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Comment by Sherry Cassetori on August 2, 2010 at 7:34am

I live in northeastern PA between Wilkes-Barre and Scranton

Comment by Cindy Jeffery on August 2, 2010 at 1:27am

Sherry, where are you located?

Comment by Sherry Cassetori on July 30, 2010 at 7:54am

Not here, It is like a circus, no one wanted to change the rein, My instructor told me when to change, every one just stayed on the left rein. It made me more nervous do that then jumping. but I am not going to give up shows, My belgian/TB needs to get use to the tents people put up right next to the show ring, That is another subject I guess I should not get started with.

Comment by vickie lawson on July 30, 2010 at 2:24am

i guess they're more conservative here. i've never seen much of a problem- only the odd person who's new to the discipline- and they're told pretty quick!

Comment by Cindy Jeffery on July 30, 2010 at 1:11am

They are supposed to do that here too, but many schooling shows don't bother. It can be a free for all so to speak without an EC Steward on hand to keep the chaos to a manageable level.

Comment by vickie lawson on July 28, 2010 at 8:05pm

here in nz they use cc flags on the jumps, so everyone knows they are to jump in the same direction.

Comment by Sherry Cassetori on July 28, 2010 at 7:35am

This was my 2nd show one thing that really bothered me was when every one was schooling it was Chaos, people jumping all over the place, Trainers yelling at students, I think it really should be more organized. They should do walk, trot, canter, then have every one do the jumps,, Everyone should do the same jumps and going the same way.

Comment by April Keays on July 27, 2010 at 12:59pm

Linda;

I know what you mean about showing. I enjoy the training aspect, like bringing Monty around from a pace into what has developed into a beautiful trot brings me much more satisfaction than impressing a judge. In our last training session just before the show, he gave me two strides of a relaxed and balanced canter, rather than scrambling around the ring trying to figure out where his feet are suppose to go! To me that was just so exciting!
Trails are great too, and that is where I do spend most of my riding time.
I don't know how many shows I will do with Monty, but I do want to promote the breed and that seems to be the best way to do it. So with that objective in mind, it really dosn't matter too much how many classes I win or what the judge thinks so that will make it a lot more fun.
When I get the pictures from the show organized I will try to add them to the main page here on the site and then let you all know that they are there.

Comment by vickie lawson on July 27, 2010 at 3:28am

i agree with cindy. and like i said- set small goals for yourself and take pride and pleasure when you feel you have reached them. all the better if someone else is there to video you, so you can review and check your progress.

Comment by Cindy Jeffery on July 27, 2010 at 1:16am

We must remember that each judge has certain criteria which they use to judge by, But...they also have personal preferences that get in the way...with some judges more than others. Some judges actually don't know what that are doing or high very little experience judging and miss the goodness in the horses. Certainly this may sound unjust but judges are human too and fall woefully short of our high expectations. My suggestion....take with a grain of salt and remind yourself that the judge is the loser not you or your horse. Especially when you know you did the best you could..

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