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Oct 29 08 3:35 AM
Numnah wrote: Okay, I'm gonna jump on in here, xponies, from what I've read of HP's posts in the past, she works really hard to do what she does and be consistently good at it. It is not her 'fault' that either herself or her family has money and is willing to spend it.She replied to the post giving advice - yeah okay maybe people think it is shallow that you should wear a certain thing but she wasn't saying 'OMG YOU'RE SOOOO INFERIOR' she was saying that it may save someone getting laughed at. And, fyi, hairnets are cheaper than showbows. If someone wants to show hunters or whatever and the riders appearance matters, then they can suck it up and deal with it. I wouldn't do \XC in a show jacket, much as I would leave my hair down for dressage. It's just the way it is. By the way, if you show B circuit, why are all your pictures of tiny cross rails? Isn't the highest you've consistently schooled 2 foot, and considering going up to 2 foot 6? Jeez, over here C circuit is 3 foot 3, B is 3 foot 9 closing 4 foot in some cases...I thought it was similar in the US too? Seriously, B circuit!? I'm just going to set this straight right off, I think HP just constantly comes off sounding like a huge bitch and I felt like telling her so. I often see her telling people that they can't do this, wear that, etc in the hunter ring like she owns it. She shows A circuit, thats great for her, but 99% of the time the people asking for hunter advice on here are just doing it at local schooling shows. But she always seems to bring up having the best of everything. " you've got to have a Charles Owen or a GPA helmet, or people will laugh at you!" "You've got to a have Harry hall or Tailored Sportsman breeches, or people will laugh at you" "You've got to have Antares tack or people will laugh at you." I've jumped 2'9 courses on other horses, but mine was a)only 4 when I got him and green as a stick, so he had his first year to just get into the swing of things at schooling shows doing crossrail and then 2 ft at the end of the season. b)during the winter he goes through a drastic personality change and good luck trying to get him over anything higher than 2'3 without doing more damage than good. c)we did the crossrail division on the provincial circuit, which I'm assuming as it's a step below As here that it would be called 'B', because he hadn't come out of the winter at the level we were expecting and wouldn't have been able to do the division we'd picked out the year before, largely because he still hadn't gotten his changes down, and still wasn't hitting the horse strides. We were going to move him up but wouldn't have had enough left to qualify for year ends, and we were already sitting in 7th. Now, at the new barn my trainer doesn't think he can handle anything of 2 ft, or he'll break down so we only school to 2'3 at home but we're doing the some winter shows in the 2 ft or 2'3 division to see how he handles it, if all goes well and he stays sound. Also, I've been to A circuit shows to watch, I've also been to the Royal which is the top hunter show in Canada. Just because I haven't ridden at the level yet doesn't mean I dont know what goes on at it. To some people the quality of the ride is more important than the height of the fences. I've been told time and time again that I could be do way more than I am and should sell my horse for one that jumps higher. I've been asked to show people's horses for them and will actually be training a horse to jump over the winter. I don't see what ragging on my horse and I has to do with this thread. I was simply pointing out, that the way HP answered the question was quite rude and she could have said "don't wear a show bow, they really aren't ment for the hunter ring." Not, "People will LAUGH at you..." and that the way she's answered other questions has been quite rude. I know she's tried to defend hunters before as not all being stuck up and stuff, but when she gives reponses like that, she can't really question why people think that way about hunters.
There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel good. Perhaps it's the risk, the gamble. In any event it's a thing I need. TTL; two years and many more. <3
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