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Post by pintoarabian on May 21, 2011 10:47:02 GMT
The one that makes me boil with rage thinking about it, even after after five years, is the occasion I was placed last of 18 in a coloured class at a big national championship show with a yearling filly that had been champion the previous week. The high-profile (a**hole) judge told the person placed 17th that her horse was lame on three legs. Then, he told me that my YEARLING filly was showing signs of wear and tear on her joints. She was champion again the following week and now is winning BSJA classes and has never been stiff or lame in her life. Never in a bzillion years would I ever show in front of that 'judge' again. Judges, if you are looking for an excuse for your decision, make it credible, please!
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Post by kates on May 22, 2011 12:08:37 GMT
i've been told when last that the judge 'didn't like her colour' she was a black fell... so i said thank u for your honestly and off i went,
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Post by showingfanatic on May 22, 2011 12:35:38 GMT
To my dainty, extravagent county winning show pony at a local show-'you really should show her as a SHP, she's a wonderful workmanlike example with masses of bone' me speechless...'but she is a he and he's taken countless championships as a SP...'  |
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Post by GrumpyPony on May 22, 2011 14:49:00 GMT
At a local show, my county standard welsh a was placed 8th. The reason? "You were standing not quite in front of him....." Right... I have picture evidence to the contrary! My pony was behind several ponies that had really misbehaved, and he had not put a hoof out of place.
Thats showing for you!
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Post by 123lauren098 on May 22, 2011 16:06:46 GMT
when i was 13 i got a new pony (5 year old 13hh welsh C) she was well schooled, and i took her to a local riding club, i did a few class including novice pony/rider which was for any young/green horses, and new combinations of horse/riders etc.
i went to do my show and he asked if i was definitely a novice, i replied yes i've only had her a couple of months, he still didn't look convinced. i was placed last, even though my pony did a foot perfect show and he said sorry, but there's no way you and your pony are novices, you shouldn't be in this class. i took half of this as a compliment, but was still a bit annoyed that he didn't believe me!
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Post by solitaire on May 22, 2011 18:12:42 GMT
Being dropped from 1st to 3rd and having done a good show my rider was told she was dropped as the mare had thrown a shoe in the ring (yes it had come loose but is that really a reason to drop a pony?)
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Post by thecremellosociety on May 23, 2011 13:33:46 GMT
Being dropped from 1st to 3rd and having done a good show my rider was told she was dropped as the mare had thrown a shoe in the ring (yes it had come loose but is that really a reason to drop a pony?) Could it have made the pony unlevel ?? suppose it can be classed the same as a tack failure, someone had a rein snap in a class at a show i was at and caused a run out at the fence in the workers, and didnt want penalising with a refusal, SHOULD have been elmiminated, but very local level ..... All tack etc should be ready for use for ring and shoes tightly on, yes we know it can come loose if animal overeaches, but could have caused the reason you were dropped ...... |
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Post by tabbyx on May 26, 2011 8:59:32 GMT
At the bsps winter champs earlier this year,in an m&m ri qualifier,I had this:
"lovely pony,but you did the wrong show and had a wrong leg" to which i replied "I wasn't told there was a set show,neither was the boy on the shetland" "well didn't you watch the others do their shows" "no I was doing my inhand trot up" "oh well,if you'd done the right show your pony wouldn't of wrong legged it"
I was fuming after that! my pony was in one of his really assy moods that day. When he wants to wrong leg it he will no matter what you do to stop him! so I got told off becuase the steward hadn't told me there was a set show,neither had the judge(the pony before me hadn't done the set show either) and she expected me to watch the other ponies doing thier shows instead of getting my pony to stand up properly and by the time i got back into line there was only 2 before me to do their shows so i couldn't watch.
oh and at a local show on my 11.1 section A in the open ridden(only class for him),the judge came up after giving the others their rosettes,fair does my pony had behaved like a tit,but 3 of the top 6 were lead reins in an OPEN RIDDEN small breeds class&they had an m&m lead rein 2 classes after!
"pretty pony but a poor example of a dartmoor and he's the wrong colour for a dartmoor" so i replied "well that's because he's a very true to type welsh section A,and a GREY dartmoor won HOYS 2 years ago" "oh well ..." I was like hmm,I wonder who can't tell their m&m breeds! I had to laugh at that comment x
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Post by kates on May 30, 2011 14:53:10 GMT
just had the best one today! was supporting my local show, something i prob won't do ever again after today!
I'm very lucky with my Trad, his white is very white and his blck is very black, and he baths very well.
the judge today asked me what shampoo i used, i told her, she then asked how often i bathed him, i said once before a show.
i was then dropped to out the placings...because apparenrtly...i lied about how i bathed him....
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Post by sassie on May 30, 2011 15:25:20 GMT
I had a good one today also... at Warrington Show.. After Novice Hack they were giving out some qualifiers or something, I got asked if my very, very fine thoroughbred was part bred welsh!!!?!
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Post by Giddie on May 30, 2011 17:35:39 GMT
Kates why didn't you tell the judge it has nothing to do with them how often you bath you pony/horse.. How pathetic is it all getting..
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2011 17:43:16 GMT
once asked if a stallion was a mare
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Post by janetbushell on May 31, 2011 5:44:46 GMT
sassie - the NCPA qual card for ridden PBW is given in all non breed ridden classes to a PBW standing in the top 6. As the class you state in your post is a "type" class the judge (or steward) would need to check whether anyone was eligible by asking & not be expected to know!
The native Welsh is crossed into every type of discipline and has produced many wonderful animals - including those who could be described as "fine".
Whilst I agree that TBs often make truly correct hack types they are by no means exclusive in this class.
& no I wasn't the judge - I am merely explaining why you would have been asked the question.
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Post by kates on May 31, 2011 12:07:36 GMT
Giddie...if you saw how she was judging at the show you wouldn't be asking lol....shockingly horrendous....i'm not rude in the ring and it was my boys 3rd show so i just expect him to behave and used it as a training exercise.....its now a running joke that i should 'bath my pony before a show' now lol
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Post by iluvmyponies on May 31, 2011 15:19:15 GMT
Not an actual judge, but a 'ringside judge' at Warrington Show yesterday said that my 'Shetland was awfully porky for a stallion'. My 'shetland' is a fell & my 'stallion' is a mare. ;D
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Post by crazyshetlandlady on May 31, 2011 18:02:41 GMT
Haha ILMP!!
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Post by welshiegirl on May 31, 2011 18:06:39 GMT
Judge: 'You shouldn't be wrong legging it in this class at all.'
Me: 'This is a novice..and i corrected it staight away.'
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Post by bowditchblobs on Jun 1, 2011 10:17:07 GMT
iluvmyponies thats hillarous, iv had oooooooo whys a fresian in an m@m class off ring side judges before............er fell?  Ring side judges are the worse of the lot!!!! I judged localy sunday, in my equifest m@m class two local level coloured cobs came in!!! Thought may be id got my classes wrong and it was best rider next, but no it was the m@m class , took me ages to explain to irrirate parents why their kiddie winks coudnt take said coloureds in a m@m class!!!! I kept a straight face too!!! Lol |
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Post by mosswood on Jun 1, 2011 16:04:40 GMT
Reminds me of the time I was judging and a parent insited that his childs pony was a fully registered "coloured fell" and he had the papers to prove it!!!!
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Post by muggley on Jun 1, 2011 19:01:53 GMT
iluvmyponies thats hillarous, iv had oooooooo whys a fresian in an m@m class off ring side judges before............er fell? Ring side judges are the worse of the lot!!!! I judged localy sunday, in my equifest m@m class two local level coloured cobs came in!!! Thought may be id got my classes wrong and it was best rider next, but no it was the m@m class , took me ages to explain to irrirate parents why their kiddie winks coudnt take said coloureds in a m@m class!!!! I kept a straight face too!!! Lol On the flip side you get people that try to take chestnut, bay, gray, roan etc. shetlands into Coloured classes. To be fair, in the Shetland world anything that isn't black is classed as coloured but you would have thought that they would get the idea when standing next to multi coloured horses and ponies. |
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Post by calamari on Jun 6, 2011 13:02:05 GMT
Went to a local ec showing show just to get out and about at the start of the year. I got told my boy looked 'footsore' even though he'd just happily tanked off in the last class' lap of honour(with the same judge) and had been pulled in 1st to begin with. Funnily enough, judge new both 1st & 2nd place rider's by both their and their horse's first name.....and said to them on leaving the ring 'see you back at the yard' !
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Post by sageandonion on Jun 6, 2011 14:32:35 GMT
Not an actual judge, but a 'ringside judge' at Warrington Show yesterday said that my 'Shetland was awfully porky for a stallion'. My 'shetland' is a fell & my 'stallion' is a mare. ;D Well cheetham reported in FC that a judge at the weekend asked if her shetland was a fell or highland? so obviously an understandable mistake. Maybe they are breeding the shetlands bigger these days. |
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Post by iluvmyponies on Jun 7, 2011 7:12:08 GMT
Not an actual judge, but a 'ringside judge' at Warrington Show yesterday said that my 'Shetland was awfully porky for a stallion'. My 'shetland' is a fell & my 'stallion' is a mare. ;D Well cheetham reported in FC that a judge at the weekend asked if her shetland was a fell or highland? so obviously an understandable mistake. Maybe they are breeding the shetlands bigger these days. Haha! Must be the case ;D |
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Post by kates on Jun 7, 2011 9:28:15 GMT
Well cheetham reported in FC that a judge at the weekend asked if her shetland was a fell or highland? so obviously an understandable mistake. Maybe they are breeding the shetlands bigger these days. Haha! Must be the case ;D they will be in the large breeds section next |
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Post by nici on Jun 7, 2011 11:41:13 GMT
Ha ha, ILMP I'm loving that Blossy is a Shetland - we need a photo of her and Teddy together - he is a full up 42" Shetland so they shouldn't come any bigger than him, and Blossy towers over him ;D
I was once asked (by an experienced horse person, although not by a judge) if Teddy (the same 42" Shetland) was a Dartmoor or a cross, as he's far too big to be a Shetland!!! Hmmm
Her handler was once told that my spotty yearling was "too quiet" in her youngstock class (the rest of the ponies in the class had spent most of the class on their back legs or doing handstands in their trot up, while Daisy had behaved impeccably and not put a hoof wrong through the class). Yes, that's because she's a little 34" pony, who was destined to be (and now has become!) a child's best friend! Impeccable manners start from day one with me, especially for children's ponies.
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Post by 5874julie on Jun 13, 2011 23:38:36 GMT
my favourite was a thelwell look a like class, including lead reins, being asked to canter on. it was carnage.
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Post by 5874julie on Jun 13, 2011 23:40:47 GMT
another favourite - a judge drafted into the worker ring at the last minute who clearly normally judged flat classes only. After judging 3 classes in the section in an entirely random manner, showing scant regard for jumping penalties, she turned to the steward and said ' So now do we have a jump orf'? I kid you not.
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Post by lastchance on Jun 14, 2011 20:59:30 GMT
another favourite - a judge drafted into the worker ring at the last minute who clearly normally judged flat classes only. After judging 3 classes in the section in an entirely random manner, showing scant regard for jumping penalties, she turned to the steward and said ' So now do we have a jump orf'? I kid you not. Hahaha love it! |
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Post by ponymum on Jun 21, 2011 7:40:05 GMT
Dont know whether this is classed as a classic comment , to me rather shocking!! Judge in a 12shp class at a BSPS show this weekend told 2 jockeys there ponies needed shooting !  Now wether this was a flippant remark or not , perhaps the judge shou;d of chose her words a little more wisely.... |
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Post by pencaedu on Jun 21, 2011 15:03:06 GMT
And one at a local show this weekend, in a lead rein class, told the leader they had a nice little jockey - why didn't they go to Llanybydder (local mart) & buy it something decent for it to sit on? Pony is very well loved and does well - apparently both leader & child were in tears, loaded up & left the showground & have taken a lot of persuading to ever go back in the ring again.
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Ring side judges are the worse of the lot!!!! I judged localy sunday, in my equifest m@m class two local level coloured cobs came in!!! Thought may be id got my classes wrong and it was best rider next, but no it was the m@m class , took me ages to explain to irrirate parents why their kiddie winks coudnt take said coloureds in a m@m class!!!! I kept a straight face too!!! Lol
Now wether this was a flippant remark or not , perhaps the judge shou;d of chose her words a little more wisely.... 
