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was a severe summer drought and my first home had a dug well. Talk about having to conserve water—I even learned how to take a 30-second shower! In this issue of Warmbloods Today, I’m conserving on something else: space.
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Tat’s why this column is shorter than usual for good reason. As long, excellent articles were coming across my screen, I didn’t want to start hacking and deleting valuable information. Instead we’ve delayed two articles to run in July/August and we shortened up a few other areas in the issue. Sometimes you have to figure out where to conserve and, just as important, what not to conserve on. Our opening feature is the lengthiest, on a topic I find fascinating: the light versus
deep seat of high-level jumpers. If you watch FEI dressage riders, their positions all look much the same—their seats appear deep the whole time to keep that consistent, balanced connection (albeit many times their seats lighten at varying degrees which is hard to detect). When you study grand prix jumper riders, you’ll notice so many variations in how they use their seats on course. Obviously, they are off their horses’ backs while airborne over the jumps; it’s that critical time in between the jumps that is intriguing. I’ve heard it said that riding a jump course is simply “riding dressage between the rails.” Is that what top jumpers actually do? Find out on page 12. I also hope you’ll take a few minutes starting on page 37 to read the viewpoints
of Mary Hazzard, who’s ridden and bred successful event horses for almost 50 years now. She has some thoughtful ideas and a very interesting perspective. Other articles cover the mobility of the horse’s neck; the new, state-of-the-art accommodations for horses traveling through JFK airport; one trainer’s terrifying experience wiring funds to Europe to purchase horses; questions for Jochen Schleese about saddle fit; and the breed section on the Oldenburg horse. When it comes to cutting back, there’s one area I generally won’t conserve on: my
horses’ basic needs. Maybe I won’t sign up for that clinic or buy that new bridle, but keeping my horses healthy and happy always takes precedence. As for my showers, thirty years later I still take them as quickly as possible. It’s a conservation habit I just can’t break—and that’s a good thing. Enjoy the issue –
Liz Cornell
editor@warmbloodstoday.com
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10 May/June 2017
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When We Need to Conserve
here have been many times in my life when I’ve needed to reassess and figure out how to cut back on certain things. During the 1980s, for example, there
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