Karran
Well-Known Member
Idiotpony's owners want to take him to a show to get him out and about before end of season and asked me if I'd come along.
It'd be a very low key affair, handsomest gelding, nicest tail, fancy dress, that kind of thing.
His owner is 14 and doesn't feel confident riding him yet so is entering him in hand but asked if I'd ride him in something.
I was thinking, maybe the native class as he's registered NF and also for a bit of fun perhaps clear round jumping.
So if I rode him in a native class, what would I expect/need? I have a navy velvet hat silk and a navy jacket and only have short black boots, no chaps or gaiters anything like that! Would I be expected to do an individual performance? He's not yet up to a decent balanced canter (at least nothing that wouldn't get us kicked out a class).
Idiotpony is a fat chestnut NF with a stripe and 4 white socks, I'm not comfortable posting a picture of him, as he's not mine although I know that helps answer my question
Also if I took him into a clear round competition and treated that as a schooling session, what shall I expect there? I've only just started jumping again after a 15 year break and he's 5 and pretty green, so we'll consider it an achievement getting over one jump, anything higher than a foot is out of my comfort zone!
It'd be a very low key affair, handsomest gelding, nicest tail, fancy dress, that kind of thing.
His owner is 14 and doesn't feel confident riding him yet so is entering him in hand but asked if I'd ride him in something.
I was thinking, maybe the native class as he's registered NF and also for a bit of fun perhaps clear round jumping.
So if I rode him in a native class, what would I expect/need? I have a navy velvet hat silk and a navy jacket and only have short black boots, no chaps or gaiters anything like that! Would I be expected to do an individual performance? He's not yet up to a decent balanced canter (at least nothing that wouldn't get us kicked out a class).
Idiotpony is a fat chestnut NF with a stripe and 4 white socks, I'm not comfortable posting a picture of him, as he's not mine although I know that helps answer my question
Also if I took him into a clear round competition and treated that as a schooling session, what shall I expect there? I've only just started jumping again after a 15 year break and he's 5 and pretty green, so we'll consider it an achievement getting over one jump, anything higher than a foot is out of my comfort zone!