Ridden Hunter vs Riding Horse Showing

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Hi,
I'm just new to the forum so if this isn't in the right place I apologise.

I am interested in dressage mainly and would quite like to start showing my horse. She is an ex(flat)racer chestnut TB mare around 15hh, so while i would love to do R2R, a few shows I've looked into do not do this class so I have a few questions on the other types of showing classes.

What do I/the horse need to wear/do in the above classes and what is the difference between ridden hunter and riding horse classes?

Thanks in advance!
 
Apparently nothing according to the most recent show I attended! My horse is a riding horse but there several hunters who were placed?!......

As far as I am concerned a horse is either or...cant be both! Riding horse is a bit finer, wears a coloured browband and is required to 'extend' rather than gallop. Think of a riding horse as an overgrown show pony! Hunters wear a plain browband, needs to show a good gallop and has a certain amount of bone depending on which weight he/she is ie. heavy hunter/lightweight etc.
 
I think of an overgrown show pony as a hack. A hunter is something bigger with good bone, and a riding horse is something inbetween. If at local shows it often depends on what you are up against!

My mare is TBxID, middleweight but not with tons of bone. Think more eventer type. She used to come 3rd/4th in ridden hunter and judges said she was on the cusp. I tried ridden horse instead and she usually placed 1st or 2nd.
 
el_Snowflakes said:
Apparently nothing according to the most recent show I attended! My horse is a riding horse but there several hunters who were placed?!......

As far as I am concerned a horse is either or...cant be both! Riding horse is a bit finer, wears a coloured browband and is required to 'extend' rather than gallop. Think of a riding horse as an overgrown show pony! Hunters wear a plain browband, needs to show a good gallop and has a certain amount of bone depending on which weight he/she is ie. heavy hunter/lightweight etc.
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This exactly! A recent show I was at, there were a number of very obvious riding horse types in the hunter ridden, which got placed highly, then went out of the ring, swapped the browband to a coloured, went in riding horse, and got placed highly in that class too....
 
Moomin1 said:
This exactly! A recent show I was at, there were a number of very obvious riding horse types in the hunter ridden, which got placed highly, then went out of the ring, swapped the browband to a coloured, went in riding horse, and got placed highly in that class too....
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That is often the case at riding club level.
 
AdorableAlice said:
That is often the case at riding club level.
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I know, very annoying. :-( It was quite amusing though - a riding horse type beat my mare in the hunter ridden, but was placed after her in the in hand hunter under a different judge who told her she was in the wrong class....
 
It depends on build. at 15hh you have a variety of options - Show Hack if very fine. Small Riding Horse if heavier. Small Hunter if very heavy with a good amount of bone.

Hacks - Coloured Browband, dainty noseband and bridle, shirt, tie, navy show jacket.

Riding Horse - coloured browband, flat noseband, shirt, tie and tweed show jacket.

Hunter - Plain flat browband, flat noseband, shirt, tie and tweed show jacket.

1/4 makers on the horses will also be different. Hacks usually have a triangle of little squares, Riding horses stripes or big squares, hunters big flat stripes.
 
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