONvO9ZYnNG3aVhT3doCT_c7E5mTh5bJJNFjdN9nkYfI2xkf2TG9xlL_oUC2jVKIzrgC/s1800/IMG_5588.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvrCjUFk8VdWigwY-u40Oe4F8t23Q5x6vlAxDRKGZygBU8i2LHS74rQdFwjFWUg1trlTNIL1PYONvO9ZYnNG3aVhT3doCT_c7E5mTh5bJJNFjdN9nkYfI2xkf2TG9xlL_oUC2jVKIzrgC/s320/IMG_5588.PNG" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Top radiograph: tooth with the dead root in the square, congested sinus in the circle. Bottom radiograph: right side, normal. Notice the difference in the sinus. The sinus is much more clear, not so opaque with congestion (pus).</p><p>While the surgery was going to be pretty invasive, I was relieved that we had a concrete answer as to what was up with my girl. I absolutely hate seeing her uncomfortable to any degree, and the fact she is so stoic about stuff just makes it worse. It's ok not to be tough ALL the time, Klein mare.</p><p>Meanwhile, Super B has been back to work. We started with long hacks on a loose rein for a week. I got right back on her and it was like I never left. That was a great feeling. I wasn't sure if I would lose some of the training I put on her recently. I feel stupid for even considering that may happen. Of course it wouldn't, she is SO smart, there is no way she would forget anything.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRa540rog2vkNYnVAUzJgt_XlOqVuyzx5JBEMwYQpnRAgkNn4McpaxuASSyoq7cPXcUBhX80EG8tKOmb4nQ-8Ti8n4S1ICmOMy2iD6lC4WTYnc7mI3sknsOTPvUnAiZ-_mcUIklOxbZb3l/s2048/IMG_5128.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRa540rog2vkNYnVAUzJgt_XlOqVuyzx5JBEMwYQpnRAgkNn4McpaxuASSyoq7cPXcUBhX80EG8tKOmb4nQ-8Ti8n4S1ICmOMy2iD6lC4WTYnc7mI3sknsOTPvUnAiZ-_mcUIklOxbZb3l/s320/IMG_5128.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxwLsXloK7e8wIVXqyDlb42aLOA_bZlmYEEcdmhfczjrgKPgSf8dDeGwtn1X-QRpkOmbWOYVDlJMlPJGyJWkp52xWzBwToWr90GQhfth7BwNQiCG1K9TZB3XXFxS_V32sjZ2VfvNWzJYCo/s2001/IMG_5730.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="2001" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxwLsXloK7e8wIVXqyDlb42aLOA_bZlmYEEcdmhfczjrgKPgSf8dDeGwtn1X-QRpkOmbWOYVDlJMlPJGyJWkp52xWzBwToWr90GQhfth7BwNQiCG1K9TZB3XXFxS_V32sjZ2VfvNWzJYCo/s320/IMG_5730.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwpVUlzirgwkJuCMj65APnrT8xGEjubO_SWkJ2OB6iVKZ9XgNHUTsgMD1TaCF8bcAiems5shdmkLCo0WAKGtcHQEAX7X_jk0WLfbpycd73U8bPP1GqiRPXkt9nYafOLLXwDTcXn5iGbF7/s2001/IMG_5731.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="2001" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwpVUlzirgwkJuCMj65APnrT8xGEjubO_SWkJ2OB6iVKZ9XgNHUTsgMD1TaCF8bcAiems5shdmkLCo0WAKGtcHQEAX7X_jk0WLfbpycd73U8bPP1GqiRPXkt9nYafOLLXwDTcXn5iGbF7/s320/IMG_5731.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMZ0oYkSr6hovyXjcSe3eZ_oTopJEp_9uQnJrppeIyCEe6oRZwCCKeroaMQr04zFO9STOia7qtjEQHLwxiF912ZvZmRowYRxfJFm_YzGhNIiEEV7TF9hsK3U_pLj0A32M1f4l7v2ZjXiv/s2001/IMG_5732.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="2001" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMZ0oYkSr6hovyXjcSe3eZ_oTopJEp_9uQnJrppeIyCEe6oRZwCCKeroaMQr04zFO9STOia7qtjEQHLwxiF912ZvZmRowYRxfJFm_YzGhNIiEEV7TF9hsK3U_pLj0A32M1f4l7v2ZjXiv/s320/IMG_5732.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><p>The second week we hacked some hills and did long trots. We added in some slow canters and picked up more contact here and there. On her days off I would still do some stretches with her and walk some ground poles. She is SO happy to be back to work. She hacked out on a long rein on the trails like she goes out every day. She hopped right on the trailer. I didn't expect any less.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvSU4Dqunk-tQtRYFOskWFzDH-2ovu5l67VGiOumtDKVVg01Y1s8Nlf1SBFq6GfoNWw09jQNkaxMAOT2yGC-5ypBWMvzuAhye5BvQNHhPzY_YXg4Z6s_qHlkpBZYM8ONZuT7pENEiFHIVw/s960/124709200_10208725376608719_149582022638748016_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvSU4Dqunk-tQtRYFOskWFzDH-2ovu5l67VGiOumtDKVVg01Y1s8Nlf1SBFq6GfoNWw09jQNkaxMAOT2yGC-5ypBWMvzuAhye5BvQNHhPzY_YXg4Z6s_qHlkpBZYM8ONZuT7pENEiFHIVw/s320/124709200_10208725376608719_149582022638748016_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimY2EYEAScT5wZAoM9VAm49YckMF0TOdB23q1hT4GxTOjDeGoy-NOJBCrsnkjbAI4sLTBxt7FARfucrxTtd7yzZ43_PZ6I2OTSrCpbN-9pjrvHTSbwXm6HU-NLIpoS7fOgu_RIwOj-eW6Q/s960/125405855_10208737804319404_1604873772035763676_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimY2EYEAScT5wZAoM9VAm49YckMF0TOdB23q1hT4GxTOjDeGoy-NOJBCrsnkjbAI4sLTBxt7FARfucrxTtd7yzZ43_PZ6I2OTSrCpbN-9pjrvHTSbwXm6HU-NLIpoS7fOgu_RIwOj-eW6Q/s320/125405855_10208737804319404_1604873772035763676_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Racing our shadow.</p><p>I can't wait to get Klein back to work, I know she's ready too. I feel bad she sees me leave with B. Klein LOVES to go out and about. But, she needs to be 100% too. </p><p>Both of the girls have had chiro adjustments and PEMF treatment since I've been home. Just all part of the plan of getting them back to work. They had great reports from the chiro, and they absolutely LOVED their PEMF.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhHJCHIuN03v81XL1PiH8DS1jgfWM_Zi2FiZAqz7NnhIocs-eOMh1VU5BqDbI7Gnhqw4sPZt0UlQYwrxt6ka0ZfPl8dN353Dd4erEQSOqixY-MfPFobrB5sfm1umwXU6s4H7dvffZBFwIv/s2048/IMG_5369.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhHJCHIuN03v81XL1PiH8DS1jgfWM_Zi2FiZAqz7NnhIocs-eOMh1VU5BqDbI7Gnhqw4sPZt0UlQYwrxt6ka0ZfPl8dN353Dd4erEQSOqixY-MfPFobrB5sfm1umwXU6s4H7dvffZBFwIv/s320/IMG_5369.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnDYA2XlhPetwKu1k1H4JrGcDNcOw1K0r_clXWpWqEoCKYlxSpxn3Lpt7sE-ToG_h9dlvAT2YNVMz8VAfbqt1wmtIzQxG73OgzbRhnstSgWUdhracegTpD9Xm3Ct7UdiO9tpeMKDaL-vxs/s2048/IMG_5379.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnDYA2XlhPetwKu1k1H4JrGcDNcOw1K0r_clXWpWqEoCKYlxSpxn3Lpt7sE-ToG_h9dlvAT2YNVMz8VAfbqt1wmtIzQxG73OgzbRhnstSgWUdhracegTpD9Xm3Ct7UdiO9tpeMKDaL-vxs/s320/IMG_5379.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcAcqDuKBV5dDV7R0U3ojNRqf8T8CECPy-6WqcZZBMzWgdYntAco5AiWvhIFEvCHOXHUO8vEU6fLncB-Q64wy-xVTB3RYRfpCfedk3CIifpz6_GCFOZ1BDmQBQZRQkqYVhGY-CQq1zF9Q2/s2048/IMG_5402.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcAcqDuKBV5dDV7R0U3ojNRqf8T8CECPy-6WqcZZBMzWgdYntAco5AiWvhIFEvCHOXHUO8vEU6fLncB-Q64wy-xVTB3RYRfpCfedk3CIifpz6_GCFOZ1BDmQBQZRQkqYVhGY-CQq1zF9Q2/s320/IMG_5402.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Super B finding her zen.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_jFxIS6FqgcduhgKQRK_KD0YQv4liJCTlt9rztMBwpCbxjObeobzaSZAgFFNAl1lFy8C6vxo9ieNorrRWLdgWdEr7FPsdwMiq-hRtSBupkJApypGRcUivmkjDxN5Q8ERFUExoQ5j9lFee/s960/124558024_10208723586963979_8161390304125031100_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_jFxIS6FqgcduhgKQRK_KD0YQv4liJCTlt9rztMBwpCbxjObeobzaSZAgFFNAl1lFy8C6vxo9ieNorrRWLdgWdEr7FPsdwMiq-hRtSBupkJApypGRcUivmkjDxN5Q8ERFUExoQ5j9lFee/s320/124558024_10208723586963979_8161390304125031100_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Klein mare enjoying her PEMF.</p><p>Klein had her surgery this morning, and it went well. The next post will be the full details on it.</p>The Jumping Percheronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588158783906726626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892401514337394004.post-21801205811825128572020-10-11T04:07:00.004-04:002020-10-11T04:07:39.839-04:00Horses From the Other Side of the World<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs1OpudbVQxbUxVyY7EEjRKX2YO_FsUw55XNs8WmitdgVjAh0WTivYuX7Bq7lf-fKUkHRWBz7VrM0whxDEimRhBcI1wOO4Ev0gDgS9kNSrmbZrvd-jIGrFSsKXXg2HCoUSCXtg8el-TkA9/s2048/IMG_3961.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs1OpudbVQxbUxVyY7EEjRKX2YO_FsUw55XNs8WmitdgVjAh0WTivYuX7Bq7lf-fKUkHRWBz7VrM0whxDEimRhBcI1wOO4Ev0gDgS9kNSrmbZrvd-jIGrFSsKXXg2HCoUSCXtg8el-TkA9/s320/IMG_3961.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I have now spent about four months watching horse racing on the other side of the world for hours on end every day. I have a tv in my office and have it on as background noise most days since I figured out there is a channel that plays nothing but Thoroughbred racing, Arabian racing, dressage, showjumping, Arabian horse breed shows, race horse sales, racing stallion parades, and camel racing. It cycles through tracks from around the world, including tracks in the U.S. on some days, but the U.S. tracks are definitely the minority on this channel. A lot of the racing is from England, Ireland, Singapore, and the UAE. <div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxPOyvHXG_xSJQoutxkB3PX6KV5zWrUYGDcv37VKhGVxuS8KAKpoMnfXxvVPxGYhePIzI6CxERwNIPVJB-By-OsTXMnIyU_KcWpZTAU9MxPMvuN1SsaA3aLX22ygx10GWYCYkYonGElHfj/s2048/IMG_4155.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxPOyvHXG_xSJQoutxkB3PX6KV5zWrUYGDcv37VKhGVxuS8KAKpoMnfXxvVPxGYhePIzI6CxERwNIPVJB-By-OsTXMnIyU_KcWpZTAU9MxPMvuN1SsaA3aLX22ygx10GWYCYkYonGElHfj/s320/IMG_4155.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3-rx2m3RpWaEHbL-8QX4lv4TV4pND1u0AH8Aiy8AietBKTWqaW-jDepy1QNZyri0layt4SLfvAZBuJI1zMgM_Vk_sRS5-GSAY3tIn46untTNW7GGpax45XKq-mbTehQCKRM_yL7ymDRQA/s2048/IMG_3851.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3-rx2m3RpWaEHbL-8QX4lv4TV4pND1u0AH8Aiy8AietBKTWqaW-jDepy1QNZyri0layt4SLfvAZBuJI1zMgM_Vk_sRS5-GSAY3tIn46untTNW7GGpax45XKq-mbTehQCKRM_yL7ymDRQA/s320/IMG_3851.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-EBv5IneWC5JGG2tmCjiuoVRGelMrHiZe2TPyHODuJaW81SNCKZUHn-ZhIGDc16iPWE8Dv2T1igY1Ac8zSpgjWQsuHkR0MzsY2qcQJCsJFO8kFPE1Cl0RDQUI_b0WB2Y-WHfmIjls6Tz/s2048/IMG_3958.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-EBv5IneWC5JGG2tmCjiuoVRGelMrHiZe2TPyHODuJaW81SNCKZUHn-ZhIGDc16iPWE8Dv2T1igY1Ac8zSpgjWQsuHkR0MzsY2qcQJCsJFO8kFPE1Cl0RDQUI_b0WB2Y-WHfmIjls6Tz/s320/IMG_3958.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXzTNCeHCPXPwg310Npqjzxp9KMCH9LXFz1XzV2VhuPXcAggxQmLBTBC9ivnlZJL5N5Bn-EnW2skhGh-DKgh15FCUMEhZZhSsd6-0V9nlHs6z9dOreoawmP8bdiEJMqtKxb3yqOHuuP-3/s2048/IMG_4165.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXzTNCeHCPXPwg310Npqjzxp9KMCH9LXFz1XzV2VhuPXcAggxQmLBTBC9ivnlZJL5N5Bn-EnW2skhGh-DKgh15FCUMEhZZhSsd6-0V9nlHs6z9dOreoawmP8bdiEJMqtKxb3yqOHuuP-3/s320/IMG_4165.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Last time I was in UAE, I was there in the racing season, the winter. I went to the Dubai World Cup and the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club. This time, obviously, there were restrictions in place and it was the off season, the summer. It is just too hot in the UAE for live racing of any type. With the heat and humidity combined, some days it would be 140 degrees out. However, the dressage and jumpers still work and compete because they have large indoor, air conditioned facilities, and they are quite impressive.
So, if I can't ride, and I can't go see horses in person somewhere downtown due to COVID restrictions, the next best thing is to watch them on tv, right? </div><div><br /></div><div>There are some things I have noticed about the racing in other parts of the world versus racing in the U.S. The horses race in both directions. The tracks have undulating terrain. Why don't we have that in the U.S.? I also watched a really cool documentary about Godolphin's training barn in Australia and their baby starting program.
Dubai in particular has a track called Jebel Ali. There are a few tracks in Dubai. The one I went to for the World Cup was flat, but Jebel Ali has a MASSIVE hill the horses run up to the finish. It's impressive. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fyfUmkDsrWWZyFEQKQVoSL-E8mfp2mDVhanK2QU1njHq38qJmw1iRTtli8D-BlWQAgLlVwKXv2Eg6vZUNcBZUHV-u0JFyg4sTHjhDDx88V1eprH8bLN5VINlgUhE5F39AzVBsy_OsLcx/s540/jebelali2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fyfUmkDsrWWZyFEQKQVoSL-E8mfp2mDVhanK2QU1njHq38qJmw1iRTtli8D-BlWQAgLlVwKXv2Eg6vZUNcBZUHV-u0JFyg4sTHjhDDx88V1eprH8bLN5VINlgUhE5F39AzVBsy_OsLcx/s320/jebelali2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcv6-VbkT6Trb7zg5vaevNFt2pEBRO2AdmcH3rCF9BHM9fewP8ixmqm2KjN0O9r-zjUiHLvoN45GSeg69pU-J_w_73oYTr_3yMtLdWO9B3h14cs1rgdSYyaMbH4l6sWBZYbrJXJ7YXxqRt/s482/jebelali1.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="321" data-original-width="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcv6-VbkT6Trb7zg5vaevNFt2pEBRO2AdmcH3rCF9BHM9fewP8ixmqm2KjN0O9r-zjUiHLvoN45GSeg69pU-J_w_73oYTr_3yMtLdWO9B3h14cs1rgdSYyaMbH4l6sWBZYbrJXJ7YXxqRt/s320/jebelali1.gif" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>These past few months have made it clear why imported race horses seem to hold up better than ours.
I have always heard about how Ireland's race training, how it does involve galloping hills a lot and taking them out on varying terrain, so they're not always on a prepared surface. They just seem much smarter about it than we do. <div><br /></div><div> Dubai Racing frequently plays a tribute to the late Shamardal as well.<div><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JPjfEiRiyL4" width="560"></iframe> </div><div><br /></div><div> Here is a short video from one of the sales I watched last month:
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7PB1f2Ris7g" width="560"></iframe> </div><div> They also do a "Where are they now?" that features well known retired race horses in their new homes.
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I also found this in a gift shop here, so of course I had to have it:</div></div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMItj-P1TFeuC0dGRuT8ytCR4-r-moa8PlHk-4-sM-5gMQ_ErkV-FQVpEaGnuw2p0MssT3Y-nsA8eVVaP58S-_o04UaX1bGip2T5OEY6YOv5BmdZEWxPPc9w12YEjazTR0r_GIuZQFxX9d/s2048/IMG_3804.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMItj-P1TFeuC0dGRuT8ytCR4-r-moa8PlHk-4-sM-5gMQ_ErkV-FQVpEaGnuw2p0MssT3Y-nsA8eVVaP58S-_o04UaX1bGip2T5OEY6YOv5BmdZEWxPPc9w12YEjazTR0r_GIuZQFxX9d/s320/IMG_3804.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It's time to go home. I'm starting to smell horses randomly, and the other night I saw the running lights on top of a bus go by over a building and thought it was running lights on a horse trailer for some reason. Clearly my mind is trying to tell me something. It really is a mental game when you're away for months. You just have to try to not dwell on what you're missing and just look at the work ahead.</div></div>The Jumping Percheronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588158783906726626noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892401514337394004.post-30699416892162381022020-09-27T02:23:00.002-04:002020-09-27T02:23:14.568-04:00Plantation Field and the Disrespect of Private Property Owners<div style="text-align: left;"> The Plantation Field Horse Trials fallout continues. In case you're not up on the drama, recently it was announced that the Plantation Field Horse Trials would no longer be running after their international event last weekend. Here is why:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2cf_ceMesb7t6FYsMDa_OoG8vAlk1TrnLXY4dafSkW3xI77YY86xxstyf-q59ID13PSlWL2LhO87rDU6YC7Yfk3mApmWKisPr-_CWbVxtjpaCZt59kNpfO5TysvQbwIDIMUXIUHIW0t6y/s1116/pf1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="493" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2cf_ceMesb7t6FYsMDa_OoG8vAlk1TrnLXY4dafSkW3xI77YY86xxstyf-q59ID13PSlWL2LhO87rDU6YC7Yfk3mApmWKisPr-_CWbVxtjpaCZt59kNpfO5TysvQbwIDIMUXIUHIW0t6y/s16000/pf1.PNG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here is the Eventing Nation article: <a href="https://eventingnation.com/the-problem-with-plantation/?fbclid=IwAR2YfQE3NYyAYmjWDCNw23Dgi94tqlBA5-wajmGXt4xQgZACUdUqTsTdC74">The Problem With 'Plantation'</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">An article from the New York Times: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/21/sports/horse-racing/eventing-equestrian-name-change.html">Estate's Racially Divisive Name Threatens Future of Premier Equestrian Event</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The shockwave went around the eventing community several times. People are pointing fingers in every direction. Some on the side of the owner, others calling the owner immature for refusing to "just change the name." A few upper level pros have spoken out, but the majority of them have stayed silent, at least publicly. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Now, the latest development is that Boyd Martin has made a post asking Eventing Nation to not mention him in their articles, or post pictures of him. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQVZ4bES_ElXV2CU8Crc0xbAQi7sTd2571yDUnF4hjzgwFheQuYlx4hZ0ObOkgApuomhRvm-bI1yOFG6nPEPyAd3ZEPoINrmpeVu4C5di8YTNtsBRV2OzxUaPMNsNBMn4hyphenhyphenmh0faHnbJQg/s490/BMpost.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="151" data-original-width="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQVZ4bES_ElXV2CU8Crc0xbAQi7sTd2571yDUnF4hjzgwFheQuYlx4hZ0ObOkgApuomhRvm-bI1yOFG6nPEPyAd3ZEPoINrmpeVu4C5di8YTNtsBRV2OzxUaPMNsNBMn4hyphenhyphenmh0faHnbJQg/s16000/BMpost.PNG" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Again, the comment section is going crazy with people siding with Boyd, and others making it known that they're going to unfollow him immediately. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />The thing is, Cuyler Walker is a private land owner. All these people bashing him with their sense of entitlement to HIS land are wrong. I have seen a few people making a comparison to the Kentucky event being changed from Rolex Kentucky to Land Rover Kentucky. That is not even close in comparison. The Kentucky Horse Park is owned by THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY aka in no way, shape or form, a private party. It is also staffed by a number of full time state employees. <br />You're also talking about actual legal contracts and sponsorship. That is not the same as a private land owner leasing some of their land. These two situations could not be more opposite. So the people that can't understand that, well, good luck to you. There's really no getting through to them. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Cuyler Walker can do whatever he wants and feel however he wants about HIS private land. It doesn't matter how mad or "woke" you are. It's a fact. There is family history in the reason that piece of property is named Plantation Field. It has to do with a Boy Scout project 80 years ago. Clearly that name has significance to his family. Who is everyone else to tell him it's unacceptable? Who are they to tell him his family's reason is invalid because of their feelings? Their being those that don't own that land and have no say in what happens to it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />While there have been some articles from POC that say that the name bothers them, there are also articles out there from POC saying it doesn't bother them and they are pissed that a great event has been taken from them. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />What about all the upper level pros that still competed last weekend? What do those of you that are so pissed about what this private land owner is doing with his own land have to say about that? Are you still going to support them? Even though they still went and competed at a venue with this awful name? And don't use the excuse of qualifying competitions, or that they already paid their entry fees. What's more important to you? If they really cared, wouldn't they have just not went? But I bet that most of you will still be finding yourselves taking lessons and clinics with these individuals. Because that's what you do, you post on social media to be cool and trendy but won't back it up with action when it comes down to it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Anyone that has that big of a problem better not be caught in lessons, clinics, or boarding with those that continued to compete at Plantation last weekend. Or, if that is you, I'd love to know why you will continue to support them. Maybe because it was a personal decision that was their own? Guess what, so is Cuyler Walker's personal decision to do whatever he wants with his personal property. Also, what about their silence? Isn't silence compliance? Aren't you pissed they're not speaking up like you think they should?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Though not for the same reason, do you all remember with Longwood shut their doors to the public? They got absolutely roasted all over the internet. Why? Because so many people felt entitled to use their land. Guess what? Private property that doesn't need your business or money. I don't understand why people feel so entitled to others' property. Get over yourselves. That was quite a while ago, and guess what, Longwood is doing just fine, Joe Watkins certainly didn't lose any sleep over it.<br />If you don't like the name, you could have just not went. It's pretty easy. You don't like the name, don't enter events there. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Guess what? I work with victims of some of the most horrifying and personally violating crimes you could possibly imagine. That is no exaggeration. These victims have endured the type of things that your worst nightmares are made up of. Some of them have taken their lives over it. Almost all of them know the name of the offender or offenders that comitted these acts against them. Do they protest and throw a huge fit to have that name stricken from existence? They sure don't. Do they avoid every speaking to anyone with the same name of their offender? No, they don't, or none that I have worked with have, there may be some that do avoid people with the same name. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />I'm not trying to minimize the hurt or offense that some are caused by the word Plantation but, where is the line? </div><div><br /></div>The Jumping Percheronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588158783906726626noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892401514337394004.post-12749199016158504862020-09-19T06:00:00.001-04:002020-09-19T06:00:06.166-04:00Trailer Maintenance: Mandatory Fun<p style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvCGGu6cf-PuP21z5OmsALsoj5N8BwvspV8Ufg0oxn-dZra8kwLhUYOwMQtOkKahK1CJM2hF9CgIYZCvXukJYxd9b2O8t2Oxd-Z1vTmJl3ZWUYJZbiWEjCCN4GxEbOunPmuNWB2WjkSU3/s2048/IMG_3296.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvCGGu6cf-PuP21z5OmsALsoj5N8BwvspV8Ufg0oxn-dZra8kwLhUYOwMQtOkKahK1CJM2hF9CgIYZCvXukJYxd9b2O8t2Oxd-Z1vTmJl3ZWUYJZbiWEjCCN4GxEbOunPmuNWB2WjkSU3/w400-h300/IMG_3296.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All sparkly and clean coming out of the truck wash.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p></p><p>A big part of having a trailer, is trailer maintenance. It’s not the most fun thing in the world, but it’s a requirement to ensure the safety of the horses. It’s something that can easily be put off, and shouldn’t be. Aside from just taking care of your trailer in general (cleaning/greasing), annual maintenance should be a priority. Not only does it service the parts that needs continuing regular maintenance (brakes/bearings) but it also serves as a thorough inspection of the trailer. It’s possible for the techs working on it to spot an issue before it gets worse.</p><p>Before I left for my work trip I had the annual maintenance done on mine. The brakes/axles were inspected, bearings packed/greased, and it got a once over. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-rfuziPpmbXufktUl8UUqkx6_iJ32_F_xiReRgnutIsv-2Nl9uYmjY1uG7FfpMfO8zOT26oYhf_cO3ApRXSiU8vU7ZJFvwLhOKSzDkXZ6ODQgHTKmjDvYAy79MJXyIHShiCLmQxShUFZ/s2048/IMG_2745.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-rfuziPpmbXufktUl8UUqkx6_iJ32_F_xiReRgnutIsv-2Nl9uYmjY1uG7FfpMfO8zOT26oYhf_cO3ApRXSiU8vU7ZJFvwLhOKSzDkXZ6ODQgHTKmjDvYAy79MJXyIHShiCLmQxShUFZ/w400-h300/IMG_2745.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><p>I don’t expect any issues out of my current trailer, but you never know. I have had great luck with Sundowner. My previous trailer was a Sundowner too and it was a GREAT trailer. My current trailer is living up to that reputation as well. I bought my new trailer new in 2017. Part of why I did this is because I will know its history from the start. I will know it was taken care of a serviced on a regular schedule.</p><p>I also greased all the locks, latches, and springs. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAEVJ4gFMyaXaXm6C1E6vXlqbXN0R-elSed63Lq58A9_mIpbarNrXNkgve4ytNeq8FOWN18EwC2139He3_xuoGe1ZnFHKh9wFtW0Q3DaLoNMIdMmKV3qjGXwc4aohgt72OEUhuZ3H4xjE_/s2048/IMG_2947.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAEVJ4gFMyaXaXm6C1E6vXlqbXN0R-elSed63Lq58A9_mIpbarNrXNkgve4ytNeq8FOWN18EwC2139He3_xuoGe1ZnFHKh9wFtW0Q3DaLoNMIdMmKV3qjGXwc4aohgt72OEUhuZ3H4xjE_/w400-h300/IMG_2947.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some hinges have grease ports, some don't.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4P3BjJD8phKZSfLFUr79eywdbKfTlCZsWKuIoj9Z0U5k8X7fC4z6w3HRjxzLtGjDJJwEIC-wbX8wuoahmodIpnzmokwXELDBtUNp8312hPQLM0O05Ze6eik6zoS9oNzFYLW1rb9SpDkw/s2048/IMG_2950.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4P3BjJD8phKZSfLFUr79eywdbKfTlCZsWKuIoj9Z0U5k8X7fC4z6w3HRjxzLtGjDJJwEIC-wbX8wuoahmodIpnzmokwXELDBtUNp8312hPQLM0O05Ze6eik6zoS9oNzFYLW1rb9SpDkw/w400-h300/IMG_2950.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can use the grease ports on the jack, or you can take the top off and hand grease it.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbt73Q1B8zAyliBP9qHHCd6ilu85sa2dz7Ee2fFCImFIe3LrxyON-F6Q6oay2gSJf2EPSBKwXGADSoZtFh7zaLGegZwLeG06MzgGo91ZJC3hNM_dS-B5OyR5r0hWZ6Z133pDi4hH3LKjD/s2001/IMG_2952.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="2001" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbt73Q1B8zAyliBP9qHHCd6ilu85sa2dz7Ee2fFCImFIe3LrxyON-F6Q6oay2gSJf2EPSBKwXGADSoZtFh7zaLGegZwLeG06MzgGo91ZJC3hNM_dS-B5OyR5r0hWZ6Z133pDi4hH3LKjD/w400-h225/IMG_2952.PNG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using white lithium grease for the hinges that don't have grease ports.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFaL-y5587a74szxgJctDy8xpuLacNLKFseYTfANY2vcVvdZlLZ8aqJ138qzd25puWujDrNadaPU_jNyfN43smC1ipBHZriWdYYjleCKyK1zw-QYuiCL-XCNKJYZU5gLYBId97zaEOJ1Nk/s2001/IMG_2954.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="2001" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFaL-y5587a74szxgJctDy8xpuLacNLKFseYTfANY2vcVvdZlLZ8aqJ138qzd25puWujDrNadaPU_jNyfN43smC1ipBHZriWdYYjleCKyK1zw-QYuiCL-XCNKJYZU5gLYBId97zaEOJ1Nk/w400-h225/IMG_2954.PNG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Be careful not to over grease, it can actually just attract more dirt and cause issues.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrJ0FfzFoG4woKCm9pYe6L2R3X85h218aI4mkkv4as7tIw4VipTFyIefOnhXkoyAWppZnESa2aMEdq17VTIE7BMfoI4QtgMT8v4SRROFEBijP5KVhq0VoB4EWbDfKFWFa8t2nTX23KAocQ/s4032/IMG_2951.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrJ0FfzFoG4woKCm9pYe6L2R3X85h218aI4mkkv4as7tIw4VipTFyIefOnhXkoyAWppZnESa2aMEdq17VTIE7BMfoI4QtgMT8v4SRROFEBijP5KVhq0VoB4EWbDfKFWFa8t2nTX23KAocQ/w400-h300/IMG_2951.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The two types of grease I used. If you have a trailer now, you better know what Moly Grease is because you had better be greasing your hitch/coupling at regular intervals. I always have Moly Grease on hand in the truck/trailer.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Other half did me a huge favor and power washed the inside of it. Some truck washes will do it for you if it's empty of all shavings, etc... But some won't. Blue Beacon here will not. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTkeJX2pEMrhpAQoQxQYVUxnoYfWg2cWnPKxxWY4Dm0BbO63fQHue-_KLIm5zMol4kLv4XgS00L0AI2blaz-qES25T8IreQUUKy_O8UHC03Q0lEtubTCRmdc0t3hF1bX-A20NQaHP_BN7H/s2048/IMG_2300.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTkeJX2pEMrhpAQoQxQYVUxnoYfWg2cWnPKxxWY4Dm0BbO63fQHue-_KLIm5zMol4kLv4XgS00L0AI2blaz-qES25T8IreQUUKy_O8UHC03Q0lEtubTCRmdc0t3hF1bX-A20NQaHP_BN7H/w400-h300/IMG_2300.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><p>I took everything out of my tack room and organized it. Pulled the mats and scrubbed them, and vacuumed. The trailer usually gets this type of spa treatment on regular intervals but this time was also in preparation for me to be gone for a few months on a work trip.</p><p>This was when I come back it’s ready to go. My truck is being started regularly too, even though it’s not being drive. When I get back I’ll still get an oil change and then we’ll be ready to hit the road for some adventures.</p><p>Doing what you can on your own will also help you familiarize yourself with how things work and give you the ability to recognize if something isn’t right, just like with horses. So, being afraid to do some maintenance is bad. I've sadly seen people who even think it's cute to have someone else to haul their horses around and say how it's that person's "job" and they will be willfully ignorant about the process. Ok, well maybe it is their "job", but that is still no excuse not to familiarize yourself with equipment that involves YOUR horses. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg69ShXAC0bRU03dZ5yPWkMfa1iLJDXjlNxBFCu37jrLKHl1tZ9mnuGfV7Mx_cNfX82ZkPwySNhCFHwbaYIcA6KBBzYslWk-e1o2w3iADvRzHNKMvbYWy_zNkcF34BNK_Vp7RzmjuvkFCxI/s2001/IMG_2957.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="2001" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg69ShXAC0bRU03dZ5yPWkMfa1iLJDXjlNxBFCu37jrLKHl1tZ9mnuGfV7Mx_cNfX82ZkPwySNhCFHwbaYIcA6KBBzYslWk-e1o2w3iADvRzHNKMvbYWy_zNkcF34BNK_Vp7RzmjuvkFCxI/w400-h225/IMG_2957.PNG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Checking fluids, etc on The Beast. KNOW WHAT IS NORMAL.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Even if your friend/trainer usually hauls you because you don't have a trailer, you really should learn what you can. What if there is an emergency and that person is unavailable for some reason? You HAVE to be able to help yourself. Doing small things like this is where it starts. Know your equipment's normal. Even if it is your friend or trainer's equipment, if your horse is in it frequently, make yourself useful. Know how to change a flat on a trailer, know how to break lugs, know how to tighten lugs in the proper pattern, know the normal squeaks, clicks, bounces, etc... with the truck and trailer. Know what the normal running temp is on your truck when you're hauling. Know how to adjust the brake controller, remember to check your fluids regularly. Know what oil you use in your truck. Things like this can help you spot a potential issue before it becomes a catastrophe. I get it, some things just cannot be avoided, but some absolutely can. Being uneducated isn't cute, it's not funny, it's dangerous.</p>The Jumping Percheronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588158783906726626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892401514337394004.post-60371298761827162572020-09-12T03:10:00.001-04:002020-09-12T03:10:00.702-04:00Preparation Is Key: Leaving Your Horses For Months<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTt5iLPkfYEVz8ObreAWQwfFxDgqm1ZoOGLPUUjiYLMFd7h6BOMjYHYHQAOIZ8zArCTSQucK2tGV0EqMYQASD14IMvVPSMBNSxuPL9WdumBdtd13XlO46PGqEaLMdLRXxGCsERLpT3G_MR/s2048/IMG_3998.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTt5iLPkfYEVz8ObreAWQwfFxDgqm1ZoOGLPUUjiYLMFd7h6BOMjYHYHQAOIZ8zArCTSQucK2tGV0EqMYQASD14IMvVPSMBNSxuPL9WdumBdtd13XlO46PGqEaLMdLRXxGCsERLpT3G_MR/w400-h300/IMG_3998.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>What do I do to get ready to be away for months is another common question I’m asked. This is more concerning the Super Mares, and not things like my truck and trailer. The most important thing is to have someone you trust to look after your horses. Too many times I have seen horror stories after someone left their horse or horses with someone they didn’t know for that long, or personally did not know but was just recommended to them.</p><p>An authorized agent is something you need to have in place. That is someone authorized to make medical decisions on your behalf while you’re away. Some vets have their own form you can sign that authorizes that person, others require a Power of Attorney to do it. Either way, do it and make sure your Authorized Agent’s contact information is included in the file. This guarantees that if for some reason the vet is not able to get a hold of you, there is someone in the local area they can speak with regarding medical care if needed. I don’t care if you are even just one state away and not on the other side of the world, you need to have this in place. I have two, obviously The Other Half, and then my friend that is taking care of them. I recommend you have one in your file even when you’re not gone. You just never know. What if something were to happen while you’re in an area with no cell service one day? </p><p>I also always have a card on file with the vet. I imagine most of you do, some practices require it, but if you don’t, that’s something else you should seriously consider.</p><p>Have that hard talk with your Authorized Agent(s) (and your caretaker if they are not the same person) of what your threshold is if serious illness or injury were to occur. Let them know your limits financially and ethically. This can be a hard conversation to have, but it needs to happen because it will be much worse of a conversation to have in the middle of an emergency. I am very fortunate in that my friend and I are on the same page. </p><p>Tell your equine professionals (farrier, chiro, etc…) that you’re leaving as well and who will be caring for your horses. This way they know who to contact if appointments need to be changed, or if your caretaker needs a random appointment for something like a thrown shoe.</p><p>Change your autoships if you need to. It may be easier to just have things like treats, fly spray, SmartPaks go directly to your caretaker. Amazon is your friend too.</p><p>Make sure your First Aid Kit is stocked up. That way your horse or horses have supplies if they need it and no one is running around looking for things that aren’t there. Ask your caretaker where they would like it to be kept, that way they know exactly where it is.</p><p>I also left the keys to my truck and trailer with my friend. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyNJsm1wr39kXExGhXChcyBZVr64ubcD4IIp9zyK8XPznmg_u6QvgF4cKk4lRFwghLQTCGGcpTlLIbI3Cqcowp47SoSmYsXQYBHP7GW7_pVq_CINWJr5kuvEdN7bLuyupYOB3LrkejANUK/s2048/IMG_3298.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyNJsm1wr39kXExGhXChcyBZVr64ubcD4IIp9zyK8XPznmg_u6QvgF4cKk4lRFwghLQTCGGcpTlLIbI3Cqcowp47SoSmYsXQYBHP7GW7_pVq_CINWJr5kuvEdN7bLuyupYOB3LrkejANUK/w400-h300/IMG_3298.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Truck and trailer spotless and prepped to take a break.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>An app like <a href="https://www.marcopolo.me/">Marco Polo</a> is amazing while you’re away. The beautiful thing about Marco Polo, if you are unfamiliar with it, is that you will always receive the videos. It’s a video text app, but it can also do live videos if you are watching it while someone is messaging you. This is super helpful because the videos don’t take up space on your phone. You don’t have to worry about the quality or if they are too big for a text message, etc… This way you can see your horse or be present for things like vet visits, even though you can’t be physically present. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOen146V_p5Ukw5AcW3YdrWU7xzwZPhGt07_Xn1ffctRmPUbg6yXTcjOnh-HRyNKRMg7nrIBnn6BvcTzcPrB3Ac05Tx7Fkby03gAnozxGXHX9LZnxKOY4hp8-HCPQFvWueKIqcltzZxi2K/s1477/IMG_E3801.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1477" data-original-width="1125" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOen146V_p5Ukw5AcW3YdrWU7xzwZPhGt07_Xn1ffctRmPUbg6yXTcjOnh-HRyNKRMg7nrIBnn6BvcTzcPrB3Ac05Tx7Fkby03gAnozxGXHX9LZnxKOY4hp8-HCPQFvWueKIqcltzZxi2K/w305-h400/IMG_E3801.JPG" width="305" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Super B noticing that gorgeous mare looking back at her on the phone.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>My friend also has multiple ways of reaching me if she needs to. It’s not as easy as just calling my phone right now. If this means you get a <a href="https://voice.google.com/">Google Voice</a> number, <a href="https://www.whatsapp.com/?lang=en">WhatsApp</a>, etc… then do it. </p><p>Have <a href="https://www.zellepay.com/">Zelle</a>, <a href="https://www.paypal.com/">PayPal</a>, <a href="https://venmo.com/?gclsrc=aw.ds">Venmo</a> or something similar set up in case unforeseen issues arise or extra supplies are needed for whatever reason. These apps make sending money quick and easy. For example, Klein recently broke something in her paddock, I told my friend to let me know what I owe her to get it fixed and I’ll Zelle her immediately. </p><p>Have your grooming supplies stocked. That way there is plenty of shampoo, conditioner, etc... </p><p>I had all of their sheets, saddle pads, and wraps professionally laundered and bagged up neatly before I left. All of my tack was deep cleaned and prepped to sit for months (appropriate covers, bags, etc…).</p><p>These are just some ideas, I would say veterinary care planning is without a doubt the most important. </p><p>Then...off you go. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI11NyvAR8_ijlVLdCPTW7j81HzNA-1YBW40gX2JdkcnpOdwNqEqJuOcARHOVB50XFmy4RNaFEdACcXGuzKHA6FhbQ7OJY6jm6k0z4lGrbzDwcpEa3fHF3K8eZdqk_kLQ28D3QPI3J3hZ5/s2048/IMG_3346.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI11NyvAR8_ijlVLdCPTW7j81HzNA-1YBW40gX2JdkcnpOdwNqEqJuOcARHOVB50XFmy4RNaFEdACcXGuzKHA6FhbQ7OJY6jm6k0z4lGrbzDwcpEa3fHF3K8eZdqk_kLQ28D3QPI3J3hZ5/w400-h300/IMG_3346.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgblE7DmIILUzfvhNEG01QrPV3XxN8rVs2BVgYVCzVwfOU3wFMfySfmwcdNVvm0Rj-YHpmzduefLxLhuDxLFH5grF1S3jY1AbORhBnpZb5PqkCyiqTuCq1sOJ8AABBgoz9xgUEDvIHE1mqT/s2048/IMG_3336.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgblE7DmIILUzfvhNEG01QrPV3XxN8rVs2BVgYVCzVwfOU3wFMfySfmwcdNVvm0Rj-YHpmzduefLxLhuDxLFH5grF1S3jY1AbORhBnpZb5PqkCyiqTuCq1sOJ8AABBgoz9xgUEDvIHE1mqT/w400-h300/IMG_3336.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><p>I lost count of the number of sunrises and sunsets I saw in one 24 hour period. After over 44 hours of traveling, you know what I wasn't worried about? Things involving my girls. The peace of mind you get from being well prepared is absolutely priceless when you have a big job ahead of you. I cannot explain the feeling of massive relief knowing my girls are in the best possible situation while I am not home. Also, as soon as I go to the airport, the timer reverses and the count down is on until the day I come home. Leaving is tough but, your mindset makes all the difference in the world.</p>The Jumping Percheronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588158783906726626noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892401514337394004.post-1878616657013817502020-09-06T03:06:00.003-04:002020-09-06T03:07:53.753-04:00What Do You Do With Them While You're Gone?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4xl6sgICsqjG1QcZ9DBEhAH3LYX-Id1ePANVjaGCby81zpa3R10gu9s8of2lnbcT5U_dioIMcZUaG8IrCE_ZwggoucpkF7MlyNeKNLS_gWM5VWbmUFv7m-oEzw3CL1M_cfQYAO2KpFOdg/s1975/IMG_3378.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1415" data-original-width="1975" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4xl6sgICsqjG1QcZ9DBEhAH3LYX-Id1ePANVjaGCby81zpa3R10gu9s8of2lnbcT5U_dioIMcZUaG8IrCE_ZwggoucpkF7MlyNeKNLS_gWM5VWbmUFv7m-oEzw3CL1M_cfQYAO2KpFOdg/w400-h286/IMG_3378.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Enjoying dinner together after a bath. Of course Super B had already rolled.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I get this question a lot, and since, in case you didn't know, I’m gone right now, there isn’t a better time to revisit the subject. What do I do with my girls when I’m gone for work? I let them enjoy a well-deserved vacation. I don’t let people ride them when I’m there, why would I do it when I’m not there? There is absolutely no harm in letting them have some down time. They are with one of my best friends, who is on the short list of people I trust to take care of them. Her OCD *ahem* I mean, standard of care is the same as mine. She’ll notice any little thing that’s off with them. I trust her 110% with them. She used to ponysit Klein ten years ago when we were in New Mexico together. 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Charleston was on fire earlier this summer. It never got anywhere close.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>So the girls are enjoying just running around doing whatever they want. Eating cookies, relaxing under their fans, having conversations about horse things over the fence with my friend’s three geldings. The Other Half visits them regularly as well.</p><p>I will be back in the fall when the perfect weather hits the desert. The girls will be ready to go back to work, and here in a few weeks I’ll write their re-conditioning plans. I don’t think it’s possible for Super B to ever get very far out of shape. Klein will require some effort to get back in shape. That is all part of the fun though. Re-conditioning means long adventures out in the desert for trot/canter sets and hill work. Hacks in our favorite new trail area too. Then once they get back into a routine and get in shape I’ll go back to my jumping lessons with Super B to continue working on our goals for jumpers. Klein mare and I have some dressage goals we need to finish. </p><p>Part of what I enjoy so much is their training, watching them learn and feeling them get stronger and confident in certain things. Klein mare is VERY well educated at this point in her training. The bulk of my work will be getting her in better shape. Super B is the opposite, while I highly doubt she’ll be what we’d consider out of shape, I would still NEVER ask her to go right back to the level of work she was at right before I left. So, she will gradually be brought back into work as well but the bulk of my work with her will be continuing her education. </p><p>Something I never worry about is either of them going feral. They will not be lunged into the ground before I get on them, which is something I’m very highly against. I will get right on both of them, expect them to behave, and they will. I’m confident Klein and I could go to the moon and I’d still have the same Klein I have on Earth. Super B, while she is much more um…excitable, she’s never straight up disrespectful. </p><p>Of course this is all personal preference and knowing your horses, as well as your own abilities, and for me, having others ride them while I’m gone will just never be an option in my mind. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMJQNmRI-LMKSC0Y1Dsa1FAyKt1Oq19rigrREuYD05yZbY4bJKX6nmUpLUnXM0JD4r4XgaWNEkOLIIojJ7rMcOJhFWy9STaGkq6LAyzrzBwUc3B2so7xcNJ1lj0Gc0w-EPHvFk7p5tPvb/s970/IMG_3580.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="970" data-original-width="730" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMJQNmRI-LMKSC0Y1Dsa1FAyKt1Oq19rigrREuYD05yZbY4bJKX6nmUpLUnXM0JD4r4XgaWNEkOLIIojJ7rMcOJhFWy9STaGkq6LAyzrzBwUc3B2so7xcNJ1lj0Gc0w-EPHvFk7p5tPvb/w301-h400/IMG_3580.PNG" width="301" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two happy unicorns checking in via video.</td></tr></tbody></table>The Jumping Percheronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588158783906726626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892401514337394004.post-19520780472663559272020-05-23T19:25:00.000-04:002020-05-23T19:53:50.197-04:00What in the World?<div style="text-align: center;">
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I wanted to keep the focus on my last series of posts concerning eventing deaths so I held off on regular posts. So what in the world have we been up to?<br />
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The girls have continued to work regularly, even with the pandemic going on. We are lucky that we're still able to continue with our usual routine. They are not at a public barn anymore either, they are on a private property.<br />
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I WAS starting to taper them down from work due to a work trip I have coming up. That got delayed so the work kept up and now it's about time to taper again. Klein I have kept in shape while working on nothing in specific for a change because I know she won't be showing until at least late fall. Super B I have kept up with consistent, specific training, because, well, she's not as well schooled as Klein. Think about it, Klein has about twelve years of training on her. Super B has two since leaving the track after spending the majority of her life on it.<br />
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Super B continues to do extremely well and we recently just had a little celebration for the six month anniversary of her colic surgery. You would have no idea what she went through. She's a true super mare. I was calling her Queen B for quite a while but I have committed to Super B now because she's just a super mare that has got to be one of the toughest horses I've seen, yet while also being one of the most sensitive and emotional at the same time. I have been planning to get a small bee tattoo for her for over a year now and have finally found the perfect bee for it.<br />
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The weather here has been nothing short of perfect lately too. Absolutely gorgeous riding weather. Spring in the desert is unbelievably beautiful, everything is green and all of the desert plants have flowers blooming. We also recently found a new place with miles and miles and miles of trails. The trails also give you an unreal view of The Strip.<br />
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Watching The Thunderbirds from the best seat in the house, Super B. </div>
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Zuli and Klein.</div>
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Zeb and Klein on a beautiful morning out on the trails. </div>
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Sunset rides with bff's. These two are coming up on their 10 year friendiversary this July believe it or not! I just love that they have been reunited here in Nevada. </div>
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Klein mare looking good as always. </div>
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We llllove the desert. This was a gorgeous evening trail ride in our new favorite spot!</div>
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We have looked closer at some of the issues with the incidents here in the U.S. as well as abroad. It's obvious that eventing as a whole has problems. It's not a U.S. problem, it's not a Europe problem, it's not an Australia problem, it's an Eventing problem.<br />
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Just the other week the GoFundMe for Frangible Fences was up to $87,000 with <a href="https://eventingnation.com/200k-raised-for-frangible-fences-thanks-to-you-and-matching-funds-from-the-manton-foundation/">the Manton Foundation now stepping in to match donations up to $250,000</a>. Now, there is a call for eventers to <a href="https://eventingnation.com/challenge-donate-a-woulda-been-competition-entry-fee-to-the-frangible-fence-fund/">donate the amount of an entry to the fund</a>. Also, still crickets from the billionaire that could single handedly fund every xc fence with frangible technology. The billionaire that will pay for Bloody Mary's shenanigans, sponsor entire events, and provide tens of thousands in division winning prize money. But nothing to support the safety of life saving measures? Actions speak louder than words.<br />
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This whole global pandemic thing happened right after the latest aftershock from the last death of a horse and rider at an event this past February. It has distracted the majority of the eventing community away from it again. Donations will continue to trickle in, but no actual, human, accountability will be demanded, until the next death.<br />
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I would sincerely hope that this down time caused by the pandemic was being used wisely by the powers that be at U.S. Eventing to allow for some positive, noticeable, action to be put in motion in the sport when it comes to deaths. However, I'm definitely not holding my breath. Why?<br />
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Did any of you know there are actual scholarly papers published on the safety of eventing?<br />
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The <i>British Journal of Sports Medicine</i> published an article called "Rider injury rates and emergency medical services at equestrian events" back in 1999. Here is the abstract:<br />
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Abstract
Background—Horse riding is a hazardous
pastime, with a number of studies documenting high rates of injury and death
among horse riders in general. This study
focuses on the injury experience of cross
country event riders, a high risk subset of
horse riders.
Method—Injury data were collected at a
series of 35 equestrian events in South
Australia from 1990 to 1998.
Results—Injury rates were found to be
especially high among event riders, with
frequent falls, injuries, and even deaths.
The highest injury rates were among the
riders competing at the highest levels.
Conclusion—There is a need for skilled
emergency medical services at equestrian
events.<br />
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Here is the link to the full article: <a href="https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/bjsports/33/1/46.full.pdf">https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/bjsports/33/1/46.full.pdf</a><br />
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1999 people. 20 PLUS years ago. And here we are still losing horses and riders on a regular basis, more than any other equestrian sport.<br />
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In 2003, the Equine Veterinary Journal published article called "A retrospective case-control study of horse falls in the sport of horse trials and three day eventing." Here is the abstract:<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Serious injuries to horses and riders in horse trials (HT) and three-day events (3DE) are usually associated with falls of horses, which invariably involve falls of the riders. Many potential causes for these falls have been discussed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The aim of this case-control study was to investigate the risk factors for horse falls on the cross-country phase of horse trials and three-day events.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Using retrospective data, significant risk factors identified with unvariable analysis (P value <0.2) were entered into a multivariable logistic regression model. Significant risk factors (P value <0.05) were included in the final model.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It was revealed that a number of course, obstacle and rider variables were significantly and independently associated with the risk of falling. Falling was associated with obstacles sited downhill (Odds ratio [OR] 8.41) and with obstacles with ditches in front (OR = 5.77).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The relationship between course variables and the risk of falling was characterised and showed a significantly increased risk with increasing numbers of jumps on the course and for jumping efforts later in the course. In contrast, after allowing for the total number of obstacles on the course, an increase in the total number of jumping efforts appeared to have a protective effect. A later cross-country start time was associated with a decreased risk of a horse fall. Amateur event riders were approximately 20 times more likely to fall than professional riders.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">POTENTIAL CLINICAL RELEVANCE:</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This study has identified a number of risk factors associated with horse falls and highlights areas that can be altered to improve safety in cross-country competitions.</span></div>
Link: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12638789">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12638789</a><br />
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Another published again in the <i>Equine Veterinary Journal</i> in 2006 called "The risk of horse-and-rider partnership falling on the cross country phase of eventing competitions." Here is the abstract:<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Fatalities resulting from horse falls occurring during the cross-country phase of eventing competitions initiated epidemiological investigation of the risk factors associated with horse falls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To identify variables that increased or decreased the risk of a horse fall during the cross-country phase of an eventing competition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Data were collected from randomly selected British Eventing competitions held in Great Britain during 2001 and 2002. Data were obtained for 173 cases (jumping efforts resulting in a fall of the horse-and-rider partnership) and 503 matched controls (jumping efforts not resulting in a fall). The risk of falling was modelled using conditional logistic regression.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">An increased risk of a horse fall was associated with jumping into or out of water; taking off from good-to-soft, soft or heavy ground; fences with a drop landing; nonangled fences with a spread > or =2 m; and angled fences. Other risk factors included riders who knew that they were in the lead within the competition before the cross-country phase; an inappropriate speed of approach to the fence (too fast or too slow); horse-and-rider partnerships that had not incurred refusals at earlier fences; and riders who received cross-country tuition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This study has identified modifiable course- and fence-level risk factors for horse falls during the cross-country phase of eventing competitions. The risk of horse and rider injury at eventing competitions should be reduced by 3 simple measures; maintaining good to firm take-off surfaces at fences, reducing the base spread of fences to <2 m and reducing the use of fences at which horses are required to jump into or out of water. Risk reduction arising from course and fence modification needs to be confirmed by intervention studies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Knowledge of factors that increase or decrease the risk of a horse fall can be used by UK governing bodies of the sport to reduce the risk of horse falls on the cross-country phase of eventing competitions, and reduce the risk of horse and rider injuries and fatalities. As one in 3 horses that fall injure themselves and one in 100 horse falls results in fatality to the horse, we suggest that immediate consideration is given to these recommendations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Link: </span><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16536386" style="background-color: transparent;">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16536386</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In 2016 the journal <i>Animals, </i>an international peer-reviewed open access journal devoted entirely to animals, including zoology and veterinary sciences, published monthly. This article is titled "</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Look Before You Leap: What Are the Obstacles to Risk Calculation in the Equestrian Sport of Eventing?" Here is the abstract:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">All horse-riding is risky. In competitive horse sports, eventing is considered the riskie</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "stixgeneral" , serif; font-size: 15.9991px;">st, and is often characterised as very dangerous. But based on what data? There has been considerable research on the risks and unwanted outcomes of horse-riding in general, and on particular subsets of horse-riding such as eventing. However, there can be problems in accessing accurate, comprehensive and comparable data on such outcomes, and in using different calculation methods which cannot compare like with like. This paper critically examines a number of risk calculation methods used in estimating risk for riders in eventing, including one method which calculates risk based on hours spent in the activity and in one case concludes that eventing is more dangerous than motorcycle racing. This paper argues that the primary locus of risk for both riders and horses is the jump itself, and the action of the horse jumping. The paper proposes that risk calculation in eventing should therefore concentrate primarily on this locus, and suggests that eventing is unlikely to be more dangerous than motorcycle racing. The paper proposes avenues for further research to reduce the likelihood and consequences of rider and horse falls at jumps.</span></div>
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Where are all my "it was a freak accident people at" now? These "freak" accidents have been going on for so long that the scientific community not only has taken notice of it for over 20 years, but has enough data to statistically analyze it as well? Again, STOP with the freak accident bs.<br />
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You want to see some examples of freak accidents? Here, have at it:<br />
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I will leave you with this before we get back to our regularly scheduled Klein and Super B programming, and until the next death, when we do this all over again. Complacency kills. No matter what your part, rider, organizer, trainer, student, fence judge, etc... Complacency kills. So, you continue just acting like it's a freak accident and blindly participating in the circus, only thinking about yourself and how it would never happen to you, but remember, you can control you. You cannot control these organizers, you can't control the TDs, the safety officials, the judges, etc... Remember the absolute shit show that goes on behind the scenes at a lot of these events and ask yourself if you are ok putting you, and your horse's life, in their hands that day. If so, well, hopefully they're in a good mood that day, got some sleep the night before, and have the proper life saving equipment onsite, should they need it.The Jumping Percheronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588158783906726626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892401514337394004.post-50729332974001298242020-04-19T00:17:00.000-04:002020-04-29T23:30:05.198-04:00Do Something Eventing, Part 6, Caitlyn Fischer's Inquest Report<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Now we're going to talk about Caitlyn Fischer's report, here it is for reference:<br />
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<a href="http://www.coroners.justice.nsw.gov.au/Documents/FISCHER%20Caitlyn%20-%20Findings%20%20Final%20(2).pdf">http://www.coroners.justice.nsw.gov.au/Documents/FISCHER%20Caitlyn%20-%20Findings%20%20Final%20(2).pdf</a><br />
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Caitlyn Fischer was an extremely educated rider. She was competing at the one star level in Australia and was living/working on the property of her trainer, international event rider Christine Bates (short listed for the Olympics, reserve for WEG, etc...). Christine's website, with her accomplishments listed, is <a href="http://www.christinebateseventing.org/about-christine-bates.html">here</a> for anyone interested. The trainer stated that she constantly coached Caitlyn and her horse, Ralphie, at the two star level and felt they were extremely proficient and well schooled at the one star level. Caitlyn had completed a couple one stars prior to 30 April 2016, where she was competing in the CCI one star at the Sydney International Horse Trials.<br />
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Caitlyn had walked the cross country course several times and had a plan. Her trainer told her to stick her plan and ride the first fence like she was expecting Ralphie to spook due to her trainer feeling like the first fence wasn't far enough from the start box for Ralphie to establish a strong canter.<br />
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Oddly enough, while Caitlyn was in the warm-up, a rider that was two in front of her had a rotational fall at a combination known as the "Lego Boxes" on course and that the course was being held to take care of the horse and rider, as well as remove that combination from the course. The extent of injury to that rider was not clear.<br />
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Caitlyn's coach told her about the fall and that her start time had been moved back by about five minutes, as well as the news that the "Lego Boxes" were being removed from the course. Caitlyn's coach said she wasn't affected by news of the fall and continued to warm up Ralphie until it was their turn.<br />
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Caitlyn had no issues and met the first fence perfectly, however, the second fence, a sloping table, is where the accident took place. From all accounts (experienced riders spectating, fence judge, etc...) it sounds like Ralphie either got distracted as he was leaving the ground in front of the second fence or simply second guessed himself and missed. They had a rotational fall where Ralphie landed on Caitlyn.<br />
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<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-30/teenage-equestrian-dies-after-falling-from-horse/7373018">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-30/teenage-equestrian-dies-after-falling-from-horse/7373018</a><br />
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As far as that article, can we please acknowledge how ridiculous it is that the organizers gave the standard "it was a freak accident" response? Are you serious? The police are responding to your event, there is going to be an inquest, can you not say something like "we're not entirely sure what happened, but we're going to do our absolute best to try and figure it out."<br />
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Another issue, Eventing Australia formed their review panel months after the incident, like Olivia's. MONTHS. No. Again, this needs to happen immediately. You know what happens in a Safety Investigation Board and Accident Investigation Board? Once the death notifications go up to the appropriate headquarters, phone calls are made IMMEDIATELY to appoint the board members for both. Maybe this isn't practicable for them, but surely they can cut the time down from months.<br />
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I said this in the previous post concerning Olivia, but I'm going to repeat it here. One thing I do think they should have done, is kept these two cases separate. The mentioning of both Caitlyn and Olivia in both reports will only cause confusion. These two girls deserve their own completely separate inquest and report with no mention of the other. Only the evidence from each specific event should be considered and presented. There should be no mention of both girls in either report, yet, there is.<br />
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<b>13.48 In her notebook statement to the police, Ms. Retallack referred to making only one radio call for
assistance. In evidence during the inquest, she referred to making a total of three calls. On her
account, the third call was prompted by a lack of movement from the ambulance. Ms Retallack said
that she did not receive a response to any of her three calls. Other witnesses state that they heard
Ms Retallack’s first call. Dr Golowenko said that he broadcast a response to it which was heard by
other witnesses. Only Dr Roche said that he heard a second radio call.</b><br />
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Due to the police response immediately that day after the incident happened, statements were taken. Ms. Retallack's statement specifically is mentioned. Normally, in a hearing like this, you would present the witness with their prior written statement while they're on the stand and let them read it, then proceed with questions and confront them on any discrepancies. It doesn't appear that happened, but we also don't have the transcript, and that would give us that answer.<br />
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<b>16.4(e). Mr. Nicholson wasn't aware he was being interviewed for a review panel. </b><br />
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That's a massive issue. Every single interview, with every single witness, should start out with telling the witness who every person in the room is that is listening to the phone call, and that it is being recorded. It should be standard procedure that every witness interview is recorded, then transcribed, and depending on the content either a summarized or verbatim transcription completed. Once the transcription is complete it should be sent to every witness to review their interview transcript. If they have edits they need to discuss them with the interviewers, if not, or when they reach a satisfactory transcription, the witness signs it. The LAST thing you want is to have the witness' transcript inaccurate in any way, shape or form, as far as the information they are conveying in their interview.<br />
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<b>16.4(f) Mr. Kane considered there to be a distinction between a review and an investigation and
considered that the panel had been formed to conduct the former. Mr. Kane was asked in
evidence about page 4 of the SIEC report. He explained: “Had we been doing an
investigation…we would probably have gone through a kind of a cross-examination process, a
more robust examination of every witness in potentially a, I suppose a, what’s the right word, a
combative way rather than just an understanding of they’re saying way."</b><br />
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This is embarrassing. Why is there any ambiguity to this process? This is blatantly unacceptable. Not only that, this "review" concerned the loss of a life. It should be taken equally as serious no matter if it is a review or an investigation. This is how much your organizing officials care about you.<br />
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<b>16.(l) There appeared to be a lack of meaningful engagement with the parents of Caitlyn and Olivia. Ms
Carr explained: “[Mr, Enzinger] and [Mr. Kane] came and met us in our home and spoke to us. They
spent approximately two hours with us, but that during that time they made no notes. They took
no documentation and when they left Mark and I turned to each other and said we felt that that
had been a complete and utter waste of time. They advised us that they weren’t taking formal
statements and I think what made us feel, I guess, alarmed was when we received the first draft
of the first report into Caitlyn’s - review into Caitlyn’s death, there were so many errors of fact in
relation to some simple things, like the day she arrived, which should have been very clearly
documented and I suppose for me, given the experiences I’ve had with other health investigations, that - it made me alarmed that they couldn’t get things as - what I felt should have
been as straightforward as that correct."</b><br />
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More embarrassment. The "review panel" couldn't even get the day that Caitlyn arrived at the event right. That's a basic fact. A very simple, easily collected fact. Again, these are the people whose hands you are putting your life and your horse's life into. This is how much they <i>don't </i>care. And there were no notes taken, and no interviews recorded? Additionally, it sounds like they spoke with them while both were present together. No. They need to be separated, and interviewed separately. You have an EYEWITNESS and essentially and outcry witness and you didn't separate them, or record their interviews in any fashion? Completely unacceptable.<br />
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<b>16.5. "I think we need to become more like the airline industry and more transparent. I think it's a, it's a
role we have to take on and I think we have tended to hide these things too much, and if there's
anything to learn we should learn it as soon as possible. And if that's the next week's event, let's
learn it. So, yeah, I'd certainly encourage transparency." </b><br />
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This paragraph was also in Olivia's report, and I will say the same thing again about it. Novel idea, sir.<br />
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<b>18.4 Mr. Backhouse explained that the scoresheet from a horse and rider combination’s performance in
the show jumping could be reviewed by the technical delegate (and the course designer and show
jumping judge). However, Mr. Backhouse acknowledged that opinion within the equestrian
community was divided on this issue and that a number of considerations needed to be taken into
account: (a) that some horses are “lazy” showjumpers but competent cross country jumpers; (b)
different skills are required in each discipline; (c) disqualifications will impact High Performance
riders seeking to qualify for Olympic and World Championship level events; and (d) show jumping
does not always occur prior to cross country and so this would produce inconsistent
disqualifications.</b><br />
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So some horses excel in one area and aren't so great in others? Ok, so having some additional minimum requirements would weed out the ones that aren't an all around horse. How is that bad? Shouldn't you WANT an all around horse? Disqualifications will impact those seeking to qualify for things like the Olympics and World Championships? Well, thank you for pointing out the obvious. We shouldn't be actively trying to limit disqualifications. If they are warranted, they are warranted, that's part of the sport, or...it should be. Also, we all have been to events where the order is different as far as cross country and show jumping. They could just require show jumping to take place before cross country.<br />
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<b>18.6. Mr. Etherington-Smith thinks that showjumping IS a predictor and that if a horse has a poor showjumping round it is more at risk to have an issue on cross country. As he puts it "a good jumper is both careful and both brave and that - a horse that is likely to jump
regularly jump too low over showjumps doesn’t suddenly stop jumping too low when it’s
presented with a cross-country jump. If it’s likely to hit showjumps it’s likely to hit cross-country
jumps."</b><br />
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This guys gets it. They put this in both reports.<br />
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<b>18.8. A policy involving poor showjumping performance had already been in place since 2017 at a HT and the riders received it well, acknowledging that it is a safety tool. "Mr. Richardson confirmed that this practice was adopted at Scone in 2017. If a rider had a significant
number of rails down (five or six) in the show jumping they were disqualified from the cross country
but permitted to rider at the grade below. He explained that this did not cause any problems and
that riders accepted it once it was explained that it was a safety measure."</b><br />
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Another point repeated in this report as well.<br />
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<b>22.8 Dr Davis raised his views with Dr Roche informally, usually at a debrief following an event which he
had volunteered at. Dr Davis raised the issue that the paramedics should be supported by a medical
officer and that the minimum level of paramedic required was one that was capable of using a
laryngeal mask or capable of using an endotracheal tube and laryngoscope. Dr Davis recalled that Dr
Roche agreed with him although no concrete steps were taken to implement this prior to 2016.</b><br />
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<b>Dr. Davis went on to explain:
“Again, at the end of most of the Sydney events I expressed my view about the level of paramedic
cover, which at Sydney I think is appropriate when there’s medical backup, <i>but it always concerned
me that there were plenty of events going on that that may not be at a level that could be
appropriate to manage the injuries that you could receive”</i>.</b><br />
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This entire statement is alarming.<br />
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<b>22.9 Dr. Davis was not alone in his views. Dr. Taylor said that prior to 2016 she had discussed the level of
medical coverage with her husband, Dr. Janson. </b><br />
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<b>She explained:
“…we personally were concerned that there was not adequate equipment, that when, when my
husband does the event doctor, he brings his own gear as I think most doctors do. And we knew
that there was the, the stock carried within the ambulances was less than we would have carried
ourselves”.</b><br />
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Important information to be aware of, appalled by, and should make you want to speak up to your event coordinators/organizers.<br />
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<b>22.11 Dr. Taylor also said that, like Dr. Davis, the concerns that she and Dr. Janson held were mentioned
informally. Prior to 2016 it appears that the views held by Dr. Davis, Dr. Taylor, and Dr. Janson were
never raised in a more formal forum by EA or any organising committee. However, following the
tragic events of 2016 there was increased discussion amongst medical practitioners who had
experience in volunteering their services at events. This culminated in a teleconference on 20
December 2016 involving members of what was described as the NSW Eventing Medical Safety
Group. Dr. Davis, Dr. Taylor, Dr. Janson and Dr. Roche were among the participants. </b><br />
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<b>Dr. Roche explained
the genesis of the teleconference in this way:
“Look, it, it actually started very informally where a bunch of us just started emailing to one
another, as I said, we, we had a heightened awareness that we could do better, both in terms of
preparation, response, planning, et cetera. And it, it, it started quite organically as an email from
one person to another and they would copy somebody else in, and the thing sort of gathered
momentum. I don't think at any stage it was really sort of formally appointed as a subcommittee,
but we, we felt that we were the appropriate people to try and give that knowledge to most of the
GPs - sorry, most of the doctors who were providing medical response at New South Wales events,
were taking part in that. And that it was appropriate that we advise Eventing New South Wales,
who had no other doctors, you know, what we felt was, was the best thing”.</b><br />
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<b>22.12 It appears that this teleconference ultimately resulted in the formation of National Medical
Consultative Group (NMCG) in June 2017. One of the primary roles of the NMCG was to prepare and
implement Medical Guidelines which are intended to formalise the initiatives that State branches and
organising committees are actioning, or have actioned, regarding provision of medical care. The
Medical Guidelines were published in May 2018. </b><br />
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I think the above two paragraphs, 22.11 and 22.12, are very important. It shows what a group of people that care can do. They can make positive action happen. You just have to care.<br />
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<b>22.41 Both Dr. Cross and Professor Brown agreed that a response time of less than three minutes would be
ideal, and that having a time benchmark would also assist in determining where medical teams are located and what vehicles are required to reach the furthest away fence on a cross country course. Professor Brown explained: “I agree that the three minutes is really the, the benchmark for the
paramedic doctor crew”.</b><br />
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Important because while Caitlyn Fischer may have had no chance of survival based on a basal skull fracture being one of her injuries, there are various inconsistencies in the medical response time concerning this incident that have been brought to light.<br />
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Consolidated Recommendations start on page 73. Take a look at them.The Jumping Percheronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588158783906726626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892401514337394004.post-81340649586338628402020-04-07T23:45:00.001-04:002020-04-29T23:30:18.478-04:00Do Something Eventing, Part 5, Olivia Inglis' Inquest Report<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There was some concern about cross country that was a mixture of the type of fence the 8a/8b combination was, as well as Togha's poor showjumping performance the day prior, where he had six rails down. The concern over that particular combination was shared by other riders as well. Olivia's mom went and shared her concern with the course designer, in this case someone she knew and was familiar with. The course designer, Shane Rose, reassured Olivia's mom that the fence was nothing particularly challenging for the level and maintains that to this day. Other expert riders would testify about that combination in the same manner at the inquest. That specific combination had been used on the course in years past, and had no issues. Shane Rose had competed at a HT where it was on his course as well, and he didn't give it a second thought, it rode well for him, and everyone else.<br />
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Olivia had no issues through the course up until 8b. She and Togha jumped 8a perfectly, then Togha hung a knee at 8b. They fell, and from the jump judge's account Olivia hit the ground first, then Togha fell on top of her. When Togha managed to get up, Olivia was motionless.<br />
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Despite the fact that the ambulance quickly made its way to Olivia, the medic had equipment that was malfunctioning. He states that he tested the equipment that morning, it was working properly, however when he brought it to Olivia it was not operating properly. That piece of equipment was an oropharyngeal suction kit.<br />
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I have questions that weren't answered in the inquest report. This is where it would be helpful to read the transcript from the actual proceedings. He tested the suction kit that morning, that type of kit is battery operated with a rechargeable lead acid battery. Most of these kits have a battery indicator light on them, did he check it, if it was a model that had one? Did the company properly maintain the equipment? Meaning, what was the expiration date on the battery? Was the suction kit collected into evidence for testing after it failed? Why not?<br />
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Mr. Keys, the medic, also stated that he knew Olivia needed at least one chest tube, but preferably two, in immediately, and that the ambulance was not supplied with the equipment to conduct that procedure. Another piece of equipment he stated should have been on the ambulance, but was not, was a laryngeal mask airway and/or an endotracheal tube. Also noted was the fact that he was a Physician's Assistant, so he was more than qualified and capable to properly use any equipment necessary for that particular scenario. He had all the necessary skills, but was not provided adequate equipment.<br />
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More questions, who determines what is on the ambulance? Is there an inventory, if so is that equipment on it? If it's not on the ambulance, why not, since it is something a medic would expect to have on hand?<br />
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Also, since Mr. Keys was contracted and provided with that ambulance by the company, I would want to see all the requirements of the ambulance from that company. I would want the inventory reviewed, checklists of equipment (if any existed), information about when the last time the ambulance was in service, and if the previous operators failed to properly restock any of the medical supplies/test the equipment, power it down properly, plug it in to charge, etc...<br />
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<b>"11.12. Following the events of March and April 2016, HSI was no longer deemed to be the preferred
ambulance or paramedic service for NSW eventing competitions. However, the NSW Eventing
Organisers Handbook, which is believed to still be in force, still provides that HSI occupies this status.
It is evident, given the events of 2016 and what had transpired since that immediate amendment of
the NSW Eventing Organisers Handbook is necessary."</b><br />
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I'm sorry, what? This fatality happened in March 2016, and as of October 2019 this update had not happened in the Organisers Handbook that is still in use??????<br />
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<b>"11.13 RECOMMENDATION: I recommend to the Chief Executive Officer of Equestrian Australia that the
NSW Eventing Organisers Handbook be immediately updated to remove reference to Health Services
International as the preferred NSW ambulance service for eventing competitions, and that the
Handbook be amended to nominate the current preferred service provider (if any)." </b><br />
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Why does it take an inquest 3 years later to tell this organization to do this????<br />
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The organisers (spelled in the Australian version) also had no idea that the doctor they had originally scheduled was unable to be present at the event. They never contacted him to confirm his presence and there was a folder in the office with his name on it, that he never picked up (no one wondered where he was?). His wife was there, also a doctor, competing. She was not there in her capacity as a doctor. However, when Olivia went down, Dr. Taylor (the competitor) overheard the call for a doctor on a radio while she was in the warm-up. She asked if a doctor was needed, knowing that her husband was not present. She was informed a doctor WAS needed, so she responded.<br />
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She later stated that it was not only entirely inappropriate, but inadequate for the organisers to count her presence as adequate physician coverage, due to the fact she was there to compete.<br />
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Think about that. Sure, she is on the grounds but she is nowhere near in the loop with what is going on at control. She was in the warm up asking if they needed her ONLY because she happened to overhear a radio call. Then she has to dismount, find someone to take her horse and find a ride to the accident?! She also has no clue who else is there, what equipment they have, etc...<br />
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Dr. Taylor stated that Mr. Keys had been there quite a bit longer than she had by the time she arrived. She said he correctly identified all of the issues and injuries but due to the absence of the necessary equipment, neither of them could perform the required effective care. About the time Dr. Taylor arrived, an air ambulance was inbound. The trauma team on the air ambulance did have all the necessary equipment and all procedures were performed as soon as they reached Olivia. By that time, Olivia no longer had a pulse and Dr. Taylor and Mr. Keys had already started CPR. Another issue that was noted is that if Mr. Keys did not have Dr. Taylor he could not have effectively done CPR and managed Olivia's airway. There SHOULD have been a dedicated doctor that day, or another medic, as Mr. Keys stated that he did feel uncomfortable not being "two up" in the ambulance, meaning being teamed with another medic that day.<br />
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<b>"12.12 Dr. Cross was also asked about his expectations of the organising committee contacting the
purported event doctor to ensure that the doctor was aware of their obligations. He explained:
“I think the duty, duty of care was not delivered. I would hope this would never happen again so I
would - I, I don’t - I think reading of the documents and hearing the evidence I, I think it was
inadequate."</b><br />
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So here is where you would call your Subject Matter Expert in an Accident Investigation Board when we conduct them. In this case, our Subject Matter Expert would be a Emergency Room Physician with no real knowledge of the case and no familiarity with the parties involved. We would explain what happened, and let the doctor review the evidence. After this we would ask that doctor after his review, if in his professional opinion as an Emergency Room Physician, if they (Dr. Taylor and Mr. Keys) had the proper medical equipment on site and it was functioning correctly, does he think that Olivia would have likely survived. Keeping in mind, that's a hard thing to opine about because each case is different, but most times our experts can articulate their opinion extremely well.<br />
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<b>"10.4 At the commencement of the inquest Lucy Warhurst, Chief Executive Officer of EA, made the
following statement to the court:
“We are committed to ensuring that the deaths of Olivia and Caitlyn are honoured by ensuring
that all lessons learned will be applied through education and training, the safety of riders,
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coaches, horses, officials and all participants. Equestrian Australia’s number 1 priority is and will
remain the safety of its participants”. </b><br />
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Really? And how are you going to do that when you can't even update a handbook?????<br />
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<b>"11.4 The President of the organising committee for the 2016 Scone Trials, Blair Richardson, said that he
did not turn his mind to what level of medical services was actually going to be provided."</b><br />
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You would HOPE this would be on the top of their priority list, clearly, it's not. I bet you making sure that every last competitor is paid up for entry is though!<br />
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<b>"11.5 Further, Mr Richardson acknowledged that in 2016 he was unaware of the provision in the 2016 EA
Rules that a paramedic equivalent or ambulance must be present during the cross country test and a
doctor should be present during the cross country test. He agreed that he did not turn his mind to
whether a doctor would be present to assist."</b><br />
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This is the PRESIDENT of the organising committee for that event and he doesn't even know the rules?????<br />
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<b>"11.8 After being engaged for the event, Mr Keys collected the ambulance from a location near Bowral. He
was told by Mr Taylor that it was fully stocked. Mr Keys said that he briefly looked at the equipment
to make sure that the majority of equipment he expected to be available was in fact available."</b><br />
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Key word here, majority. He made sure the majority of the equipment was there...but not everything he would expect? Now here, we may have the issue of if Mr. Keys was familiar at all with eventing. It is extremely possible he had absolutely no actual knowledge of what three day eventing was, meaning he could have thought "ok, people riding horses around" and not realized that people would be jumping solid jumps at speed. I don't see anywhere that they asked him that question, again a complete transcript would be helpful.<br />
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<b>"12.5 Mr Bates explained that at the safety briefing there was an expectation that Dr. Janson would be the
event doctor. At the briefing it was indicated that at the last minute Dr. Janson was unavailable but
that Dr. Taylor (Dr. Janson's wife) would be present at the event as a competitor. On this basis Dr. Taylor was listed at the
event doctor. Mr Bates said that he did not seek confirmation at the briefing whether Dr. Taylor
would in fact be the event doctor. He said that he left that matter for the organising committee to
confirm. Mr Bates said that he was “comfortable that there was no requirement under the rules to
have a doctor but it was good to know that [Dr Taylor] was at least on the grounds."</b><br />
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Great, here we have miscommunication between the officials as well as an assumption that it would be fine knowing a doctor is present, even though that doctor specifically says in the inquest it would be inappropriate and inadequate for them to assume that by the mere presence of her being there as a competitor, an it is easy to see why.<br />
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<b>"13.44(c) Mr. Lochore said that he did not think that a 3% gradient would be considered downhill, and that
a 5.5% gradient was not considerable and not something that would be considered inappropriate
at the two star level. He acknowledged that, a 5.5%
94 gradient was possibly not in line with the FEI Guidelines. However, he said that he had designed many courses at the two star and three
star level that had not adhered to the guidelines in this respect.</b><br />
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<b>(d) Mr. Tapner said that whether the downhill approach could be described as significant or not, the
fact remained that the approach was downhill. On this basis he considered that it was inarguable
that the FEI Guidelines had been breached.</b><br />
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<b>(e) Both Mr. Johnston and Mr. Etherington-Smith agreed that fence 8A/8B was not consistent with
the FEI Guidelines.</b><br />
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<b>(f) Mr. Bates (TD that day) offered this view: “That’s why these are guidelines and not rules because course
designers are subject to so many variables and that downhill would be referring to a much a
steeper gradient than what that was at 8A/8B”. He explained that the term “vertical” was
subject to interpretation and that 8A was not a true vertical because the profile of the fence
made it appropriate.</b><br />
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<b>(g) Mr. Rose (course designer for the course that day) did not consider 8A to be a true vertical-faced fence, as it had a sloped profile. He also
explained that there was room for interpretation as to what constituted a vertical and what was
considered to be downhill with the FEI Guidelines as they are not rules."</b><br />
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And above we have testimony from several course designers to include the one from the day Olivia died, and the TD from that day, arguing about what exactly 8a/8b was and if it was, in fact, considered appropriate. The sections following that discuss the ground line, the spread, the filler, and frangible technology. It is great to see this all brought up and discussed on the record.<br />
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Another massive issue, Eventing Australia formed their review panel months after the incident. MONTHS. No. This needs to happen immediately. You know what happens in a Safety Investigation Board and Accident Investigation Board? Once the death notifications go up to the appropriate headquarters, phone calls are made IMMEDIATELY to appoint the board members for both. Maybe this isn't practicable for them, but surely they can cut the time down from six months.<br />
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Where Safety Investigation Boards (SIBs) and Accident Investigation Boards (AIBs) differentiate from an inquest is they happen MUCH faster. Evidence is collected immediately for the SIB. The SIB is meant to be solely to determine the facts and is non-attribution. The SIB wants to find the cause so that preventative measures (if needed) can be put into place, training can be developed to go out to the field so that lessons are learned and mistakes are hopefully not repeated. Once the SIB is done, a portion of their report along with the evidence is released to the AIB. The AIB members (this is the team I am on) will review the evidence, identify their witnesses/victims, locate them and contact them. They will all be recorded and placed under oath prior to giving their recorded verbal statement. They will be allowed to review any prior statements made to the SIB and asked if they would like to adopt that statement, then elaborate or add any details they feel are relevant. If at any point we suspect something incriminating is about to come out of their mouth, we stop them and read them their rights. At that point the interview is either terminated, if they invoke their rights and request counsel, or it continues once they unequivocally state they decline counsel and wish to continue.<br />
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One thing I do think they should have done, is kept these two cases separate. The mentioning of both Caitlyn and Olivia in both reports will only cause confusion. These two girls deserve their own completely separate inquest and report with no mention of the other. Only the evidence from each specific event should be considered and presented. There should be no mention of both girls in either report, yet, there is.<br />
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<b>18.4 (c) Some witnesses, including those mentioned above, were only spoken to over the phone and
never asked to make and sign formal statements. Mr. Rees (Caitlyn's case) said in evidence that he would have
been happy to participate in an interview with a representative of Eventing Australia (EA). </b><br />
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<b>(d) Statements that were taken from some witnesses contained inaccuracies which it did not appear
were ever resolved. </b><br />
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<b>(e). Mr. Nicholson (Caitlyn's case) wasn't aware he was being interviewed for a review panel." </b><br />
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That's a massive issue.<br />
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Every single interview with every single witness should start out with telling the witness who every person in the room is that is listening to the phone call and that it is being recorded. As I mentioned aboved, not only should it be recorded, every witness should be placed under oath as well. Every interview should then be transcribed and depending on the content, in either a summarized or verbatim transcription. Once the transcription is complete it should be sent to every witness to review. If they have edits they need to discuss them with the interviewers, if not, or when they reach a satisfactory transcription, the witness signs it. The LAST thing you want is to have the witness' transcript inaccurate in any way, shape or form, as far as the information they are conveying in their interview.<br />
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<b>"18.4 (g) In Olivia’s case, no consideration was given to whether an independent course designer should
be engaged to review fence 8A/8B.</b><br />
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<b>(h) Mrs. Farrar (safety consultant) was instructed to not pursue certain lines of inquiry, such as attempting to accurately
measure the distance between 8A and 8B (because the panel felt that the focus should instead
be on rider experience and their striding), and seeking expert opinions from experienced riders
such as Mr. Tinney and Mr. Tapner about whether the fence could have been built in a way that
posed a lower risk."</b><br />
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Ok, full stop. If a witness says that she was instructed to not pursue certain lines of inquiry that involved something like accurately measuring the distance between the fences in the combination where a fatal incident took place, you ask who it was that told them to NOT do that. Then, remember that rights advisement I talked about? Call up that witness that is the one that instructed the other one not to take the measurement, and prepare to read them their rights. That, in our world, would be along the lines of an obstruction charge.<br />
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<b>"18.4 (j) Some items were removed from Olivia’s final report which appeared to have relevance such as:
rider impressions of the ground conditions at Scone, a diagram taken from the Barnett Report
showing the risk of horse fall for different fence types, a recommendation that cross country
fence profiles be made more forgiving with no vertical faces even on ascending oxers, and details
of discussions with Health Services International (HSI).</b><br />
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<b>(l) There appeared to be a lack of meaningful engagement with the parents of Caitlyn and Olivia."</b><br />
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While extremely painful for a witness to have to relive the event by telling it, if you have eyewitnesses, you ask them to make a statement. Either a signed, sworn written statement or a recorded verbal statement. In the case of something so traumatic, if the parents stated they had a preference for written or verbal, you let them have their preference. You NEED this information memorialized.<br />
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<b>"18.5. Geoff Sinclair, a Level 3/4 technical delegate, member of the FEI Eventing Committee and chair of the
FEI Risk Management Steering Group, was asked at the inquest to provide a view about the matters
set out at paragraph (m) above. He said: I think we need to become more like the airline industry and more transparent. I think it's a, it's a role we have to take on and I think we have tended to hide these things too much, and if there's anything to learn we should learn it as soon as possible. And if that's the next week's event, let's learn it. So, yeah, I'd certainly encourage transparency." </b><br />
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Novel idea, sir.<br />
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<b>At paragraph 20.5., Mr. Rose waffles on his opinion about rails down predicting poor cross country performance, though he does agree, further data analysis is necessary.</b><br />
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<b>At paragraph 20.6., Mr. Etherington-Smith thinks that showjumping IS a predictor and that if a horse has a poor showjumping round it is more at risk to have an issue on cross country. As he puts it "a good jumper is both careful and both brave and that - a horse that is likely to jump regularly jump too low over showjumps doesn’t suddenly stop jumping too low when it’s presented with a cross-country jump. If it’s likely to hit showjumps it’s likely to hit cross-country jumps."</b><br />
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<b>In paragraph 20.8., a policy involving poor showjumping performance had already been in place since 2017 at a HT and the riders received it well, acknowledging that it is a safety tool. "Mr. Richardson confirmed that this practice was adopted at Scone in 2017. If a rider had a significant number of rails down (five or six) in the show jumping they were disqualified from the cross country but permitted to rider at the grade below. He explained that this did not cause any problems and that riders accepted it once it was explained that it was a safety measure."</b><br />
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<b>"23.8 Dr. Davis raised his views with Dr. Roche informally, usually at a debrief following an event which he had volunteered at. Dr. Davis raised the issue that the paramedics should be supported by a medical officer and that the minimum level of paramedic required was one that was capable of using a laryngeal mask or capable of using an endotracheal tube and laryngoscope. Dr. Davis recalled that Dr. Roche agreed with him although no concrete steps were taken to implement this prior to 2016." </b><br />
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So medical doctors had suggested this and it was never implemented. Airway is one of the most important things to manage in trauma and the powers that be never saw it necessary to require a paramedic on site with those skills? Thanks for caring.<br />
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Consolidated Recommendations start on page 95 of the actual marked pages, page 100 according to the page count if you want to type it in the page box at the top of the document to go straight to that section.<br />
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I hope that by breaking this report down a bit and highlighting some of the more alarming things, I have helped some of you see the deep issues this sport is facing around the world. If you think that U.S. Eventing doesn't have these same problems, you are lying to yourself. Take responsibility for you and your horse's safety. Educate yourself. This is just a fraction of the information that could be provided, yet we don't even get this in the U.S. Is this really something you still want to be a part of and support right now?<br />
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The next post will be Caitlyn Fischer's inquest report with the same break down.The Jumping Percheronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588158783906726626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892401514337394004.post-66794842445261553052020-04-05T23:04:00.000-04:002020-04-29T23:30:41.571-04:00Do Something Eventing, Part 4, Inquest Reports<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Let's take a look at the process of Coronial Inquests that takes place in Australia.<br />
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Here is the Coroners Act of 2009, it establishes the rules for the inquests:<br />
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<a href="https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/inforce/b864672a-d308-c9d5-ba2a-8ed827ad721c/2009-41.pdf">https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/inforce/b864672a-d308-c9d5-ba2a-8ed827ad721c/2009-41.pdf</a><br />
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Two of inquests have taken place recently regarding the deaths of Caitlyn Fischer and Olivia Inglis. They are two eventers that died within weeks of each other, on cross country, at recognized events in Australia, in 2016.<br />
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The links to the entire reports are below, and if you have not read them, READ THEM. They are mostly written in layman's terms and are easy to follow for a reason, in addition to being available for anyone to read. The reports list evidence that will remain unpublished beyond the inquest due to sensitive nature. This includes video of the accident, photos of the scene, etc... so you know what you won't see in them. Again READ THEM. Please.<br />
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These reports go over the entire incident in detail. They are not to the standard of an Safety Investigation Board or Accident Investigation Board in the U.S., but they are a damn good start, and a LONG way ahead of anything U.S. Eventing is doing.<br />
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Their purpose: "Inquests have a forward-thinking, preventative focus. At the end of many inquests Coroners often exercise a power, provided for by section 82 of the Act, to make recommendations. These recommendations are made, usually, to government and non-government organisations, in order to seek to address systemic issues that are highlighted and examined during the course of an inquest. Recommendations in relation to any matter connected with a person’s death may be made if a Coroner considers them to be necessary or desirable."<br />
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I'm going to discuss them in detail, but before I do that, I really want you guys to read them. Please. ESPECIALLY if you are still eventing. Read what is, and is not, happening at these events. If you think these shenanigans are just that...keep in mind these were both RECOGNIZED events.<br />
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Olivia Inglis Inquest Report:<br />
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<a href="http://www.coroners.justice.nsw.gov.au/Documents/INGLIS%20Olivia%20-%20Findings.pdf">http://www.coroners.justice.nsw.gov.au/Documents/INGLIS%20Olivia%20-%20Findings.pdf</a><br />
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Caitlyn Fisher Inquest Report:<br />
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<a href="http://www.coroners.justice.nsw.gov.au/Documents/FISCHER%20Caitlyn%20-%20Findings%20%20Final%20(2).pdf">http://www.coroners.justice.nsw.gov.au/Documents/FISCHER%20Caitlyn%20-%20Findings%20%20Final%20(2).pdf</a><br />
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The next post will discuss them in detail. On second thought, to keep things more organized, I might actually split them up and discuss them each in detail in their own posts.The Jumping Percheronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588158783906726626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892401514337394004.post-86466386889682889112020-04-02T01:14:00.003-04:002020-04-29T23:31:48.510-04:00Do Something, Eventing, Part 3, Multiple Issues<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
Initially, I wanted to provide more data than I am going to. There are a few problems though, schooling horse trials scores can be difficult to find as they are removed from websites after a certain amount of time, if they are even posted at all. Some of the riders that have died in schooling accidents, the name of the horse they were riding is not always posted or mentioned in articles. This means, even if you can find show records, there is no way to know if any of the horses listed on the records are the horses in schooling accidents. This isn't ideal for accuracy. </div>
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In an effort to locate additional information for these fatal incidents I have spent hours reading through forum posts, news articles, and press releases, trying to find the missing pieces I was looking for. Sometimes I was successful, sometimes not. That is why it took me so long to get this posted. So to show what I'm getting at, I narrowed it down to a few accidents.</div>
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First, let me put a disclaimer that this is in no way, shape, or form an attempt to smear, criticize, or victim blame. I would never claim to have even an inkling of education on how to ride an upper level course. The information below are mostly objective findings.<br />
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Philippa Humphreys, Jersey Fresh 2016<br />
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The horse she was riding that day was Rich N Famous. A horse that only had ONE double clear xc run on his record. Every single other xc at that level had rails in showjumping and/or time on xc. This makes me wonder immediately if this horse was fit for the level? It could never make the time on xc. Was fatigue setting in that day? This was a pretty big Warmblood. After the accident, Megan O'Donoghue evented Rich N Famous seven times after Philippa's death, at multiple levels and guess what? The horse NEVER made the cross country time. Not at Prelim, not at Intermediate, not at the 2* level, not at the 3* level and not even at Training level the one time she took him Training. He then went to a different rider that evented him at Novice, and guess what? He still was getting XC time penalties. The fact that another upper level rider took this horse out at multiple levels and the horse still wasn't making XC time, EVER should say something loud and clear.<br />
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Dr. Melanie Tallent, Schooling Cross Country, 2019<br />
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Melanie Tallent, was schooling with her trainer present. She had two horses and I could not find any information about which horse she was riding the day of her accident, though from what I have found, it appears to be Dunlin, the one in the video and photo links below. I have found nothing but wonderful things posted about Melanie Tallent. She sounds like a very kind person, who was very dedicated to her horses. On a very sad note, there is a post out there on a forum where a family member of hers is looking for answers and having a rough time coming to terms (as anyone would) with what happened.<br />
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There is not much in the way of a USEA record for her. There is a post in the forums saying that she had recently competed at HTs and was 1st and 2nd in her division, it was a schooling horse trials because her last recognized USEA event was at the Horse Park of NJ in June 2019. So what I was able to pull is very limited in scope as far as information.<br />
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In the posts on the forum the family member says they wished there was video of the accident to help understand what happened. Another poster says if there was a video they hope no one would watch it because it wouldn't change things. No, it wouldn't, but it could educate. And I would hope that people WOULD watch it to understand. You can find HOURS and HOURS of cockpit voice recordings of aircraft accidents as well as video of the impact, in some of those videos you are witnessing HUNDREDS of people die at once and most people have no problem watching those.<br />
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Melanie's short record is telling, there are two horses on it. Despite that fact, there are many photos and some video of Melanie and Dunlin missing distances and hanging a knee here and there. There is no disputing the fact that this is a recipe for disaster in front of solid fences. In the video below, they are on a BN course having to trot a lot of the last part of the course, she stops him and turns him around after one jump as well.<br />
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There are many photos and some video of Melanie and Dunlin missing distances and hanging a knee here and there. There is no disputing the fact that this is a recipe for disaster in front of solid fences. In the video above, they are on a BN course having to trot a lot of the last part of the course, she stops him and turns him around after one jump as well.<br />
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Two things come to mind with this type of stuff, once I was taking a lesson with a Jeffray Ryding at her farm in Santa Fe, NM. A friend was there with me with her Trakehner mare. Jeffray made a comment that the mare needed to seriously fix her habit of let her legs kind of dangle in the air over fences. The mare just did not have tight knees. Jeffray recommended gymnastics to help her snap her knees up. The reason for this, Jeffray said, is that a horse that jumps like that is dangerous because those dangling legs are opening her up for hanging a knee and causing a serious accident.<br />
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Another time I was at Doug Payne's barn and he was saying that one of the horses he had in for training didn't seem to really care where his feet went and that he would really like him to be more aware of where his feet where or care more where his feet went.<br />
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A family member made a statement that Melanie had won her last horse trial before her death. I believe it was about two weeks before her death. It was a schooling horse trial, I don't know which one. However, her family and friends stated she was an expert rider who was very successful. This information translates into online posts and articles where they are interviewed. But, we all know, schooling horse trials are not recognized horse trials. There are less jumps, there are a significant number of jumps that are not maxed out, slower time requirements, shorter cross country courses, shorter stadium courses, sometimes cross country is completely untimed at schooling horse trials. Sometimes, the judges don't eliminate people for things they would be instantly eliminated for at a recognized horse trial. Sometimes there are only a few people in the division, it could only be three and one of them could get eliminated for coming off on cross country, and the other may have had some rails or time. Someone can easily leave these details out to friends and family.<br />
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Again, this is NOT to criticize, this is just an attempt to provide another view, and promote a different line of thinking.<br />
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Ashley Stout, Schooling Cross Country, 2019<br />
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We do know Ashley was riding Avant Garde when her accident happened. Both she and her horse were killed. Ashley has a pretty outstanding record, and we know her horse was trained by Holly Payne-Caravella, so he had a great education.<br />
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Both Avant Garde and Ashley had a stellar record. In 15 recognized horse trials they had one cross country run with a small amount of time penalties (5.20) and no jumping penalties. Out of those stadium rounds, four had rails. Three of those rounds had one rail, and one of them had two rails. This may actually be your freak accident that everyone wants to believe all these accident are. But not every horse and rider are Ashley Stout and Avant Garde. I can't find any mention of what type of fence Ashley was schooling when they had the rotational fall. Was it a table?<br />
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Katharine Morel, Rocking Horse Recognized HT, 2020<br />
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The video below has caused some uproar as Katherine Morel was the latest eventing fatality at a recognized Rocking Horse HT this past February. Watch from 1:15 to 1:40. No penalty of any kind was applied for that. And yes, I get it, you can have a crappy ride. Kerry On didn't do this everytime out on cross country. The point is, a penalty of some kind (some are saying a yellow card should have been issued) would have sent some kind of message. Now, will the rider always get that message? No, but it's worth a try. You can YouTube some of her other rides, and you WILL see a common trend with this horse as well that most likely created some issues.<br />
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13 Stadium rounds on her recognized record with Joinem, the horse she was riding the day of the fatal accident, all with at least a rail, one with as many as 6 rails. The horse's last three events prior to the fatal accident were at Preliminary. The fatal accident was at Preliminary as well. The three events prior were one with 6 rails, the next one with 3 rails, and the next one Jeffie came off on cross country. The following event was the fatal accident that occurred at a fence in the warm up.<br />
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Joinem has since went to a new owner in Pennsylvania. He has been evented once at a recognized event since the fatal accident, about a month and a half after it happened. His next event was at Training level, where he had 2 rails.<br />
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Out of the incidents I've summarized here, I think we have a few problems present. The main theme being, just because you can, doesn't mean you should. Should coaches look harder at the horses their students are on? Should the riders, be more honest with themselves about their level of comfort and not doing something because their friends are and their coach is telling to stop being such a wuss? It's a slippery slope for coaches/trainers because in today's participation trophy culture, the minute you're honest with someone you may very well lose their business, which means lost income. I know for sure there are coaches/trainers out there that are going to keep telling their students they're the greatest thing ever because they need to pay their bills.<br />
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One scary trend I see, that I am not a fan of, is people that say they take Xanax or other prescription drugs to be able to calm their nerves while riding whether they are schooling at home or at a show. It seems to be pretty acceptable now and (insert unpopular opinion here) I think it's completely unacceptable. If you have to medicate yourself to participate in a voluntary hobby, is it really the hobby for you? Is it fair to your horse? Your family? Yourself? It almost seems cool to say how you have to medicate yourself, like it's normal. It shouldn't be normal, it's not normal. It's not cool.<br />
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On that note I am NOT talking about being low level nervous. I think everyone has some level of nerves, if you don't, that may be a red flag for a different issue. I'm talking about nerves to the point where you have to medicate yourself prior to riding no matter if it is schooling or showing or trail riding or whatever. There is a difference, and if you say there isn't, time to be honest with yourself.<br />
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What is the problem? Is it you, is it your particular horse? Know when to say when. It's ok to know when maybe you don't have the right horse, for whatever reason. It could be personality conflict, the horse doesn't seem interested in what you want to do as far as discipline, too much horse, not enough horse, there could be a lot of potential reasons that it's not a good match.<br />
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This was not to take a jab at anyone that legitimately needs medication for mental health reasons. I am talking SPECIFICALLY about people that are so nervous to ride, or afraid of their horse, that they SPECIFICALLY take their medication to be able to get on the horse and go school, show, etc...<br />
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The other issues are things I have already covered in previous posts. I do think frangible technology needs to be employed on a lot more cross country fences. However, again, these are not freak accidents when they keep occurring. Death in eventing is a trend that needs to decline. The powers that be need to do something. Safety needs to improve at events, think back to the story I told you in a previous post about the footing request being denied. THOROUGH accident investigations need to take place, and findings need to be publicly presented so that trends can be identified and preventative measures developed from actual investigative facts.<br />
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But, can the riders mitigate the risks as well? Yes, 1,000 times yes, instead of just being like "Well, my chances are higher that I die in a wreck hauling to the event." Take some personal accountability and while you're at it, get pissed off that your fellow riders are dying. Everyone says they care, offer empty comments about thoughts and prayers, and then blindly go off like it never happened thinking it could NEVER happen to them. You are participating in a sport where death is a trend, if that doesn't make you care more, well, good luck to you.<br />
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Complacency kills.The Jumping Percheronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588158783906726626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892401514337394004.post-47451770391530786822020-03-12T07:46:00.000-04:002020-04-29T23:33:20.274-04:00Do Something, Eventing, Part 2, Investigation"We're all going to die someday," that's another ignorant blanket statement to make. But, if there was something that you could do to prevent an early death doing something you participate in regularly, wouldn't you want to know?<br />
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One thing I repeatedly see in forums and in the comments section on various social media posts is "well, riding is dangerous," or "everyone knows the risk when they get on a horse," or "riding carries an inherent risk." Stop. That's an insulting, ignorant statement to make when talking about this particular scenario, riders dying on cross country. Riding is inherently dangerous? No shit.<br />
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Everyone knows horses can easily kill us in about a million different ways, any day of the week. But, does that make it ok to have that attitude? Does that make it acceptable that people are losing their lives on cross country? Absolutely not. It's a dismissive comment/attitude to an actual PROBLEM. Complacency kills. Remember that. Also, why would you not insist on some type of investigation in an attempt to figure out what happened?<br />
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There is another very tired saying people seem to use a lot on this subject as well, "you have a higher chance getting in a wreck and dying hauling to an event." So? And you know what? Law enforcement would be out there investigating and documenting IMMEDIATELY, even though it was "just another fatal traffic accident, thousands happen everyday." They try to learn from these things, they try to figure out what went wrong, who's at fault, and if it could have been prevented.<br />
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The same goes for the world of aviation. Statistically, the same can be said about dying in an aircraft crash when it comes to the whole "you have a higher chance of getting killed doing xyz" statement. In this case, just driving to the airport. Does the FAA and the NTSB take the same cavalier stance and say "well, your chances are higher of dying while driving to the airport, this was a freak thing, it's not like planes fall out of the sky <b><i>every</i></b> day." No, they don't. A MASSIVE investigation is launched IMMEDIATELY. The eventing community SHOULD want the same.<br />
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As far as investigations go, I am trained to be on the Accident Investigation Board for the Air Force, and I have been on one, just last July actually. There are two investigations that take place. the first is a Safety Investigation Board, which happens immediately, the second is the Accident Investigation Board. We reviewed flight data, we reviewed the weather conditions at the time of the mishap, we put instructor pilots in the simulator with it configured the same as the aircraft that went down and have them see if they could have recovered it. We interviewed witnesses, we interviewed supervisors, co-workers, etc... We reviewed training records of the crew, we reviewed the curriculum of the training courses the crew attended, we reviewed their logged flight hours, we reviewed the Heads Up Display video footage from the aircraft, we listened to the cockpit voice recordings, we reviewed the crew's medical records, we reviewed the "mechanical autopsy" that the manufacturer conducted once the wreckage was recovered and sent to them. It was then shipped to the location where we were conducting the investigation and we personally inspected it.<br />
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We appointed subject matter experts to help interpret the information we received as well. For example, we appointed a highly experienced crew chief for that particular type of aircraft and had him read through the mechanical autopsy and asked him if certain things were normal, common problems, etc... We appointed instructor pilots for that particular aircraft as well to help us decipher the crew's actions and if that was standard procedure that was taught in training.<br />
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At the conclusion of our investigation, we compiled a large report that is publicly releasable and states what our findings were, as well as everything we did during our investigation. Different tabs are attached to the report and they contain witness statements, training records, etc... Certain information is redacted, and pseudonyms are used to protect privacy where appropriate. An example, we used a pseudonym for our subject matter experts so that they were comfortable pointing out any issues with maintenance or crew procedures if they existed. That way the subject matter experts would not be identified by their friends and looked at as if they tattled on their own people if they did identify crew or maintenance error. They felt they could speak candidly knowing their names would never be revealed in the report. We had to have brutal honesty, and that is one way to ensure it. All interviews are recorded, transcribed and included in the final report with pseudonyms applied and sensitive information redacted (things like deployed locations and call signs are redacted).<br />
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These programs can re-create everything, to include a horse and rider fall. I know people say "I don't want to see that." Do you, or do you not want to learn from accidents? Do you want to keep dismissing these incidents as freak accidents and refusing to WANT to learn what went wrong? Why would you not want to know if something went wrong?<br />
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These videos are not a smear campaign on the pilots or any of the crew. These videos are simply illustrations of factual events based on video or data pulled from the aircraft's computer systems. Yes, in some of them the accident IS a result of a crew error. Again, it's not a jab at the crew, it's facts. People make mistakes. Wouldn't you rather know if these accidents in eventing were a mistake in the design of a jump or the error of a person for sure? With actual in-depth investigations we have a much better chance of deciphering that instead of just saying "well, shit happens. Riding is inherently risky" and shrug it off until the next one happens.<br />
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Why isn't there a push for something like this? Why don't they want to be transparent? Why don't you care more? Why do you still support something that dismisses your safety, as well as your horse's safety? I think I know, because it's fun and it's easy to just say "shit happens." I'll tell you again, complacency kills.<br />
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Then next post will have some data in it from these fatal rides.The Jumping Percheronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588158783906726626noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892401514337394004.post-29009715215331694412020-03-06T16:56:00.002-05:002020-04-29T23:32:45.131-04:00Do Something, Eventing, Part 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For those of you that have wondered why I haven't been out eventing in quite a while, well it's because I'm not eventing anymore. It took a while to let go, with the catalyst being a recognized event I was a jump judge at the summer before we left New Jersey. I watched a blatant disregard for horse and rider safety at a RECOGNIZED event, at a very popular venue that resulted in serious rider injury. I was absolutely at a loss for words and it affected me so much that still to this day, I remember it crystal clear and still, to this day, fail to comprehend it. Accidents happen, of course they do. This was not an accident. This was a situation (apologies to those I have already told this story to) where after a significant amount of rain the week leading up to the even there were very soggy spots on the xc course. The TD had told us all that if we saw any issues just get on the radio and let them know because there was a front end loader full of stone dust ready to respond.<br />
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The Training division was running and I could see this particular jump from the jump I was jump judging. I heard the jump judge at the problem jump come on the radio and say that horses were slipping on the landing side of that Training level table. I started watching, sure enough, horses were slipping on landing and struggling to catch themselves and keep all four feet under them. The jump judge requested stone dust SEVERAL times on the radio due to horses CONTINUALLY slipping. She was trying her hardest to ask for help to prevent an accident. One of the managers of the event came on the radio and said "Well, there's only a couple more horses to go in this division anyway, we're just going to let them go." The <b><i>NEXT </i></b>person left in an ambulance.<br />
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This, after a rash of rider deaths as well. This, in a time where safety is such a hot topic. It made me realize just how much we play Russian Roulette on course. If organizers at a well known, recognized venue, that has several recognized events a year, along with year round schooling doesn't care, who does? You won't know until you find out the hard way, or witness something horrible.<br />
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I'm not a timid rider, I never left the box scared. To this day I have no qualms about jumping anything. Triple bars, corners, jumps with tarps, and balloons on them, crazy looking gymnastic line, whatever, I'll jump it. If Klein could jump five foot courses, we'd do it. Will Super B get to that point? I plan to find out. I'm the rider that 100% believe that probably 80% of problems people have or think they have are all made up in their head. For example, those that come in from a windy day of riding and say "well, I didn't die." I'll ask, "does he/she usually do anything to make you question your safety on a windy day?" More often than not, the reply is "no" which prompts me to ask "Then why would you expect it today?" If you expect problems, you get problems most times. I'm the rider that never lunges their horses before they get on, no matter how much time they've had off, or what the weather conditions are.<br />
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I loved eventing. I loved the test of the whole thing overall, the different types of conditioning it requires, the fact that you an show up with a horse like Klein and people would be nice and never wonder what she was doing there, etc... Cross country was always my favorite too.<br />
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My departure started with not wanting to support an organization that seems to not learn from its mistakes, then it traveled a bit further with the support of Bloody Mary aka Marilyn Little and the absolute inaction against her, then it went even further after personally witnessing the incident in New Jersey I spoke about above. Sprinkle some rider and horse deaths in between all of that and, I'm done.<br />
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I'm tired of the excuse that social media is to blame because these rider/horse deaths are just more publicized now. Eventing in north america just hit FIVE deaths in the past EIGHT months, there were at least two horse deaths in that group as well. There is no excuse for that, you can't blame social media. Is there really any acceptable excuse or reason? Trick question, there isn't.<br />
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I'm tired of the "it was a freak accident" excuse too. You know what's a freak accident? Getting kicked in the head in a field by a horse, a horse spooking from an animal that came running out of the bushes and the rider falling and getting hurt or killed, a horse tripping at a canter and falling on its rider. You know what a freak accident isn't? A rider and/or horse dying every few months in a similar manner on a cross country course attempting to jump a solid fence. This has become a predictable pattern, a trend.<br />
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Now we have the "frangible technology is too expensive to employ on every xc fence" statement. While that may be true, where are all the big time supporters that are paying tens of thousands in sponsorship money, syndication money, prize money, etc... What about the Essex HTs where the Prelim winner gets $10,000? Can we not take that prize money for a year or two and say instead of giving this as prize money, it's going toward frangible fences? There is a particular multi-billionaire ($29.4 Billion according to Forbes) that funds a lot of upper level horses and riders as well as sponsors events that could probably pay for every last fence in the country to be frangible. Where's the support for safety at that level? I'll wait...<br />
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I also expect the "people die in dressage and jumpers" crowd to come out too. They're not wrong, people DO die in dressage and jumpers, every once in a long while. Eventing still has everyone beat in that category. Eight in five months? I looked for a quite a while tonight to see what I could find about rider deaths in dressage and jumpers. I am not talking about Hickstead, or an accident in the barn, or a horse suffering a cardiac event in general while in competition, or anything similar to Teddy O'Connor's demise, <b>I'm talking about riders and/or horses dying as a result of meeting an obstacle incorrectly</b>. Here is what I found:<br />
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But.......social media is everywhere now so we should have so much more as far as dressage and jumpers deaths, right? Yeah, if they existed.<br />
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You can't even Google "dressage competition deaths" without Google suggesting eventing deaths.<br />
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Or showjumping deaths...<br />
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Or showjumping rider deaths...<br />
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The majority of eventing deaths are taking place at recognized events, aka places FILLED with professionals and medical staff on standby to assist. These are not all people out alone where no one knew anything happened until it was too late.<br />
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This has been in the media for over 12 years now. Here's an article from 2008:<br />
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Read it. Notice a familiar theme? Why is this still happening 12 years later?<br />
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I have been taking some time to pull records, review videos, and run stats over the past week. I'm going to post the information in the next post. I think this problem is a multi-pronged issue with several hard truths that need to be addressed. Just looking at scores and reviewing some video makes it pretty clear there are multiple issues going on. Where do we start to address it? I think some of it IS starting to be addressed and has been by committed USEA members like Doug Payne and John Holling. But, we have a long way to go and some of it has to do with recognizing when something isn't right, and speaking up, or taking a real look at yourself and your horse and knowing your limits whether they are mental, or physical, before it's too late.</div>
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Yesterday was the 90 day mark for Super B since her surgery! All restrictions are officially lifted! The only remaining limitation was that she was still not on 24/7 turn out, or allowed to really run around and go wild with Klein, we couldn't quite go out and gallop like the end of the world is coming yet either, or jump. <br />
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She is now back out with Klein and as far as under saddle, we will continue to build her strength back up so we can start jumping again and galloping. This week I'm going to take her out to one of our favorite trail riding spots for some slow canters and very light hill walking. She doesn't feel or look weak by any means, but I sill do not believe in skipping ahead in conditioning increments no matter how good she feels/looks.<br />
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She is so happy to be back out with Klein. This morning I watched them nap in the sun together. Klein has also not been the fun police with her and they ate from the same hay net all afternoon yesterday. It was pretty adorable. <br />
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It's all behind us now, officially. She did it, she gave colic the biggest F U she could and you would never guess she even had a major surgery like that. The very epitome of a War Horse.<br />
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Super B has continued to power through her recovery like the surgery never happened. She did great with her walks under saddle and never had another explosive day like that second day back to work when I tacked her up. Our day came to trot so we started with little stints of trot work here and there. We worked up to trotting serpentines and various size circles, along with some spirals in and out. Same as we have been doing at the walk with contact, a little here and there, and a lot of loose contact, stretchy trot.<br />
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Walking cavaletti. <br />
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This girl sure does have a walk on her aka that Super Model strut.</div>
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A month of this and it was time for another follow-up physical exam. I was really excited for everyone to see Super B again at that appointment. Klein and B had dentals scheduled for that day too, so they both went in. Klein is a fan favorite at the vet too, and they are always happy to see her.<br />
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B is now up to 1,304lbs and is starting to put her topline back on. Our vet could not be happier with where she is. She palpated her incision and said it felt perfect and gave us the green light to start adding canter work back in.<br />
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This Friday is three months. This Friday is when all restrictions are lifted. She can be turned out 24/7 and go as wild as she wants with Klein. I can't wait for that! I have kept her in her extra large stall and turn her out when I'm at the barn in addition to riding her.<br />
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Her canter felt great! Same Super B. I check her out every day after our rides. I look at her incision watch her overall demeanor. She has never indicated any discomfort AT ALL with anything we have done under saddle this past month. Same with cantering. I trotted her on the lunge line the next day and looked her over to make sure nothing seemed to bother her, and she looked great!</div>
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Klein has been jumping courses again and rising to every challenge like usual. We have been doing a lot of ground rails on the flat too. The other day I left the jumps really low and did some crazy bending lines and jumped everything on an angle. She nailed every single thing I asked her to do.<br />
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Recently I've had her work on auto changes as well. I have never put any time into teaching her to just change. 9 times out of 10 she'll land on the correct lead and we don't think much about it. I have also had instructors tell me to be careful with teaching them changes because you may open up a door you're not ready to have open yet. Meaning it just confuses them and if you're not at Third Level to leave well enough alone. Klein is smart enough to listen and realize when we're out on course and she needs to just do a lead change, or if we are working on counter canter and she doesn't need to do a change.<br />
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I did teach her flying changes, and that's another reason I'm not concerned. She doesn't just throw out the changes all over the place, I have to ask. About a week and a half ago I spent some time teaching her automatic flying changes. With Super B, I'm lucky that she just does them, and it was the way I ride with Super B to get them that made me think to give it a try with Klein.<br />
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Klein got it right away. While she was late behind a little, if we do them regularly and she gets stronger at them, they'll be no issue and she won't be late behind. All it means now is that she understands what to do and she's doing it. Then the ride after that, we were on the landing side of a jump and she landed on the wrong lead. She fixed herself immediately. She never used to do that, but since I spent that ONE ride working on it, she totally gets it. My girls are ridiculously smart.<br />
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Last week I took Super B and Klein in for their routine Coggins and had a follow up exam done on Super B since this week was the week where I could start getting back on her and walking under saddle. I took them to the clinic because Klein is a fan favorite, and I wanted everyone to be able to see how Super B was doing, and how great she looks. Every single person there had a part in saving her life.<br />
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Everyone was happy to see them and Super B and her vet even had a moment. The vet put her head against B's forehead and B just stayed there, no mare glares. She knows. It was really sweet to see. Everyone was thrilled with how B looks. Her incision looks amazing and the vet palpated it to find everything has healed perfectly. She gave us the green light to start walking under saddle this week. She said two weeks of walking then we can introduce some trotting for the next two weeks. After two weeks of walk/trot I will have another follow up exam done to make sure everything still looks good.<br />
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The vet said normally she says four weeks of walking first but is allowing us to trot after two weeks because I had that follow up exam done. She said most people don't have an exam done unless there's an issue. My jaw dropped. What?! Colic surgery is a MAJOR surgery. WHY would you not have follow up exams at milestones?! No chances will be taken with Super B.<br />
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Yesterday was THE DAY. I hopped on her bareback and it's like she never had a day off. I thought I was going to cry but I decided no, I'm not going to cry because we're not going to dwell on the past. The bad days are behind us, we made it, we're here, she looks and feels great, we're only looking forward.<br />
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Today I tacked her up and I guess she thought since she had her works clothes on it was time to GO TO WORK. She was WIIIIIILD today! Last night we walked around on a loose rein. Today? I rode no less than three airs above ground. She'll get it quickly though, we're JUST WALKING right now. I feel bad for her because she wants to get out and go so bad, and so do I, but, that's just the way it is, she's not there yet. We'll get there. I wish we could just gallop off too, but that's months away. You can't fault her for being ready to work. I just laugh at her and tell her to chill, I don't get after her for being enthusiastic. There's nothing wrong with that.<br />
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First, the girls are doing GREAT. I owe everyone a little back story on what poor Klein went through right before Super B's colic. <br />
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Klein mare had a little vacation this summer like she usually does. However, during that time she had a severe reaction to Habronema Muscae. It's a reaction to a bot fly of all things, which is a mystery because none were ever found at our barn. The vet told us they can come from a few miles radius so they HAD to have come from another property, ours is kept absolutely spotless and everyone is UTD on EVERYTHING. We are in an area with a lot of barns so there are multiple properties within that few mile radius. Though none appear to be slacking on upkeep or property maintenance, there is really no way to pinpoint where it started, we could only treat it and move on.<br />
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I had a handle on it at first when these little sores showed up, the abbreviated version is that I had them under control and then they started to get worse so I took her into the vet where they debrided the wounds and kept her a few days to keep an eye on her. She has ALWAYS been the most delicate flower when it comes to things like this. She STILL gets an allergy shot every 30 days in the hotter months. She has had it every summer over the past 10 years in Hawaii, New Mexico, Georgia, New Jersey, and now Vegas. That's just a Klein mare thing that I manage just fine with the monthly injection. <br />
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I was hoping that would help get rid of this thing, before I knew it was habronema. Thankfully about 45 seconds after I unloaded her at the vet, our vet goes "OH, we can fix this!!!!" I was SO relieved she knew what it was right away! They immediately got to work on debriding the sores and showing me the habronemas that I NEVER would have found. I knew something was beyond the control of the allergy shot and that it was something different than her usual. <br />
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Oddly, remember seeing Bot fly eggs on horses in pastures in New Jersey but NEVER at our farm. And the horses at the properties that I did see them at, never had a reaction. It's just one of those things where one horse may react, and another never will. Well, leave it to Klein if there is a possibility of a horse reacting to something. <br />
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You can see the ointment on her left chestnut here. She essentially ripped that chestnut off.</div>
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After a short stay at the vet Klein was looking much better and was responding well with Dex, Hydroxyzine, and a special ointment they mix at the vet. Unfortunately, about a week at home and she started getting worse where the sores were bothering her and I couldn't stop her from messing with them, so, back to the vet we went. It was determined she needed to stay on the Dex. We had started a taper that week and she wasn't ready for that. Upping the Dex again put the brakes on her messing with her sores almost immediately.<br />
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This was AFTER she came home from the first stay. She was doing great, not messing with ANYTHING, then one evening I got to the barn and found this. I saw her that morning, she was NOT like that. I texted the vet immediately and took her in the next morning.</div>
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I will say this, for being a delicate flower, at least she has ALWAYS responded to Dex extremely well. It has ALWAYS worked for her and she has never had any side effects, or any negative effect, from it at all. <br />
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It was around the first time she was in the hospital that everything happened with Wes too. So in addition to dealing with this I had to fly back to NJ to say good-bye to Wes, this was at the end of September. I brought Klein home the day after I got back to Vegas and she was home about a week before she went BACK to stay at the hospital for a week. Now, did I have to leave her there a week? No, I didn't. Why did I? A few reasons.<br />
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Same night as the last picture above. I was m-o-r-t-i-f-i-e-d.</div>
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Klein is so sensitive and was honestly starting to self mutilate (see above pics) and it was absolutely killing me to see this. I wanted to let her stay a solid week for the vets to do wound management there. I could NOT keep bandages on her. She would rip through them. IF she did that at the vet, they were right there and could just re-bandage instead of her waiting for me to get off work. That could mean hours of her being able to chew on them. That wasn't going to do her any favors. Also, if for some reason the meds started to appear to not work, all they had to do was walk a matter of feet into their pharmacy and get something else instead of me having to make an appointment, fit her in some where and bring her in. I'd rather her be literal STEPS away from whatever necessary to make sure she was comfortable and healing.<br />
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Not thrilled with me. Dr. Moser and Dr. Clawson are basically my besties now. See how she's pulled her bandage down here? Well, they fixed that...</div>
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So, Klein was only home a couple weeks, and she never looked back after that, she never touched her wounds again, then Super B had her colic. Yes, Klein had this, I lost Wes, then Super B had her colic surgery, all in a matter of weeks. I don't care how strong you are, or prepared, you're not for that kind of streak. <br />
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Despite all of this, Super B is acting like she never even had a surgery, and Klein is absolutely killing it lately. <br />
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Her incision, this is actually smaller now. It shrinks by the day. I will post a more recent photo in the next post.</div>
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Klein has been back to work since before Super B's surgery. They both are doing amazing. Super B is more than ready to go back to work. I'm keeping her busy as best I can with varying types of walks. In about two weeks we have our appointment for a once over with our vet before I get back on her and start walking.<br />
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Doing a little hill work. Just a little.</div>
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Out on one of our walks.</div>
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Getting back in shape.</div>
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In addition to this I've been extremely busy with work and another career altering (in a positive way), amazing opportunity, along with finishing my thesis for my M.F.S. When I say it's been a rough ride these past few months, it's no exaggeration, but, we're all good here now and we're not looking back or having pity parties. That's not what Super Mares do, so I'm not doing it either.<br />
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First, thank you all for the kind messages, donations, and checking in on Super B (except for you, Floss, you can read my reply to your comment on the last post). She has been doing AMAZING since she has been home. Shortly after she came home she finished her course of antibiotic and Ulcergard. She is only getting a tablet of Equioxx once daily. Once she finishes her current bottle, she's done. You would never know what she just went through. Animals are so much better than us.<br />
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Last Saturday was the one month mark! She has now moved to a stall with a run! 30 minute daily hand walks are not required now but I still do them almost every day because she enjoys being out doing SOMETHING. Both Super B and Klein have always been workaholics.<br />
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Checking out the views from her stall with a run.</div>
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During our walks I will pony her off of Klein, or if we are hand walking we'll walk serpentines, 10m, 15m, and 20m circles, and figure 8's. She's happy to feel like she has some sort of job right now.<br />
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Morning views on our walks that are *almost* as pretty as Super B.</div>
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Evening walks while being ponied from Klein.</div>
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Default beautiful face, always interested in whatever we're doing.</div>
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Her incision looks great and is healed all but one tiny spot that had minor oozing. That has since stopped. It is scabbed over and healing. She is slowly gaining her weight back. She has been getting additional alfalfa with her free choice grass hay. I added Amplify to her ration balancer as well. I'm still blanketing her with a midweight on the colder nights, otherwise she wears her Back on Track sheet at night. It will stay that way until she gets a little more weight back on.<br />
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She got her make-up pedicure recently too. She was due the Saturday after her surgery. She was her normal self and was falling asleep in the cross ties at one point.<br />
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Power napping during her pedicure.</div>
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Overall, you would have no idea the hell she has been through unless you looked underneath her and see the incision.<br />
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As of January 9th I can tack her up and start walking for the following 30 days. Valentine's Day is our day that we're free to go back to work. Of course, I will absolutely be gradually bringing her back into work. Also, before we advance to the next step of her recovery, I will have our vet do a once over on her every step of the way. Even before I tack her up to get on a walk, the vet will be doing a full exam just to be absolutely sure we're good to go.<br />
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As beautiful as the sunrise.</div>
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Also, a word of advice to anyone that finds themselves in a situation like this (though I sincerely hope that no one reading this will ever be in that spot), you have to have an outlet. Don't let that outlet be your family, your spouse, your co-workers, do something else to relieve it. Of course, riding Klein helped me but, she is not an outlet for the extreme stress, pressure, frustration, shock, and sadness that came along with this whole ordeal. People often say your horse is your therapist, that's true to a degree, but they're not there to be the sounding board for your range of emotions.<br />
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Your outlet can be a lot of things, for me, for years, it's always been the gym. It helped me clear my head by just blasting a lot of Highly Suspect in my headphones and beating myself into the ground during workouts. I spent a lot of time putting beat downs on myself wondering so many things, why did this have to happen to her, why couldn't it have been me, why one of my animals, they don't deserve this kind of stuff, etc... I'm not saying you have to put on a fake smile and act like everything is ok, because it's fine to tell people it's not. There are definitely times where if some one said the wrong thing to me, they'd instantly regret it when I replied...but in general...instead of taking it out on other people, I would add weight to the bar and use that energy productively.<br />
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I have always had a love affair with pull-ups.</div>
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I feel like I even have some form of survivor's guilt. This whole situation was so horrible I now feel even worse for my friends that have been through it and not come out on the winning side.<br />
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Not knowing if this was our last time together, right before she went back for surgery.</div>
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I honestly thought my terrible luck was over. The first half of the year was great but ever since July things have taken a turn downward. Just when I thought the tables were turning, on 14 November I had every horse owner's worst nightmare happen to Super B.<br />
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Late that afternoon I was at work when my phone started going insane with texts and phone calls. Bits and pieces that I could gather and I knew something very bad was going on with B. I got the word that she was on her way into the clinic and likely needed surgery. I ran out the door and got in the car to get to the hospital as fast as I could. Her vet gave me the run down of what all had happened/was going on as I was on my way.<br />
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By sheer luck a vet tech had been at the barn to see another horse and heard a commotion going on. She went to investigate and found B down, thrashing around. She called for back up and a vet came rushing out to stabilize B enough to even get her on a trailer. Our barn manager and her husband came to the rescue by getting a trailer hooked up and ready for when they could get her on a trailer. They managed to get her on and to the hospital. I got there just a few minutes after she got there. She already had a bloody belly tap and had a rectal where they could tell there was a major problem and she needed surgery NOW. I said yes let's go and the team there began running around getting everything ready in organized chaos.<br />
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We had no idea what we'd find in surgery because we all know that you THINK you have an idea but you could be totally off once you're actually in there and find the issue. They found the issue pretty quickly. It was an Epiploic Foramen Entrapment with Strangulated Illeum, meaning part of her small intestine had been sucked into her large intestine. That part of the small intestine had its blood supply cut off and was dead.<br />
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Dr. Moser, Dr. Clawson, Dr. Winchell and their amazing team saving B's life. The person you see in the foreground here is the vet tech that heard the noise and went to investigate at the barn, she is the reason we even made it as far as this picture. Seeing that catheter in B's neck with a syringe gave me flashbacks of the one in Wes' neck and that was REALLY hard to see. </div>
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Our vet came out of the OR and explained everything to us and told us we were at the point where we needed to decide to continue or discontinue. She was very honest and realistic through the whole thing, something I really value and appreciate. I could not BELIEVE I was AGAIN at this point where I had to decide the fate of one of my animals less than two months since the last time I was in that position. B had a 60-70% chance of survival and would make a full recovery with no limitations. The things I take into consideration when making these decisions are quality of life and what the chances of even making it past recovery outside of the hospital are. They were all in her favor.<br />
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As much as I love my animals and will do anything I have to for them, there is a line that I think all animal parents cannot cross, it is the line where you are doing something for yourself and not them. For example with Manny, the survival rate with his emergency surgery was incredibly low and the surgeons said that while they COULD make the repair in his situation the immediate post-op recovery was incredibly painful and most patients never made it out of the hospital under the same circumstances. Why would you do that to them? I could never do that to them, as hard as that decision is. However, this was not the case on the 14th of November.<br />
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The Other Half and one of my best friends (the one that flew out with me to Philly to say good bye to Wes) was there with me. I rely heavily on their judgement as well because sometimes my own judgement gets so clouded I second guess myself. I trust them more than I trust myself sometimes.<br />
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We decided the odds and the recovery were good enough to go ahead, and we did. They removed the two feet of small intestine and performed a jejunocecostomy, or a bowel resection. The surgery went great, we have an amazing team here in Vegas at Desert Pines Equine. The next hurdle was to come, waking her up. While I have been lucky enough to have never had to go through this prior to that night, I did know that waking a horse up from general anesthesia is extremely risky and dangerous. They wake up much like people, some of them have no idea where they are, some of them wake up swinging, and some just want to sleep it off.<br />
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Luckily, B was the latter. It took them over an hour to get her to her feet. She would sit up and groan like "If you could just turn the light off and leave me in here, I'll just sleep here tonight, it's fine." She was not combative at all, and when she got to her feet she was able to walk to her stall shortly after. Big sigh of relief to see her standing and in her stall. She was trembling all over, an effect of the anesthesia, but that subsided after about 30 minutes. I stayed with her until that stopped and then decided to let her have some quiet time to settle in.<br />
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Dr. Moser and Dr. Clawson helping her into her stall after surgery.</div>
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Settling in after surgery. </div>
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Not only are there vet techs on site 24 hours to monitor her, her vet was checking her on the cameras every 30 minutes around the clock, if she wasn't there in person. I went home that first night in shock. I really could not process any of what just happened and I was dreading the first 30 seconds you wake up the next morning before reality hits you and you realize all of it WAS real.<br />
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The next day was hard. While she did have great odds, no recovery from colic surgery is without pain. Our team did a wonderful job managing her pain but it was also very difficult for me to see her drugged out of her mind, but it was necessary. When I would come to see her she would perk up and look right into my eyes. She knew I was there. I would hold her head in my arms and she would fall asleep in my arms, standing up. She's so strong. I told her before they took her back to surgery that if it was too much she didn't have to stay because she doesn't owe anyone a single damn thing, not me, not anybody. She WANTS to be here. I must have apologized to her close to 2,000 times for this ever happening. Even thought it was nothing that we did, I just wanted it to be me, and not her.<br />
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We spent hours like this.</div>
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This was the majority of her first day after surgery. It was heart breaking.</div>
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The first 18 hours are another milestone, and I knew from the experiences with friends that they can look great in the first 18 hours and then do a 180, crash, and you lose them. I held my breath, and the first 18 hours passed, then 24, then 36, then 48, then 72. I watched the clock. She never had any reflux and the only real rough patches the first few days is when things started moving in her system again.<br />
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We knew when she was about to pass some manure because she would start to get agitated and paw. You could tell she was very uncomfortable. An anti-spasmodic helped her through those. The second day I got there for the evening visit and she was actually down from having one of those little episodes. She was down, groaning and actually fell asleep in front of us for a minute she was just so exhausted. One of the techs that was there could tell I was about to lose it and looked me right in the face and said "This. Is. Normal. Ok? This is normal." I was really relieved to hear that. This was all new territory for me. While I have known quite a few friends that have been through this, I wasn't there every step of the way. I cannot say enough how awesome the Desert Pines Equine team is, every single one of them have been amazing.<br />
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The episode where she was having pain right before passing manure. Why did I take these pictures? I want to show the reality of this whole ordeal.</div>
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Feeling better after getting some Buscopan.</div>
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Back to resting as much as she could.</div>
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We started to see manure with oil on it, which was a great sign because that came from her stomach, meaning it made it through the area where the resection is. Then we started to see new manure from the little bit of hay that had been re-introduced. So everything was working!<br />
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The DPE team was so sweet with her. They are always so kind and caring, you would think every horse on that property is their own personal horse no matter how big or small their medical issue is. When she got to the point where she could have a tiny bit of hay they made her a hay buffet of like five different kinds to see if she wanted any. She had a pretty decent amount of edema in her face the first couple days due to standing with her head down so much and it seemed like her mouth must have felt weird as far as eating with the swelling. Our vet actually put a little piece of hay IN her mouth for her and it was like a switch flipped like "OMG MY MOUTH DOES STILL WORK!" and all of a sudden she was trying to eat more.<br />
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Hay buffet with a little senior in the middle!</div>
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Looking brighter!</div>
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I was there three times a day to visit her. I would just stand and hold her head, if she was laying down I would sit with her and pet her face. We would listen to her favorite Pandora station (she likes Sublime, Everclear, No Doubt, etc...) and just hang out.<br />
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I began to feel better when she was interested in what was going on outside her stall. Everyone was surprised she is off the track because none of the activity bothered her. Not the trash truck coming in, all the traffic, the other upset horses, etc... She just quietly observes.</div>
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Her first full flake post surgery! Best alf she's ever tasted!</div>
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The morning of day five she was cleared to move out of the ICU. Things were looking good but then we started to see red urine and she had a fever. Our vet had a couple ideas what was causing it but after ruling some out she had a pretty good idea what the issue was, and she was right. B was having a reaction to Exceed, the antibiotic she was on. She switched her to another antibiotic and we had yellow urine again. Some horses have a reaction to it, which is fairly rare, but B is one of them so notes were made in her record that she is not to ever get that again. Her fever broke but then it returned, Equioxx helped break it and it finally stayed away.<br />
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Another brighter day!</div>
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By this point she was tired a lot of the time. She slept a lot and I was so relieved to see that. She finally was at the point where sleep was RESTFUL and not because she just couldn't fight it anymore from exhaustion. One night she was laying down sleeping for hours and they heard her snoring on the camera.<br />
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Out of the ICU!</div>
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I had asked them that when we get to the point of her being able to go home if she could just stay a couple more days for good measure, just to be absolutely sure. Of course that was no problem. I was still there every morning and evening to see her and take her for her hand walks. She began to look less and less sleepy and more bright and like her usual self. She started handing out the mare glares to people too so I knew she was feeling pretty good. I reminded her she might want to be careful with those though because everyone in that place had a hand in saving her life.<br />
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Morning walk!</div>
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Morning hand graze.</div>
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The incision looking great!</div>
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She LOVES having her neck brushed.</div>
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All tucked in for bed.</div>
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We started to talk about THE DAY earlier this week. I got the green light she COULD go home on Thanksgiving, but I opted to have her stay until yesterday (Saturday) morning. By then she was going on day five of looking bright and happy, and acting like her normal self.<br />
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Catheter out and a warm compress for the site.</div>
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Asking for Bel-Vitas.</div>
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So, yesterday morning I picked her up and she got her freedom ride home.<br />
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She has no restrictions on feed and can be hand walked for 30 minutes per day. Once we reach the six week point our vet will come out to take a look at her to make sure everything looks good and at that point I can get on her and just walk. It looks like February 7th will be the day that, if cleared by the vet of course, she can go back to real work and by that I mean a gradual build up to real work again. There is absolutely no rush of course. I'm just happy she is here.<br />
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True to form, my terrible luck as of late hit me with a left and a right, not only because this happened in the first place but...I was in the middle of getting her insured when this happened. She is my only animal that is uninsured, so yes, this is all out of pocket.<br />
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I have had numerous inquiries about helping with the hospital bill and I'm speechless. I don't know what to say, there are really no words and again, I'm absolutely floored by the people we are so lucky to have in our lives, near and far. So, I set up a GoFundMe as a central donation point. I wasn't sure what to put the goal as because anything is unexpected and immensely appreciated, so I just put it as the actual final bill total. Here is the link:<br />
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From here on out, I'll keep you all updated on her road to recovery as well, in hopes it helps someone else through a hard time. As for us, we will never look back.<br />
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The Jumping Percheronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588158783906726626noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892401514337394004.post-71347913181510431302019-12-01T15:45:00.000-05:002019-12-01T15:45:01.111-05:00No Bad Endings: I Love You Wesson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On a Wednesday in September I got a text I have been dreading. Wes was not doing well. You can never be prepared for that. He was starting to have trouble with his hind end and looked neurological. He was utd on all shots and had never had any real health issues, besides an abscess, the entire 15 years I have known him. In all other respects he was in good health. His feet were good, he had all his teeth, he could see and hear fine, get up and down fine, etc... So this was extremely out of character. He hadn't had any accidents out int he pasture as far as falling for any reason or getting kicked, it was just Mochs in with him too.<br />
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At first it sounded like a potentially acute issue but after opinions from two vets and some medical intervention, it was determined to be more than that and definitely not neurological. The issue was in his neck and either it was a degenerative issue in his vertebrae from arthritis or a fracture (that could also be caused by arthritis). He was to the point where he was walking in a constant half pass and was using the barn to hold himself up. He also could only turn in one direction and his balance was off. You can kind of see in that first picture how his hind end is out to one side.<br />
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Could we try more intervention? Sure, but seeing him in that condition it seemed unfair to let him live like that while we tried things that we weren't even sure were going to work. To me, that is crossing the line where you are doing it for yourself and not them. I was also afraid he WOULD fall at some point and become seriously injured then we would be in a real emergency situation and it would be traumatic for him.<br />
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We made the decision to say goodbye. The last thing I wanted for him was a bad ending. He did so much for people for so long. He had a great retirement and he deserved a peaceful ending. <br />
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It was surreal making the phone calls to set up his final vet appointment. I got on a flight out that night to Philly. One of my best friends that lives here went with me. After two of my best friends asking if I should go alone and me being adamant I was fine alone I decided that if two of them suggested this completely independently of each other, maybe I should just listen for once.<br />
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When we got into Philly we went to my other best friend's house, the friend that rode with me across the country last year with Klein and Super B. We stopped at a store to get Wes granola bars, molasses, carrots, and apples then headed to the farm.<br />
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I didn't want to stay for hours because he had already been in that condition for a few days. At one point I was not going to fly out there because I didn't want him to wait on me but the barn owner assured me he was still mobile and eating, drinking, and generally himself besides the obvious. My best friend that lives there also went to see him and agreed.<br />
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He perked up when I came around the corner of the run in. I fed him a whole box of granola bars dipped in molasses, apples, and carrots. <br />
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When it was time the vet came out to the field. It was a beautiful, sunny day, and Mochs was there too. I wasn't sure if she should be close or not. But, if she was far he would be looking for her, and I know they need to have time with them to understand what happened afterward. So we haltered Mochs and one of my friends just stood with her quietly. <br />
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We picked a beautiful, soft, grassy spot and the vet told me how it would go, as far as when I would need to step back, but I was there next to his head until I had to do that. As much as it hurts, I always want them to know I'm there. It was so surreal seeing those syringes filled with blue liquid, knowing they were about to take Wesson away from me. I see death all the time. I look death right in the face. All. The. Time. I physically handle death, all types of deaths, some of them being the most violent deaths you could imagine, and they are sometimes in every state of decomposition possible, from one day old to 96 years old, I see them all, and I compartmentalize, but I could not reconcile the fact that there was no turning back after that liquid was pushed.<br />
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Sometimes it's violent with horses, and Wes was so big that the vet told me again don't be surprised, just know that they are gone before they are on the ground no matter how it looks. But, it wasn't like that. Wes laid down so gently. He was ready, he just seemed so relieved. I knew I did the right thing, and as much as it still hurts, I felt relief that he was no longer in that condition and that he didn't have a bad ending.<br />
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Mochs was ok, she came and sniffed him and walked away, I am sure she knew what was near and I'm sure she was relieved because she always looked after him and now she didn't have to worry about him. We all stayed with him for a while. I just laid on his face and petted him.<br />
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It still hits me some days that he just isn't here anymore. He has been around in my life for so long and to realize he's just not here anymore is so final and sudden and it still hits me like a ton of bricks some days, and I know it will be like that for a long time. <br />
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The Jumping Percheronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588158783906726626noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892401514337394004.post-37123677399108793862019-07-15T19:50:00.003-04:002019-07-15T19:50:59.272-04:00All is Well<div style="text-align: center;">
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Unplanned radio silence has been going on here for a few reasons, none of them bad, some actually very good. I had special assignment for work pop up that took some additional time out of my days. I'm two classes from being done with my Master's in Forensic Science, and I have recently had some unreal career advancing opportunities outside of my regular job. I'm also in the process of applying to the school I'm going to attend for my Ph.D.<br />
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I've been busy, but it's all for the advancement of my career and we all know that in the end, that just means more money for pony stuff, right? We also had family come to town for a visit and last time they were here, in March, I had to leave 24 hours after they got here for a work trip so I didn't get to spend much time with them. This time I was here for their entire visit. Here are some pics of what I've been up to.<br />
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You know all that Storm Area 51 nonsense going on? This place is the rally point where it is supposed to start.</div>
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Also, Klein was on light duty for a few weeks while she got the loading dose of One AC. I wasn't going to put her on it here but I decided to go ahead with it because it definitely won't hurt anything. She had a mild case of anhydrosis in South Georgia that I caught immediately and One AC worked within three days to have her sweating like she had jumped in pool. So, ever since then I have put her on it each summer. I usually start a month prior to warmer weather but I started it late this year because I wasn't going to do it due to the dry climate. It's not the heat that is the problem. It is heat and humidity combined that is the problem. But, like I said, it can't hurt and I have better peace of mind with her on it. The vet here said that she really only sees cases here when we have some rain and the humidity increases, which is noticeable when the normal humidity is 9-14%. All of that to say, I follow the loading dose instructions and they state "strenuous training or work must be reduced to a minimum for three weeks if maximum results are to be achieved. Walking to maintain muscle tone is suggested, but keep the heartbeat below 80 bpm."<br />
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I have switched to riding in the early morning before work now that the summer heat is here. The girls have fans with misters on all day to keep cool and they have been doing great. My Queen B continues to look absolutely amazing and completely blow my mind with her fancy movement.<br />
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Queen B has been out and about too. She has been having an odd issue that took a little detective work on my part but I have solved the mystery and that whole thing deserves it's own post (next post). But B has been out and about too. I also took her to Lone Mountain and she did great. She was nervous at first but calmed down and did some hill work and did the whole trail that goes around Lone Mountain. I took her alone on purpose like usual. She has also been hacking around the neighborhood like a pro. I jumped her last month and she felt AMAZING and nailed every distance at 2'6". I was so proud I could have just floated right off of her back. Once she gets straightened out this week it's back to jumping for her and I'll be taking her for some jumping lessons.<br />
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I did not make it to the recognized dressage show that was supposed to be Queen B's first recognized dressage show. This was due to the special assignment at work. There was the potential to work weekends and there was no way around that so I decided to not even take the risk of potentially flushing a few hundred dollars down the toilet by entering and then not being able to make it. There are plenty around here anyway.<br />
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Mochs and Wes are also doing great. Every update I get from the barn owner in NJ just makes me even more glad that they are where they are. Here is a video from a few days ago:<br />
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The weather has still been insane up in NJ. There have been two small tornadoes in the area we used to live in and massive flooding. All has been good at the barn where Mochs and Wes are. They are a bit further southeast from where we lived. I cannot tell you how happy I am every single day when I wake up in the desert. I love it here. It's 107 today, and 5% humidity. I LOVE IT. And guess what? It was gorgeous riding this morning. So to everyone who said how hot and miserable they think it is and how I wouldn't be able to ride in the summer...think again. Meanwhile there are heat advisories of the absolutely crushing heat index because of the heat and humidity in NJ. I would MUCH rather be riding here in the summer than there. You know what else is amazing, NO BUGS! It is so nice to walk around without insects buzzing all over, landing on you every .00023 seconds, and biting you. There are NONE here. I love the desert.The Jumping Percheronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588158783906726626noreply@blogger.com6