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Post by equinim on Jul 2, 2007 21:05:02 GMT
has anyone noticed how all the local shows and gymkhanas are dissappearing. caused by red tape,insurance,cost,lack of entries.no stewards people say they would have competed and helped steward but when it comes down to it. not many do the lack of entries/help could be the main reason orginisers give up and who can blame them. it does always seem to be the same people who help at most shows. what will happen after this year with so many shows cancelling due to the rain.will they come back next year or just call it a day.......
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Post by Dun Bum on Jul 4, 2007 10:41:20 GMT
Yes, I've noticed that Equinim. There was a show held by a local hunt at our yard a couple of weeks ago and it was really poorly supported. It's such a shame
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Post by medwinatswpa on Jul 4, 2007 17:45:53 GMT
Many years ago someone said to me "We need to cut out all the qualifiers and go back to having fun at showing" ;D ;D So true - friendships can be won or lost depending on whether you are winning or not! If we went to a show and just helped or socialised we might all just realise that this is actually fun and that we, as competitors, have made it far too competitive!
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Post by suneagle on Jul 5, 2007 4:07:10 GMT
also ive noticed that they are also cutting down on classes...
we need to surport them!
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Post by karen on Jul 5, 2007 8:31:48 GMT
i think that over the years in showing w better our selves and our ponies, i wouldnt dream of going to a local show with my ponies now ( not being stuck up ) but it wouldnt be fair to the little kids and there ponies . we would be accused of pot hunting.
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Post by foxviewstud on Jul 5, 2007 9:17:55 GMT
i think to many people think like that this is why the local shows are dissapearing. its such a shame because in a few years the little kids wont have the local shows and will have to compete with better people and ponies or not show at all its very sad really. its a double edged sword really if you are showing ponies that cant be beaten you get frowned upon and if you dont go to these shows you get accused of being stuck up and above urselves.
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Post by masters on Jul 5, 2007 12:37:38 GMT
How sad, the disappearance of local shows, I can see in a few years time that showing will become an elite sport. We try to support local by only taking 'babies' but even then as you all have said you feel that you're pot hunting and you know some are cross that you are there, what do you do???
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Post by karen on Jul 5, 2007 15:24:40 GMT
how can you take a pony to local shows when you have been going HOYS and olympia class's? ? its not being stuck up (people that know me know im no where near stuck up) but fair to the other ponies and kids.
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Post by bubbles on Jul 5, 2007 18:39:20 GMT
My opinion is and this is only MY opinion but go to these local shows, at the end of the day you could be surprised what might be there, there are always up and coming animals and they can come from anywhere, I go to more local shows then bigger ones and it's not because winning is easier, i haven't got my own transport so go where i can get lifts to, i don't care what the standard is as long as i can get out and enjoy my horse i'm not picky!!!!! And there will come a time where even the best of the best will get beaten and my view on it is that could be anywhere!!!! :-)
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Post by foxviewstud on Jul 5, 2007 18:55:30 GMT
i completely agree with you bubbles. i hope more people will start to think the same way and maybe it will save some of the local shows that people can get to.everyone has to start somewhere with the showing but some forget where they started?
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Post by kitty on Jul 5, 2007 18:57:57 GMT
When we lived in Sussex, there was a showing venue at 'Brendon' which ran a few shows in the summer but mostly novice shows during the winter. All of the showing people used to take out their youngsters in classes like 'most handsome mare/gelding', m&m, novice combination etc. But because they were aimed at pony club type ponies, the 'show ponies' were quite often down the line. This suited most people as it meant you could get your novices out without feeling embarrassed at beating pony club ponies and the P/C ponies took a lot of the placings. It can be difficult taking youngsters out to affiliated shows so we try to strike a balance and maybe use a local show with say SWPA qualifiers but only once or twice. That's why SWPA is such a good organisation as you have such a good choice of novice classes. Karen is right though because it's so disheartening for your average kid and pony to be beaten by show animals. I do know friends in the Pony Club that have been put off local shows for that reason because after all the effort of getting their pony ready for their one or two outings a year, they're made to feel inadequate in the company of show ponies. We havn't been to any local shows this year but I will support our Pony Club Show but only to do the 'clear round' and 'novice jumping' because we have a lot of friends there. (Just heard it's been cancelled!!!) It's a very debatable subject and at the end of the day we have to remember, local shows are where most of us had our first experiences of showing! x
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Post by yazi on Jul 5, 2007 19:59:04 GMT
Thats right we all started at local shows and have progressed to which ever standard that suits our ponies,but i must agree with medwin friendship's can be broken through competing,but my children have learnt a great deal over the years through there own experiences and have come out the other side smiling and made many more friends through out the country. People do frown upon us when we support local shows,but as we all know a novice has to start somewhere.We all need local shows at some time.
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Post by karen on Jul 5, 2007 23:39:36 GMT
i have never forgotten where we started (still have brys and mine rossettes to prove it) yes i agree with what you are saying and yes its good for novices if you have one , but i still wouldnt put my top ponies in a local show.
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Post by fizzy on Jul 6, 2007 6:18:53 GMT
i have never forgotten where we started (still have brys and mine rossettes to prove it) yes i agree with what you are saying and yes its good for novices if you have one , but i still wouldnt put my top ponies in a local show. No we would never take our horses who have been competing in RIHS/HOYS classes in the ring at a local show, there would be nothing to gain from it. The novice's have to start somewhere so therefore that is why local show's are still good, and even when we take a novice to a show and win with it we wouldn't put it in the championship for the simple fact if you did win it you would be taking it away from another little girl/boy who would of loved to win a championship where if we won it it wouldn't really mean anything.
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Post by kitty on Jul 6, 2007 9:08:58 GMT
We class a local show as a show within an hour's travelling (hopefully, especially where we live!) normally a riding club/pony club with jumping/workers and a good assortment of showing classes. Just out of interest, last year we competed at the 'Holsworthy Riding Club Show' as on the SWPA website it was listed as one of the shows holding their qualifiers. However, when we got there, no-one knew anything about it. I know you were there, Helen so just wondered whether you can shed any light on the subject! Lucy x
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