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I have to confess to never having been to a horse show until today when my family and I visited the Surrey County show for a Bank holiday day out. So, although my daughter likes horses and has lessons, when we watched the horse shows we couldnt work out what was happening. I've seen the magazine for this web site so thought I'd ask here before I felt a complete fool asking at my daughter's riding school.

Anywway - we watched one show where the riders where riding some beautiful black and white horses with ( I know this bit from my daughter) 'hogged' hair. And then another that seemed the same. But my question is one said lightweight and one said heavyweight on the programme. Does that refer to the rider or the horses or both? Sorry if I am really stupid.
 
From what you have described it sounds like a Cob class. This is a type of horse. A lightweight has about 8 inches of bone (you measure around the leg just under the front knee) and can carry any one under 14st approx, the heavyweight has about 9 inches and will carry a jockey over 14st.
 
Thank you very much for replying. It was a lovely day out and we really enjoyed it. I am almost tempted to try a riding lesson with my daughter now. The horses where beautiful and I loved the colour of them. The amount of work going into preparing them though amazed me. The riders had helpers coming into the arena hakfway through too.

We stayed to see who won the last show but we didnt pick the winner. In fact we got it completely the wrong way round. Does the judge give more points if the rider is larger (over the 14stone weight) in the heavyweight group? That may have been why we got it wrong.
 
The judge gives the 1st prize to the fattest, most obese animal in the ring and whose owners have taken him out to dinner/bought animals from/had animals produced etc etc!!
showing is seriously corrupt right down to riding club level, and people would stab you in the back as soon as look at you. Nasty, nasty, "sport" - if I were you I'd go and watch some eventing or show jumping instead!
 
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