Win a horse competition...

Even the old fashioned books say 80/20 for light work, and what you've got to remember that those guidelines were put in placed based on feeding straights. Plain rolled oats actually contain a fair bit of fibre and most of them go straight through the horse - it's not the same as feeding the same quantity of highly digestible processed and molassed mix.
 
I've always thought these win a horse/pony comps were ok as the winners were fully supported by a network of highly experienced horse professionals.
I now think its a bloody disgrace that an equine publication is calling 50% forage accurate for ANY horse, and giving someone a horse to care for based on that sort of knowledge.
Did someone say they were going to contact them? They need dragging over hot coals for that sort of information, being taken on board by novices trying to learn.
I bet the sponsors are a feed company. Grrrrrr. Makes my blood boil.
 
Could the feed/forage question just be a mistake on the questionnaire's part? Surely no self respecting equine publication would think that 50/50 for a horse in light work is acceptable?
 
Possibly Clare, but still no excuse for letting that go through without being picked up on. They have a massive responsibility to be accurate.
 
Very true ribbons. I think I might contact them regarding it as it does seem very odd. Although, having looked at the remainder if the application (once you get past the first stage) it does seem they are being pretty rigorous. You have to answer some more in depth questions. Then, if you are selected you have to attend a riding and horse care assessment, so one would hope they will be able to weed out any numpties :)
 
For those of you that have entered, do you have to complete all the sections in one go or is there an option to complete at a later date? Also, for step 2, is there a word count? You could go on for ever!!

Thanks.
 
I won't be entering as I don't "need" another horse! But I always find it very unfair when competitions are always run out of a yard in the depths of England - just means people up north will have to travel very far and at their expense to get to Gloucester for their riding trial thing. So basically only people near there will bother entering.

It always annoys me that I can't enter the "win a lesson with a top rider" competitions as you always have to take your horse to them which is ALWAYS in England - why on earth they cant tie it in with that rider coming up to somewhere vageully near where the winner lives I'll never know, they forget its a 10 / 11 hour drive for us in NE Scotland for example to get down and a few hundred quid in diesal (as well as accomodation)!
 
yes, there is stage 1 which is the 10 questions, then stage 2 which is extensive questionnaire and then stage 3 where you upload photos and videos of you/whoever you've applied for riding, handling etc, then if you pass all them, you go for an assessment day to a yard near Gloucester, they asses you on riding, handling, stable management, first aid, etc. then if you get through that (3 people do) then the judges pick 1 person as a winner :)
 
I saw this in the Your Horse magazine and was keen to enter as I am after a para dressage horse . I tried the 10 questions myself, answering all the obvious answers, 100% forage etc. Just had my friend who is a vet over and she was quite disgusted that even she didn't get 10 out of 10, she is one of the best vets in the north East so the questions are ridiculous !!
If a top vet doesn't get them right then what hope do the rest of us have !

Hope everyone gets through and someone on here gets a fancy new horse! Xx
 
Why am I still not getting through?

My answers are:

8-12 breaths per minute
Mud fever
Worm egg count
Phenylbutazone
Rugby ball
Foot
50% ( agree this should be 100% if it was accurate)
Electrolytes
Noseband
Every 6 months.

How can these be wrong???
Please help me I need a para pony!!!

Thank you x
 
I do not get this i have answered these all correctly and still dont get through?? I have even tried annual or every 2 years for dental and that includes the rubbish answer of 50% forage ....?? is the website broken?
 
Having received an email yesterday that the website WAS broken, and now it is fixed, it may be that the answers have now changed. Or possibly that you now cannot just keep trying to get the answers right? I can't say for sure but I know that it WAS broken, but isn't now :)
 
LC2013 said:
Why am I still not getting through?

My answers are:

8-12 breaths per minute
Mud fever
Worm egg count
Phenylbutazone
Rugby ball
Foot
50% ( agree this should be 100% if it was accurate)
Electrolytes
Noseband
Every 6 months.

How can these be wrong???
Please help me I need a para pony!!!

Thank you x
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I put these as well.... :p
 
I put

8-12 breaths per minute
Mud fever
Phenyllbutazone
Rugby Ball
Foot
50% then tried 100%
Electrolytes
Noseband
Once a year -

Still wrong somehow?
 
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