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Good Enough For local halter?

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I wanted to show my gelding in local halter classes, does he have good enough conformation?
 

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For local level? Heck yeah. In a breed show I think he'd probably get eaten alive, just because he's built more like a riding horse, but local level. Yes. Also if you do English, I forget the name of the class? Grooming and showmanship? Is that it?

And in breed shows you could do that performance halter if he's qualified.
 
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For local level? Heck yeah. In a breed show I think he'd probably get eaten alive, just because he's built more like a riding horse, but local level. Yes.
I agree with this. If you're interested in halter, just give it a try. At the local level it all comes down to what your local competition is and who enters. I've seen local shows with classes that had a lot of competitive horses in them, and classes where there were only 2-3 locals that were truly competitive and would always take the top spots (their order depending on the judge that day). Until you try or at least watch a few shows, you won't know what your local competition is and you can see first hand which horses place well.

As for your boy, he's very nice looking, but would really need to bulk up for stock halter. Compare to our halter mare who always did very well in local shows.



If you don't want to bulk up your boy, showmanship class would be a good class to try also as others have mentioned.
 
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Go for showmanship. Turnout,his and yours and knowing how to present him. Amy is very good at this, she put Star in the ribbons and you know what Star used to look like, Amy has her trophy for Champion Pony Mare.She can teach you .
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Fatten him up and see what happens....

Your title made me smile a little. like a lot of places in this country 4H is a big deal around here, and the horse arena used to be very competitive, with several families around showing on the national circuit in their chosen "game". My wifes family used to be very competitive in halter and western pleasure in the App circuit.

One year there were like 18 entries in the halter class, and of those 18 horses I believe 11 of them had placed or won at a national level, and all of those kids were kind of buying each other up about it. When the ribbons were handed out at the end of the class, only 1 of those horses took a ribbon, and it didn't win.

I guess my point is, anything can be competitive on a local circuit, it really is about what the judge likes.

Jim
 
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