Meowy Catkin
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Blimey - how awful is this showground that you can't venture onto it without studs? :eek3: It must be a 1 in 2 slope covered in oil... or worse!
Blair barefoot horse disqualified for not being shod!
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Blimey - how awful is this showground that you can't venture onto it without studs? :eek3: It must be a 1 in 2 slope covered in oil... or worse!
ester
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quite! I'm amazed anyone survived!
teamsarazara
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It's in Scotland what do you expect.
putasocinit
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Wonder how the horses survive at the shows in africa, where it very seldom rains and farriers are hard to come by so most are unshod, i never remember mine ever having a problem from the hard ground.
Suelin
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What is the justification for the rule?
amandap
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I believe it's for safety reasons when judges are riding to avoid slipping.
Lizzie66
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I can understand the safety aspect, after all to get on an unknown entity in slippy conditions and no studs could pose a higher risk than normal.
So use common sense and amend the rule so that the ride judges can reserve the right not to ride horses that in their opinion present a higher than normal risk.
From what I remember ride judges normal see the horses ridden first before they get on, so if the horse is slipping and has no studs (shod or unshod) then they can refuse to ride it.
How an individual chooses to care for their horse should be up to them, equally if their care prohibits them from competing in certain classes then that is their choice and it is a bit pointless moaning about it afterwards.
Having said that it seems as thought the rules were applied haphazardly and the lack of consistency is annoying and frustrating for all.
So use common sense and amend the rule so that the ride judges can reserve the right not to ride horses that in their opinion present a higher than normal risk.
From what I remember ride judges normal see the horses ridden first before they get on, so if the horse is slipping and has no studs (shod or unshod) then they can refuse to ride it.
How an individual chooses to care for their horse should be up to them, equally if their care prohibits them from competing in certain classes then that is their choice and it is a bit pointless moaning about it afterwards.
Having said that it seems as thought the rules were applied haphazardly and the lack of consistency is annoying and frustrating for all.
mulledwhine
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Ridiculous 
How do the organisers think horses have survived for 1000's if years with shoes !!!
How do the organisers think horses have survived for 1000's if years with shoes !!!
mulledwhine
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Without shoes sp **
Pale Rider
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This just highlights the sort of feeble minded twerps that run these equestrian events. Inconsistent, backward thinking, ignorant and narrow minded.
ozpoz
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I don't think the ground is "crappy" at Blair. Quite the contrary.
And it isn't the organisers who set the rules.They hold classes, run by whatever Society is holding them. Such as the BHS, NPS, etc. It really is up to the competitor to be familiar with the rules, and if you don't like them don't enter - better still, ask you area rep. to bring the point up with a view to changing it.
And it isn't the organisers who set the rules.They hold classes, run by whatever Society is holding them. Such as the BHS, NPS, etc. It really is up to the competitor to be familiar with the rules, and if you don't like them don't enter - better still, ask you area rep. to bring the point up with a view to changing it.
sprytzer
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What a pathetic attitude and thing to say!!!
blood_magik
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^ This - the ground held up well considering the number of people competing. Am I right in saying that the WH classes were on the Thursday and Friday in the Tummel ring?