What classes should I be aiming for?

[Parkranger]

Ty's jumping is coming along nicely but I'm getting conflicting views on what I should be concentrating on. Will hopefully be doing some dressage and SJ but apart from that, want to know what I can focus on re Riding Club/Riding Horse/Hack/Working Hunter etc.

Sorry for pics, they're a bit ropey (and old) but you get a rough idea of his conformation......he's lost the fat belly and got a better topline now!

this was last summer before we lost massive belly and built up any muscle!

 

[AmyMay]

I would definately NOT go for working hunter until your jumping is really, really established.

Anything else though - just go for it.

 

[Parkranger]

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I would definately NOT go for working hunter until your jumping is really, really established.

Anything else though - just go for it.

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I was told that I couldn't do working hunter at all because he's too fine and just wouldn't get placed.....he also has a bit of an araby look to him which alot of judges wouldn't like apparently.

Def wouldn't tackle working hunter yet though - along way to go yet

 

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If he is fine I would go for riding horse classes

how big is he

 

[Parkranger]

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If he is fine I would go for riding horse classes

how big is he

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wanted to aim for something with jumping though as that's my main love and he seems to be quite good at it....got a way to go though

 

[AmyMay]

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I was told that I couldn't do working hunter at all because he's too fine

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B*ll*cks!

 

[Parkranger]

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I was told that I couldn't do working hunter at all because he's too fine

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B*ll*cks!

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That's what I thought ;-)

Couldn't do show hunter because he's had so many knocks and scrapes!

 

[vhf]

Just have a go at different things until you find what you a) enjoy most and b) seem to do best at! If you go unaffiliated to start with, you can spend the big bucks on affiliated stuff once you've started to narrow down the choices.
A fine horse that jumps beautifully and gives the judge a lovely ride will still do better than a chunky one who leaves the jumps and the judge on the floor...

 

[seansheep]

there are some combined training classes around - hard to find but they do exist - where you do a dressage test and a sj round and then the two count together for the winner and placings - see if you could find any of those on show schedules

riding club horse iirc includes a couple of jumps and riding horse doesn't

you don't mention unaffil. 1DE or XC - does he do XC - if you could find a novice 1DE then you'd get your dressage and sj in which he's good at and then build up the XC

I'd give novice WH a go as well - if he's good at jumping and confident and is happy to be ridden by other people (the judge) then why not. Anyway with WH if you don't jump clear then you usually don't get called back for the showing bit anyway - so it would give you another jumping class to do even if he had 4 faults in it.

but overall - doing things you both are going to enjoy!

 

[MrsMagoo]

Sorry would have to agree he doesnt look much like a typical 'working hunter' but depends what level. If local or RC im sure you'd get away with it - depending on judges etc.

I'd go for riding club horse and you will be required to do a small jump - or riding horse, along those lines.

 

[Parkranger]

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Sorry would have to agree he doesnt look much like a typical 'working hunter' but depends what level. If local or RC im sure you'd get away with it - depending on judges etc.

I'd go for riding club horse and you will be required to do a small jump - or riding horse, along those lines.

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That was my thinking - I'd rather get into something that if we were good at we could go a bit further than get into working hunter and find that we can't take it any further than the local show, if that makes sense?

I guess we should just have fun at the mo and see what happens....

Not sure yet about the judge riding him - he still goes back to 'tense up' mode when someone he doesn't know gets on him - not sure he'll ever get over that.