Kola Bear
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Showing tips for inhand showing please!
Showing tips for showing a shetland?
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Showing tips for inhand showing please!varkie
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Have you done any showing before? Has the pony? How much do you know already?
Kola Bear
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Urm no i havent and he has but with an experienced person but he has a tendancy to be cheeky and try to pop a little canter instead of trot! Any tips atall would be great! x
Kenzo
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Make sure the pony is shown in natural state, bathed etc but no chalk or trimming, apart from neat tail at the end, you can tidy the mane up if it hs scraggy ends.
Make sure the correct inhand bridle/halter etc is used and bitted depending on the age.
Mini's are usually in a different set of classes to your standards but at some shows it doesn't matter, so knowing the pony's exact hight in inches will be helping just incase they are split.
Practice standing them square at home so they get used to doing it, while someone walks around and goes over the pony, you'll find they set themselves up then at shows, also practice trotting them out in hand, a good trot though, not a little poxy trot, the judge likes to see Shetlands cover the ground well without breaking into a canter that is.
Get your Shetland fit, just because they are small or perhaps don't have a rider to be ridden, doesn't mean they can't be worked in some way, so get some muscle on him/her the will stand out much better in the line up to one that is just fat with no tone etc.
Make sure the correct inhand bridle/halter etc is used and bitted depending on the age.
Mini's are usually in a different set of classes to your standards but at some shows it doesn't matter, so knowing the pony's exact hight in inches will be helping just incase they are split.
Practice standing them square at home so they get used to doing it, while someone walks around and goes over the pony, you'll find they set themselves up then at shows, also practice trotting them out in hand, a good trot though, not a little poxy trot, the judge likes to see Shetlands cover the ground well without breaking into a canter that is.
Get your Shetland fit, just because they are small or perhaps don't have a rider to be ridden, doesn't mean they can't be worked in some way, so get some muscle on him/her the will stand out much better in the line up to one that is just fat with no tone etc.
varkie
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The only hair you may remove from him is his jawline hair, and the outside of his ears. Other than that, he should be shown naturally. Any tidying or shortening of mane or tail should be done in such a way as to look natural, and they should be left as long as possible. Clipping may only be seen in ponies for welfare reasons - i.e. ponies in work.
What class he will go in will vary with show to show. There are M&M classes, shetland classes, coloured classes, age classes, etc. Do you have a particular class in mind?
Pony should be able to stand up quietly for the judge, and trot inhand. It is worth practicing both things at home, so that you are neither dragging pony, nor being dragged! Plus so that pony stands nice & quietly to be looked at.
If he is 2 years old or over, I would expect him to be bitted. You want a nice simple leather bridle (no coloured browbands!) and a leather lead rein with a bit coupling.
If you are a teenager, I would expect you to wear a hard hat. Other than that, smart trousers, shirt & tie, waistcoat or jacket, gloves optional, hat is a nice touch. Show cane can be useful. And smart shoes that you can run in. If your pony is dark, wear pale trousers. If your pony is pale, wear dark trousers. This stops your legs & ponys getting mixed up, and ponys paces being easier to see.
You will usually enter the ring, and all walk round in a big circle. Normally, the steward will stop the line somewhere, then each pony will trot individually round the circle to the back of the line. Then you walk around again as a group. Judge/steward will then call you in - sometimes in order, sometimes in no order. Then you do your individual show. Go & stand in front of judge, with pony side on to them. Judge will walk round & look at pony. May ask questions. Then you'll be asked to walk away from judge, turn around (turn pony away from you) and then trot back towards judge. When you get back to judge in trot, don't try to avoid judge - they will step out of the way - keep trotting, trot past, then trot all the way round the ring, and behind the line of other ponies before coming back to walk. Give judge a nod, then go back into line. Then you'll all go back out on circle usually, and then get called back in, in order. Only exception to that is if judge decides order you're in now is correct, then they'll just give out rosettes from there.
We have a few pics of us showing, showing what we wear & how ponies are turned out, on our website, if you want to have a look: www.varkiesstud.co.uk
Good luck!
What class he will go in will vary with show to show. There are M&M classes, shetland classes, coloured classes, age classes, etc. Do you have a particular class in mind?
Pony should be able to stand up quietly for the judge, and trot inhand. It is worth practicing both things at home, so that you are neither dragging pony, nor being dragged! Plus so that pony stands nice & quietly to be looked at.
If he is 2 years old or over, I would expect him to be bitted. You want a nice simple leather bridle (no coloured browbands!) and a leather lead rein with a bit coupling.
If you are a teenager, I would expect you to wear a hard hat. Other than that, smart trousers, shirt & tie, waistcoat or jacket, gloves optional, hat is a nice touch. Show cane can be useful. And smart shoes that you can run in. If your pony is dark, wear pale trousers. If your pony is pale, wear dark trousers. This stops your legs & ponys getting mixed up, and ponys paces being easier to see.
You will usually enter the ring, and all walk round in a big circle. Normally, the steward will stop the line somewhere, then each pony will trot individually round the circle to the back of the line. Then you walk around again as a group. Judge/steward will then call you in - sometimes in order, sometimes in no order. Then you do your individual show. Go & stand in front of judge, with pony side on to them. Judge will walk round & look at pony. May ask questions. Then you'll be asked to walk away from judge, turn around (turn pony away from you) and then trot back towards judge. When you get back to judge in trot, don't try to avoid judge - they will step out of the way - keep trotting, trot past, then trot all the way round the ring, and behind the line of other ponies before coming back to walk. Give judge a nod, then go back into line. Then you'll all go back out on circle usually, and then get called back in, in order. Only exception to that is if judge decides order you're in now is correct, then they'll just give out rosettes from there.
We have a few pics of us showing, showing what we wear & how ponies are turned out, on our website, if you want to have a look: www.varkiesstud.co.uk
Good luck!
Kola Bear
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hey i am in novice and coloured, thats soooo much help love the website xx