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Your Not Serious!! o.O Horse Show Judges.....

BlackpearlBlackpearl
edited April 2009 in Vent
*Begin Vent*<br><br>Honoustly! A horse show is a horse show...correct?<br><br>Horses come in all different shapes and sizes and they each have unique personalities...<br><br>My horse (Barney) is cheeky... he lives to have fun (which surely they should?) he is disciplined, he is friendly, the only down side is that when he goes fairly fast he will pop a high spirited buck (not to get you off, he does it when he gets excited)<br><br>Right, so Rurple is at a horse show and I am entered in a working hunter class, now as some of you may know, for working hunter you must jump a course first and if you get a clear you go in for a 'judging' class, where the judge will watch how your horse goes under saddle and will then ride your horse.<br><br>Now, we jump clear (3ft6) and go in for the judging, Barney is being really good, walking, trotting and cantering round... then we have to demonstrate our horse at a gallop, we do that and of course Barney pops a miniscule buck. So, we go in to line up, to wait for the judge to come round and try out our horses. The judge comes round with the steward, pats Barney on the head and says "I am afraid I am going to have to ask you to leave the arena, reason being I am not comfortable riding your horse when he is being badly behaved!"<br><br>Honoustly! You CANNOT be serious! Barney is placed in EVERY working hunter class, but no, he is being naughty....<br><br>If you are going to be a judge you should be able to deal with a TINY buck when a horse gets excited. I am 15, younger than everyone in my class and yet I can cope.... UGH!!! It gets me soo piddled off......<br><br>*vent over*<br><br>*cookies to anyone who reads.... :mrgreen: *
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  • EbonyEbony
    173.35.94.155
    Well, isn't hunter supposed to demonstrate how easy to ride, quiet and well-behaved your horse is?<br><br>I understand why the judge didn't want to pop on, simply because he is "excitable" and could pop a buck with her. She was simply being cautious, andand doesn't want to possibly fall off. I don't agree with her words exactly, but I do agree with her idea. She doesn't know the horse, she can only judge by what she saw. She doesn't know that your horse has participated in many classes, and that bucking is an abnormality.
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  • BlackpearlBlackpearl
    88.81.141.177
    Ebony wrote:
    Well, isn't hunter supposed to demonstrate how easy to ride, quiet and well-behaved your horse is?<br><br>I understand why the judge didn't want to pop on, simply because he is "excitable" and could pop a buck with her. She was simply being cautious, andand doesn't want to possibly fall off. I don't agree with her words exactly, but I do agree with her idea. She doesn't know the horse, she can only judge by what she saw. She doesn't know that your horse has participated in many classes, and that bucking is an abnormality.
    <br><br>I wouldn't say it is to demonstrate how well-behaved a horse is....<br><br>I do agree with you in some respects, though instead if asking me to leave the class... the class that I paid for, surely she could have worked him in just the walk, trot and canter? I could quite easily say that during those gaits he was better behaved than alot of the horses in the arena, it is just the gallop, which she clearly must have seen that,that is the time in which he may pop a buck....
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  • EbonyEbony
    173.35.94.155
    rurple0 wrote:
    Ebony wrote:
    Well, isn't hunter supposed to demonstrate how easy to ride, quiet and well-behaved your horse is?<br><br>I understand why the judge didn't want to pop on, simply because he is "excitable" and could pop a buck with her. She was simply being cautious, andand doesn't want to possibly fall off. I don't agree with her words exactly, but I do agree with her idea. She doesn't know the horse, she can only judge by what she saw. She doesn't know that your horse has participated in many classes, and that bucking is an abnormality.
    <br><br>I wouldn't say it is to demonstrate how well-behaved a horse is....<br><br>I do agree with you in some respects, though instead if asking me to leave the class... the class that I paid for, surely she could have worked him in just the walk, trot and canter? I could quite easily say that during those gaits he was better behaved than alot of the horses in the arena, it is just the gallop, which she clearly must have seen that,that is the time in which he may pop a buck....
    <br><br>I've been asked to leave the ring for a few things, like:<br>-Falling off <br>-"Injured horse" (I broke a pole accidentally, and he limped for 2-5 steps)<br>-Etc<br><br>But the judge just wanted to be safe. Would you rather her ride your horse, and he go crazy from excitement? (Not saying it would have happened, but it could) It would not only put your horse and her safety at risk, but the other's in the arena. <br><br>You could have mentioned that to her, but extremely politely and not forcing it onto her.<br><br>I'm 15 as well, and my coach wants me to ride several different horses of various training levels and suppleness. I've refused to ride some becuase I'm just not comfortable or I don't feel safe on them, even though she knows that I can handle them. There's nothing bad about saying no, you just have to decline politely.
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  • ScottieScottie
    71.55.151.218
    Judges can be hard, but they usually have their morals and reasons. It could have been for safety reasons. Hopefully you can iron his bucking out just a little bit for showing, and you'll be fine.
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