Riding club horse...any tips:

[TinselRider]

Hi all I am hoping to do a local show on sunday and just wondered if you lovely people had any tips for the riding club horse class, be it tips on turnout or the show itself id REALLY appreciate it.

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thanks XxX

 

[TGM]

Does depend on who is judging, but normally manners, performance and versatility will be more important than flashy looks.

This site has some tips:

http://historicalfact.com/~es/horses/showing/RC_definition.html

There is also some info here on what is required for the Search For A Star Riding Club Horse classes:

http://www.theshowring.co.uk/sfas.php

 

[Madam_max]

You will prob be expected to do a small jump and individual show, i/e figure of eight, walk trot and canter on each rein. I do mine in a snaffle. Any colour jacket should be OK, but the tack should be plain.

 

[piggy]

Hello
When i go to my local shows i always do RC pony, the judges seem to love him

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I do a simple show,pop the jump in,then to finish an extension (small gallop)
I always were a snaffle any way.
Keep you show nice and short, less time to make mistakes, and you don't want the judge to get bored!
Good luck xx

 

[SillyMare]

I did one a little while ago (not that I do much - generally hate showing) and they were offering a choice of how high the jump was (ie. rather than ask people to do their individual show in order of placing, they asked the ones that wanted to jump low to go first and then put the fence up).

So many people thought the only way to win was to go for the big jump and ended up refusing or making a mess of it. Lots of people who did a nice jump over the lower fence ended up climbing up the places.

If you get a choice (I don't know whether or not that is normal), don't get pressured into automatically taking the hiher fence if you feel more confident over a lower one.

 

[Thistle]

The other thing that looks good if you have a reliable horse is to do your gallop, pull up then walk on a totally loose rein.

 

[MagicMelon]

A lot of it is based on manners so make sure your horse stands perfectly still in the line up etc.

Although saying that, the one time I did a RC Horse class - my horse behaved impeccably yet he was placed well down the line, when one horse in particular in 2nd place had bucked in his show and wouldnt stand still! Hmmmm......