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This is the pony I want to do some inhand showing with.
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Obviously she'll be cleaner on show day ;)

Not really sure on classes yet, am thinking coloured classes, best pony maybe mountain and moorland but not sure if she registered correctly for some shows.

Need advice on pretty much everything.
Turnout for me and her.
Tips for getting noticed, good routine for display.
Which side you stand ie inbetween her and judge or otherside etc.

I have a grey/blue hacking jacket will this be ok with shirt and tie and trousers (colour?)

Thanks

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How old is she? and what breed?

Turnout for you tweed jacket, pale blue or yellow shirt with tie and tie pin (red is a safe bet for tie colour), cream trousers as her legs are quite dark, shoes you can run in and a hat (navy velvet riding hat is ok) and brown gloves and cane.

Make sure that she walks out well and when your turn comes make sure she's really striding forwards in trot.
For your individual make sure she stands square for the judge and try to get her to put her ears forward and look alert. You will then be asked to walk away from the judge and trot back.

Turnout for her depends on if she is a registered M+M or not.
 
Hi not really sure of breed i think she is dartmoor cross shetland perhaps, doesn't say in passport. She has a pink passport so not sure if that means she registered properly?
She is 6/7 this year.
So would my grey/blue hacking jacket be ok?
 
have a look on youtube at showing in hand look for natives and big shows to see what people are wearing, also look at back copies of HH at the champs see they're bridles and the way they present the ponies for photos careful to avoid sports vids it's completely dif style
 
If she is unregistered or a part bred then she will need to have plaited mane, pulled tail, trimmed legs and face. You can use a normal ridden hunter bridle with the reins taken over the head as she is over 3yrs old.
She can do Best condition, Odd coloured and depending on what she looks like tidied up inhand hunter pony.
Your tweed will be fine
 
Um.... I am gonna be really thick here, but how could you do a coloured class? i thought coloured classes were for piebald/skewbald?
 
Odd Coloured classes are for duns, roans, palominos and spotties. Some shows will have a seperate class but some will just have them in with the coloureds and call it a coloured class.
 
yup as ldlp is in my neck of the woods most of our coloured classes include dun and pally and spotty.

Mostly because as a show organiser you want to get as many entries as possible to help pay the costs, and I suppose historically there were probably less piebalds about than there are now.

ldlp, quite a few will have m+m part bred which she would be fine for, you just have to pick your shows I think really.
 
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Because I dont consider dun as being coloured. Any more than bay, grey, chestnut etc. Dun is a solid colour, all one colour.
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This completely. OP,Does this mean in the coloured classes in yr area include all bay's, grey's etc? They are no different than a dun surely?
 
But no one is saying that a dun is a coloured I am saying that a dun is included in the Odd coloured class which is often run as a combined class with the Skewbald's and Piebald's.
 
standard coloured class in somerset =

in hand coloured:
to include dun, palomino, roan and spotted.

edited to add as smallhunter says, but is always referred to as coloured down here and then the accepted colours added
 
Why you being funny with me I didn't make the class rules, it says on show coming up duns, palaminos, spotties, piebalds etc all in same class.

TBh if i'm gonna have to pull mane and plait etc so I won't bother as was only meant to be abit of fun!
 
Ldlp your pony is eligible for the class so don't worry.
If your going for fun just tidy her up and keep her looking like a native and enter the non - M+M classes so you don't have to explain about her breeding.

Have fun:D
 
Sorry if you didn't mean you post in a sarcastic way Benson but that was how it read.:)
Thanks Smallhunter, it's actually my sister's pony and I have two of my own which compete although one is on boxrest due to a cut so out of action hence thinking about getting the little one out and about :)
 
I've found your thread really useful ldlp111 as I've got a young native pony we might take to some small local shows this year. Have picked up some good tips and ideas re turnout, handling etc. So thank you for starting this. Now just need to work out how to transform our gorgeous but woolly, muddy, cheeky mammoth pony into a sleek shiny well behaved showman!
 
ldlp111, I love this pony as I have a soft spot for duns anyway, but what a fantastic mane!!

i have a part-bred registered Welsh mare and show her as a native. I pull her mane, but only to even it up - it's still far too long to plait, and apart from giving her a bath, I don't do anything else at all to her. If you're doing local shows for a bit of fun then as long as you and the pony are clean and well-behaved for the judge that's the most important thing.

I'm in the Midlands and the in-hand classes I do are open to anything. One of the shows I go to states that the judge is marking 80% the horse and 20% the handler. Another show has two classes, one for the horse, judged on manners, conformation etc., and the other is best handler.

If you haven't done in-hand before, maybe you could watch a class first to see how others dress and handle their horses.

On the other hand, if you want to send that gorgeous little thing up to me, I would show it for you......... :)
 
Chunkie said:
ldlp111, I love this pony as I have a soft spot for duns anyway, but what a fantastic mane!!

i have a part-bred registered Welsh mare and show her as a native. I pull her mane, but only to even it up - it's still far too long to plait, and apart from giving her a bath, I don't do anything else at all to her. If you're doing local shows for a bit of fun then as long as you and the pony are clean and well-behaved for the judge that's the most important thing.

I'm in the Midlands and the in-hand classes I do are open to anything. One of the shows I go to states that the judge is marking 80% the horse and 20% the handler. Another show has two classes, one for the horse, judged on manners, conformation etc., and the other is best handler.

If you haven't done in-hand before, maybe you could watch a class first to see how others dress and handle their horses.

On the other hand, if you want to send that gorgeous little thing up to me, I would show it for you......... :)
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What's your address?:confused::D
 
I would deffo keep her hairy! She looks a bit like a highland to me.

Its a shame your in somerset as up here they have 'hill' pony classes which she would be ideal for. Langholm Show has them and some other shows in cumbria and scotland. She would be perfect for that and she doesn't need to registered with anything.
 
most important to have fun! i would keep him "natural" so just a bath the night/ day before and hoof oil on the day. practise your trot up at home it's most important to walk straight away from the judge the turn (the pony away from you) and trot smartly straight at the judge s/he will step to the side as you pass and keep going straight away from them they will step back over to watch you trot away ( try not to think of your bum) promise they're lookin at the ponies movement from behind:D, with the babies i even practise in the field pretending a thistle or daisy is the judge and "showing" to them
good luck

p.s. looks like a highland to me to how tall is she
 
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I would imagine if you're doing local shows then it really is not going to matter too much whether you plait/don't plait to be honest.

I intend on doing some youngstock in hand classes this year with my rising 2 yo. It has been useful knowing what the correct attire is. I have no real showing experience at all (well other than some little local ridden classes as a kid) I am more worried about falling over my own two feet when trotting the horse up! hehe.

just go and have fun, that's what it's supposed to be about surely?
 
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