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		<title>Keeping Your Horses Safe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Owning a horse is a lot of work, as any practitioner of dressage can tell you, but that doesn&#8217;t mean it&#8217;s difficult to keep your horses safe. Here are a few best practices when it comes to keeping your riding friends healthy and secure before a big event.Secure their stables: Horses are expensive and sometimes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sustainabledressage.com/2012/01/10/keeping-your-horses-safe/</link>
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		<title>Testing Your Memory: 5 Tips For Successfully Memorizing Tests</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are some tips for successfully memorizing tests, rules and regulations which are surprisingly easy to do for anyone. I have found from experience what works best is to write and copy what you want to memorize on paper, you could also use a word processor but I have found that hand copying seems to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sustainabledressage.com/2011/09/13/testing-your-memory-5-tips-for-successfully-memorizing-tests/</link>
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		<title>Aiming For The Elusive Perfect Score: Is It Possible?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Any dedicated and disciplined horseback rider dreams of achieving the perfect competition score. We have all daydreamed about being the best we can be, and we have all tried to figure out just how many hours of practice and study are necessary to do so. But we have also all been brought back to reality [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sustainabledressage.com/2011/08/31/aiming-for-the-elusive-perfect-score-is-it-possible/</link>
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		<title>Down The Center Line: Finding X Every Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When you are looking for your next horse, you can see the selection is quite large. This is when you should have two tips for helping you in picking out the horse for you. Once you have these tips, it can easily narrow down the selection for you. The best tip to use will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sustainabledressage.com/2011/08/17/down-the-center-line-finding-x-every-time/</link>
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		<title>The Governing Bodies: Who Is Ultimately Responsible For What</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the equestrian realm, dressage is governed by a number of committees. The specific governing body for the sport depends on not only what country one is in, but also the type of competition one plans to participate in. The United States Equestrian Federation is the primary governing body over the sport in the United [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sustainabledressage.com/2011/04/30/the-governing-bodies-who-is-ultimately-responsible-for-what/</link>
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		<title>USEF &amp; USDF: Working Together To Protect Rider Safety</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The United States Dressage Federation (USDF) and the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) joined numerous other riding organizations in early January to discuss updates in helmet technology and safety. The result was a universal vow to improve helmet safety for all riding sports. Weeks later the USEF Board of Directors made good on its promise [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sustainabledressage.com/2011/04/18/usef-usdf-working-together-to-protect-rider-safety/</link>
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		<title>Breed All About It: The Best Contenders In Ring</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I always get excited for the summer Olympics because my favorite event is Dressage. I find the horse&#8217;s movements to be beautiful and the horse&#8217;s themselves are amazing creatures. It is often referred to as Horse Ballet, and the animals do appear to be dancing. I have always wanted to see the Lipizzaner stallions perform, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sustainabledressage.com/2011/04/03/breed-all-about-it-the-best-contenders-in-ring/</link>
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		<title>Talent Runs in the Blood</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just as equestrians know that bloodline is key in selecting a mount, it seems the same is true when it comes to riders. British press equestrian writer Peter Smith from The Sentinel reported that teenage dressage rider Joe Davison is aiming his sites for a place in the 2016 Olympic Games when they are hosted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sustainabledressage.com/2011/01/30/talent-runs-in-the-blood/</link>
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		<title>Epona: A Dream Dressage Vacation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you live, eat, sleep and breath dressage then the chances are you&#8217;re going to want to include it in your vacations plans, as well. Enter Epona, a riding/vacation destination in Andalucia, Spain that was named after the Celtic goddess protector of horses. It&#8217;s a 16th century Hacienda out in the country that is suitable [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sustainabledressage.com/2010/12/23/epona-a-dream-dressage-vacation/</link>
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		<title>Some Helpful Books</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re like me you eat, breath, and sleep &#8220;all things&#8221; horses. With that in mind, here are a few books that you can tuck yourself into bed with to make sure you&#8217;re dreaming of that perfect seat that you&#8217;ll tackle upon awakening! The Elements of Dressage: A Guide to Training the Young Horse (K. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sustainabledressage.com/2010/12/01/some-helpful-books/</link>
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