Is anyone else here a rosette snob??

suzi said:
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 :)
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really? I always get the 1st place rosette from the place where the show is held and then a smaller one saying the sponsor's name on it (i.e. the BN one says KBIS Insurance)
 
Squiggles on Paper said:
really? I always get the 1st place rosette from the place where the show is held and then a smaller one saying the sponsor's name on it (i.e. the BN one says KBIS Insurance)
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Ive had two before for winning a class. I dont know where half of mine are anymore though :/ I dont always go and collect mine :( I do remember the money however ;)
 
I will admit to being a bit of a rosette snob :D

One show centre near me does amazing rosettes for unaff stuff - they are massive with some sparkly tiers and long ribbons - they were the same for their BS when I won a class there once.


Most rosettes I have got are nice :) I always keep my rosettes and shave always since getting my first rosette write the horse/class/date on them

But it does annoy me when if you get placed BS on a ticket you sometimes don't get one - the whole point of a ticket is you have paid to be a member so you should be entitled to your money and rosette.
 
Kirsty+Java said:
But it does annoy me when if you get placed BS on a ticket you sometimes don't get one - the whole point of a ticket is you have paid to be a member so you should be entitled to your money and rosette.
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A ticket to ride is the right to compete HC - no placing or money is awarded and rosettes are only given at the centre's discretion.
 
The rosettes we have for our club comps are 3 tier with a gold trim. We always get complimented on them. We also do a bag of horse treats for the winner - cheap and cheerful but much appreciated. At first we gave a choice of prize - one for rider or one for horse - nearly every time the riders choose the treats. HT rossettes have longer tails and we have more prizes as the entry fees are higher

However the rosettes are expensive and every penny counts - venue hire is going up and we may really struggle this year - either we put entries up or we cut costs somehow.
 
Squiggles on Paper and Nightmare before Christmas can't quote as on phone. ..but no I've only had one rosette in the two bnov classes I've won.

I can't remember if they were sponsored ones or not...might have to go and check! It's not something that happens very often!

Tbf I was just pleased to be placed and at least had one to write on the back :)
 
I show chickens and the places are just prize cards. There are rosettes for best in section but no official colour scheme so I've had some interesting colour combinations involving lime green, orange, brown etc that clash with the more conventional colours! Surrey county show gives first place rosettes though, beautiful luxurious ribbon and a gold 'medal' centre - can't wa
 
I'm with JoX; sorry, KirstyJava, I do agree its nice when they give rosettes, but your ticket is a ticket to ride, you are not paying to be a member.

WelshD; snap, in dogs, we get cards and only best in breed and best opposite sex gets rosettes- though crufts do rosettes for 1-3rd and Thame county always used to do mega ones!

Suzi- the BN classes are always sponsored- KBIS for the past few years, but I haven't always had the sponsor rosette when winning either; sometimes, but not every time. And I've never had the sponsor rosette for a discovery win?! Be it equissage or tri zone whatever.
 
I'll keep an eye out if I ever win a class again!

I've helped show sheep before and have always thought they get amazing rosettes. ...at least the feww shows I did!
 
Llanali said:
I'm with JoX; sorry, KirstyJava, I do agree its nice when they give rosettes, but your ticket is a ticket to ride, you are not paying to be a member
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Whoops sorry! Been told that so that's why I thought it :)

Just as BE,BD you will always get whatever due prize you have won including any money/rosettes

Most classes to go HC you don't have to pay I don't think - I don't think you do BE
£6 is quite a lot though for a class that's sometimes only £12 to start with - BE for an 80(t) it's only £10 for a class that's £70 odd to enter

Thanks for info :)
 
Ah....rosette wars..... The recurring argument on any horsey committee anywhere ;) How big should they be? How flash should they be? What should they say on them? How much should we spend? It will never be settled and you will never keep everyone happy. It always used to be that the local shows had the OTT rosettes and when you got to the counties you got a card and a small very old fashioned plain rosette. Now even the counties seem to have gone OTT, particularly for the championships.

For our local rides we've got some very nice ones that were made locally at the moment - not over the top but they are spotty with a bit of bling on them in a myriad of different colours and they seem to be going down quite well.

We also sponsor the little kiddie 5km class at one of our big rides and we got them all little medals - that went down really well too and we were right chuffed to see them all proudly wearing their medals at the venue and refusing to take them off.

Here's a question. If you did a sponsored ride or a fun ride, and you were given a choice at the end of a rosette or some chocolate, which would you pick?

Re Rugs. It used to be a standing joke with me and a friend of mine who I was crewing. She really wanted to win a rug, and you could guarantee that if she came second, the winner got a rug, but if she won then the second place got a rug and she'd win something else. She'd been competing for years and had never won a rug. Then the time came for H and me to do our first 80km ER and my friend was busy that day so couldn't crew us. Well we only went and won, and we won a rug. Another friend of mine grabbed the phone and rang Val - and the first thing she said was 'Val! Val! She's won a rug!'.
 
EstherYoung said:
Here's a question. If you did a sponsored ride or a fun ride, and you were given a choice at the end of a rosette or some chocolate, which would you pick?
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Rosette, you can buy chocolate in your local shop ;)

EGB do lovely rosettes, I have some pleasure ride ones that are fab :)

For me the size of the rosette doesn't matter, I'm just happy to have any.
 
miss_c said:
Yup! Especially when it's a pricey entry. Paid £20 for a BD class to be given a 50p job, all the same colour just a different number in the middle, and they only gave them to 1st and 2nd. I know they don't HAVE to give them 1st to 6th depending on numbers, but it's a bit disheartening. Might have to dig out some of the naff ones lol.

On the other hand I've entered some 'cheap' classes and received BEAUTIFUL rosettes, always makes it seem all the more worth it, and in a materialistic way encourages you to go back to that venue!
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Yup, exactly that! I love my riding club rosettes and love competing for them. But the bigger shows have really scrimped on the rossies.
 
I'd go for a rosette over chocolate too. Chocolate doesn't keep well for posterity :( I speak from experience :p

Oh to win a rug. I wouldn't care if it was the cheapest, rubbish-est rug ever, just to win one. Not sure why it seems like such a big deal, but it's bordering on obsession! (Mind you I feel for the poster who was taunted by the smart wool rug but received a less splendid alternative :( )
 
marmalade76 said:
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?
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As you should be :(

If I was an organiser and got poor quality rosettes I would certainly not be using that supplier again, and I would let them know exactly why, in no uncertain terms :mad:

There is no excuse for poor quality, it isn't rocket science to stick a centre on straight and trim bits of glue or thread, even if you are making hundreds of the blasted things at a time. I would have been highly embarrassed to send something like that out. Perhaps some companies do seconds, or maybe it was a job lot on eBay, you see some really tacky sets on there for pennies.

Rosettes are lovely to get and hopefully to treasure and should be the best quality affordable, and show committees would do well to remember that.
 
MungoMadness said:
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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This used to really HURT me to see. Squashed rosettes. Disappointing.

Sometimes the supplier sends them flat packed (Why? Take some care won't you) sometimes they spend much care packing them on edge so that the pleat isn't squished and then the organiser empties them into a box and they may as well be a boring single tier knife pleat by the time show day comes around.

:) ps. Squashed rosettes can be revived if you steam them - carefully, otherwise you will soften any glue.

Don't iron printed tails on the right side though as the print will melt ;)
 
I am a major rosette snob :o! I think it may be as I mainly do BE, so having paid a large entry fee I expect a decent rosette if I get placed. I had one from a BE event which was 2 tiers, made from the cheapest, thinnest ribbon. To make it worse it was all creased and scrunched up and the white ribbon had brown stains. Looked like it had been kicking around the tack rood for a good few years :(. Having said that this is my favourite from BE event which unfortunately no longer runs. Prehaps it was because they spent all their money on such fancy rosettes they couldn't afford to carry on ;):eek:!



Oh and to make you guys jealous :p I have also won a beautiful embroidered thermatex rug and a sash :D!
 
It took me 4 years to win my first rosette and it was so unbelievably naff (1 layer, squashed, wrinkled and glue splatter on the ribbon) my Mum bought me a huge 6 tiered one from a show stand at Hickstead, pulled off the centre disc of my winning one and stuck it on the new one, awesome, I still have it and that was from 1996 :D

The worst rosettes from my experience were local shows, best ones were from Pony Club events, the worst prize I ever got was a cheap plastic hoofpick for winning a riding club jumping event, best prize was a grooming kit, fly fringe, Robinsons voucher (think it was £25) and a whip and that was an agricultural show with a few pony classes, won a native event, got 3 huge rosettes and a sash too.

Funniest rosette was falling off in a stupidly small jumping class, think it was 2ft6 and I got a purple rosette and the disc had a rider falling off over a jump and it said "almost a clear round", still have that too.
 
Kirsty+Java said:
Whoops sorry! Been told that so that's why I thought it :)

Just as BE,BD you will always get whatever due prize you have won including any money/rosettes

Most classes to go HC you don't have to pay I don't think - I don't think you do BE
£6 is quite a lot though for a class that's sometimes only £12 to start with - BE for an 80(t) it's only £10 for a class that's £70 odd to enter

Thanks for info :)
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I agree - BS tickets are pretty extortionate! Half the money goes to BS and half to the centres - I think lots of centres are now doing them half price though as it means they get more entries. I think its a bit off that you dont get the prizes on a ticket, as you do count towards the total number of entries that affect how much prize money is given out to the others, but I guess its an incentive to register if you do well enough on a ticket to be getting prize money.
 
I really want an "almost a clear round" rosette! :D

What are the 'proper' colours for 5th and 6th? My 1st to 4th rosettes are fairly uniform in colour, but I have many pink and orange 5ths but also a huge variety of 6ths, including a really nasty looking brown one.
 
With JFTD in regards to pink lol although in my mind it is the traditional 5th colour. Got a beautiful turquoise one though for dressage this year very pleased with that :)
 
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