Showing help please!!

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To cheer myself up after my horrible breakup i decided to buy a new horse!!so sent YO up to Goresbridge performance horse sales with a list of criteria and he brought me back a fabulous unbroken 4 year old 16.1 chestnut master imp gelding. Absolutely stunning horse would put up photos but dont know how!!fell in love with him the minute i saw him and thought he would be ideal for showing in hunter classes but then realised that he has an extremely small curb below his off hind hock its really small but i wanted something to show im wondering if this is going to stand against him in hunter classes?i havent bought him yet and the YO said that if i didnt want him he would easily sell him on but his breeding is fab he is stunning to look at im not too experienced at showing but wanted to get into it is there anything i can do to get rid of the curb or any tricks for hiding it??i thought they were incurable but someone told me its possible to get them removed?would it count against him as much in a working hunter class as in a show hunter class?sorry for all the questions!!
 
Curbs are a major no no in any showing class. If it is that small, and you can fluff the hair around it so it doesn't show, then you may be OK. Local level some judges wouldn't notice a curb, but at higher levels they certainly will. If you are really keen on showing, then you must let this horse go to a different home.

Difficult to tell without seeing it. It would count as much against him working hunter as it would in a show hunter class. Even the SFAS riding club show horses will not be put through to the final if they have a curb.
 
Totally agree, a very good friend of mine does a lot of judging at top level and can't abide curbs, she will always put a horse with a curb down the line as she see's it as an unsoundeness (??).
There are plenty more curb free horses out there!
 
Yeh Curbs are a no no, they are seen as an unsoundness as it is due to a strain of the ligament. Horses normally get curbs due to their conformation (expecially youngsters, though can be caused through jumping etc.), so that would play a large part when showing.
 
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