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FREE ­­­­ HH00 rrssee RRee vvii eeww Vol. 22 • No.13 The Mid-South Equine Newsmagazine Since 1992 SEPTEMBER 2012 2012 Olympics Issue Alexander Paternell, riding for South Africa on Asih, clears The Drop on the 2012 Olympic cross county course at Greenwich Park, London, England. Olympic coverage begins page 14. ( Photo by Hart ) 2. September, 2012 • Mid-South Horse Review www.midsouthhorsereview.com Murdoch Minutes Test Your HHoorrssee RReevviieeww Equus Charta, LLC Jumping Copyright 2012 6220 Greenlee #7 Position P.O. Box 594 • Arlington, TN By Wendy Murdoch Copyright© 2012. All 38002-0594 rights reserved. 901-867-1755 Do you fall forward when riding over Publishers: fences? Get left behind? Have trouble releasing your horse over the jump? Does your horse Tommy & Nancy Brannon consistently take a rail down? Here’s a quick Staff : test to find out if your jumping position is op - Andrea Gilbert Jorja Rose Jones and her Welsh Pony timal. 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DEADLINE for OCTOBER ISSUE: With my back hollow and shoulders SEPTEMBER 22 pulled back, my weight is forward on the MSHR ENvIRONMENTAL No pony? No problem. At the New chair,(or on the horse’s forehand) so I can - STATEMENT Forest Show, sheep ride well, too, with not lift it. My wrists have dropped and my The Mid-South Horse Review strives to hips are closed more than my body angle. a built-in wool saddle pad. (page 14) lighten our environmental footprint. We reuse, To find out how balanced your jumping po - recycle, compost, and seek the most environ - sition is do the following exercise. Find a light - mentally friendly processes and materials for Table of Contents weight plastic chair. From behind, grasp the our newsmagazine. Printed on recycled con - chair with your thumbs and fingers palms tent newsprint with soy ink and no binding, the Book Nook Page 4 down. Assume your jumping position. Do you Horse Health Care Page 6 MSHR is 100% recyclable. fold at the hips or the waist? 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The chapters are well organized neuver, and also gives a “judging tip” for Achieve Your according to particular movements and each maneuver. Each chapter is organ - Best! the imperfections that impede achieving ized in the same style. the Not–So- the best results. The USEF Rule Book de - The style of Foy’s writing is comfort - able, down to earth, and personal. 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Foy intersperses personal anec - Young Horses Kim’s training and Opinionated, Complicated Mounts We dotes about her experiences with differ - through Grand Prix teaching program, All Love , is that most riders in dressage ent horses, mistakes she has made, and combined with are riding horses that are not perfectly disasters or successes she’s had. International internationally renouned bred or trained for the sport. In short, the Though I have no experience with Competitor clinicians and outstanding horse care, majority of riders are making do with the dressage, it seems to me that this book horse they have. Understandably, there provides a high level of would be extremely helpful and full of service for riders and are imperfections to overcome as a rider valuable detailed information for dres - owners serious about works her way through the levels to sage riders who are working through dressage. achieve a measure of success in the pur - problems either with their horses or with suit of dressage. As a judge, clinician, themselves, and the way they ride certain Available and coach, Foy has seen all the imper - scription of the movement is given. From maneuvers. Foy presents the information for Clinics and Judging fections, and this book is a handbook of that basis, Foy lists the “imperfections in a clear, organized, and easy to under - Quality Sales Horses sorts for correcting each one. and evasions” that are commonly seen in stand style. I recommend it! 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