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vineyridge commented on William Micklem's blog post 'William Micklem says WILL WE FACE FACTS REGARDING DRESSAGE AND JUMPING'
Just had something to throw in the discussion.
There has been some very interesting Australian scientific research on horse vision. As I recall, one finding is that a horse who is truly on the bit in dressage mode is essentially blind because of…
vineyridge commented on William Micklem's blog post 'William Micklem says WILL WE FACE FACTS REGARDING DRESSAGE AND JUMPING'
I researched the Third and Fourth level dressage tests by going to this rather wonderful site:
http://www.dressage.net.au/natestdia.html#usefdiagrams
The eventing test and the Fourth Level tests are very similar.
Perhaps dressage has gotten easier…
vineyridge commented on William Micklem's blog post 'William Micklem says WILL WE FACE FACTS REGARDING DRESSAGE AND JUMPING'
Um, the 2009 4* dressage tests are definitely 4th level and possibly higher, since they call for multiple flying changes on loops of the arena. In fact, they incorporate all of the 4th level requirements and then some.
This is test A
and this is…
vineyridge commented on William Micklem's blog post 'William Micklem says WILL WE FACE FACTS REGARDING DRESSAGE AND JUMPING'
This will be a rather disconnected comment, but it goes along with what Jackie Cochran has been saying.
I own a number of books from old cavalry instructors. One set of books that I have is the last (1935) U.S Cavalry Manual that condensed years of…
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Give me your address by e-mail...william@enniskerry.net...and I will send you an overhead strap. It may just be enough to use the bit clips for your horse. Sorry for delay in response. William
vineyridge commented on William Micklem's blog post 'IT'S SIMPLE - LET'S REDESIGN THE HORSE'S HEAD'
I would like to talk with you about the Multi Bridle because I probably will be buying one for a young horse. Unfortunately, the message function won't work unless I "friend" you, and that seems unnecessarily intrusive. And I…
vineyridge commented on William Micklem's blog post 'LED ASTRAY AGAIN - 'HOLSTEINER' WINS PAU CCI ****'
I tried to link to the pedigree of my old man, but it didn't work. His Jockey Club name is Easter Spy.
vineyridge commented on William Micklem's blog post 'LED ASTRAY AGAIN - 'HOLSTEINER' WINS PAU CCI ****'
I also love to see the connections between my horses and the great TBs. My old man is a son of Mount Hagen and he has a, to my thought, great sport horse pedigree. He raced, not very successfully at the end, and then went on to be a show horse and…
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Good to hear from you again.....hope you are well...yes and yes about your two points...just joined a task force to look at event horse breeding in Ireland...they were amazed at discovering about the TB blood in warm bloods...and these good people…
vineyridge commented on William Micklem's blog post 'LED ASTRAY AGAIN - 'HOLSTEINER' WINS PAU CCI ****'
Couple of things. A sport horse pedigree expert once told me that she believed that not a single WB in existence, except possibly some trakehners, did not trace back in the sire line to a TB, no matter how far back you have to go to find one.…
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Yes I have Wild Risk firmly on the radar now thanks to you...I went to see Ringwood Cockatoo's dam, whose breeding is unknown, as everyone said she must be almost TB because Ringwood Cockatoo has such quality. What did I find? A half bred short…
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Just noticed, as further proof of Wild Risk's importance in event horse breeding that Ringwood Cockatoo is sire line Wild Risk through Worden/Devon/Peacock.
I hope you don't mind, but I regularly save your blog posts, as they clearly…
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Thankyou so much for your comment...you made my day...William
vineyridge commented on William Micklem's blog post 'STOP PRESS - Even Mark Todd can be led astray'
The native American Breeds are things like the Morgans, the American Saddlebred, the American Standardbred, and the American Quarter Horse. All have used substantial amount of TB in their creation, but all have ended up in different places. All…
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Excellent series. You have expressed very well what many of us believe. The thoroughbred is essential to sport horse success. The European WB industry is well organized and well marketed and dominate…
Posted on July 31, 2009 at 8:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Excellent series. You have expressed very well what many of us believe. The thoroughbred is essential to sport horse success. The European WB industry is well organized and well marketed and dominate the world's governing bodies. They are the ones who say that chasing success is irrelevant to competitive jumping success.
There is a saying in the US, "Courses for Horses, and horses for courses." The people who control course design will also control the type of horse that is needed… Continue
There is a saying in the US, "Courses for Horses, and horses for courses." The people who control course design will also control the type of horse that is needed… Continue
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- At 4:39am on November 26, 2009,
William Micklem said…
- Give me your address by e-mail...william@enniskerry.net...and I will send you an overhead strap. It may just be enough to use the bit clips for your horse. Sorry for delay in response. William
- At 1:41pm on November 6, 2009,
William Micklem said…
- Good to hear from you again.....hope you are well...yes and yes about your two points...just joined a task force to look at event horse breeding in Ireland...they were amazed at discovering about the TB blood in warm bloods...and these good people are solidly in the industry...it has been a great marketing job by our continental friends! William
- At 2:05pm on October 15, 2009,
William Micklem said…
- Yes I have Wild Risk firmly on the radar now thanks to you...I went to see Ringwood Cockatoo's dam, whose breeding is unknown, as everyone said she must be almost TB because Ringwood Cockatoo has such quality. What did I find? A half bred short stepping less than pretty mare! Still trying to find out how she was bred. Complimented you are downloading blogs...do suggest to others that they might be of interest to read. Thank you again. William
- At 2:54pm on October 3, 2009,
William Micklem said…
- Thankyou so much for your comment...you made my day...William
- At 4:49pm on August 31, 2009,
William Micklem said…
- Good evening...Kiltealy Spring is a 3/4 TB by Sky Boy with a runner at Burghley Horse Trials this weekend and many good jumpers...William
- At 11:57am on August 28, 2009,
William Micklem said…
- Half asleep...doing too much - Miswaki obviously the sire of Urban Sea, the dam of both S the S and Galileo!..I believe that Coolmore see Mr P as the key line to cross with Northern Dancer
- At 11:35am on August 28, 2009,
William Micklem said…
- Thank you so much..don't know where Able Albert came from..I even had a picture of Stan the Man included but if was too blurred...have been away so apologies for not replying re Sky Boy...a wonderful sire who stood only ten miles from where I used to live, where they now stand Ghareeb...Sky Boy is grandsire of two half bred sires but no sons as far as I am aware...when he was standing few in Ireland thought of breeding stallions as there was a culture of thinking all stallions were dangerous...now that has all changed and there are numerous warm blood stallions jumping..in addition most stallions only made a name for themselves, positive or negative, at the end of their lives because of poor record keeping and assessment of sires. We know Mr P very well in Ireland as the sire of Miswaki, the dam of this years top classic horse Sea the Stars and the top sire Galileo ...see this link below...I find this site brilliant and 100% accurate unlike the sport horse records..thank you again and apologies for delay in response...William
http://www.galopp-sieger.de/galoppsieger/en/stammtafel_html?startPferd=MiswakiMr.%20Prospe&suchePferd=Miswaki&efil=Mr.%20Prospe
- At 7:48am on August 15, 2009,
William Micklem said…
- Why was I so slow to see this...you are so right re Wild Risk...look up Julio Mariner who has been such an influence on jumping breeding in Holland and Germany...got on to the Dutch data base but am double checking as some info appears incorrect...THANK YOU so much for your help.
- At 6:17am on August 3, 2009,
William Micklem said…
- GOOD MORNING...I have reorganised the list of 10 into two lists to include Fair Play and put more logical emphasis on some of the sons of the original 10..I think it's better..thank you for your imput...William
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