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Post by jaydevon on Jan 28, 2009 12:21:49 GMT
what the judges look for in a horse in the following classes...
hunter
competiton
coloured.
all in hand...
sorry for all the questions, but i dont want to enter the wrong classes.
thankies (from a new to showing numpty, xxx)
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Post by medwinatswpa on Jan 28, 2009 16:07:32 GMT
A hunter is a strong, well-built, weight bearing animal that could carry a gentleman to hounds all day long. It may be allowed a few lumps and bumps accrued during hunting and it comes in several sizes [at county level] from a Ladies hunter which would be ridden side saddle to a heavyweight hunter that would carry the heaviest of gentlemen and be the largest in size. It is a working animal that may not have the prettiest of looks, but should have good bone and a comfortable stride that covers the ground. A "gentleman" would have ridden his Hack to the meet and this would be the flashy animal to attract the ladies eye, then he would mount his hunter for the days hunting, returning home fresh on his hack. A hack would be a narrower animal so the gentleman could not get too stiff riding the same shaped animal all day. A riding horse would be a gentlemans mount to parade on a Sunday down such places as Rotten Row in Hyde Park to meet the ladies and create a stir! A cob is the mount of the doctor or farmer able to carry a rider and everything all day be it going to hounds to doing the rounds. Solid animals they had to have calmness and sturdiness, good feet and limbs and above all stamina.
In the competition horse a judge will seek an athletic animal that can complete the series of movements with accuracy. Conformation must be sound as in competition defects can result in injury. BUT this is a modern day class that anyone can enter.
In coloured the animal must be marked in accordance with society guidleines and the marking should enhance the looks of the animal. Movement and conformation will also be assessed, but at our level if it is piebald, skewbald, dun, palamino or spotted it will be able to enter this class.
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Post by jacob on Jan 28, 2009 18:39:09 GMT
CHAPS/BSPA classes tend to split the coloureds into Non Native (NN) and Native/cob/Traditional (NCT) these can them be split into Horse and pony classes, however some shows have open classes, which I think must be very difficult to judge with all different shapes and sizes in together. CHAPS a pont is 148cm and under and BSPA 153cm (i think) and under you will get loeads of infor on their own websites
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Post by jaydevon on Jan 28, 2009 20:44:33 GMT
fab thanks, he ticks all the boxes.. lacking conditon, but im hoping will look better on the day.. and this is a tester for him.
im not sure if i will get to register him with chaps, as so far all i have is hes sires name, and to be truthful, being that he came from a dealer it could be utter tosh!
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Post by morwenstowstud on Jan 29, 2009 13:09:48 GMT
I think you can register any coloured with CHAPS even if the parentage is unknown. I was going to regsiter my cob, but he went to a new home before I got round to it, but from what I can remember the only requirement is that the horse is coloured.
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Post by jacob on Jan 29, 2009 20:10:35 GMT
morwenstowstud is correct, you do not have to know their parentage to register them with CHAPS. just have patches
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