LauraWheeler
Well-Known Member
Ahhhhh sorry but i need a rant.
Yesterday i went to a regonal final for the v.h.s olympia qualifires. My pony is 19 years old and still works hard hunting all winter and jumping, showing, dressage and endurance competitions of up to and inclu 80km. She is fit and looks well for her age. When i went into the ring i have never felt so out of place in my life it was full of fat show horses that made lucy look thin when infact she is just fit and muscled. In the in hand class i came dead last and when i went into the ridden one i had riders overtake me very close and use my pony as breaks which upset her but she was the best behaved one of the lot. The judges pulled the line up in and said things like the grey hunter and the bay riding horse next. I was last (no suprise there) but when they pulled me in they said to the steward oh and that chestnut thing!!!!!!!!!
Then they came over and told me my pony was lame and i shouldn't be riding it. No one else there thought it was lame and the ride organiser even very kindly gave me my entry fee back.
All the horses that seem to be qualifing seem to be ex hoys or top dressage animals. They should re name it the veteran show horse final. Because it's not for horses that have worked hard (and still do). I think Lucy is a top class veteran and so do all who know her it just makes me sad she can't have her moment in the sun because of the way showing is. Although i do know she doesn't care as she loves to do all the other things i do with her.
Sorry a bit of a pointless post but i feel a bit better now. I'm shore i'm not the only one who feels this way.
Yesterday i went to a regonal final for the v.h.s olympia qualifires. My pony is 19 years old and still works hard hunting all winter and jumping, showing, dressage and endurance competitions of up to and inclu 80km. She is fit and looks well for her age. When i went into the ring i have never felt so out of place in my life it was full of fat show horses that made lucy look thin when infact she is just fit and muscled. In the in hand class i came dead last and when i went into the ridden one i had riders overtake me very close and use my pony as breaks which upset her but she was the best behaved one of the lot. The judges pulled the line up in and said things like the grey hunter and the bay riding horse next. I was last (no suprise there) but when they pulled me in they said to the steward oh and that chestnut thing!!!!!!!!!
Then they came over and told me my pony was lame and i shouldn't be riding it. No one else there thought it was lame and the ride organiser even very kindly gave me my entry fee back.
All the horses that seem to be qualifing seem to be ex hoys or top dressage animals. They should re name it the veteran show horse final. Because it's not for horses that have worked hard (and still do). I think Lucy is a top class veteran and so do all who know her it just makes me sad she can't have her moment in the sun because of the way showing is. Although i do know she doesn't care as she loves to do all the other things i do with her.
Sorry a bit of a pointless post but i feel a bit better now. I'm shore i'm not the only one who feels this way.
