Is it true that if you have or are riding a paint In English shows that you may get docked marked because. Your horse is a paint. Like I have a welsh paint and she is a really good at jumping but will be judged differently because of her markings. Isn't that rasist
just so you know there is no such thing as a welsh paint. it would be a welsh pinto. paint is a breed, pinto is the markings. and it can't be racist because we aren't talking about races.
typically, in the hunter world, horses with color used to be marked down because they were flashyer and not considered a hunter type. we are seeing a change in that now a days, recently a sorrel won HUS at Congress, and its usually bays or blacks or chestnuts that win. in a jumping class that is timed you wont get marked down, but in a hunter class you may. it just depends on the judge you get. they are allowed to do that because it is opinion. sorry, but its true: (
Not so many years ago a paint horse was frowned upon and very few people would actually have them for riding and, certainly not for (fox) hunting.
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Now things have changed and coloured horses are accepted and there are many classes for them.
In most native breeds and the Welsh is one of them, coloured horses are not allowed to be registered.
You will rarely, at top shows, see a coloured horse in the hunter classes although a few are entering and doing well in Cob classes.
Coloured are accepted in Working Hunter Pony classes I cannot say that I have seen any win big working hunter classes but I am not that up to date with showing in the UK.
It is all a matter of a judge's opinion. If you have two horses that are conformationally correct and there is nothing to choose between them then they are going to look for which one they personally prefer.
The answer is yes-for SOME judges and more so in certain disciplines than others.
For example, at a local show where stock breeds (including Paints and Appys) are more common, this is generally less of an issue. It comes up as more of an issue in the higher levels of hunters, where loud-colored horses are generally an oddity and some judges will view them as not fitting in with the very "traditional" image of hunters (as back in the old days fox hunting in England most horses were solid bay, chestnut, or gray). An unfair judge may ignore you or place you lower because of this, but with a fair judge horse color should not come into play unless literally everything else about the round, the equitation, turnout, behavior of the ponies, etc. were equal.
pets question and answers,www.5d2d.com However, you said you have a pony, and in my experience color has somewhat less of an impact in the pony hunters because loud/unusual colors are a bit more common.
In jumpers, this would have no impact on your score as it is based solely upon time and faults.
It really depends on the show and the judge. Some prefer paints to thoroughbreds while others like arabians over quarter horses. Some judges also prefer really flashy appys or paints over the solid ones. It just really depends, sure they are supposed to judge "unbiased" but of course they will always have their own preferences. Best you can do is to do your best and practice as hard as you can to be the best you can be.
They might it all depends on the judge.
They aren't marking down as much as they used to, and I rarely see it done.
No its not racist as racist is a term for humans not for animals. It is the personal preference of the judge and like it or not they are the ones that determine the scores
It depends. I let a girl use my mare for a AA level schooling show. My mare is a 15h sorrel overo with roaning.
pets question and answers,www.5d2d.com She completed the crossrail course and actually jumped the crossrails instead of trotting over them (like several horses did), caught her correct diagonals and kept a nice headset. I thought she did a good job. Same with her flat classes. Nice gaits, correct diagonals, etc.
A cute type pony that refused a jump placed ahead of her .... Then TB's that were all strung out and not collected placed ahead of her in the flat classes.
The second day she placed a lot better with a different judge and the same level of performance.
Some judges are going to discriminate, some aren't. Especially with schooling shows.
It's why I like timed events. The timer doesn't lie.
Its depends on what the judge likes, if a judge prefers grey to bays and theres 3 greys then you won't getplaced etc. Every judge if different
Also unless it's a set breed class then the judge just chooses the one they think has a nice face, good conformation and ticks all there boxes, its not racist its just like saying "I like brown labradors but I don't like black shih tzus "
pets question and answers,www.5d2d.com Also - if your talking about SHOWjumping your only marked on the way you jumped the round not how you and your horse looks (but its nice to make them pretty: 3)
