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 I Chore in Chucks
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Location: MD | I'm incredibly bored with barrel racing and am interested in starting one of mine in halter. Only local stuff, and not really trying to be super competitive, just give our best. I want something new to do, something I've never done before, so is there anyone in this board that has halter experience, books or tips? I'm trying to get this going for the winter and give us something to do. I'm literally clueless when it comes to a non riding class! |
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Location: Kansas | Denny Hasset has a book
Ted Turner has a DVD
Both are older, but the basics still apply |
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| I showed at halter and loved it. Have the horse fit but carrying some extra weight. Hair coat shining brightly is another big to do. The books that have been recommended will be a big help. Teach the horse to square up quickly and NOT MOVE. Have fun. |
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| Mare in my profile picture is a winning halter mare. What kind of halter are you thinking/do you have around there? Performance halter is different than regular halter, and ranch halter is different than both of those. My mare does best in Ranch, then Performance, then Regular (not post legged enough for regular halter).
Halter is solely based on the horse. You want them to be set up in a way that best shows their conformation.
A few of my small tricks in the pen. I put her front feet wider than her back because she likes to toe in just a touch, and that makes it less noticeable. I also will usually push a bit of dirt in front of her front feet to hide the bottoms since her feet are a bit ugly. I have a peppermint wrapper in my hand and rattle it to perk their ears up (judges like to see that). I do not cut her mane any more because she has such a pretty mane, but unless it's long and curly or SUPER straight, you need to cut and band their mane. Ranch horse prefers long manes. Do not let them ever relax in the show pen. Also you want to put them on a good coat supplement, and muscle builder, they want to see big muscles and a shiny coat. We bathe and use our secret weapon, Silverado Coat Gloss, once a week, as well as apply the gloss anytime they get hosed off. We use Showsheen before going in the pen and baby oil on their mouth and around their eyes. Paint their hooves black (Mine is a Paint with striped hooves, so you are not supposed to paint their hooves, however, at local shows we will since she looks like a Quarter Horse).
That's all the tips I can think of off the top of my head, but feel free to ask questions. |
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Elite Veteran
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Location: Mountains of VA | My opinion of halter classes is completely negative. Most of the horses I have seen shown in halter classes are "hot house" horses that are pig fat and lame. All geldings, mares and stallions have to be shown in lip chains because they never see the light of day, wear 3 layers of blankets and are fed out the a**. The winners seem to be the horses that are extremely straight through all their joints front and back. Certainly not a horse that you would want to ride and train into performance disciplines.
Just say no to halter classes.
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I just read the headlines
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| You might want to look into Showmanship. It looks more fun than just plain old halter. I have a friend that does showmanship. She loves it. |
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Miracle in the Making
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| halter really boring go sorting or ranch riding |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | When I got pregant with my second son I turned my barrel horse into a halter horse, I had a blast with showing halter, me and a close friend hit all the open shows that we could find, she did speed events and I showed halter. And my barrel horse did very well, I would not trade those times for nothing.
Edited by Southtxponygirl 2015-12-12 6:26 PM
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Location: Gainesville, TX | Just show performance halter. I had a blast with My weanling. |
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Intro to halter classes