inhand showing - questions and pics

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Planning on showing my youngsters inhand this year, just to get them out and about a bit, particularly my coloured.
Here she is, shes 3ys old (this was taken last summer - shes far too hairy at the moment but will give a better idea of what classes she may be suitable for :)
Also what do i show her in? inhand bridle? what type? what bit? also what do i need to wear??

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Next up is my welsh D - (scrummy boy!) having him cut in a few weeks, he is 9 months old. same again really - classes etc.......he dosent show up well on the camera so extra pic of him!!

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You could try both in youngstock classes and the coloured in the coloured classes. Unless there is a class for youngstock natives i would avoid doing native classes with your sec D boy as you would be up against mature ponies. Some shows also have best condition classes too. I showed my yearling in a slip (no bit) with chain and leather lead, this year he will have a show bridle with bit as he can be strong now but the yearling filly will wear the slip. I use a straight black rubber bit with brass rings, but you can use a snaffle if you want. Plain bridle, no coloured browbands but brass type looks nice on cobs i think. A hunter type noseband on your coloured for the worker look. I wear a tweed jacket shirt and tie and beige/khaki trousers (i have jeans style) and jodphur boots. Light trousers for dark pony legs and darker trousers for white pony legs. I'm no expert others may offer better advice, but i did ok at local level last year.
 
You could show in coloured classes and show as a native type in them, ie turn out like a section D. Go for a plain hunter type in hand bridle.

This is what I used on Stinky as a youngster, it came from Flyde Saddlery but you could maybe get something cheaper if you hunt around. That said, Flyde is excellent quality and I was able to easily sell it for not too bad a price when he started out in adult classes.

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I used a brass lozenge small ring snaffle as he really did not like the straight rubber in hand bits often used.

Turnout - something like this - though you don't have to go bald - joys of having chemo last year - no hair and very overweight.

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Stinky is now shown in a double bridle as he is six.

Good luck and have fun.
 
Definitely agree with Theresa regarding the nice in-hand bridle for your coloured and for your baby D either a plain leather in-hand bridle or a white halter. I've always gone for the halter with my D mare even now as an adult I always use one and I do prefer to see baby D's in a halter rather than bitted especially if he's under a year old. You can use a leather slip bridle but if he decides to do a disappearing act in the ring or get a bit above himself with excitement they don't give you any sort of control. :) A rope halter will just give you a bit more brakes without being harsh.
This is my D at 11 months in her halter, she now wears one with a chain under the chin so that I can stop her as she has a proper cob trot and can get a bit carried away!

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I think that one is a bit too fancy. Would be better to go for one like Stinky's with the plain, flat noseband and browband. It is also more traditional to use brown leather than black for showing.

If you'd prefer black then this one is nice...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/English-leath...t=UK_Horse_Wear_Equipment&hash=item3a63171f37

Or as your coloured is three already why not look for something you can then use for ridden work as well rather than buy a specific in-hand bridle. You could go for a hunter type riding bridle and then just use a plain snaffle bit and a leather coupling and lead rein rather than the ordinary reins for now if you'd prefer? This style of bridle would also be appropriate for your D when he gets to the riddden stage. :)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Havannah-Hunt...t=UK_Horse_Wear_Equipment&hash=item2c5aa58889
 
There does seem to be fewer plain Hunter style inhand bridles about.

I am goingto have a go at showing my Colt this summer too (8 months tomorrow, he's sport horse reg'd IDx TB/Conn ) can only be a good thing to get them on the show ground early on in life. I've settled on just a normal hunter bridle with a lead rein - you can get cheaper leather ones for about £30, derby house do their own that also looks quite nice.

I have got loads of black tack including hunter nose bands but as my boy is dark bay he will be shown in dark havana, it is more correct fro the show ring - that said I think black can look nice on greys.

good luck with showing yours - my biggest worry is not winning it's staying alive on the day eeek haha looking at most schedules youngstock classes are in the main the 1st class in the ring so hopefully the stressful bit will be over and done by the time most people even get there !
 
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