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Location: Louisiana | Southtxponygirl - 2018-05-03 9:21 AM
slacy09 - 2018-05-02 6:59 PM IRunOnFaith - 2018-05-02 4:50 PM Southtxponygirl - 2018-05-02 4:30 PM slacy09 - 2018-05-02 4:16 PM Thanks for all the replys. I did not realize that was how they were prepped for show. My boys showed two of our performance horses in county and now want to show them in district. I thought we'd get them looking a little more like show horses but no thank you. Not like that!! Is this for 4-H?
Just make sure your horses are really cleaned up, clean jaw lines ears bridle paths, the judges look for all that... Now if you were showing in a AQHA halter classs then I dont think your 4-H horses were have a chance unless its a true halter horse with the bulk, lol..
When I was a kido in 4-H we had a blast showing our speed event horses in halter and my horses always did very well against the real bulky ones. My horses were muscle hard and the halter horses were always puggy looking. But it was fun and had a blast, awww the good old days were so fun when I was a kid..LOL.. Hope your kidos have fun with what they are doing..
I agree. It's 4-H, just clean them up real good, and find someone who knows the basics to show your boys. My mom contacted a lady that just let us drive out to her barn and in 10 minutes she showed me very simple things to help me not look like I was lost. | |
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 My Heart Be Happy
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Location: Arkansas | wyoming barrel racer - 2018-05-03 8:11 AM
oh you can prep them for 4h easy enough and usually still do well. I cleaned house at county fair every year with 3 horses, but lost to the real halter horses at state.
When Chandler was 8, he took a cutting horse and won the youth registered gelding. Then won overall reserve grand champion. He was clueless---Junior is just an awesome equine!!! It was the first thing he won with a horse, and boy was I a proud momma. | |
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Location: Smack Dab in the Middle | txbredbr - 2018-05-03 9:19 AM
I have known one person, personally, (that I knew of) that showed halter. I asked her one question - how they build the topline. She said "lots of backing."
Kind of different than the comments I'm reading, here.
Yep. I grew up with halter horses. My uncle (whom was more of a grandfather role) was an ApHC hall of fame halter horse breeder and he showed his own and for others. House full of National World Champion trophies from both ApHC and AQHA. He did use a lot of Impressive blood in his program (before Impressive was taboo) and stood two son's, one an App world champ that he raised, and the other a QH world champ that he purchased.
He fed the dickens out of them. Lots of grain, and he fed alfalfa either 4 or 5 times a day. He lunged 15-20 mins a day in a deep deep sand round pen, depending on the horse, and he did actually allow each of them about an hour of free play in his front pen of grass each day. After lunging he backed them a lot (I do not recall the time or distance) and they spent a fair amount of time in sweats. They were bathed regularly and rubber curried then vacuumed daily.
The best one that we ever had at our house was a son of the appy son of Impressive, HYPP H/H unfortunately, but my mom followed his program and protocol except for the vacuuming because we didn't have one. But that colt won the open futurity at the Denver Nat'l Stock Show, and just about everything else that he could show in...except he never did win the world or Nat'l show :( Just reserve and lots of top 3 and 5 finishes. He was the coolest horse, but HYPP claimed him and a sister and we have never owned one again.
Edited by RockinGR 2018-05-04 11:46 AM
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Chandler's Mom - 2018-05-03 7:16 PM wyoming barrel racer - 2018-05-03 8:11 AM oh you can prep them for 4h easy enough and usually still do well. I cleaned house at county fair every year with 3 horses, but lost to the real halter horses at state. When Chandler was 8, he took a cutting horse and won the youth registered gelding. Then won overall reserve grand champion. He was clueless---Junior is just an awesome equine!!! It was the first thing he won with a horse, and boy was I a proud momma.
Love that! My son's first year of 4H was last year. I had zero help as a kid so everything I won was all me. I struggled though but asked a lot of questions. Colt won 1st Year Showmanship with his horse and pigs. I made him watch videos, practive and groom both pigs and horses a lot. He hated it at times, but learned it was so worth it at the end. He worked so hard with his horse Tucker and we kept him covered in a UV sheet about 60 days before fair. Keeping sweat and the sun off a coat is half the battle. | |
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My Heart Be Happy
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Location: Arkansas | wyoming barrel racer - 2018-05-05 1:34 PM
Chandler's Mom - 2018-05-03 7:16 PM wyoming barrel racer - 2018-05-03 8:11 AM oh you can prep them for 4h easy enough and usually still do well. I cleaned house at county fair every year with 3 horses, but lost to the real halter horses at state. When Chandler was 8, he took a cutting horse and won the youth registered gelding. Then won overall reserve grand champion. He was clueless---Junior is just an awesome equine!!! It was the first thing he won with a horse, and boy was I a proud momma.
Our fair is small, but there was a certain faction that was very irritated C did so well. We borrowed the horse from our close friends that have very nice cutting horses, and the director of the event didn't like Becky---so there were comments made. About an 8 year old winning his first little check, ribbon, trophy, and buckle (which he proudly wore not too terribly long ago!!!). Chan might not have been the best showman, but I ASSURE you the best horse won!!!! He's a red roan with conformation out the wazoo, and he took perfect care of/acted perfectly for a nervous little boy. Who just happened to be going thru the most heartbreaking time of his life up to that point because of his parents' nasty divorce. So I was beyond proud of my baby and his beautiful borrowed horse.
I think there's nothing more special than a boy (or girl) and his (or her) horse. . . . I know I'm off subject---sorry y'all.
(Colt has an awesome momma  )
Edited by Chandler's Mom 2018-05-05 10:07 PM
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