Why cant people turnout smart?

I totally agree, it bugs me superly. My pony always has to be washed, trimmed tufts, plaited etc if i compete her even for XC training i do Always have clean show attire and tack is cleaned, clean numnah:P But with my sister its a diff ball game, i let her SJ/show my grey although she is 14 she dosnt wash plait clean her tack or use clean stuff, i feel so totally showed up by her that i do it for her after one experience when my girl legs were covered in mud at a show although she is turned out 24/7 i dont see the hardship when i do my own why she cant be arsed to do it
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sorry Jess dont know isnt a reason!!!
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...seriously Im actually OCD about my horse for dressage and will not do it unless hes plaited, tail washed and pulled and his white sock washed...Jess and the others that cant, spend some spring evenings trying its fun and its not rocket science..if you can put a plait in your hair its the same principle just more!!...two years ago I couldnt and it would take me an hour and half to plait, now it takes me less than 15 mins to throw some rubber band plaits in for dressage..I can plait up in the time the others are grooming!!...you just need to keep the main pulled and tidy and then its easy ...sewing for showing takes longer but i think it shows respect for judges...I organise my local riding club dressage series and remember the judges do it for a bottle wine or tin biscuits at unaff...also I dont agree that you dont need to plait for Unaff...sorry good turnout is important all the time....clean tack, clean horse!!!..
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I was taught that when you go out in public, be it at an affiliated or unaff event, you made your horse spotless and you plaited, (plaiting mainly for dressage). I always washed legs manes and tails and at a BE event, a full top to toe bath. For me, I just don't like the thought of looking scruffy.
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Another one here! The spooky pony is always plaited, and the tail brushed out and conditioned (it's extremely long and full---we think he stole it from a Shire). I do lattice plaits for dressage (his mane isn't pulled), and a running plait/plaited tail for other stuff.

He hasn't had a bath all winter because he lives out unclipped and unrugged, but he does get a very thorough grooming before a comp. I confess that his feet are sometimes dirty, but that's because I need to hack through muddy woods to get to the venues, so it's unavoidable. I try to take a brush along to get the worst off, though. ATM, his white saddle cloth gets washed every second show.

Bring on the warm weather, so I can finally give him a thorough bath, and he can stop looking like a little teddy bear!

Even for riding school SJ comps, I always wear a jacket, and plait the horse (school horse, so no opportunity for full bath/tack cleaning). I think it's just respectful. The instructor organising it was so irritated with people not making an effort that she started handing out masses of Best Turned Out ribbons to encourage plaiting.
 
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sorry Jess dont know isnt a reason!!!
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...seriously Im actually OCD about my horse for dressage and will not do it unless hes plaited, tail washed and pulled and his white sock washed...Jess and the others that cant, spend some spring evenings trying its fun and its not rocket science..if you can put a plait in your hair its the same principle just more!!...two years ago I couldnt and it would take me an hour and half to plait, now it takes me less than 15 mins to throw some rubber band plaits in for dressage..I can plait up in the time the others are grooming!!...you just need to keep the main pulled and tidy and then its easy ...sewing for showing takes longer but i think it shows respect for judges...I organise my local riding club dressage series and remember the judges do it for a bottle wine or tin biscuits at unaff...also I dont agree that you dont need to plait for Unaff...sorry good turnout is important all the time....clean tack, clean horse!!!..
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Well when your dyspraxic it isn't as simple as practise, practise! I have trouble with repetitive things using fine motor skills type things! Pickle looked smart at dressage his mane was neat, his feathers were gleaming white and all his tack clean. He didn't look a mess and to me that is fine, I am doing very small unaffiliated events nothing more than prelim!
 
In the minority here! I have 4 horses, one is a grey and a full time job, they are healthy, their stables are clean and they are ridden every day, if they look scruffy who cares? I have done BD with no plaits, and I don't like washing them unnecessarily (I was always taught that the weather has to be guarranteed to stay good for three days before you can wash and washing any animal often deprives them of natural oils their coat needs to stay healthy and repel water). There are more important things in life
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Laziness, generally.......mind you I don't plait for dressage as i have a welsh d, who looks ridiculous in a running plait and i show him as well, so i am not prepared to ruin his chances by thinning and pulling the mane in detriment to the breed standard. But, he is clean...his mane and tail sparkle, he is groomed to withinn an inch of his life, and his white bits are shockingly white!!
 
possible reasons-
running late, for any number of reasons, could have been avoidable or not
no running water at facilities
horse declines to be bathed.
horse was bathed then got dirty again.
re:plaiting-some horses decline to be plaited
ran out of time
ran out of plaiting bands
had other issues.
it doesn't affect you, so I wouldn't worry

I turn out as smart as I can, but I cannot plait to save my life,so they are spikey(horse declines to have mane pulled so done in a very odd and not alwasy successful fashion) and awful looking, not through my choice. Having had white ponies, they were always clean but may have been a slight hint of green.
I'm surprised someone refused to compete a horse because its mane hadn't been pulled :S seems a bit silly to me!
 
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Ben and Jerry's, i think it's fine for unaff not to plait.


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Why is it a necessity to plait for one comp, but not a heresy if you don't for the other? (Aff /Unaff Dressage) It's often the same judges for both so what difference does it make?

I think it should be personal choice. If your horse has a neat mane or a particularly thick/long one, why should you have to plait it?

As long as the horse is clean and so are you and the tack....





 
Mildred is hogged so she is super easy, but just for extra bling i put a stencil on people always comment on it and i like talking to people at show's people don't talk enough or cheer everyone on enough!
 
TBH I dont care how smart I look. IMO its the performance that counts, although saying that I still would always wash for specific disiplines like showing were obviously it matters! And I will always plait (unless native) for pure or BE dressage but only the mane, the tail isnt touched. Id always brush them thoroughly etc. but I often attend BSJA with my grey who has stains on him - who cares?! If its a big BSJA then yeah, Ill make more effort but I'll NEVER plait for jumping, in fact for BE I will ALWAYS remove the plaits straight after the dressage as I like my horse being able to freely stretch his neck without hair being pulled. Its one of my big "things" I have to do.

All my horses live out and Im proud of that. During the winter, theres no way in hell Id subject my thin skinned TB x to a bath! So yes, he will be grubby compared to the fully clipped stable-dwellers. However, I believe my horse is a hell of a lot happier than them!

I dont think its rude by any means, its NATURAL for a horse to not be immaculate all the time! I compete every weekend, theres no way Im bathing my grey once a week thus totally stripping him of his natural oils. This just backs up peoples opinions that horse sports are stuffy and behind the times.
 
I don't think that horses/ponies need to be plaited for competitions, but they MUST be cleaned, manes and tails well brushed and legs white if they've got white socks. What really bugs me are plaits that look like golf balls and are all spiky - I would much rather see a well brushed and laid mane. And there's no excuse for bedding to be left in tails!
 
i think for dressage and eventing plaiting is essential.

however i only mainly do bsja and so i just wash mane, tail and white socks are made sparkling white and hooves polished
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he always looks lovely and i hate to see messy/stained/muddy horses at any competiiton!! organisers should really talk to scruffy people and inform them of the rules imo.

there was recently a notice in the bsja showjumper magazine about how the turnout in bsja is going a little downhill, with people going into the sj ring with ties loose down their necks and shirts not done up properly, its a disgrace and i agree that the organisers/judges put in so much effort, the least we can do is put in effort ourselves!!

tbh i never even let my horse out of the yard with any stains/mud/dust!! but i am a bit ocd :P hahaha
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In all fairness I competed at a BSJA show (I think it was Weston Lawns, but don't hold me to that), and one bloke went in with the top 3/4 buttons on his shirt undone and no tie on (wasn't a particularly boiling hot day). At the end of his round he got called up to the commentators box- we later saw him with his shirt buttoned all the way to the top and a tie on. At least some centres care for how the competitors look.

I hate seeing people with muddy horses. I have a white grey, and every time I take her out (be it unaff or affiliated, or even pony club rallies!), I make sure she has all the dirty patches washed off and a good brush through her mane/tail- at the very least!!!

Also hate seeing girls with no hairnet at competitions. Sorry, it looks trampy.
 
I think at the very least horse and rider should be clean and correctly turned out.

I will wash feathers and tail at the very least (I don't plait due the the type of horse I have), give a thorough groom, clean tack, use a clean gith and numnah and turnout correctly for whatever I intend to comptete in. I'm smartly dressed and my hair is always in a bun or hairnet.
 
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