horsegirl
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What do I wear, what does horsey wear? Any help please? It's a local show
Working hunter
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1275gta
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Beige Jod, Shirt and tie, hacking jacket, long boots.
Saddle, hunter bridle, discreet Numnah.
Good luck
Saddle, hunter bridle, discreet Numnah.
Good luck
Ottinmeg
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do they look at the horses conformation in a working hunter class?
helenhorse
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i thought it was stock for workers?
conniegirl
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if you are buying stuff then for working hunter you need: canary/beige jods, green or brown tweed jacket, shirt and tie to compliment jacket, navy hat with flesh coloured harness, brown gloves and brown cane/whip, long black boots for horses, short brown boots for ponies (M&M's short brown for small breeds, long black for large breeds), if you are on horses you also should wear spurs or dummy spurs.
horse will need: straight cut saddle with enough kneeroll for you to jump in (preferably brown), brown hunter type bridle. You can use any bit and noseband combination but the prefered one is caveson noseband and wither pelham, double or snaffle. However with bits remember that you have to get a clear round in order to get to do your show so what ever bit your horse jumps best in is probably best. Horse can wear boots for the jumping phase but they must be removed for the showing phase. you can use martingales. Numnahs should not show outside of the saddle, i dont use one at all.
The judge does not want to see a showjumping round, they want a nice flowing round at a good steady pace. If you go clear you will be called back for the showing phase, in this you will do a group walk, trot, canter and if the ring size allows a gallop. Then dependant on the show you will either do an individual show or the judge will ride.
Yes they look at conformation in working hunters
horse will need: straight cut saddle with enough kneeroll for you to jump in (preferably brown), brown hunter type bridle. You can use any bit and noseband combination but the prefered one is caveson noseband and wither pelham, double or snaffle. However with bits remember that you have to get a clear round in order to get to do your show so what ever bit your horse jumps best in is probably best. Horse can wear boots for the jumping phase but they must be removed for the showing phase. you can use martingales. Numnahs should not show outside of the saddle, i dont use one at all.
The judge does not want to see a showjumping round, they want a nice flowing round at a good steady pace. If you go clear you will be called back for the showing phase, in this you will do a group walk, trot, canter and if the ring size allows a gallop. Then dependant on the show you will either do an individual show or the judge will ride.
Yes they look at conformation in working hunters
only_me
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heres a handy piece i found on the internet for the working hunter association in northern ireland, and im sure it applyies to everyone!
Dressing for Working Hunter
Hats secured by a chin strap. Velvet is better and navy velvet for females. Good fit and not second hand for safety reasons
Hair tied back neatly, secured with a hairnet. Scrunchies same colour as tie look good. Use fake buns if short hair.
Shirt, collar and tie. Shirt should fit neatly to your neck. Tie should also be tied neatly in a small knot. No large school type knots ! Pick a colour of shirt that compliments your jacket and your colouring. Tie pins look professional. Silk ties are best and tie better....charity shops!
Hunter Jacket. No navy or black jackets. Should be a tweed that compliments your horse and yourself. Should be the correct length and fit and not be too large or too small. A hunter jacket should show your body shape. Waistcoats can be worn under the jacket.
A stock can be worn in stead of shirt and tie but should be a self tie stock and not a ready tied stock. Ready tied stocks look unprofessional. Stocks must have a stock pin attached horizontally.
Gloves should always be worn in competition. They should be leather or leather look and brown, tan, canary or black in colour.
Jodhpurs should not be white. Can be canary or beige in colour
Boots should be leather and polished. Children can wear leather jodhpur boots secured with jodhpur clips. No spurs in pony classes, but spurs can be worn in horse classes. If horse does not need spurs, dummy spurs can be worn.
Make-up looks well as long as it is neutral and discreet.
The Horse
The horse/pony should be turned out as if it was in a ridden show hunter class.
Mane and forelock plaited and plaits look better if done with needle and thread. Number of plaits should compliment horses neck and overall shape. Plait on right side of neck.
Tails pulled not plaited. Length of tail should be approximately two inches below the hocks. It should also be well combed...coat shine.
Feathers completely trimmed. Winter horses can be clipped neatly. Trim inside of ears and facial hair.
Horses should be clean with no stable marks. Use hoods and bandages to keep clean. Oil hoofs before entering ring. Add quarter markers....simple yet effective. A little baby oil around eyes and muzzle highlights facial features
Bits
Check shows regulations/rules. NIWHA allows all suitable bits except hackamores. The judge may take the type of bit you are using into consideration during marking.
Tack
Tack should be brown. Black is less professional.
Plain flat show hunter bridle fitted correctly. The bridle should suit your horses head. No fancy browbands.
Saddle should most importantly fit the horse and the rider. Ideally a saddle to show off your horses shoulder. NO saddle cloths. Dark coloiured numnahs only along with dark coloured girths
Boots should only be worn for Phase 1 and removed for Phase 2. Again should be of a dark colour.
Whips should not exceed 75cms and should not be changed for Phase 2. Dark in colour
NO CHANGE OF TACK IS PERMITTED BETWEEN PHASE 1 AND PHASE 2
The overall picture should be neat, tidy, clean and professional as it is the first thing the judge will see as you enter the ring.
The show
Always check the time of your class and allow approx. half an hour per class. Always give yourself plenty of time to warm up and get prepared. Don't leave yourself rushing as it only stresses you and your horse
Get the horse ready first, then yourself. Stay clean!
Know your course and walk it. Always wait for the course to be declared open before walking it. Watch how it is jumping.
Preparation at home is the key to success. Lots of flatwork! Jumps are only obstacles in the way of your flatwork!
Never keep the judge waiting. Be at the gate ready to enter as the horse before you is beginning their round
Trot to your judge on entering the arena. DO NOT WALK IN
Salute after you jump. No need to salute before you jump. Horse should stand square when you salute. Halt on the track after jumping and salute...no need to come within centimetres of your judge!
Smile and be pleasant, this can earn you brownie points!
DO NOT do 10 laps of the arena before attempting fence one.
After Phase 1 remove the horse's boots immediately and be ready to enter for Phase 2. At shows with more than one ring in operation, go straight to Phase 2 in the next arena.
When called into your place trot to your space.
Marking System
Phase 1
A maximum of 70marks are available for this section. 50 for jumping and 20 for style and manners while jumping
Every fence down is minus 10pts. First refusal is minus 15pts, second refusal is minus 20pts and the third is elimination. A fall of horse/pony and/or rider is elimination and the rider is not allowed to remount in the arena. The horse should be led out of the ring.
These minus marks will be deducted from the 50 marks available
Phase 2
A maximum of 30 marks are available in this phase. 20 marks for conformation, type and freedom of action and 10 marks for the ride and manners.
A score in the 90's is considered a high standard. Competitors on the same score, the competitor with the highest jumping mark will be given the higher placing
Marks may be seen beside the entry desk after each competition.
Hors Concours
These entries are with the permission of NIWHA officials on the day of the show and are accepted for riders of horses/ponies ineligible for the class of entry, providing the class does not precede a class in which the rider or animal is entered by right..
Distances for One Stride Doubles
The following distances are averages of what is used in working hunter competition. The distances vary depending on the type of fences e.g. first part of a double is an upright followed by a spread etc.
Starter Stakes/133cms..........................18ft
143cms ...................................................21ft
153cms....................................................24ft
Horses.....................................................24ft 6ins
Open Working Hunter courses must be walked on foot
Dressing for Working Hunter
Hats secured by a chin strap. Velvet is better and navy velvet for females. Good fit and not second hand for safety reasons
Hair tied back neatly, secured with a hairnet. Scrunchies same colour as tie look good. Use fake buns if short hair.
Shirt, collar and tie. Shirt should fit neatly to your neck. Tie should also be tied neatly in a small knot. No large school type knots ! Pick a colour of shirt that compliments your jacket and your colouring. Tie pins look professional. Silk ties are best and tie better....charity shops!
Hunter Jacket. No navy or black jackets. Should be a tweed that compliments your horse and yourself. Should be the correct length and fit and not be too large or too small. A hunter jacket should show your body shape. Waistcoats can be worn under the jacket.
A stock can be worn in stead of shirt and tie but should be a self tie stock and not a ready tied stock. Ready tied stocks look unprofessional. Stocks must have a stock pin attached horizontally.
Gloves should always be worn in competition. They should be leather or leather look and brown, tan, canary or black in colour.
Jodhpurs should not be white. Can be canary or beige in colour
Boots should be leather and polished. Children can wear leather jodhpur boots secured with jodhpur clips. No spurs in pony classes, but spurs can be worn in horse classes. If horse does not need spurs, dummy spurs can be worn.
Make-up looks well as long as it is neutral and discreet.
The Horse
The horse/pony should be turned out as if it was in a ridden show hunter class.
Mane and forelock plaited and plaits look better if done with needle and thread. Number of plaits should compliment horses neck and overall shape. Plait on right side of neck.
Tails pulled not plaited. Length of tail should be approximately two inches below the hocks. It should also be well combed...coat shine.
Feathers completely trimmed. Winter horses can be clipped neatly. Trim inside of ears and facial hair.
Horses should be clean with no stable marks. Use hoods and bandages to keep clean. Oil hoofs before entering ring. Add quarter markers....simple yet effective. A little baby oil around eyes and muzzle highlights facial features
Bits
Check shows regulations/rules. NIWHA allows all suitable bits except hackamores. The judge may take the type of bit you are using into consideration during marking.
Tack
Tack should be brown. Black is less professional.
Plain flat show hunter bridle fitted correctly. The bridle should suit your horses head. No fancy browbands.
Saddle should most importantly fit the horse and the rider. Ideally a saddle to show off your horses shoulder. NO saddle cloths. Dark coloiured numnahs only along with dark coloured girths
Boots should only be worn for Phase 1 and removed for Phase 2. Again should be of a dark colour.
Whips should not exceed 75cms and should not be changed for Phase 2. Dark in colour
NO CHANGE OF TACK IS PERMITTED BETWEEN PHASE 1 AND PHASE 2
The overall picture should be neat, tidy, clean and professional as it is the first thing the judge will see as you enter the ring.
The show
Always check the time of your class and allow approx. half an hour per class. Always give yourself plenty of time to warm up and get prepared. Don't leave yourself rushing as it only stresses you and your horse
Get the horse ready first, then yourself. Stay clean!
Know your course and walk it. Always wait for the course to be declared open before walking it. Watch how it is jumping.
Preparation at home is the key to success. Lots of flatwork! Jumps are only obstacles in the way of your flatwork!
Never keep the judge waiting. Be at the gate ready to enter as the horse before you is beginning their round
Trot to your judge on entering the arena. DO NOT WALK IN
Salute after you jump. No need to salute before you jump. Horse should stand square when you salute. Halt on the track after jumping and salute...no need to come within centimetres of your judge!
Smile and be pleasant, this can earn you brownie points!
DO NOT do 10 laps of the arena before attempting fence one.
After Phase 1 remove the horse's boots immediately and be ready to enter for Phase 2. At shows with more than one ring in operation, go straight to Phase 2 in the next arena.
When called into your place trot to your space.
Marking System
Phase 1
A maximum of 70marks are available for this section. 50 for jumping and 20 for style and manners while jumping
Every fence down is minus 10pts. First refusal is minus 15pts, second refusal is minus 20pts and the third is elimination. A fall of horse/pony and/or rider is elimination and the rider is not allowed to remount in the arena. The horse should be led out of the ring.
These minus marks will be deducted from the 50 marks available
Phase 2
A maximum of 30 marks are available in this phase. 20 marks for conformation, type and freedom of action and 10 marks for the ride and manners.
A score in the 90's is considered a high standard. Competitors on the same score, the competitor with the highest jumping mark will be given the higher placing
Marks may be seen beside the entry desk after each competition.
Hors Concours
These entries are with the permission of NIWHA officials on the day of the show and are accepted for riders of horses/ponies ineligible for the class of entry, providing the class does not precede a class in which the rider or animal is entered by right..
Distances for One Stride Doubles
The following distances are averages of what is used in working hunter competition. The distances vary depending on the type of fences e.g. first part of a double is an upright followed by a spread etc.
Starter Stakes/133cms..........................18ft
143cms ...................................................21ft
153cms....................................................24ft
Horses.....................................................24ft 6ins
Open Working Hunter courses must be walked on foot
conniegirl
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in the UK it is ties every time never a stock.
only_me
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thats why it says
"A stock CAN be worn in stead of shirt and tie "
i wear a shirt and tie and i competed at RDS! some people do wear stocks though, and it shouldnt matter what you wear as it is the horses way of going and jump + confo that matters.
"A stock CAN be worn in stead of shirt and tie "
i wear a shirt and tie and i competed at RDS! some people do wear stocks though, and it shouldnt matter what you wear as it is the horses way of going and jump + confo that matters.
YorksG
Over the hill and far awa
Coloured stocks can be worn in working hunter classes, to compliment the jacket.
conniegirl
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no, not if you want to look like you know what your doing they shouldnt be. Look at all the professionals you will never see them in a stock and tweed jacket. In the show ring the only time you wear a stock is with a navy jacket in an evening preformance.
horsegirl
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My tweed jacket is blue, does this mean I need to buy a brown one?