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I took my coloured yearling to his first show on sunday, it went horribly bad. i ended up with the only yearling in the class the rest were all fully grown and well behaved mine was naughty. the judge said its really hard to judge him against the rest because he was the only youngster so i got put last :mad::( its really knocked my confidence because my boy is full of spirt and jumped around the ring apposed to walking and trotting :rolleyes: it was quite entertaining coming to think about it. the judge also said that he is going to be a lovely horse when he is bigger as he is stunning. is it always like this in coloured classes i thought they were meant to judge on the markings and conformation?
 
Ha...ha....this made me laugh....we have ALL been there and done that....don't worry...laugh it off, the more times you take him the better behaved he will be....Oh and whatever one judge says.....another will contradict next time you are out:)
Welcome to my world!!!!!
That's showing.
Best of luck and good wishes
Bryndu:)
 
Try to focus on what the judge /said/ rather than the placing... At the end of the day
- your little one went out and about and no one got killed :-)
- someone knowledgeable said he'll grow up lovely
Chin up!
 
I've got this to come with my little yearling. Been practicing at home, and its a laugh!! I am sure, on the day of our show, we will turn heads, but maybe not for the right reasons!!
Practice makes perfect as they say. The yearlings don't really know what they are doing!

Well done on getting out to a party with him. x
 
It sounds fairly positive to me. You got your yearling out and the judge was complimentary. If your yearling "jumped around the ring rather than walking and trotting" then it's very difficult for the judge to judge his paces and doesn't have much choice than to put him last. The more experience he has the better he will behave and your placings will improve. Perhaps try to find youngstock classes so you can see how he compares to horses his own age.
 
Ah, it doesn't matter whether you're first or last, it's getting them out that matters. Once your pony will stand, walk and trot calmly the Judge will be able to assess him, and you will hopefully get placed where you should in the class.

Coloured classes (unless they state that they are purely to be judged on colour and markings) should be judged on confirmation, way of going, and obedience will of course be a part of that. Keep practising - you could also consider having some in hand lessons from a producer of youngstock.
 
hill1988 said:
I took my coloured yearling to his first show on sunday, it went horribly bad. i ended up with the only yearling in the class the rest were all fully grown and well behaved mine was naughty. the judge said its really hard to judge him against the rest because he was the only youngster so i got put last :mad::( its really knocked my confidence because my boy is full of spirt and jumped around the ring apposed to walking and trotting :rolleyes: it was quite entertaining coming to think about it. the judge also said that he is going to be a lovely horse when he is bigger as he is stunning. is it always like this in coloured classes i thought they were meant to judge on the markings and conformation?
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well this is a picture of him in the ring when he was having a good moment
http://www.anthony-reynolds.net/2011_Towy_Valley_RC.15/6914_307.htm
he did walk and trot for the judge it was just the rest of the time he misbehaved:)
 
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Ditto I took my 2 year old coloured to show on Friday - we are at the wont/ cant make me stage. So you could say his antics in the ring were entertaining. Its the getting out thats important. The rosettes will come later ;)
 
This is why there are usually yearling classes!! Baby ponies never do well against grown up ponies because their conformation is a bit fuzzy.

On the plus side, at least yours shows himself. My sister's utterly barmy PBA goes to shows and goes to sleep... he floats along in trot when he sees a cow... and falls over his own feet at shows!!!
 
Hey, I wouldn't worry about it! Did your horse jump out of the ring? No so then that was a successful day! My old girl, even in her 20s was a pain in ridden classes simply because she can't stand not being lead-file by a country mile and would get really wound up, leaping and pulling with her mouth wide open. In an equitation class one judge who knew what she was like asked me to show some extension so when I asked which pace, she said, well since its you two, it will be gallop won't it? So that's gallop, gallop, extended gallop and back to gallop- thank you! I said, ooh how rude! and did a lovely extended trot instead and we were both laughing. It was only riding club after all and it is all meant to be fun.
 
He's beautiful..!!
Don't worry about it :) we had some utter disasters...once, we were trotting round in our individual show, everything going fantastically until Kelly suddenly lost it, stuck her head between her knees and tanked off across the ring - why? The rosettes were on a table just next to the ring...
another time we did clear round and it took us 25 minutes to get over one jump - the judge lowered every single jump, and by the time we managed to cat leap this small tiny cross, EVERYONE was watching and started to applaud :rolleyes:
but hey, we always have fun and its nice to get out and about!
K x
 
Hah! Towy Valley, wet day I hear by all accounts, my friend got Champion that day.

Chalk it all up to experience, for you both, next time out he'll maybe go like an old pro, if he'd never been out before in that sort of environment he wouldn't have been concentrating too hard on you. It happens to the best don't knock yourself, they all have their days. My old horse would either stand there like a beach donkey or turn himself inside out depending how he felt on the day and he was used to it!

Both very nicely turned out. If you want a smaller schooling type show then Parc Howard (near Ammanford) always put on very good ones and usually have coloured youngstock classes.:)
 
Its all experience and there is always next time! I know a girl who took her mare and foal to shows to get him used to the atmosphere and he was no stranger to it.
He turned 1 year old and decided he wanted a hug from his owner since his mummy wasn't there and then waved at the crowd :rolleyes:
She persevered and she now has a calm 5 year old who takes everything in his stride, its just time and experience :)
He is a georgeous horse, I am sure you will do well in the future :)
 
Look on the bright side....he didn't trample the judge did he?

Mine did...aged 20 in a veteran class- got moved down to second place because of his manners:o

Showing is very subjective.....one judge will give you a first, the next week you'll be 6th.

I can't really be bothered with it that much anymore.......:cool:
 
Persephone said:
Coo, just looked at the picture! He's going to be a big lad :) Do you know his breeding?
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erm i know his dad is a big 15.3hh traditional piebald cob "Hope king" and his mum is a coloured as well. he is going to be big he has only just turned one. he stands about 13.3hh in a 5ft6 rug already.
 
It sounds all very positive to me :D

and if you compare it to the ROR class I saw at Armagh show on Saturday (where after all the horses are meant to be Grown Ups;)), his behaviour sounds impeccable :D:D

I'm sure he will be better next time out :)
 
I wouldn't get upset about it, it was his first show, their bound to jump around and make idiots of themselves, just the way it goes showing youngsters specially at their first party surely you count it as a bit of practice rather than expecting to get a place?

Chin up, you'll soon see that he will improve with age and practice and he'll no doubt get placed when he's good and ready.
 
Yeah, my 3yo (unshown until this season due to his previous owner's ill-health) jumps about a bit - well it's more wriggling really.
But he is getting better every time out, and I'm learning how tired he needs to be to behave without losing his sparkle! In fact in two outings he's actually beaten older horses, including a couple of really good ones!
Keep at it but check your schedules -see if you can find a youngstock-only class so he's with others of his age.
 
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