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Getting Started
Choosing Your Discipline
Getting Your Horse a Passport
Taking the Perfect Passport Photo
How Jumpers Are Scored
Providing Proof of Ownership for a Passport
Hunter Braids
Jumper Braids
Hunter Divisions
Jumper Divisions
Equitation Divisions
Shiny Horses
Turning Your Horse Out for the Hunter Ring
Hunter Pads: Good and Bad
Turning Your Horse Out for the Jumper Ring
What to Wear: Hunter Rider Edition
What to Wear: Jumper Rider Edition
Bits
Trimming
Recommended Reading
What to Pack: Stabling at the Show
Lunging at the Show
Warm-Up Ring Etiquette
Jumper Tack: Belly Pad
Hunter Under Saddle: Class Procedure
Hunter Tack: Standing Martingale
Entering and Exiting the Hunter Ring
Jumper Tack: Figure-Eight Noseband
The Hack Division
Stabling Etiquette
Filling Out Your Entry Form
Adding and Scratching
Tent Stalls: Flaps in the Rain
Amateur Status
Tent Stalls: Rolling Up the Flaps
Elimination for Disobediences
Memorizing Jumper Courses
How to Befriend the Show Office Staff
Memorizing Hunter Courses
Jumper Tack: Martingales
Walking the Lines
The Order of Go
Option Jumps
Clipping
Trouble at the Ingate
Warm-Up Jumps
Your Ringside Kit
Bath Time
Hay and Shavings
Jumper Course Diagrams
Grooming for Yourself
On-Site Farrier
Using Studs
Hunter Tack: Cavesson Noseband
Jumper Tack: Hackamores
Hay and Shavings: How Much Do You Need?
Getting White Socks Their Whitest
The Muck Heap
Permitted Medications
Voluntary Withdrawal
Starting Your Jumper Course
Entering Flat Classes Only
Jumper Boots
Hunter Striding
Banging the Tail
Numbers Worn on the Saddle Pad
Hunter Tails
Numbers Worn on the Back
Jogging for Ribbons
Hunter Tack: Reins
Jumper Tack: Reins
Tack Boxes
Bling
What Happens if I go Off Course?
Trainer Conflicts
What Happens if I Fall Off?
What Constitutes a Knock-Down?
Recommended Reading #2
What Happens if a Jump Blows Down?
Handy Hunter
Keeping a Clean Horse From Rolling
The Mini Prix
Hunter Braiding: Choosing a Yarn Colour
What to Wear to Your First Show (Rider)
Champions and Reserve Champions
Why Fake Tails Are Used
FAQ, Part 1
FAQ, Part 2
Something to Watch
FAQ, Part 3
What Happens if I Fall Off Right After the Bell?
FAQ, Part 4
FAQ, Part 5
How to Adjust a Standing Martingale
Hunter Hair Explained
Victory Gallop Etiquette
Pre-Ordering Hay and Shavings
When Bad Weather Hits
How to Jog
FAQ, Part 6
FAQ, Part 7
Spurs
Jumper Medal Tack Restrictions
Turnout Critique #1
Should You Show Without a Coach?
Something to Watch, Part Two
Hunter Jumps
Jumper Jumps
Natural Obstacles
Turnout Critique #2
Turnout Critique #3
Turnout Critique #4
Hunter Derbies
Turnout Critique #5
Equine Medications Resources
Turnout Critique #6
Foolproof Jumper Braids
Natural Obstacles: The Grob
Crossing Over Into Dressage
FAQ, Part 8
Turnout Critique #7
Turnout Critique #8
Turnout Critique #9
Turnout Critique #10
How to Hang a Hay Net
How to Dress for a Jumping Clinic
Where to Find Shaped Pads That Fit
Ideal Weight for Jumping Horses
Field Boot Quality
Fitting Open-Front Boots
Turnout Critique #11
FAQ, Part 9
Tape on Jumper Warm-Up Standards
A Heads Up for US Equitation Riders, Stirrup Rule Change
Estimating the Wait Time Before You Will Compete
Tried, It's True! #1
FAQ, Part 10
What to Wear: Men's Edition
How to Find a Braider
How to Open/Close Your Account
Studs 101
Tried, It's True! #2
FAQ, Part 11
How to Quickly Set Warm-Up Jumps
Giveaway Time, Courtesy of Dream Horse Studios!
Why Hunters and Jumpers Don't Have Ride Times
Stabling vs. Shipping In
FAQ, Part 12
Is Your Bridle Really Clean?
Turnout Critique #12
Equitation Stirrup Rule Update
Turnout Critique #13
Hair Net Choices
Young Horse Boots
Review: Equine Omega Complete
Fixing an Equine Bad Hair Day
Turnout Critique #14
Bitting Arrangements
Turnout Critique #15
FAQ, Part 13
Quick Equipment Fixes
Turnout Critique #16
Video Roundup
Grooming the Sensitive Horse
How to Fix a Squeaky Bit
Fix a Broken Halter Chin Strap
FAQ, Part 14
Unusual Tack: The Waterford Bit
Review: Making the Running
What is a Medal Class?
Unusual Tack: The Bib Martingale
Review: The Horse is Never Wrong
Judges' Answers to Pony Questions
Turnout Critique #17
Coloured Jackets in the Hunter Ring
Review: Fortune's Fool
How to Attach a Lead Shank to the Bit
Cannon Crud
Equine Nutrition Interview, Part 1
Equine Nutrition Interview, Part 2
Review: Touch of Gold
How to Fold Back a Quarter Sheet
Review: Chasing the Wind
How to Fold a Sheet
Going First
Great blog, so informative! Perfect to read through before my first hunter show! Thanks so much for putting this together :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, please let me know if there's anything you'd like to read about that you don't see here!
DeleteThank you, thank you, thank you! Rookie mom with young daughter starting to show in a schooling circuit soon - this blog has given me my sanity back. Thank you for not assuming the reader already understands the basics of riding/showing/horsemanship and for explaining what is appropriate for the schooling show level. I now feel armed with a basic understanding of how to prepare and what to expect. Many thanks!!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome! Please feel free to suggest any topics that you would like to read about in the future.
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ReplyDeleteCould I request a post on seeing distances? Everyone says it takes show miles. Is there anything else you can do to work on this? any tips?? what do you do if your coming up to a jump and just don't see a distance? I always hear " the last stride is the horses", don't pick, ect ect. So if you cant see a distance what do you do? For me, sometimes its there and sometimes it's not, but I can differentiate a reasoning for the when it's not moments and what I am doing different.
Thank you!
DeleteI compete as an amateur and make no claims of being a professional trainer, so I do avoid giving training tips in my blog posts.
From one amateur to another, I can tell you that rhythm, straightness, and having the horse in front of your leg are so important when it comes to distances. If you have those factors you can make a good jump happen and the distances will naturally become more consistent.
If you've reached a distance that is less than perfect, giving your horse the freedom to use his neck and body to get himself over the jump is generally better than the natural reaction of trying to physically hold the horse off the jump yourself.
Lots of cantering over poles on the ground is an easy way to develop an eye for distances without over-jumping your horse!
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