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Post by Pink_Princess on Aug 7, 2012 9:44:37 GMT
I have just looked at pre entries and some of my classes have 35+ in them, i am now really worried I am taking my nappy 4 year old out for her first big show, Im worried how long they will take because of her waiting in the ring for all that time, am also worried about space, people cutting her up etc - she is only in restricted and home produced classes.
Can anyone re assure me. Were the classes this big last year and how did they run.
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Post by bigmama on Aug 7, 2012 9:53:06 GMT
yes, the classes were big last year too ....Equifest usually splits a very large class into (a) and (b) and give separate runs of rosettes for each one ......we have received confirmation that they are doing this for one of our ridden native classes this year
we have been to Equifest every year since it started and have seen it blossom into the successful show it is today ... however, the native ridden classes are always very well filled especially the amateur, home-produced and restricteds which appear to attract the largest number of competitors
we took our very novice 5yr old welsh c to Equifest for the first time last year and treated it as an 'experience' for him and put him into just a few classes and i would suggest that a 4yr old pony or horse do the same ....
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Post by Pink_Princess on Aug 7, 2012 10:43:40 GMT
many thanks lets hope they are split in some way, she is only going for experience before she has the winter of.
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Post by mayhem on Aug 7, 2012 11:01:15 GMT
They didn't split last year and the rings were to small for the M&Ms
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Post by karenp1980 on Aug 8, 2012 8:30:21 GMT
Im a bit concerned too as Im taking a novice 4 yr old. entered the novices classes and they class sizes are huge!! wondering if i would have been better entering the open classes as they have only a bout 9 or 10 in them compared to 30 odd!!!
And its not so much the amount of people in them its that in classes that big some people are ruthless and just cut you up!!!
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Post by barclaybob on Aug 8, 2012 9:36:25 GMT
I'm taking my 4 year old as well but i'm just going to take each day as it comes! If the classes are too big and too much for her then we'll just be happy hackers for the week :-)
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Post by Pink_Princess on Aug 8, 2012 12:05:14 GMT
it was the cutting up and silly riding i was more concerned about if was tight in the arena - also struggle to get her stand for 4 horses on a go round - let alone 30  barclaybob i might just join you on your hack - if all is to much for her. |
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Post by aggie on Aug 8, 2012 15:36:19 GMT
We were looking forward to going but can't but just take it as it comes, and expect the worse and when it doesn't happen....bonus!
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Post by showing22 on Aug 8, 2012 20:20:31 GMT
im taking my 5 year old sec a that has only been broken 5 weeks. I dont expect much from him, just the experience.
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Post by mayhem on Aug 8, 2012 22:23:40 GMT
Sometimes the bigger the class it's like hunting the young ones go with flow it's good for them.
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Post by bumblebee on Aug 9, 2012 21:31:59 GMT
We might join the hacking clan too!! Don't even mention hunting!! Thats the reason why my cob can't cope with a go round!
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Post by barclaybob on Aug 10, 2012 10:20:28 GMT
We will have to have a 'Happy Hackers' meeting point lol! somewhere in the corner of the show field where it's nice and quiet and peaceful...... ;-) x
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Post by theshowgirl92 on Aug 12, 2012 23:03:14 GMT
Glad there's some people in the same boat as me taking my 4yo traditional stallion he's been broken 4 weeks .. Just doing it for experience he loves parties (only been to 3 inhand ones) and never known anoint love being worked and ridden like he does so fingers crossed all goes to plan .. Ice only entered the baby ridden classes but there bigger than the opens !!
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Post by suprisepackage on Aug 13, 2012 18:59:01 GMT
which classes have been split
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