Re: RC: Why don't riders like to be judged?

[Lynn Kinsky <lkinsky@silcom.com>]

>Jim,
>It's not that I mind being judged.  When our club was giving horsemanship
>awards
>(and also "best trail horse" awards), they were interesting and I liked seeing
>the judge's comments because it did help me learn.  I just feel, as do all
>of the
>other riders in my club who I've talked to about it -- our club sanctions both
>CTR and endurance-- that it should be separate from the horse's score!   I
>want
>my horse judged on his condition, not how well we can do what someone
>thinks we
>should.
>Mickie
>

Where did you ever get the idea that horse scores were tied to horsemanship
scores?!  You and the horse are separately in competition and two sets of
awards are given out. (My horses frequently place higher than I do!)

Some vet judges (generally from the East or SE) have tended to judge more
obstacles than I think they should (here in California most of our rides
are tough enough to sort out the horses just on condition alone), but that
is the *vet* judging the *horse*,  and a maximum of 15 points are at stake.
Has nothing to do with the *horsemanship judge* judging *the rider*.

Try checking out http://natrc.trailriding.com/rulebk.html to see what the
reality is.

Lynn Kinsky (Santa Ynez, CA)
http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky



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