Dumbo
Well-Known Member
I took my tb to his first dressage show on sunday. Great day out and home with a third which is a big achievement!
It was a very small class. Only 6 of us in the intro. I was first in then watched a couple after mine and felt very confident that I'd be placed highly! I went away and came back to see the horses warming up for I assumed prelim/novice, in the arena so guessed that intro class was over. Got chatting to a girl who was friends with these competitors for her to say they were using intro as a warm up!
Anyway, they were placed first and second. I can't help but feel annoyed and cheated that they were competing in the lowest level just to 'warm up' when there were 4 of us in the class who had all worked really hard for our first competition and should have been placed higher!!
I know some events have restricted and open classes but I think these people just 'warming up' should state they weren't competing for a place and purely warming up?!
I know of one lady in my RC who is at Novice level but enters intro's so she can win and this infuriates me!!
It was a very small class. Only 6 of us in the intro. I was first in then watched a couple after mine and felt very confident that I'd be placed highly! I went away and came back to see the horses warming up for I assumed prelim/novice, in the arena so guessed that intro class was over. Got chatting to a girl who was friends with these competitors for her to say they were using intro as a warm up!
Anyway, they were placed first and second. I can't help but feel annoyed and cheated that they were competing in the lowest level just to 'warm up' when there were 4 of us in the class who had all worked really hard for our first competition and should have been placed higher!!
I know some events have restricted and open classes but I think these people just 'warming up' should state they weren't competing for a place and purely warming up?!
I know of one lady in my RC who is at Novice level but enters intro's so she can win and this infuriates me!!