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charliesarmy that is a brilliant idea
I very much like that, those who are desperate to win everything may even be tempted to help! Thanks for that, ok if I steal it?
Riding club...some observations
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charliesarmy
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charliesarmy that is a brilliant idea
I very much like that, those who are desperate to win everything may even be tempted to help! Thanks for that, ok if I steal it?
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Yep and it worked
you had to submit your working dates with your application..worked on a first come first serve basis...so when RC applications came in you were able to work your work parties so you got even distribution...althoug maybe harsh
if you hadnt done your time (or substituted someone most mums and dads are there on the day) you were not entited to end of year spoils
By all means steal away
charliesarmy that is a brilliant idea
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Yep and it worked
By all means steal away
brighteyes
Pooh-Bah
That sounds like Delamere, the points thing. And you only need look at the tropies to see if a pattern is forming...
Have you thought of joining our RC or are you very South Lancs?
Have you thought of joining our RC or are you very South Lancs?
charliesarmy
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That sounds like Delamere, the points thing. And you only need look at the tropies to see if a pattern is forming...
Have you thought of joining our RC or are you very South Lancs?
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It's not Delamere....the points accrued was from a very Cheshire RC
I would love to still be doing RC as I see them as a very social place (if you get a good one) but ATM I have a older horse which has just produced me a FAB foal that I might take to Yearling shows next year or a 11'2 Sect A which daughter loves riding but won't do the showing thing...but I'm working on that one
That sounds like Delamere, the points thing. And you only need look at the tropies to see if a pattern is forming...
Have you thought of joining our RC or are you very South Lancs?
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It's not Delamere....the points accrued was from a very Cheshire RC
JoJo_
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I might be wrong but doesnt some places have rules about people not entering if they have won 3 or more times before or something similar? Might not be a RC rule though. But its something like that that some venues use to sort of force people to go up to the next level and make it more fair on others.
daisybe33
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I absolutely agree, it drives me nuts and our local Riding club has the same people going to the same competitions for this reason.
People travel further to have a go at riding club level things here as there is no point having a go at the local ones. The same horses/ponies win the novice/intermediate and open classes in one day.
There is no chance of being on the teams as they are all the same members and have been for the last 4 years !
It's a shame for the younger and more novice members though as they don't get a look in.
People travel further to have a go at riding club level things here as there is no point having a go at the local ones. The same horses/ponies win the novice/intermediate and open classes in one day.
There is no chance of being on the teams as they are all the same members and have been for the last 4 years !
It's a shame for the younger and more novice members though as they don't get a look in.
dieseldog
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I've just re affliated my horse BSJA, and I'm wishing I hadn't bothered. I joined in June, there have only been 2 shows I could go to as the others had no classes I could jump. In 3 months I can go to 3 shows. How rubbish is that?
What was the point, I have been jumping unaffliated instead. In 2 weeks is Dorset 3 day show, I can only jump unaffliated classes there.
What was the point, I have been jumping unaffliated instead. In 2 weeks is Dorset 3 day show, I can only jump unaffliated classes there.
Elle1085
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i don't mind people jumping the same horses for years in general but there are people round me who have a string of expensive horses and ponies, a massive lorry and all the gear you could ever want to jump 2'6" and they have been for years. not only that but they seem to go to shows twice a week most weeks. i personally like to feel i'm getting somewhere and want to push myself. i've always thought of riding club as being for adults with one maybe two horses they have for pleasure. just normal horses not ones that cost a fortune. i think it was a mistake to let juniors join because in my local rc they have taken over and everything is for juniors. i compete bsja but in june i went to a rc show cos my horse has to jump regularly and to be fair he is only 14hh so he was hardly out of place but i came 2nd in a class and felt no achievement whatsoever. surely if you're winning classes at one level regularly you should be able to move up a level
glamourpuss
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Now I often go to my local Riding Club shows, I have done for years on the same horse. It is a horse that has competed BE Novice in the past and jumped affiliated.
However there have been many factors that mean that I return there. Pregnancy and getting back into competing, giving my boy a couple of confidence giving rounds, not being able to afford to affiliate and still wanting to go out competing.
Also my riding club show is very local to me. Even when I am registered with BE and competing I may still go to the shows if it fits with my competiton scheldule as it means I can do a couple of dressage tests and a jumping class for less than £30. Much kinder on the wallet and yes it is nice to come away with the odd rosette.
However I always ensure that I am competing in the correct class for my level. I always check with the organisers when entering that I am not breaking any rules. I usually only compete in the intermediate and open classes.
The only time I competed in a novice class (after I had lost a baby and confidence was in tatters) I competed HC.
I spend a lot of money on my horse, its my money why not? So maybe people look at me and think that I've got all the posh gear, keep coming back on the same horse etc etc but there are reasons behind it and it isn't out and out pot hunting
Although I am confused as at one local riding club (not the one i go to) why the same rider has won the 'novice jumping championships' every year for about 3 years admittedly on horses with a different name, and she only seems to keep the horse for a year and amazingly they all look EXACTLY the same
You don't think that she is changing her horses name every year so she can pretend its a different horse and keep winning in the novice class do you
However there have been many factors that mean that I return there. Pregnancy and getting back into competing, giving my boy a couple of confidence giving rounds, not being able to afford to affiliate and still wanting to go out competing.
Also my riding club show is very local to me. Even when I am registered with BE and competing I may still go to the shows if it fits with my competiton scheldule as it means I can do a couple of dressage tests and a jumping class for less than £30. Much kinder on the wallet and yes it is nice to come away with the odd rosette.
However I always ensure that I am competing in the correct class for my level. I always check with the organisers when entering that I am not breaking any rules. I usually only compete in the intermediate and open classes.
The only time I competed in a novice class (after I had lost a baby and confidence was in tatters) I competed HC.
I spend a lot of money on my horse, its my money why not? So maybe people look at me and think that I've got all the posh gear, keep coming back on the same horse etc etc but there are reasons behind it and it isn't out and out pot hunting
Although I am confused as at one local riding club (not the one i go to) why the same rider has won the 'novice jumping championships' every year for about 3 years admittedly on horses with a different name, and she only seems to keep the horse for a year and amazingly they all look EXACTLY the same
ester
Not slacking multitasking
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I might be wrong but doesnt some places have rules about people not entering if they have won 3 or more times before or something similar? Might not be a RC rule though. But its something like that that some venues use to sort of force people to go up to the next level and make it more fair on others.
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For area competitions thought I would point out I think that if the horse is placed in the top 10 in the novice competition it is ineligible for novice the following year.
TBH we don't put many restrictions on SJ classes as we don't have stacks of entries and if you limit them it can be hard to cover costs. We do more so for dr as we get more entries and it is easy to split into sections for the cost of another set of rosettes.
It also depends what dictates rule for an ind RC sj class is. If it is based on winning any money in 3 years of competing unaff I have not been in a single class that offers prize money (feed vouchers closest so far) so I am still eligible unless the restriction is not to have won a first.
For those unhappy with their RC politics, speak with your feet try another one. There are plenty out there desperate for people to fill spaces on teams and go and enjoy themselves.
I might be wrong but doesnt some places have rules about people not entering if they have won 3 or more times before or something similar? Might not be a RC rule though. But its something like that that some venues use to sort of force people to go up to the next level and make it more fair on others.
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For area competitions thought I would point out I think that if the horse is placed in the top 10 in the novice competition it is ineligible for novice the following year.
TBH we don't put many restrictions on SJ classes as we don't have stacks of entries and if you limit them it can be hard to cover costs. We do more so for dr as we get more entries and it is easy to split into sections for the cost of another set of rosettes.
It also depends what dictates rule for an ind RC sj class is. If it is based on winning any money in 3 years of competing unaff I have not been in a single class that offers prize money (feed vouchers closest so far) so I am still eligible unless the restriction is not to have won a first.
For those unhappy with their RC politics, speak with your feet try another one. There are plenty out there desperate for people to fill spaces on teams and go and enjoy themselves.
SpottedCat
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and rope and wings and numbers and cups and stakes and the gazebo and pick up all the rubbish lovely people have left
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Yes but sometimes the RC are too organised for their own good and when a *ahem* slightly disorganised competitor sorts out their horse then wanders back to help clear up (having first stopped to offer the people whose horse was refusing to go in their trailer a lift if they thought it would go in a lorry), they discover everything has flipping been done. So they slink off wondering how a whole showground has been demolished in the time it took them to untack, wash the horse, pack the lorry and load the beast
and rope and wings and numbers and cups and stakes and the gazebo and pick up all the rubbish lovely people have left
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Yes but sometimes the RC are too organised for their own good and when a *ahem* slightly disorganised competitor sorts out their horse then wanders back to help clear up (having first stopped to offer the people whose horse was refusing to go in their trailer a lift if they thought it would go in a lorry), they discover everything has flipping been done. So they slink off wondering how a whole showground has been demolished in the time it took them to untack, wash the horse, pack the lorry and load the beast
ester
Not slacking multitasking
LOL, I nearly mentioned that as a good competitor you came back to help but were too bloody slow untacking your horse!
I shouldn't be complaining this year committee have had the most help ever from members we have ever had (lured by promise of a bbq for setting up!) and I do love it on the day lots of happy people
I shouldn't be complaining this year committee have had the most help ever from members we have ever had (lured by promise of a bbq for setting up!) and I do love it on the day lots of happy people