How is she looking? Also what showing classes?

[katie_southwest]

This a pic of my mare Polo just before I bought her..

Here are a couple of her now.

Dozing after our hack this morning..

Hanging round the gate to try and scrounge some food..

I know she still needs to lose weight and am battling with that at the mo

Im also thinking of doing some local showing with her next summer, instead of boring her with jumping all the time. What classes do you think I could enter?



Thanks for looking

 

[LankyDoodle]

How old is she? She's lovely!

What breed is she?

 

[gummybear]

Clearly you should be doing the coloured classes! Is she schooled well and if she jumps nicely, would also give the working hunters a go, then you can have the thrill of the jumping combined with the show class!

 

[TGM]

You could try Riding Club Horse/Pony and coloured classes.

 

[ironhorse]

Colouered in hand and ridden, obviously.
Riding club horse as she obviously jumps.
Possibly cob at local level, altho she'd need to be plaited or preferably hogged and her feathers trimmmed - which would suit her altho she's lovely as she is.
Look at that gorgeous black tail...don't know how lucky you are, most coloured mares have at least some white in their tails which gets decidedly yucky!

 

[mickey]

You could do coloureds, and as TGM says riding club horse/pony. Perhaps also family pony, if she can be ridden by all ages. Cob/native classes?

 

[katie_southwest]

She is 9, all I know about her is YOs family bought her as a 2/3 year old from some gypsies in Wales..have no other info..apart from she is a star! Oh and apparently she was in a western film once!

 

[gummybear]

I think with some real topline and muscle on her, and personally (although you may not want too) I agree with ironhorse, get her hogged, trimmed etc and definatley put her in the cob classes as well.

 

[xnaughtybutnicex]

She looks alot better.

ohhh i wanna guess her breeding/age ect. lol im rubbish at this:

erm bout 8 years, irish cob, looks about 14.3hh lol im probs totally wrong.

 

[Kenzo]

At local level there is loads you can do....Coloured class, RC Horse/Pony (seen as she can jump) Ridden Cob, Tack and Turnout, Best Condition, Family Horse/Pony...see lots!

Obviously all of classes look for different things so you may have to work at a few things or invest in some extra tack or put some more time in etc but there is nothing stopping you having a bash at any!

Have fund and good luck!

 

[katie_southwest]

Ironhorse - Yes her tail gets filthy enough as it is! Let alone if it had white i it!

random_rach - She is 9 so nearly right! On the stick she measures at 14.1 and a half although she looks a bit bigger I thnk because he is quite hefty! As I said above I have no idea what breed she is!

 

[Haniki]

She's lovely! Best combination?

 

[xnaughtybutnicex]

lol i thought she was bigger her legs look quite long. N aparently you dont get very many/any coloured welshies thats why i guessed irish cob(that might be completely wrong though)

 

[katie_southwest]

Yeah I think shes probably welsh x with something, but then Im just guessing too!

 

[xnaughtybutnicex]

It's true you dont get any coloured welsh sec a,b,c or d just looked.

 

[xnaughtybutnicex]

maybe a welsh x irish

 

[Drummer]

Get her hogged and trimmed and do coloured and cob classes. She looks very sweet and fun so family/horse pony to and working cob classes

 

[m3gan]

She looks really good ! I will be able to recognise Polo

now if we meet out hacking!

 

[katie_southwest]

Yes m3gan you will!