Three counties show, June, staying overnight Arangments for humans.

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Hello, I'm looking at entering my boy into two classes Saturday and one Sunday im the three counties show so will be staying overnight. Stabling can be easily arranged for him but can you camp on the show ground? I don't have a lorry so I will be tenting it! I have never camped over night on a show ground so I don't have a clue!!

Also if anyone knows, I'm doing the amateur hunter class, are they ridden by the judge and do I need to do trot ups etc?

Any advice on overnight staying would be much appreciated!!
 
Three Counties in Malvern? If so, there is plenty of space for camping and fairly good facilities - including showers :) I'm not sure how you go about organising a tent space, I went to a show there once (not The TCS) and we just stayed in the lorry (no permission required) but that is a few years ago.
 
I havent been to Malvern for some years but they will have showers/ loos in the lorry parking and stable area as well as catering that opens early for a bacon butty:D. I would think you can put your tent by your trailer so everything is to hand, many lorries will also have tents as they are needed for extra sleeping areas. It a lovely showground but the weather can suddenly turn so pack plenty of wet weather gear just in case:)

In your class yes the judge will ride, usually there will be two judges one will start at the top end and work down the line up riding, the other may start at the bottom end and see them stripped off in hand and trotting up. This is where you need some help, if you are on your own do not be afraid to ask for help most people are friendly and will give you a hand if required.
If you can watch an earlier class with the same judges you will get an idea of how they work and be more prepared for your class.
 
Hi,

I don't know much the camping but I only live in Worcester so if you need a groom/ fetcher of stuff/ camping buddy/ general dogs body/ gin provider feel free to PM me!

I am a helpful soul :)

V x
 
trickivicki said:
Hi,

I don't know much the camping but I only live in Worcester so if you need a groom/ fetcher of stuff/ camping buddy/ general dogs body/ gin provider feel free to PM me!

I am a helpful soul :)

V x
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WOW. That is a really great thing to offer. I would take you up if I were going :D
 
trickivicki said:
Hi,

I don't know much the camping but I only live in Worcester so if you need a groom/ fetcher of stuff/ camping buddy/ general dogs body/ gin provider feel free to PM me!

I am a helpful soul :)

V x
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That is very kind of you, thank you very much. Hopefully I've got someone sorted, but if not you may be getting a last minute pm lol!

It's only an amateur and novice hunter class so fingers crossed they don't expect to much. He is doing the ror class and that specifically says there is no ride judge.
 
Hate to tell you this but you need to know.............the amateur class at the Counties will be red hot, you are very likely to come up against HOYS quality hunters. The open classes are HOYS qualifiers and some horses will do both classes.

The class will be split into light and heavyweights split at 13st. I would be surprised if there are less than 15 in the lights and 12 in the heavy's. This years ride judge rides nicely and I would not worry about the ride she will give your horse.

Make sure your horse is off the leg and very light in the hand. He will need to gallop, the ring is a reasonable size and not too spooky. At this level if your horse is very green or has a buck you will be asked to leave the ring.

You will need help in the ring, once you are lined up you will find yourself stood still for a good hour. A rug is a must unless its warm in which case a cotton sheet will keep the flies at bay.

Teach him to trot up at your side, teach him to stand up in front of the judge with his reins over his head, stand away from his head, when you trot remember to turn him away from you.

Most importantly enjoy your day, if you look at my profile there is a picture of the horse that took the amateur championship and open middleweight class three years running - hence my in depth knowledge of the show ! - and don't worry he retired at Hoys and is now sadly broken.

Good luck and enjoy the experience.
 
Thankyou very much for that info, I'm sure there will others in there way above our league but I thought I'd be better doing the amateur class as professionals cannot enter. I'm lucky that he is impecably behaved, just needs to do abit of schooling over the next ten weeks to smooth the edges off ;-) I wouldn't normally do these sorts of classes but I wanted to do the ror class and it was 8am in the morning and its a long way to go for one class so thought I would do those to and make a weekend of it. It was either this or bath and west, but bath and west is 30 pound a class :-o
 
Don't assume you will be out of your league, I was in exactly the same position as you back in 2006 with my horse that I had bought in 2004 to do dressage with.

Hunter showing is my game but when I lost my heavyweight I could not find another so bought a horse to do dressage on. By 2006 the new horse had changed so much I decided to give him an outing in the showring as a lightweight at Leics county, he was placed but we were told to go up a weight which we did and never looked back. We are true amateurs and have had so much fun competing against the big boys.

Until you show him, learn a bit and improve a bit you just don't know where you might be heading. You will meet plenty of very friendly people and they will always offer advice if you ask.

Robert Walker gave us some very useful advice as did David Tatlow, you are likely to be in the ring with the pro's in the novice hunter as they will have their babies out.

Hope the weather is kind, a wet day at the foot of the Malverns can be seriously wet !! Its a nice show to get round, the stables are adjacent to the rings you will be in and are quite solid although only 10x10, at least they are not tents. If you let me know your bridle number I will be cheering you on at the ringside.

Good luck and you never know, you may just be sitting on a future champion like we were when we started off with our 'lets have a bit of fun' horse.
 
Whilst we're on this subject, I have a gorgeous little five year old, what sort of type/section/class would he fall into?? He needs measuring but roughly 15hh
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Sorry not a clue ! anything under 17hh is a pony as far as I am concerned !

I have just looked in the counties schedule and the small hunter class is exceeding 14.2 but not above 15.2. Could be a possiblity for him.

Smalls tend to be scaled down middles and you lovely boy looks quite butty and square between his shoulder and quarters he also looks quite deep. Can't see his neck set or length in the picture though. How much bone has he got ?

The angle of photo makes him look heavy topped on a lighter limb so probably not a light weight cob.

There are lots of intermediate classes for smaller horses and younger riders but I have no knowledge of them.
 
He's not got huge bone but it's not bad. I clipped his hairy legs last week and he looks very smart. I'm hoping he is my little star in the making. He is such a lovely person. Shame he didn't come over to the uk a year earlier!
 
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