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Judging Hunter Under Saddle

Judging Hunter Under Saddle. Hunter Under Saddle. A popular show event Used to be called Bridle Path Hack English Pleasure Similar to Western Pleasure ONLY in that the horses should be a pleasure to ride. Hunter Under Saddle. SUITABLE to purpose follow hounds cross country

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Judging Hunter Under Saddle

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  1. Judging Hunter Under Saddle

  2. Hunter Under Saddle • A popular show event • Used to be called • Bridle Path Hack • English Pleasure • Similar to Western Pleasure ONLY in that the horses should be a pleasure to ride

  3. Hunter Under Saddle • SUITABLE to purpose • follow hounds cross country • Preliminary class for English riding disciplines

  4. Hunter Under Saddle • Contestants compete simultaneously • Travel around the perimeter of the arena • Walk, trot and canter • Both directions of the arena.

  5. Criteria used to evaluate performance horses • Functional correctness • Quality of movement • Attitude and Manners • Head set and Head carriage

  6. Functional correctness • Follows the rules! • Horse picks up and maintains proper gait • Each gait is correct and true • Proper upward and downward transitions • Maintaining a proper rate of speed • Soundness

  7. Quality of Movement • Gaits must be performed with proper cadence and balance • Softness • Horse maintains a level top line • Horse maintains a collected frame

  8. Attitude and Manners • Ask the question: Which horse is the steadiest, brokest, most consistent horse in the class? • Attitude and temperament • Prompt response with no resistance

  9. Head set and Head carriage • Must be in front of the vertical • Must be level with the withers

  10. A good hunter… • Long, low strides • reaches forward smoothly • lengthens • relaxed, free-flowing movement • correctness in gaits • cadence

  11. A good hunter… • obedient • bright expression • alert ears • responsive to light hand/leg contact

  12. A good hunter… • responsive and smooth in transitions • extend in same flowing motion • poll level with or slightly above withers • face slightly in front of or on the vertical

  13. Terminology: the Walk • Natural, flat footed, four beat gait • Moves straight and true at walk • Alert • Stride of reasonable length in keeping with size of horse • LOSS OF FORWARD RHYTMIC MOVEMENT SHALL BE PENALIZED

  14. Terminology: the Trot • Two beat gait • long • low • ground covering • cadenced • balanced

  15. Terminology: the Trot • Smoothness is more essential than speed • Knees should remain relatively flat • knees exhibit minimal flexion • SHORT, QUICK STRIDES AND EXTREME SPEED SHALL BE PENALIZED • definite lengthening during extension

  16. Terminology: the Canter • Three beat gait • smooth • free moving • relaxed • straight • long • low • ground covering

  17. Terminology: the Hand Gallop • definite lengthening of the stride • noticeable difference in speed • horse under control • hand gallop to halt in smooth, balanced manner

  18. Faults to be scored according to severity • Quick, short, vertical strides • Wrong lead • Wrong diagonal • Breaking gait

  19. Faults to be scored according to severity • Excessive speed • Excessive slowness • Failure to take the appropriate gait when called for

  20. Faults to be scored according to severity • Head carried too high • Head carried too low • Over-flexing, straining neck with nose behind vertical • Excessive nosing out

  21. Faults to be scored according to severity • Failure to maintain light contact with horse’s mouth • Stumbling • Sullen, dull, lethargic, emaciated, drawn, overly tired • Tail: excessive movement/dead “tail”

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