willtowin
Well-Known Member
Going with the topical theme of this horrendous weather...
If you were a judge and you were judging a section on a day where the weather was typically British (e.g. at one instant sunny and fine, the next hailing/deluge of rain/blowing gale) - would you take the weather conditions into account when judging?
Eg if one horse who was in perfect weather did a fairly nice trot circle and you give it a 7 - then the next horse comes along, in blowing wind and rain, and does a slightly more tense, less nice movement - worthy of a 6 in normal conditions - would you take the weather into account and give it a 7 or judge what you see and give it a 6?
Was talking to someone today who was at Aldon, she said her test had the worst of the weather, she got a 38 - horse's average marks are 29-33ish. She complained that the judge had not taken the horrendous weather into account, and that the judge needed to level the playing field by being more generous to the horses who had to perform in bad conditions. I on the other hand think that a judge should judge what they see, and weather is about luck of the draw.
Thoughts?
If you were a judge and you were judging a section on a day where the weather was typically British (e.g. at one instant sunny and fine, the next hailing/deluge of rain/blowing gale) - would you take the weather conditions into account when judging?
Eg if one horse who was in perfect weather did a fairly nice trot circle and you give it a 7 - then the next horse comes along, in blowing wind and rain, and does a slightly more tense, less nice movement - worthy of a 6 in normal conditions - would you take the weather into account and give it a 7 or judge what you see and give it a 6?
Was talking to someone today who was at Aldon, she said her test had the worst of the weather, she got a 38 - horse's average marks are 29-33ish. She complained that the judge had not taken the horrendous weather into account, and that the judge needed to level the playing field by being more generous to the horses who had to perform in bad conditions. I on the other hand think that a judge should judge what they see, and weather is about luck of the draw.
Thoughts?