I'm gonna share with you how you can get your best score out of your horse at your next two horse show
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So, how are you gonna get your best score out of your horse at your next horse show and I'm talking about hunters here
When you're going into your horse show the judge is gonna want to see
five really important things
number one the performance
you have to have excellent performance and this means getting to the right spot of each and every jump on your
course
Not too far away
Not too close
But what I call the Goldilocks spot the just right spot which is approximately the height of the jump away
So if you're jumping three foot
then that distance
Takeoff distance is going to be about three feet away from the base of the jump
If you're jumping two foot six, that's going to be two foot six
That's easy to do right?
If you get too close or too far away
That is going to influence how your score will be decided if you get every spot perfect, that's excellent
If you get too close or too far away
That's gonna reflect in your score
Number two. The style of jumping. If your horse has an excellent jumping style
Which means it rounds its back nicely lifts up its legs
with its knees tucked up nicely and lower leg folded in underneath
Then you're gonna get a good score
Because the best jumper should win the hunter class. Your horse should be cantering leaving the ground at the correct spot
Arcing over top of the jump, that's called basculing, and then lifting its legs up to clear the jump properly
If your horse has a poor jumping style, which means he hangs his legs, then you're not gonna get as good a score. number three
Number three is movement. Does your horse have good movement?
If it has good movement, then it's going to get a good score if it's not a very good mover
It's not gonna get a nice score as a good mover. Does that make sense?
right
If the number one thing the judge is really looking for is jumping if your horse is excellent form over fences
That's great
But then, you know, there's eight jumps in a hunter course and how those jumps are connected is also important
So if your horse has good movement in between the jumps. It's a nice mover. Then you're probably gonna get a better score, right?
pace
so along with the movement is to pace are you going too slowly and
Your horse is not
moving quickly,
Or is your horse zooming along and a hundred miles an hour to get that
get those distances in there and you can't even see its legs moving that it's so fast want that nice even steady pace that is
Even rhythm throughout. Keep the steady
Rhythm throughout your class throughout your course and that will get you the one of the best scores that you can get
Sometimes you see horses
Slowing down and then zooming along the lines to get the distances and then slowing down in the corners
That's not an even steady pace. Keep an even steady pace
So that there is a one two three; one two three; one two three; jump; one, two three
One two three; one two three; jump; through out of the course keep an even pace and
number 5. Manners
Your horse has to have good manners
And this is from the moment the horse enters the ring to the moment the horse leaves the ring. The manners are
Noticed. Some of the things you might notice as a judge would be if the horse kicks out. If the horse
Kicks out at the leg or bucks on course for whatever reason, Or they're pinning their ears
That's another sign of manners
or if it gets a little nappy at the gate, you know
if its kind of wants to slow down right at the gate
those are the types of things that the judges notice and make note of
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