Post by Resolution on Jun 24, 2008 22:17:04 GMT
There is one very simple thing which could be done and introduced very quickly to prevent all of the tit for tat measuring spite going on this season.
All the BSPS need to do is to say that ponies height certificates will stand until 1st November 2008. If this was repeated annually then any dispute regarding height could be dealt with after this date allowing ponies to contest RIHS & HOYS that year .
If this was to be introduced and ponies proved to measure out after this date then it would be accepted by everyone concerned. Over height ponies would obviously have to go up a class, etc for the following year.
Ponies like children continue to grow until they are mature and like adults they tone & muscle up as they get fitter. This must be expected. Therefore insistence on remeasurement mid season is crazy, unkind and unjust.
If this change was introduced it would stop all the upset for the children concerned. Yes we belong to PONY societies run by "Adults" but these are CHILDREN's classes and to ruin their hard work will no doubt affect their morale and dedication long term.
The future of Showing ponies is at stake.
BSPS Don't be conservative and slow.
PLEASE ACT on this NOW.
Adults please stop behaving like spoilt kids.
PLEASE NOTE:-
A pony produced by a BSPS Council member gained a HOYS ticket at South of England from a pony called for remeasurement. If that person has a conscience, really cares about children as much as tickets, ponies and the societies he represents he will do his upmost to sort this problem out once and for all and take showing forward into the future FAIRLY for us all.
All the BSPS need to do is to say that ponies height certificates will stand until 1st November 2008. If this was repeated annually then any dispute regarding height could be dealt with after this date allowing ponies to contest RIHS & HOYS that year .
If this was to be introduced and ponies proved to measure out after this date then it would be accepted by everyone concerned. Over height ponies would obviously have to go up a class, etc for the following year.
Ponies like children continue to grow until they are mature and like adults they tone & muscle up as they get fitter. This must be expected. Therefore insistence on remeasurement mid season is crazy, unkind and unjust.
If this change was introduced it would stop all the upset for the children concerned. Yes we belong to PONY societies run by "Adults" but these are CHILDREN's classes and to ruin their hard work will no doubt affect their morale and dedication long term.
These children are the future of showing.
Every single adult caught up in this scandalous pre RIHS trauma MUST remember that.
Every single adult caught up in this scandalous pre RIHS trauma MUST remember that.
The future of Showing ponies is at stake.
BSPS Don't be conservative and slow.
PLEASE ACT on this NOW.
Adults please stop behaving like spoilt kids.
PLEASE NOTE:-
A pony produced by a BSPS Council member gained a HOYS ticket at South of England from a pony called for remeasurement. If that person has a conscience, really cares about children as much as tickets, ponies and the societies he represents he will do his upmost to sort this problem out once and for all and take showing forward into the future FAIRLY for us all.