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Post by watchbank on Jun 11, 2012 12:09:15 GMT
i was at a show recently and the judge was changed and i have shown under her before she told me she didnt like palominos.. fair enough but surely a good horse is not a bad colour, i didnt relise she was going to judge and she didnt look at me once, even doing my show she had her back turned!
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Post by kates on Jun 11, 2012 14:11:18 GMT
Watching a highland stallion continue to stand there with its winky out (and not a relaxed winky at that), then rear up while doing its inhand, then rearing bolt up right with rider on board with said winky waving around...then being placed 2nd....
I've decided this is my pet hate after seeing it at the Suffolk!
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Post by sbloom on Jun 12, 2012 15:31:43 GMT
Saddles with really thin panels which as a result of this design sit REALLY low at the back, the rider is left, to quote a friend of mine, "like a monkey on a stick" and the horse or pony has holes carved in its back in the shape of the rear panels.
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Post by kayjayem on Jun 12, 2012 17:40:14 GMT
Watching a highland stallion continue to stand there with its winky out (and not a relaxed winky at that), then rear up while doing its inhand, then rearing bolt up right with rider on board with said winky waving around...then being placed 2nd.... I've decided this is my pet hate after seeing it at the Suffolk! Sorry that made me giggle! If you were a man you'd be accused of "winky envy" ;D I do know what you mean though - not good! |
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Post by thecremellosociety on Jun 12, 2012 18:22:13 GMT
Rugby pelhams with no slip head, just sad flacid snaffle rings - urghhhhh :-) Here here |
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Post by scruff on Jun 12, 2012 18:23:49 GMT
Adults working in tiny ponies.
Horses going round the ring and looking to the outside all the time.
Riders riding in tiny circles around the judge to 'block' the competition.
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Post by gem86 on Jun 13, 2012 14:32:38 GMT
People entering the wrong classes for their horse. Or perhaps more accurately, judges placing said wrong horses high in the lineup! I was beaten by a light hack in a hunter class the other day...sour grapes  Trailing string to attach numbers to yourself. Use cotton or at least tidy up the stuff they give you! Riders crouched over their hands like an aged huntsman. Horses with enough makeup on to star in a cabaret performance at FunnyGirls. |
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Post by madmichelled on Jun 13, 2012 17:50:36 GMT
adults on small ponies working them in and also kids working ponies in for hours on end ,anything other than a plain snaffle in ponies mouth lr /fr if its a childs genuine pony it will be able to wear a snaffle and go nicely in it if ponies properly schooled and child taught properly hate to see kids holding ponies heads in looking back in all the old pics of lr and first riddens it was mainly snaffles not hanging, wilkie and all the new pressure ones "designed to help hold a ponies nose in"!!!! hate them people who take showing too serious and forget its about fun , leg flappers and kids that are too handy with whip and haul a pony around should always smile no matter what and we still love our ponies whether they are 1st or last!
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Post by pinkis4eva on Jun 17, 2012 18:01:07 GMT
this thread has made me chuckle cause i agree with ALL OF IT lol
what happened to showing is for fun !!
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Post by harajuku on Jun 17, 2012 20:06:19 GMT
i personally hate it when people go into the ring with really long scruffy hair with no hairnet, the long string flapping around for the number ties, plaited tails and my major problem is wrong turnout!!! i know its expensive to buy showing stuff but with ebay you can do it slighly cheaper!
oh and bad manners and people who dont thank the judge!!!
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Post by Native Lover on Jun 17, 2012 20:19:00 GMT
Ok here it goes! lol
Rude stallions
un-sportman like behaviour
Bitter losers
jockeys on lead rein who are too young who can barley can do their 'up downs' and are just perch on the saddle
Too blingey browbands
Too much red with tweed.
Ponies being ridden for hours before they are due their class.
People saying the pony only won because its produced. (sometimes a pony that is produced does the best show and is the out right winner)
Most of all people who don't enjoy themselves unless their are winning! (Get a life please! Its meant to be fun!)
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Post by choppytrotty on Jun 17, 2012 20:23:45 GMT
Caked with make-up is a no-no.
Very light pink tweed is alright for m+m lr, but nothing else.
Judges looking like they'd rather be in a tornado.
Again, kick-kick-kicking at these ponies sides is unattractive, but also numbing them.
Tiny little show ponies being lunged at 8:00 int he morning, class isn't till 12:00, then popping child on. Not right. Safety much?
Workers- mostly 9-13 yr olds stopping at first fence, trying, trying again, being eliminated. They didn't even try, sitting forward, reins tight, and legs off. Eerrgghh.
Kids going around on a's with nose in the air.
Grumpy sweet shop owners!
I saw a bay show horse the other day, black socks, chestnut everywhere else. Guys were painting the socks all the way up to the knees, then coating eyes and nose in expensive polish.
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Post by shelliewilson on Jun 17, 2012 20:24:11 GMT
well my pet hate and only one is RAIN!! i'm sick of getting wet lol! its like everytime i get out the box it just pee's down on me! would be nice to show my boy not looking like a drowned rat for once lol :-)
oh and if i have to find a pet hate it would be horses that wrong leg in a class but still win!!!!! grrrrr lol :-)
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Post by kates on Jun 18, 2012 8:56:52 GMT
After being a spectator this weekend I've found a few more!
- judges who obviously put the wrong one first, when it doesn't deserve to win therefore making the owners think they are improving when they really aren't and need basic inhand lessons
- spoilt brat children who get upset if the rosette isn't red therefore asking parents for a new one
- people who come out in a new show ring outfit every week - like that is gonna make a difference!
- The green eyed monster! Get over it, there will always be someone who is better than you, and there will always be someone in the wings up and coming, smile say thank you, congratulate people its called sportsmanship!
- people moaning about their placings, its showing, its personal preference, it happens are big massive shows to little tiny shows, no one is going to be 100% happy
- judges who don't talk to everyone, i make an effort to give advice to those down the line and make the effort to say well done and what can be improved one, evening if everything is negative, there will always be at least one thing thats positive!....riders will go away happy then....especially at local shows...they are the next generation!
- rain....omg why am i always getting drowned in the ring dammit!.....lucky enough i'm about to do two shows that are indoors.....
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Post by bumblebee on Jun 18, 2012 16:33:10 GMT
Not particularly showing, but one of my pet hates in general (which is sometimes seen at shows) is when people take rugs off (or put them on) and undo the front buckles first (or do them up last) - so so dangerous, especially if horse isn't tied up. At least if the front is done up there's some hope of the rug staying on if they get spooked or bolt etc. Can't think of anything worse than a spooked horse then getting tangled up in a rug that still has its leg and belly straps done up!!
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Post by custardtart on Jun 18, 2012 17:08:48 GMT
regarding the rug thats how your taught to do it from pony club up!! middle then front then back, dont hate the person that does it blame the rulebook that tells them to do it lol!!!
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Post by MarleyMoo14x on Jun 18, 2012 17:48:25 GMT
not really on the conpeting side, but a massive hate, is when people ride their horses over to the food stands and allow them to cr*p everywhere! dont know if anyone saw it at equifest last year, but it was vile! if your hungry, tie your horse up at your box, then go and get food! dont be so unhygienic!
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Post by nia2311 on Jun 18, 2012 18:57:43 GMT
regarding the rug thats how your taught to do it from pony club up!! middle then front then back, dont hate the person that does it blame the rulebook that tells them to do it lol!!! That's how I was taught to do rugs up too.  |
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Post by showing4life on Jun 18, 2012 19:03:11 GMT
pet hate- Watching ponies jump a working hunter track like show jumpers and winning the class.
VERY steady, not going forward and looking exactly for the stride.. CERTAINLY not how you'd ride out hunting!!
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Post by bumblebee on Jun 18, 2012 22:06:13 GMT
regarding the rug thats how your taught to do it from pony club up!! middle then front then back, dont hate the person that does it blame the rulebook that tells them to do it lol!!! That's how I was taught to do rugs up too. Ooooh - prehaps I've been taught wrong then!! |
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Post by nia2311 on Jun 18, 2012 23:27:40 GMT
If you undo the surcingles first, leaving the front buckle(s), then the risk is the ponies legs get all tangled in them if they move/spook, so the rationale was to get them out of the way first when putting rug on, then do chest buckles. Then do reverse to get it off - do chest buckle first, leave surcingles to last so they don't get tangled. Maybe we are wrong?! That's what I was taught as a kiddie on a BHS yard though.
I am bad at forgetting to undo the strap under the tail - the number of times I have tried to hoik a rug off, only for the tail to stop it, and you make a horrid mess of trying to fold it back neatly!!
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Post by custardtart on Jun 19, 2012 6:30:38 GMT
pet hate- Watching ponies jump a working hunter track like show jumpers and winning the class. VERY steady, not going forward and looking exactly for the stride.. CERTAINLY not how you'd ride out hunting!! The amount of times in local level workers from 12hhs workers up to 15hh workers, i have been told ''wouldnt fancy taking that hunting too forward!!'' erm.....hello mrs judge lady/man this pony hunts all winter every winter (oh and i was between about 9 and 14 lol) and ive never had a problem with him being too forward!!! most people i know think theyve been hunting cos theyve been on a farm ride with some hounds can only assume thats where the judges knowledge stopped too!!! |
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Post by workersissue on Jun 19, 2012 7:10:32 GMT
Oh, don't mention the workers please! I am so tired of seeing ponies win who need to be booted and nagged around the whole course, an even bigger boot into the fence! Dear Lord, how would those ponies give a nice days hunting! Come on judges wake up! This is not a first ridden class! That also imo, goes from 12 hand upwards, we have only had one judge in 2 seasons who has appreciated a worker, who enjoys its job, who looks for the fences itself and goes like a hunter should go! The rest want them to be dead to the side (from all the booting no doubt) nags that have to be nagged for the whole time, that to me is wrong and one of my biggest pet hates! They can and often are, believe it or not judges, still easy to control when forward! Nothing worse at all, in this world, than a pony looking like it does not enjoy its job! So why do they keep winning>!  |
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Post by delfachhighwayman on Jun 19, 2012 9:12:27 GMT
i was at a show recently and the judge was changed and i have shown under her before she told me she didnt like palominos.. fair enough but surely a good horse is not a bad colour, i didnt relise she was going to judge and she didnt look at me once, even doing my show she had her back turned! 100% understand your colour reference. I got told by a judge he hated chestnuts and horses so expect to see them at the bottom of the line under him... Surely its not about preference of colour or whether its horse or pony, it is a case of how close is each exhibit to its breed standard!? |
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Post by custardtart on Jun 19, 2012 10:58:48 GMT
having had a roan pony from the age of 2 up until my brother was about 10 in the show ring so a good 20 years!!! i must agree coulour is improtant hed go from top of the line up one week to bottom next week because he didnt fit the 'colour spec' bays, chestnuts...............etc etc down the line to roan lol
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Post by GinaGeo on Jun 19, 2012 12:14:23 GMT
I was taught to do rugs like you bumblebee at pony club. Front straps done up first, and undone last.
I didn't used to actually follow said advice until I was putting the rugs on mum's horse years ago, a highly strung unpredictable character, (I also hadn't locked the stable door, just shut it) and he had one of his moments; made a sharp exit, said rug had everything bar chest straps done up, off it slid as he cavorted off up the yard at canter. The rug was round his legs for a good 100m before it came off. You know that horrible sick feeling, I had visions of him with cut up legs, he was fine but it's not an experience I ever want to repeat!
I learnt several valuable lessons that day. And have since followed that advice much more soundly....!
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Post by kellyoneil on Jun 20, 2012 9:55:32 GMT
when you have been showing for nearly fifteen years, your on your fifteen hand show hunter pony in a ring that a 12hh struggled to go in. The judge asks you to change the reign on the go round which you do, giving your horse as much room as possible to turn, then having the judge stop the full class (infront of lots of people) and giving you a lecture on how SHE wanted you to change the reign, not what was best for the horse. Muzt say i was rather embarassed!!!
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Post by flo1 on Jun 20, 2012 12:56:08 GMT
i was at a show recently and the judge was changed and i have shown under her before she told me she didnt like palominos.. fair enough but surely a good horse is not a bad colour, i didnt relise she was going to judge and she didnt look at me once, even doing my show she had her back turned! 100% understand your colour reference. I got told by a judge he hated chestnuts and horses so expect to see them at the bottom of the line under him... Surely its not about preference of colour or whether its horse or pony, it is a case of how close is each exhibit to its breed standard!? Bringing back memories of when I used to show my cremello and a comment from one particular judge in an equitation class 'lovely show, well ridden...such a shame about the colour'  As first place went to a bay pony that wouldn't canter whose rider didn't know which diagonal she was on at trot  |
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Post by iluvmyponies on Jun 21, 2012 18:13:59 GMT
People who win a class when there is only them in it, then continue to boast about it for weeks after to everyone they come into contact with  People who use their whip far too often in a workers class. ie. over EVERY jump & about 5 times when a pony stops! Really long stirrups, making the rider look like they can't ride for toffee! People who borrow your wagon & after having it returned, finding many of the contents have mysteriously disappeared Regarding judges preference of colour, think mine beats them all...In a F/D/H class, me & my fell stood about in the middle of the final line up after pulling off a perfect show, below ponies who had appalling manners! Only to get the comment 'I'm not a fan of black fells'. I had to laugh as the majority of fells are black, she was judging a class with fells in & the winner was a black fell! ;D |
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Post by aura on Jul 24, 2012 3:38:06 GMT
It's quiet upsetting to see so much negativity towards showing. It's meant to be a fun expereience and there are a lot of 'pet hates' here- I think if I had so many issues with it I'd turn my foot at another equine activity. I have heard a member of the same show team bit*h about me when I was pulled out to do my show- she had been pulled in seconded, I about 10th and quiet frankly I couldn't care less what she had to say, especially when I turned around and won thr class. Take it all with a pinch of salt |
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