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Post by ThisletonStud on Jul 6, 2015 12:59:51 GMT
I just need some where to vent......
I'm getting so fed up of seeing naughty ponies in the ring and I don't mean fidgety not standing up I mean rearing striking out and boxing at un hatted handlers heads!
Ponies running on the end of lead reins running circles around handlers, ponies kicking out at others and the handlers not even apologising!
I am fed up of it!
This is meant to be our hobby not somewhere we go to have our horses/ponies wound up and potentially struck by naughty ponies!
Why the hell aren't the judges asking these ponies to leave the ring because I know if they were in front of me for judging I would tell them where the exit is. And to add insult to injury they get placed.
Is it just me?
And this is in no way a dig at one particular person, just a really frustrated rant!
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Post by Jenna on Jul 6, 2015 13:39:35 GMT
Was you at bold yesterday by any chance?
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Post by ThisletonStud on Jul 6, 2015 14:46:03 GMT
See it's happening all over! I wasn't, won't say where I was lol.
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Post by Jenna on Jul 6, 2015 15:49:25 GMT
I thought you may of been talking about my naughty boy. My pony was a sod yesterday he was rearing in his individual show and then at the end of the championship reared full height and was boxing. He has an experienced handler though, he is only a yearling and it's his first time out since last year., so I'll forgive him!
I know what you mean though.
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Post by ThisletonStud on Jul 6, 2015 21:03:41 GMT
I know it happens with new ponies especially colts, but I'm seeing the same people, same horses time and time again!
I definitely wasn't at bold, we were miles away lol.
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Post by comanchediva on Jul 8, 2015 14:13:35 GMT
Our stallion reared twice in the ring on Sunday which was very naughty but he also does it when he's scared which sounds ridiculous for the size of him. He was placed 4th of 7 and there was another much smaller pony which was much naughtier.
I agree it's not good and it's embarrassing and frustrating when he does at he lets himself down so badly. He was due to go to another show at the beginning of August but we're taking another instead as we try very hard to not put him in a situation where he could hurt someone. What we have found is 2 years running he's started behaving like this at this time of year so next year he won't be seen in public during the months of July and August.
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Post by gillwales on Jul 24, 2015 15:46:05 GMT
I have seen some very dangerous behavior over the years, including one colt foal that was evil, rearing up and striking out at his handler... eventually getting his leg down the front of her jacket, the handler was lucky not to have ended up with nothing more than a bloodly nose. Judges need to get more H & S savy and chuck those out that are a danger to others.
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Post by catkin on Sept 1, 2015 18:17:04 GMT
... and then they expect these same animals to behave well when ridden...!
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Post by norwalk on Sept 2, 2015 9:52:14 GMT
We took one of ours out (under saddle) at weekend. She's been retired for years and we're just doing a few shows for fun with her. She's a fidget in the line up as everything's a bit exciting after 12 years in a field (even though she's an exHOYS pony!). It's very embarrassing when they don't stand still, but she wasn't being dangerous, just a pain in the arse wanting to face the trade stands behind the line up! I agree judges need to be more H&S aware. Hence my disgust when the judge marched over, grabbed the reins, yanked her in the mouth (which could have been enough to make her go up!) and dragged her round! Credit to my daughter - she politely asked to be excused and left the ring...
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Post by comanchediva on Sept 3, 2015 21:43:49 GMT
... and then they expect these same animals to behave well when ridden...! Catkin there's a reason our boy has his moments which stems back to an incident in the showring when he was a 2 year old. Now he is genuinely scared of other ponies passing him which has stalled his ridden career, in fact our 4 year olds are further along in their education than he is. I'm not saying this is the case for all bad behaviour and I'm not making excuses for him just that sometimes there are reasons and responsible people like ourselves try to make sure everyone stays safe. That said, we took a 3 year old to a show a couple of weeks ago and when we got to the ring where the entrance was quite narrow I asked a family very politely if they would move to one side while we brought our boy through. He is exceptionally well mannered but they had a very small child and I refuse to take risks. The father stared at me with hostility and just stood there, I actually gently moved the child towards her parents to give us room to come through. We never ever take the slightly unpredictable one to shows like that for those reasons. |
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Post by dappledownfarm on Sept 8, 2015 11:08:19 GMT
May I add 'dogs' to this. Have seen so many (usually little) dogs running unchecked in the show ring (and jumping arena) whilst the class is in progress.
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Post by sarahp on Sept 8, 2015 11:55:11 GMT
Commanchediva - I very much doubt catkin meant it personally for you, but as a general comment. I'm another who thinks ridden long term, and I won't now show my Ds IH because they are expected to be so "high energy" while in the ring, not ideal for a future ridden career. It's all too easy for others to take away a bad impression of a pony that has a good reason for its behaviour that they don't know about - we had one we called our special needs pony who had we think been shut in a box between being sold as a weanling and bought back, still entire, as a 3yo. As a result he was totally unsocialised with other ponies and hated having any near him which doesn't look good when it resulted in him refusing to stand still in a ridden class lineup because he didn't like the close contact. You aren't alone!
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Post by comanchediva on Sept 8, 2015 21:47:03 GMT
Sorry I realise that it was a general comment I was just explaining why our boy behaves as he does sometimes. All our boys are being aimed at a ridden career, that's our long term plan for them before hopefully they will go off covering mares and having lovely babies at some point later in life. It's just very frustrating that we know there's a reason for his behaviour and how it has stalled his ridden career. But he's only 5 he's got years ahead of him  |
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