Re: Important - those attanding Macclesfield Live Show ~ Please read
> At real shows martingales are not allowed in the show classes you
> mentioned.
> I think WH/WHP clases are okay.
>
> However, it doesn'tt matter for your show as you have stated
> specifically that it doesn't - so that makes it okay for your show,
> doesn't it?! :)
Yeah I think they are allowed in riding club horse too. I used to
have a mare that HAD to have one and we did a few classes - what they
were totally escapes me now!!
As we don't differentiate that much with our model horse ridden
classes I will just presume those with martingales would be in a real
horse class that permits them!
If anyone takes up Keren's suggestion of a performance only show then
we could really differentiate between classes...
I now have a show cob that I get to ride and am getting into ridden
cob now!
Just to clarify the performance classes - There has been a bit of discussion about terminology in Performance classes. this is just to clarify what goes...
... Do you mean when would martingales not be allowed? I remember having to take mine off for a class at a show once can't remember which. May have been a WHP...
At real shows martingales are not allowed in the show classes you mentioned. I think WH/WHP clases are okay. However, it doesn'tt matter for your show as you...
... Yeah I think they are allowed in riding club horse too. I used to have a mare that HAD to have one and we did a few classes - what they were totally...
I think the idea is that "show horses" (and ponies) should be as near perfection as possible, so that if they need to wear a martingale, boots, etc., then...
... boots, etc., then there is some fault, either in their conformation or temperament (or both!) that makes them less than perfect.<< I'd go more for a fault...
Go Marion! Generally, badly brought-on horses are taught to resist bad riders; well brought on and schoolded horses don't need gadget such as martingales!...
It can't cure conformation points (although it can improve a way of going), but a ewe neck in a ridden horse is usually caused by bad riding! Suna ... From:...
I agree some hroses are made ewe-necked by bad riding, but I am sure some poor creatures are born that way; in which case good riding might help, but won't...
What about brestplates and/or neckstraps for riders that are disabled/partly disabled? Or will we not be able to show?...
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Fally@...
Feb 2, 2008 10:15 am
It may not be "fair" or "PC", but disabled riders are usually confined to their own classes - I can't recall at this moment ever seeing any in 'real horse'...
A ewe neck is caused by overdevelopment of the muscle on the underside of the neck and underdevelopment of the topside. Usually accompanied by a hollow back,...
Lee Pearson competes in able bodied classes as well as disabled. I think he is the exception, more than the rule though. Lynne. www.mirkwoodhollow.co.uk...
Well, one has to say he is exceptional. And I guess you mean dressage rather than showing? Does he have any special tack that would not normally be allowed...
Does anyone think this is too far "off topic"? I hope not and personally I think it is just about okay (!), as although it is not a "live show listing" it is...
... Well....I was just having a joke but yes......I believe most 'gadgets' are used by folk that can't be bothered to find out 'why' the hoss is doing what ...
I agree in general, though I still think there are times when a rider and horse may be helped with the correct 'gadget' without resorting to bad riding if the...
... owners want to compete, either!<< And there am I.......I love my horse to bits and don't care if I never ride her again, (I haven't sat on her now for 2...
I had one 'horse job' where I rode only once the wole time I worked there (and it was made quite clear it was a 'one-off' and I should be more than suitably...
I know what you mean. I used to take my horses for walks, to0. I was lucky enough that when I've owned nags, we've had them in the back garden so plenty of...
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