Would this be the common mnemonic, or is it different in your part of the world?
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FIGURES OF EIGHT
Twelve years on from my first ever riding lesson, these posts are still wandering round and round, a figure of eight starting with today, probably, and yesterday, definitely. It’s the antithesis of how I usually do things, but… that’s horses for ya.
ON THE HOOF
- Okay, So: This Rosette.
- Course Building: In Progress
- Tenth Anniversary: Forward, Forward, Forward [2016]
- Tenth Anniversary: You Gotta Start Somewhere: My Very First Dressage Test Ever [2015]
- Tenth Anniversary: Equestrian Wear-ing ‘Em Out [2014]
- Tenth Anniversary: Acting As If: Lady Of Livery [2013]
- Tenth Anniversary: The Wisdom to Know the Difference [also 2012]
- Tenth Anniversary: Keeping an Open Heart [2012]
- Tenth Anniversary: The Miracle Part III [2011]
- Tenth Anniversary: ‘That’s A Really Good Thing About You…’ [2010]
- Tenth Anniversary: Personal Growth Opportunity [also 2009]
- Tenth Anniversary: ‘You Work Too Hard’ [2009]
- Tenth Anniversary: Utterly Changed [2008]
- Tenth Anniversary: The Reins in Spain [2007]
- It’s My Tenth Anniversary!
TACK ROOM
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RIDING OUT
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August 29, 2008 at 8:33 am
otterkat
My coach told me that All Kind Elephants Have Cuddly Mothers Brothers Fathers. I like that one, & it’s good for kids & those of us with fuzzy brains. We both wondered about the Sisters though – would their presence make an Elephant less Kind? And aren’t there lots of other letters in between?
August 31, 2008 at 7:00 am
Beckz
We use A Fat Black Mother Cat Had Eleven Kittens
March 3, 2009 at 12:30 am
Tracey B.
Neighing, oops, weighing in from New Hampshire in the States –
All King Edward’s Horses Cut Mighty Big Farts
Not very elegant, but memorable!
🙂