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[RC] red ribbons and kicking - heidi larsonAt the Clinton Anderson clinic my horse and I attended last year, a gal brought in a TB mare with a red ribbon in her tail. (There were 18 horse/rider pairs in one arena.) Clinton started working her horse as she was being a bitch for the lady, aggressive and pretty obnoxious, the ribbon fell on the ground and as she ran over to pick it up, Clinton said, "you know what a red ribbon means to me? I just need a good ass-kickin'!" You know, she never put that ribbon back on that mare and she never kicked all weekend. And we worked in some pretty close quarters at times. I can tell you, Ash knew who the kickers were, he'd avoid them when we did our cruising lesson. (Put em' in a trot and drop the reins and just keep trottin'. 18 pairs out there trotting wherever the horses wanted to go, no guiding was allowed.) I thought for sure someone would die that day, but no one did!!! Heidi-aerc#M20935 /\_/\~ http://www.synjinarts.com ~~/~~ \\~~~~ (Wildlife/Western & Equine / O> ) \~~~~~ Art) / __/ \~~~~~~ (_@_/ | \~~~~ | \~~~~~~ | \~~~~ __________________________________________________
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