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#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#I ran into this at a certain show series no matter what this one girl was always winning, jumping her horse refused, dismounted her and didnt jump the last jump and she still got first. Every other horse jumped the course fine.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#I started to vent about it right there at the show, turns out it was her mommy and daddy were the ones who ran the show and the judge was apparently getting a bit extra.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#To say the least I've never went back to that show series.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#I've also heard that something judges just pick one thing that are looking for that day, say hands or leg position and thats what they base most of there judging on, but you have no clue of knowning what it is they are looking for that day.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#When I go out to a show I keep in mind that i'm out here to ride my personal best or at least have a fun day trying screw what everyone else thinks, if i know i did great thats all that matters, otherwise you just get fustrated.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#Originalpearmare wrote:#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#What I'm complaining about is those riders who have no leg, seat, rely on their hands and use gimmicks to 'achieve success' faster and it is VISIBLE what is there/not there what they're doing or have done, and yet they seem to be the 'star hunter/equitation riders'....#ed_op#IMG src="http://forums.equestrianconnection.com/richedit/smileys/Thinking/3.gif"#ed_cl# To me I would say there is at least some prejudice going on there...#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#
#ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT size=2#ed_cl#Apparently things are different here in the states. That seems more like what your talking about is the QH-y way (I've been there, done that). Here, flat horses dont pin as well. I think they want to see a horse that's using itself and jumping nice. With the hunter coaches I ride with, I am never told to put my horse in a flat frame. IF anything, I let her go as she naturally goes. My mare naturally carries her head/neck level - that's how she's built to move. But I've seen horses who go with their head a little higher but on the bit and they win. IMO, they're not really looking at headset here. They're looking at a horse that moves freely, using itself, with a nice consistant stride that gets over the fences in a nice form and puts in a nice "easy-looking" ride. Here, we never really get caught up in headset for the o/f classes. In the flats, maybe a little more, but then they just want, again, a horse using itself and maybe on the bit. I dont see a lot of horses here that go flat like a daisy-cutter anymore.#ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#Mystic wrote:#ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT size=2#ed_cl# #ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT size=2#ed_cl#If you horse doesn't go around in a completely flat frame on their forehand don't expect to place much. I put in a fantastic hunter round in one show last year and wasn't even looked at because she wasn't going in the hunter style. If you're on the bit, you're seen as too dressagey. #ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT size=2#ed_cl##ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT size=2#ed_cl##ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT size=2#ed_cl#
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