Is anyone else here a rosette snob??

I keep them all, I don't get out very often so if I win something it's a memory to me!
Our local RS do fantastic rosettes, from 1st to 5th place I think. They are massive too! Makes me feel proud and like I've 'earnt' it a bit more.
My first rosette was at an RS up near Hull, and it was a weedy little thing with a donkey on the front, for a clear round! Was not impressed but continued to hang it above my bed with pride :D
 
I don't like some of the bigger fussy ones, but single tier ones are a bit mean. Two tiers or three small tiers is enough for me. I've got all of mine from the 80s to nowadays (all labelled with names of ponies, classes and dates - first one was 1982 for bending!) and I've been surpassed by my stepson, who has loads too.

I like traditional colours too, but our local rc lets their sponsors choose the colours and each class has all the same colour for every place. Local pc has blue for first as per their tradition, so its very hard to win a nice red rosette around here!

My fave rosettes are the ones that were the hardest to win, not the prettiest!
 
Nope, I am delighted of I receive any rosette :D

However I went along to a little friendly RC sj night yesterday with my friend to keep her company, the entries were only £5 a class. Anyway she won and she got a beautiful, big and well made rosette! I was very impressed as the entries were so cheap!
 
Yep ;) I don't mind little ones at PC rallies as we don't pay for them but when entering a show I like them to be at least 2 tiers & decent looking. We always make sure our show rosettes are 3 tier & very well made when we have shows on. I think it brings people back. Our regulars actually didn't complain when we stopped giving out prize money as our rosettes are so nice :)
 
Wow I'm not surprised, they're beautiful!! She looks chuffed to bits too (not sure if the pony does though, they're that big lol ;) ) x
 
Hell fire, ILoveFoals, they're some cracking rossies! :D
Congrats to your daughter, no wonder she's chuffed. :D:D
 
JFTD said:
I've always dreamed of winning a rug :o

I may be dreaming for a verrrrry long time!
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Me too, shall we start a dreamers' club? :D

My all time favourite one is a shabby single tier green one with "Bundle, Bending, 1972" written on the back. Happy memories!
 
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Old Bat said:
Me too, shall we start a dreamers' club? :D

My all time favourite one is a shabby single tier green one with "Bundle, Bending, 1972" written on the back. Happy memories!
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We could organise shows to allow us to fulfill out dreams (by means of biased judging and large bank transfers :p ) :D
 
I hate getting cheap looking rosettes, for the entry costs and especially when there is no prize money- I think it's an insult :o. My local venue do some nice rosettes though :)

Went to a big charity event once and got a beautiful rosette! 'star' design In between the frills with four ribbons, and massive :)

After my last show where I got knocked down to 3rd place and received a big pretty 3rd rosette among the basic others places handed out .. I realised I don't actually care what place.. I just like getting pretty ones :o :D
 
Won a BD novice section last year, stapled to my sheet was a single tier 'clear round' rosette....
Erm, cheers....
 
OK.

So, let's break it down. Your entry fee covers:

Paramedic attendance (not cheap)
Advertising,
Judges, stewards etc fees/expenses,
Rent for porta loos perhaps,
Site rental perhaps,
Equipment rental,
Insurance,
Lunches/refreshments for volunteers,
Catering van,
Rosettes/trophies etc

oh, and maybe, just maybe, at the end of the day, a teeny tiny bit of profit.

For those of you that moan, perhaps you should try setting up a show/event and pleasing everyone (ain't gonna happen - EVER!) something will be wrong according to someone, however hard you attempt to cover all bases.

Yes, pretty rosettes do go a long way to encouraging people to come back, and I know that for a fact (having been both a rosette maker and a show secretary) but it is a fine balancing act, and as a Committee member both currently and in the past, debates about size of rosettes versus finances can be bloodbaths, sometimes the Treasurer wins, sometimes they don't :(

Single tier rosettes need not be bleurgh.
I could make single tier rosettes that would get on your trophy walls, as can any rosette maker.
 
I went to a show this weekend where classes are fairly small with a £4 entry fee but look at these! They had sashes for the champions as well, brilliant :D
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This is probably going to sound a bit petty, but I was disappointed!

I recently managed to win my section for the Ev95 class at a big horse trials.

There were two sections in this class, A and B, which are decided at complete random, and I was in section B. So along comes presentation time, (which said to present the horse in hand) made ponio look spick and span, nicely wrapped legs and I had shiny boots. The Professional who won the 'A' section went up and awarded a lovely woollen rug, sash and voucher. I got so excited, and when it was my turn I was grinning like mad. Made it up, only to be told they didn't have a rug ready for my section :confused: and I could pick it up at some stage.

So the saga continues...

5 weeks later, I got the call and raced over to the very large saddlery store that was sponsoring the competition. I was presented with my fabled rug, all wrapped up nicely. When I got it home, I unwrapped it....


and it's cotton not woollen :( I feel like it was a bit of another kick in the guts. I was so stoked to have won on the day, but it felt like a bit of a let down not to have been able to take any photos of my clever pony. The Professional won another 2 classes that day. He's a really fabulous bloke, and I'm surprised the organizing committee didn't pull him aside and say, seeing as you are taking home another 2 rugs today, we are giving the Ev95 rug to the other winner today, you can pick yours up later.

Gosh, I sound a bit petty, but I work just as hard and spend every cent I earn on the horses (like the other thousands of amateurs doing it tough!) and just felt like I was let down by the committee. It's the grass-roots competitors that keep the sport going!
 
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My daughter had such a difficult time with her Tb mare, especially at competitions, took her several places,trying various tactics, very often she couldn't even get her into the arena without a total meltdown... then one glorious day we took her to a Hunter Trial and everything just fell into place, the TB mare decided to behave well, and concentrate and it was one of those all too rare shining moments where anything seemed possible.

Anyway, they came 5th and got this rosette, when we saw it we laughed our heads off because all year she'd been taking other people's horses into classes at shows, having a fairly easy time and being given rosettes the size of tea plates. And here was this little scrap of ribbon, though it was small, I think it represented so many hours of blood,sweat and tears, it was probably the "biggest" my daughter ever got.


eta as I recall it was not a cheap class to enter either, but still, its the thought that counts!
 
Enfys said:
Single tier rosettes need not be bleurgh.
I could make single tier rosettes that would get on your trophy walls, as can any rosette maker.
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Totally agree, I have plenty of single tier that I love. One of the pony shows I take the children to every year have single tier for the gymkhana which are lovely and quite big. I am, however, disappointed when handed a rosette that the maker hasn't bothered to stick together straight. Perhaps they do 'seconds' on the cheap?
 
Lyle said:
This is probably going to sound a bit petty, but I was disappointed!

I recently managed to win my section for the Ev95 class at a big horse trials.

There were two sections in this class, A and B, which are decided at complete random, and I was in section B. So along comes presentation time, (which said to present the horse in hand) made ponio look spick and span, nicely wrapped legs and I had shiny boots. The Professional who won the 'A' section went up and awarded a lovely woollen rug, sash and voucher. I got so excited, and when it was my turn I was grinning like mad. Made it up, only to be told they didn't have a rug ready for my section :confused: and I could pick it up at some stage.

So the saga continues...

5 weeks later, I got the call and raced over to the very large saddlery store that was sponsoring the competition. I was presented with my fabled rug, all wrapped up nicely. When I got it home, I unwrapped it....


and it's cotton not woollen :( I feel like it was a bit of another kick in the guts. I was so stoked to have won on the day, but it felt like a bit of a let down not to have been able to take any photos of my clever pony. The Professional won another 2 classes that day. He's a really fabulous bloke, and I'm surprised the organizing committee didn't pull him aside and say, seeing as you are taking home another 2 rugs today, we are giving the Ev95 rug to the other winner today, you can pick yours up later.

Gosh, I sound a bit petty, but I work just as hard and spend every cent I earn on the horses (like the other thousands of amateurs doing it tough!) and just felt like I was let down by the committee. It's the grass-roots competitors that keep the sport going!
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Not petty at all, poor you :(

Sounds like the organisers were brown nosing the pro who probably wouldn't have given a monkeys if he'd had a rug, sash, etc, as long as he got his prize money! A lot of pros throw their rosettes into the crowd.

I would write to them and complain about the second rate treatment you've recieved.
 
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Lyle said:
This is probably going to sound a bit petty, but I was disappointed!

I recently managed to win my section for the Ev95 class at a big horse trials.

There were two sections in this class, A and B, which are decided at complete random, and I was in section B. So along comes presentation time, (which said to present the horse in hand) made ponio look spick and span, nicely wrapped legs and I had shiny boots. The Professional who won the 'A' section went up and awarded a lovely woollen rug, sash and voucher. I got so excited, and when it was my turn I was grinning like mad. Made it up, only to be told they didn't have a rug ready for my section :confused: and I could pick it up at some stage.

So the saga continues...

5 weeks later, I got the call and raced over to the very large saddlery store that was sponsoring the competition. I was presented with my fabled rug, all wrapped up nicely. When I got it home, I unwrapped it....


and it's cotton not woollen :( I feel like it was a bit of another kick in the guts. I was so stoked to have won on the day, but it felt like a bit of a let down not to have been able to take any photos of my clever pony. The Professional won another 2 classes that day. He's a really fabulous bloke, and I'm surprised the organizing committee didn't pull him aside and say, seeing as you are taking home another 2 rugs today, we are giving the Ev95 rug to the other winner today, you can pick yours up later.

Gosh, I sound a bit petty, but I work just as hard and spend every cent I earn on the horses (like the other thousands of amateurs doing it tough!) and just felt like I was let down by the committee. It's the grass-roots competitors that keep the sport going!
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Oh what a shame - that is so disapointing. Especially when you very likely would appreciate the rug a hell of a lot more - tbh i would feel like complaining to the committee - you should have at least got the same prize!

I still haven't received my one and only sash I have ever won and the competition was in November!! I know they haven't forgotton me and I will get it at some point but have no idea why I didn't get it in the first place
 
I was laughing a bit when we came 7th (ok, so not a huge placing :o but it was out of about 60) got a nice bright orange single tier rosette with the sponsors name on it '(name) Loos'. :D

I do like winning BSJA classes, you get TWO rosettes :eek:
 
I never got two rosettes when I won a BS class!!

At 2 or 3 BS shows I've even been asked if I want one or not and have then been handed a crumpled random one from a box!

They are important to me as we don't get them very often. I'm another who writes on the back of them :)
 
As a show centre we always do 2 tier minimum in placing colours which vary slightly....if you come 1st you want a red rosette. Single tier rosettes are a no no!

For our bigger shows with national qualifiers or sponsored classes there will always be special rosettes..this is part of the sponsorship with sponsors name on them.

For example we shortly have a pony show coming up with 2 second rounds...just ordered 2 sets of 3 tier rosettes with printed tails and 16" longgggggggg tails.

As a show centre these rosettes would not be feasible for every show but for special classes I think the competitors like something different.

The other thing we do is offer to swap your rosettes for a cup of tea/coffee etc. This has worked really well too.
 
I have a few nice rosettes, i don't like the cheapy one tiered jobs with " long tails :eek::o

Haven't taken my cob out much but we seem to have a nice collection of 2nds and a few 3rds - pride of place is my red rosette from our dressage test last year :D

I have a beautiful purple rosette with long tails from a dressage comp on my old mare. I have mainly greens and purples with her, bless her she had KS all along undiagnosed so we never did too well :(

No sashes or rugs though :p:D:D

The kids have a few pony club rosettes which are lovely
 
Im a hoarder too, and have every rossie Iv ever won dating back to the early 90's :D My mother keeps trying to get me to go home and remove some boxes from her house but its not happened yet ;)

Currently have a 'tiered' system for ribbons in our house. They can stay in the living room for the first week, then they are moved to the spare bedroom (alternatively known by the OH as the spare tack room!) where 1st get to get hung up and all others go in the box, unless won at a BE event when all placings can be dispayed (cos they are hard enough to get!) or BS/BD where 1st-3rd are hung up. I quite like traditional colours but sometimes sponsors ribbons are a bit special too. Our RC is holding an arena event this weekend and the ribbons they have ordered are beautiful, not traditional colours but very smart!

There is one very special ribbon still in my living room which was a 3rd won by my coloured horse at his last ever BE event before his injury, and its hung on a photo frame containing a photo of him competing at that event.
 
meh we always managed a 1-2k profit at a summer (in a field show) with lovely 3 tier rosettes, champ rosettes, small trophies etc.

They really were one of the cheapest costs of event running.
 
The vast majority of mine (i.e. everything bar 2 as I only competed a handful of times prior to uni) are all BUCS ones. I think they are super pretty :D It does upset me when they get squished though.

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I like that they have the year, the venue and whether it was team or individual on them :)
 
Even worse was a granted silly gymkanna a friend attended and there was no rosette for any classes at all but a Well done tiny single layer given to every person at the end. She won nearly every class and was mortified!!
 
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