People who present horses (Of any breed) in hand....?
Can you answer these questions? With pictures if you can? (If you present multiple breeds, do it per breed) If you do not present a certain breed but rather a certain type (I.E- Hunter) then that works as well.
1. What breed/type you present
2. What discipline this animal will likely be competing in (If the halter classes you show in are all the horses do, just say so)
3. How the horse should stand (Pictures would be wonderful)
4. How he should be turned out. (Mane long and natural, pulled, banded, trimmed, braided? Horse body clipped, muzzle trimmed, or left natural? Mineral oil and hoof shine? Roaching the mane at all? Ribbons, tack, ect?)
5. What, under no circumstances, should NEVER be done when showing that breed/type of horse in hand.
6. What is ideal for that breed/type, that you want to exaggerate. (Example: In many Hunter in hand classes they seem to like horses that are built slightly downhill, so one would probably try to avoid setting up their horse on a slight uphill slope if possible)
Thanks! I'm thinking I'm going to try to go for my USPC H-A test next year, and part of that is that we are given a horse off of pasture and have to present it as if for sale, as appropriate for the breed or type. We also have to ride it if applicable. (So, praying I get an unbroke 3 year old!) So if you get a Saddlebred, well, you better make it look like a Saddlebred, even if you have only ridden/shown Warmbloods.