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position.txt by Patricia Reszetylo

What’s the best way to improve my riding position in dressage?â€

I’m on the email lists of a number of popular trainers, and this week I saw one answer a question from a subscriber asking â€What’s the best way to improve my riding position?â€

Of course this trainer (I’m not saying who she is) went into the usual blah-blah-blah about how head hip and heel need to be aligned, then talked about the significance of keeping the heel down and a bunch of other similar things†none of which is going to help anybody improve their position for more than a few moments†for the following 2 reasons:

Two things you MUST do to improve your position instantly:
1). Get a saddle of high enough quality and fitted to really fit you and your horse! 90+% of all equestrians I see are relatively talented, are riding a relatively talented horse, and training with a relatively talented instructor †and waste their energy, time, horse, trainer and money with a crappy saddle.

I upgraded a few years ago to a Laser(TM) saddle, and would have gotten one that didn’t fit me except that the lady I bought it from knew what she was doing and how to fit saddles to people. She insisted I get a size that seemed ginormous at the time †18-inches †as I’d only ever ridden in now-microscopic 16-inchers. Not only did the saddle fit me AND my horse, but it positioned me correctly. For the first time I was RIDING my horse instead of struggling against my saddle. Now my lessons focused on WHAT I was doing, instead vainly attempting to correct my lousy position. This also falls into getting more value for your dollar at your lessons.

I know, this saddle wasn’t cheap †but it took YEARS of lessons off my learning curve, and saved my horse (and me) countless sore backs. How much do you spend a year on lessons †and how valuable is your horse’s health and performance?

Of course, most of the Western Saddles I’ve ever seen, and many English are usually built completely wrong for the whole process in the first place. Take a good look at where you sit, and where the stirrups are hung. They are usually in FRONT of where your seatbones are, so it’s a fight from the start. The farther back these are, the closer they are to where your seatbones are in the saddle, the easier it is to sit straight.

2). Get your body in shape! Not just toning the whole thing, although that’s valuable too, but have a professional physiotherapist LOOK at you (and poke and prod, as part of the process) and prescribe exercises done either at home or the gym, that address YOUR specific postural issues. Most people (and horses!) develop asymmetrically †we are right handed (or left handed). We have an injury on this side or that. We have emotional and mental stresses and strains that twist and warp our bodies. We just don’t develop symmetrically, and we learn bad postural habits from our parents, and form sitting too long in front of the computer. These can be overcome not by rigorous self discipline, although it helps, but by specific physical exercises.

Yes, you too can ride better. Some things are easy to fix when you know where the problem really lies.

Next Step: Get your copy of the free CD, â€12 Secrets To Winning More Ribbons In Dressage†today to get more tips on things you probably didn’t realize are part of the process. It WILL speed up your learning curve †even if you aren’t competitive, and even if you don’t ride dressage!

Hi! I’m Patricia Reszetylo, pictured at left with my 1987 Appaloosa/TBx gelding, â€Sparkyâ€. I ride dressage and trails, and I’m working on competing in the 2012 Olympic Games.

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Are the 2008 Canadian Olympic dollar coins worth saving?

I have 3 VERY shiny and mint looking 2008 Canadian dollar coins, they have what appears to be the Canadian goose, along with the Olympic rings.
I've been saving them since I got them in change one day, my question is, is it even worth saving? Are these even more valuable than a standard "loony" whatsoever?

You need to find out about how many were produced. The more there were, the closer it'll just be to it's actual worth. Even if it was minted as a limited edition or collectible, you'll have to keep it in good shape for a LONG time for it to gain worth.