BTB: Riley at Bucks County Horse Park: Videos and scores |  |
| Riley at Bucks County Horse Park: Videos and scores Posted: 02 Aug 2010 01:06 PM PDT Some history/background on the day: In a burst of last minute planning, we (Riley's trainer and I) decided to do two under saddle classes at a USDF breed show this weekend. BCHP is only 20 minutes from home. It was a great day, except for wasps (I was stung three times in the horse trailer). Riley must have played hard in the pasture the night before -- he was unusually quiet/sleepy all day. You can see in the footage he's a little pokey. Placings/scores The classes were small, three entries, and a nice RPSI paint was having issues with flies that sort of took him out of the running. It really doesn't matter how many were in the class. It doesn't matter how he placed, although who can deny the allure of a fluttering blue ribbon? Riley was a good boy from start to finish, and that's reward enough. Videos and scores are below... Overall. 74.5% Second class: Dressage suitability The judge noted that he totally lost steam in this class... What do the scores mean? Well, I think the numbers are assigned the same or similar meanings as in dressage performance tests (e.g., 6 is satisfactory, 7 is fairly good, etc.). From attending and competing in breed shows, my general impression is that horses with scores below 70 are missing some key component of good movement -- regularity, freedom of shoulder, push from behind, overtrack at the walk, whatever. In the case of weanlings/yearlings, it may mean that they bucked and cavorted so much the judge couldn't assess their gaits. A score of 70 or more puts a horse "in the ball park" to be a good, competitive riding horse. I think breeders hope for scores of 75% or better, and a horse that scores over 80% will have quite a "wow" factor.  |
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