How do people become judges

[piebaldproblems]

Say I wanted to become a FB or an open breeds class judge. Is there a pathway of training and assessments? Do classes associated with specific breeds or types need judges to do training with the breed society? Asking for purely theoretical reasons, don't worry I don't plan to become a judge anytime soon.

 

[jnb]

First approach should be to the breed or type society i.e CHAPS for coloured horses/ponies, NPS for Native ponies (exmoor dartmoor etc). BSHA for Cobs, Hacks, RH

Most of them run workshops out of season to appoint new judges.

 

[HBB]

Seeing the standard of judging at local agricultural shows recently, the only credentials needed was to be a friend of a friend ?

 

[Kaylum]

My friend is a judge and he's a breeder and shows the breed himself so he must know what to look for. I think that's how many of them started out before courses were a thing.