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Post by suneagle on Jul 6, 2007 11:24:36 GMT
well it depends on what people class as a local show...?
me i class it as pony club/riding club shows without quilifiers... but i still like to keep going back to the same good shows as its surporting them, like ive been going to a charity show in collumpton, due to the fact its a nice show where i started and that its a charity show always support air amblance...
but i also feel that you only learn from others and if theres more experanced riders/handlers to show how its done... i find showing an arab has been hard getting it right, ive only learnt by watching darren cummings with his arabs and him giving me afew pointers in the ring, i wouldnt be as successful today as i am if it wasnt for them... also affiliating is very daunting for the more inexperanced and novice... but some "local" shows are very well run that it feels more like an affiliated show
why have quilifiers at more local shows if we cant take out more experanced horses?
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Post by droppy on Jul 6, 2007 14:27:13 GMT
We all need our local shows, THANKS to the local shows that people have gone further with their showing, I do believe local shows should have a few qualifiers to give people the encouragement to have ago and they can and are sometimes surprised. We all need the local shows for novices whether that is ponies or jockeys. Yes you can loose some friends along the way ???BUT a true friend will be there no matter what, :)also you can and do make alot of new friends along the way. ;D We must remember alot of the times children are on ponies ages from 3 - 21 ish then adults, we all show as we are competitive BUT remember encouragement and positive criticism is welcome nastiness is not...
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Post by kitty on Jul 6, 2007 15:30:26 GMT
The truest of friends can become disheartened if you're having a more successful showing season and vice-versa. There's nothing wrong with that as long as you don't dwell on it and let it ruin your relationship, after all it's the nature of competitive sport. Your true friends will always stay with you and will be happy for you. The ones that treat you with contempt because of your success can fall by the wayside but they were never really true friends, were they? Yes, I agree there's more competition nowadays right down to the small local shows but it's the same in all sports right across the board. It's up to us to keep hold of that camaraderie and enjoyment that has always been a part of our shows and showing and not loose it for the sake of ourselves and our children.
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Post by droppy on Jul 6, 2007 18:49:28 GMT
Well said Lucy I very much agree with the points you have made you have said it exactly as it is but your true friends will always be there. At the end of the day we are ALL competitive or we would not bother showing.
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Post by bubbles on Jul 9, 2007 18:53:44 GMT
I have to tell you this little story, 2 years ago i went to a local show that was being run by one of the Pony Clubs, i entered the coloured class thinking it would be relatively easy, i went with another girl who was at the same livery yard as me she had a coloured warmblood mare, now this mare had been shown at county level for most of her younger years very successfully was then broken and got to intermediate level eventing, so hadn't been shown for quite a number of years, the young girl that took her wasn't interested in showing really didn't want to do the coloured class and had only taken the mare because it was having a few pychological problems with it's jumping and they wanted to rest her from eventing, anyway like i said she entered her in the class beat me into 2nd and completely wiped the floor with the other 10, so it really does go to show you never know what you may find!!!! a complete novice won the class and put me and my boy to shame :-( it never bothered me and we certainly didn't fall out, the better horse on the day won you have to give credit where credit is due and if i was going to get beat i was glad it was her!!!!
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Post by medwinatswpa on Jul 9, 2007 20:24:46 GMT
I don't get to attend many shows with my family nowadays due to work and SWPA committments, but I do enjoy a bit of judging. I love the unaffiliated shows as the competitors are friendly and very responsive to encouragement and the odd hint or two! Many are SWPA members and it is nice to see them supporting their local shows and, yes, often with more "novice" ponies. I love it when they come and say hello, and I can put a face to a name. ;D When I started showing someone gave me a lot of their precious time to point me in the right direction. [my thanks to Pat Hanley]. I feel that I can repay that by doing the same thing to others new to this game of showing. We all need to remember our "roots" and where we all came from!
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