Horse Hunter Forum / HORSE RIDING / Showjumping

A Rant

Tally Ho — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:49:21 GMT

We went to local BSJA show this morning with Katies' youngster, she takes him in the British Novice which has a maximum height of 90cms I think. She was 5th in and just wanted to use one of the practice fences in the collecting rihg a couple of times to get her horse switched on and settled. Why, oh why do you get one or two people who seem to monopolise the collecting ring and have the practice fences up at about 1.20m :w00t:

It's so unfair with those who have real novice horses and just want to pop them over before they go in the ring. And why do they feel the need to jump such big fences to warm up for a novice class?

Rant over

questionnaire on equine events and spectators

emma.knott — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:55:26 GMT

please could you take the time to fill out this questionnaire and you can also email me the results at emma.knott@hartpury.ac.uk

The intention of this questionnaire is to collect data for my dissertation which aims to determine the commercial viability of a regional equine event held during December. Currently there are a number of equine events which run in December with some more successful than others. One in particular is a national show jumping event which has run for a number of years at a large indoor equine venue which attracts a variety of competitors from national to international level; however it doesn’t attract a huge number of spectators. Therefore I want to identify what spectators want and need in order to attract them to this type of event.

Participants have the right to withdraw at any time, and can answer individual questions. All data collected will remain anonymous and confidential.

1. What is your age range?

a. 18 – 24

b. 25 – 34

c. 35 – 44

d. 45 – 54

e. 55 +

2. What is your gender?

a. Male

b. Female

3. What is your occupation? ……………………………………..

4. What County do you live in? ……………………………………..

5. Is the location of an event important?

a. Yes

b. No

6. How far are you willing to travel?

a. 0 – 14 miles

b. 14 – 29 miles

c. 30 – 44 miles

d. 45 – to 59 miles

e. 60 + miles

7. Do you have any interest in the equine industry?

a. Yes

b. No

8. What involvement do you have in the equine industry?

a. None

b. Work directly or indirectly in the industry

c. Own horses yourself

d. Family interest in horses

e. Follow the sport

f. Other ……………….

9. What discipline are you most interested in?

a. Para Dressage

b. Dressage

c. Show Jumping

d. Eventing

e. Other

f. None

10. What would motivate you to attend the event? Please rank in order of significance

a. Good shopping

b. Entertainment for adults and children

c. Socialising

d. Enjoyment of the equine sport

11. Does the type of venue influence your decision?

a. Outdoor venue (For example, Badminton or Dressage National Championships)

b. Indoor venue (For example, Olympia or Horse of the Year show)

c. Both (For example, Blue chip)

12. Would the weather play a role in your decision to attend the event?

a. Yes

b. No

13. What are your intentions at the event?

a. Social interaction

b. Shopping

c. Entertainment

d. Equine sport

e. Other

14. If you will be shopping at the event what would be your reason?

a. Christmas shopping

b. equine specific products

c. General shopping

d. Window shopping

15. Have you been to a major international equine event such as; Olympia, Badminton etc?

a. Yes

b. No

16. If yes then which event did you attend? ……………………………….

17. What was the most enjoyable factor about this event?

a. Entertainment

b. Socialising

c. Shopping

d. Atmosphere

e. High levels of sport

f. Other ………………………………..

18. What other events or entertainment would you like to see at an event? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Thank you for your time and patience

midi class

Faberge — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:15:13 GMT

warmed up ok then we did our first warm up fence a tiny xpole but marble tought it might kill him so did a huge jump then settled down and warmed up perfect and was ready to go in when 2 more mini competors turned up :( so marble tought he was hunting again and go above his station so que me having to re warm up :( went in and the course was very spooky and the full up 80cm went perfect til 7 which was very spooky but i kept my legs on and he popped it got to 9 which was a bale of hay covered in and wall type fabric and on a very hard turn and i just took my legs off so he stroped but jumped brill the rest of the way so i didnt get to do the jump off :(
and am so annoyed with my self

mioni midi maxi worst riding ever

Faberge — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:56:59 GMT

Me and marble did our first competion and his first ever :D we only did 2 courses ever before this and only been in a indoor once so i was extremley nevious (i still have slight issues with my nerves but its all better) which effected us a lot

well i was more scared about how he would be in the warm up arena as only ever hunted he got a little excited but was AMAZING

when we went in the arena (i did the midi which is 75cm) we went a tiny bit fast and because i was nevious i fought him and couldnt see a stride and marble tought the fences were WAY too small :D so we had loads of knocks and one run out all my fault however im so proud of him there were 4 tractours with hay on them going by and he didnt even blink

so im very proud of him and annoyed with my self

Practise at Church Farm

Tally Ho — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:33:56 GMT

There's no show for Katies' novice this weekend, so we took him to a local venue which we hired. So far, he's only really jumped indoors, but he gave us a BIG surprise - Look at him jumping these fences which were all around 90cms which is all he is really up to jumping at the moment :)

EEEEEEEEEK

lexipuppy — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:36:31 GMT

guys i'm in a flap :blink:

i have a jumping session with marion pretty soon and i promised her i would put the jump up one whole hole to make my jumps 3ft.

but i'm terrified :blink: the jump can be up but i always chicken out on the last three strides and pull up which in turn encourages otto to refuse :( i was jumping a massive height with him until i had a stunt rider trial involentry :( now put anything above 2ft9 and i poop myself not literally!

i know that once i have gone over it once i'll be begging for more :laugh:
any tips for banishing the fear????

someone told me to close my eyes and hope for the best and someone else suggested singing on my way up to the jump :laugh:

anyothe tips as i dont like the sound of either of those XD

JRC Competition Easter Monday

Jersey Girl — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:29:17 GMT

Show time tomorrow and my frist Jersey Riding Club even since last November, over winter it's all x jump and x country which is a bit beyound me and bob (but hopefully not next year).

Well I was entered for just poles which wasn't all that exciting as we have done them about three times already. But I have managed to scrape a lesson sunday night for some small jumps.

If it all goes well I will attempt the ascending poles. This is a course of 9 fences with one double starting as cross poles of about 30 ascending slowly to an upright at the end of 50.

If you all remember last June I tried this class stopped then cat lept the first fence and exited over the shoulder!

It can only be better this time I'm sure :)

So near, and yet so far...

Tally Ho — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:38:41 GMT

Yesterday we went to a show so Katie could jump her youngster round the British Novice.

She had the LAST fence down in the jump-off with the fastest time up until then.

Damn, damn, damn

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Jumping lessons re starting

Jersey Girl — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:15:26 GMT

Has a lesson last night and my instructor says we can start jumping next week :D

This is a real compliment from him as he likes you to perfect something before you can move on. Not saying I''m perfect but I must be walking trotting beding and doing nice enough shaped circles forward going enough for him to say this :)

I can't wait!