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I share your pain! I was placed below a horse that was lame because the owner had 'spent more time getting it clean' than I had mine - it was a grey, mine is dun, WTF did the judge expect?! Anyway, it is always the judge's opinion on the day - I know that if the judge breeds/shows/likes hunters, I will not be placed. End of. But I always have a fun day out anyway, because I know my chap is the most gorgeous horse there :-)
 
judging can be v fstrating. my share connie who i was competing on got placed bottom cos she wasnt fat enough... whilst a HUGE highland came second :rolleyes: and she is by no means underfd, but is kept slim due to navicular, hardly thin!!! and not being bitter, judge said she was great example of a connemara, brilliant pony, only thing holding back wwas needed more weight...
it just depends, she won an inhand class and got told she was in really good condition, we find she does better in SHP as they need to be less fat than M&M :rolleyes:
frankly some cohbs you see are just disgustingly overweight- chunky doesnt need to equal fat!!
 
I think without asking the judge you can only speculate at why you were placed where you were.

The judging at RC level shows can be varied because the judges are often not specialist judges and may not have been trained. Affiliated judges will have recieved training from their show society and will be a "panel judge" for their speciality and will not be expected to judge outside their expertise.

I am a member of my local RC and have NF. I like to support our club shows but often come last in the M&M classes. I also attend my local county show and affiliated show (I don't travel all over the country to do qualifiers but like to support my local events). At the county show I came 3rd and at the area affiliated show I got a 2nd whereas at RC I am nearly always last. I do however respect the judge at RC opinion and don't complain.

The RC can't afford to pay expenses for lots of different judges for the different classes in the same way as a county or affiliated show and often find it hard to get a judge at all.

As for fat horses it is difficult as the horse that wins should be the one that is nearest to breed/type specification. A fat horse can slim down and a poorly schooled horse can be retrained but a horse with poor conformation cannot change. In some situations the only horse or pony that is anywhere near true to type may be the fat or naughty one.
 
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