Veteran showing classes

[MagicMelon]

Is there much point in entering veteran ridden showing if my horse has a big fat "L" loss of use freezemark? You can't see it obviously when riding but I don't want the judge to be horrified and instantly shove us to the bottom once I take the saddle off for the trot-up... I'm not planning on doing anything serious with the horse (he's not a proper show type anyway), just thought I'd take him to the odd couple of shows for an outing as he's so bored of retirement - he is 100% sound I should also point out and very active / flexible hence I thought they'd like his freedom of paces as his age. But he's WHITE, so I can't be bothered with the effort of getting him clean and tidy if a judge just writes him off as soon as they see the mark.

 

[DD265]

I think it would depend on why he was classed as suitable for loss of use. I am not sure whether they'd ask or even take it into account mind.

To be fair, around here at least it's very unusual for horses to be stripped at local/riding club level anyway.

 

[rara007]

We only stripped at the regional qualifier last year- not at the first round At local we showed our LOU (for advanced dressage) veteran successfully the year before too, even in hand