Showing- how do affiliated Horse classes work?

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Boots*McGruber

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I know that the judge rides in the affiliated horse classes; does this mean that as a competitor you only do the go-round and not an individual show?
 
It depends what type of class. Not all classes have a ride judge. Generally there will be a go round and then an individual show. The judge will then get on and ride briefly. The horses are then stripped and trotted up for a confirmation judge. It does depend on the type of class and some shows do it in a different order!
 
Most affiliated classes will have a ride judge, hunters, workers and cobs will not normally give an individual show, Riding horses sometimes do one and hacks always give an individual show as well as have a ride judge, it depends on the show but if they have 2 judges one will ride from the top end of the line while the conformation judge looks at them inhand starting from the bottom end.
 
Boots*McGruber said:
Thank you : ) I thought it seemed like a lot of work at home to not ride your own show!
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All the work at home is to set the horse up to give its best on the go round and be a nice mannerly ride for the judge, it is certainly not wasted having a well educated horse that will go properly for anyone.
 
OP always check if there will be a ride judge or not, some smaller affiliated shows dont have ride judges but will qualify you for a final where there will be one. (For example some CHAPS classes, lots of the NCPA ones etc)

ChestnutHunter said:
It depends what type of class. Not all classes have a ride judge. Generally there will be a go round and then an individual show. The judge will then get on and ride briefly. The horses are then stripped and trotted up for a confirmation judge. It does depend on the type of class and some shows do it in a different order!
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Only Hacks and very occasionally riding horses do individual shows if there is a ride judge.
The rest only have the ride judge!
 
You can decline a ride judge but don't expect to be placed. I myself have declined a ride judge. Said judge was not exactly dainty, rode heavy and made a lot of use of her hands. Not what my sensitive TB ex racer needed at his first show! I disn't say that of course! I just said to the steward I am declining as it's his first show and he's a bit highly strung.

The judge very kindly allowed me to stay on the rind and ride my own show, strip etc. And of course I was placed last as I rightly should have been. This is where it gets funny! There were only 6 on the class and she walked up to me with the 6th place rosette and before handing it to me said that she couldn't have jurged me anyway as she used to ride and look after my horse when he was in training. Being polite I enquired which yard she worked in to do that. When she replied that she worked for Lucinda at the time I smiled sweetly and said that in the 5 years the horse was in the yard I looked after and rode him and I don't recall ever seeing her come into the yard let alone work there. She spluttered then spun and stormed off - rosette still tightly gripped in her hand 😂😂😂
 
EKW said:
You can decline a ride judge but don't expect to be placed. I myself have declined a ride judge. Said judge was not exactly dainty, rode heavy and made a lot of use of her hands. Not what my sensitive TB ex racer needed at his first show! I disn't say that of course! I just said to the steward I am declining as it's his first show and he's a bit highly strung.

The judge very kindly allowed me to stay on the rind and ride my own show, strip etc. And of course I was placed last as I rightly should have been. This is where it gets funny! There were only 6 on the class and she walked up to me with the 6th place rosette and before handing it to me said that she couldn't have jurged me anyway as she used to ride and look after my horse when he was in training. Being polite I enquired which yard she worked in to do that. When she replied that she worked for Lucinda at the time I smiled sweetly and said that in the 5 years the horse was in the yard I looked after and rode him and I don't recall ever seeing her come into the yard let alone work there. She spluttered then spun and stormed off - rosette still tightly gripped in her hand ������
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Its quite telling when you see the first horse go and then suddenly there is a wave of people taking off curb chains in the line up.
 
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