Showing a Trotter

[Bpdouglas756]

Hi, I have a trotter horse he is more cob breeding than he would have trotter but he has the pace that trotters have he is a lovely looking horse to me and I think he would do well in showing classes he's lovely marked ( he is skewbald ) but the only thing is he does pace he would pace when riding but I have found a way to get a nice normal trot what I do is I wait for him to trot properly before I rise and he will trot perfectly and I would do the same when coming back from canter but when he gets tired its a handling's hes just pacing think it might be easier for him but if I was to take him to a showing class and Trott him I'm worried people might think hes lame or mark him down because of the pace would they ?

 

[Loubidy]

I have a trotter, used to event him. Used to get pulled up after every single dressage test to be told he’s lame where I would have to explain the extra pace. They always understood but it was a bit of a pain. Never did well showing him.

 

[Pinkvboots]

The problem is part of showing is the horses way of going and there movement, the pacing will go against you in that respect, but maybe do a few low level local shows and see what response you get if it's something you do and enjoy it there is no harm in it, I have known a few trotters that over time with the right training stop pacing and a few learnt to canter very well, so maybe continue with your schooling and get a good instructor over the winter months then he might be so much better by the summer.