Just for fun - what 'type' is my horse?

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As title really, what 'type' would you class Mr Ben as being? I have had people tell me everything from cob to small hunter but I'm not very clued up myself.

I am just thinking in general terms for what show classes I can enter him in when he starts his ridden work (he's only 2 and 14.1hh so a while to go yet!) for example hack, cob, hunter etc...

Here's the little man himself today - many thanks to my amazing other half for being such a brilliant photographer! He is an appy x and should end up being 15hh (hopefully maybe even a little bit more)

ps please feel free to add your own pics of your own horses and their 'types' I would love to see some others!

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You will probably end up just doing coloured classes, or if he stays small and has enough one possibly con classes
 
He's an American Stock Horse type, so doesn't really fit neatly into UK horse show types. However at local level you could enter him in Riding Club Horse, Working Hunter (if he jumps nicely) and also Best Turned Out, Coloured/Odd coloured, Foreign Breeds, Best Condition etc... I honestly don't know if he could do Small Riding Horse or Small Hunter classes as I expect that they would want a plainer coloured horse in those classes.

So all in all, have fun at local level, why not try a few different things and see how he does? If he gets good feedback from the Judges and does well in a certain class, you can then try showing at the next level up.
 
He looks very similar in build to my little mare who also happens to be an appy X although not quite as colourful.

When we first started out 9 years ago now we just stuck to Odd coloured classes at little local shows as judges weren't great fans of appaloosa's to say the least but going to a show for one class is a bit boring so we took the step of entering her in Riding horse and Hunter classes to see what the judges thought of her because it isn't really an obvious choice with her which she is. Well entering both didn't really end up helping us that much because she has done very well in both classes. Now she will never be county standard, or HOYS etc but she has qualified for Chiltern and Thames (they have qualifiers in essex), royal london, amateur showing society, equifest, PUK and BSPS.

You might come up against judges that don't like the colour but just as often you will get judges who will looked past the colour and judge what is in front of them.

Here's my girly as a small hunter at chiltern and thames champs last year coming 2nd as a small hunter
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and as a riding horse at Equifest ( we weren't placed but there were 24 entries and the top 6 had qualified for HOYS lol so rather outclassed)

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Faracat said:
He's an American Stock Horse type, so doesn't really fit neatly into UK horse show types. However at local level you could enter him in Riding Club Horse, Working Hunter (if he jumps nicely) and also Best Turned Out, Coloured/Odd coloured, Foreign Breeds, Best Condition etc... I honestly don't know if he could do Small Riding Horse or Small Hunter classes as I expect that they would want a plainer coloured horse in those classes.

So all in all, have fun at local level, why not try a few different things and see how he does? If he gets good feedback from the Judges and does well in a certain class, you can then try showing at the next level up.
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That's really useful and I always respect what you have to say Faracat :) yes, he has quite a bit of QH blood in him and it shows. He has done really well at local shows doing the 2 year old classes, novice etc but I can't exactly enter those again....

I will take what you have said on board and just have a go and see what suits him and see what feedback we get and go from there :) it's a while off anyway so no rush!
 
SmallHunter said:
He looks very similar in build to my little mare who also happens to be an appy X although not quite as colourful.

When we first started out 9 years ago now we just stuck to Odd coloured classes at little local shows as judges weren't great fans of appaloosa's to say the least but going to a show for one class is a bit boring so we took the step of entering her in Riding horse and Hunter classes to see what the judges thought of her because it isn't really an obvious choice with her which she is. Well entering both didn't really end up helping us that much because she has done very well in both classes. Now she will never be county standard, or HOYS etc but she has qualified for Chiltern and Thames (they have qualifiers in essex), royal london, amateur showing society, equifest, PUK and BSPS.

You might come up against judges that don't like the colour but just as often you will get judges who will looked past the colour and judge what is in front of them.

Here's my girly as a small hunter at chiltern and thames champs last year coming 2nd as a small hunter
bjumping015_zpscf5f38a6.jpg


and as a riding horse at Equifest ( we weren't placed but there were 24 entries and the top 6 had qualified for HOYS lol so rather outclassed)

10September2010.jpg
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She is absolutely stunning! Good to hear from another with an appy x what is her breeding and how big is she if you don't mind me asking?
 
Sadly we were unable to find out her breeding (other than appy x tb) as she had a rather bad start to life and we can only trace her back to 4 years old but she has all the appy characteristics and would have been eligible to be registered as a partbred under the hardship clause if my mum had ever pulled her finger out lol she is 16 now so it would be a bit pointless doing it now. She is just a smidge over 15hh but luckily quite broad because I am 5'10.
 
Thanks for your kind words MB. :)

It would be worth asking someone like Cortez (who has judged) if you want more detailed information and a really informed opinion.
 
Just to add when you have one that is a little unusual or maybe not 100% to type it really comes down to ringcraft and going that extra mile to make up for their disadvantages. In the horse classes your best advantage is a horse that gives an excellent ride to the ride judge it can make all the difference as well as a stonking gallop if you are doing hunters but there are hundreds of tiny little things that when you bring them together can entirely change the picture presented and pull you right up the line.

and they turn this

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into this
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If you register him as part bred there are quite a few appy classes, affiliated to BAPS, around the country, including some county shows, as well as some actual BAPS shows.I,have one pure bred, 15.3 mare who I have shown as a riding horse as well as appy classes and a 3 year old part bred, who I hope to show a bit, mainly appy classes
but also riding horse (she also should make 15.3)
 
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