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M O L LY M C I L Q U H A M
HORSE JUDGINGWESTERN PLEASURE
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CORRECT REIN HOLD
• With split reins hold with index finger on the inside of reins.• With Romel reins hold
it like an ice cream cone in one hand and with the other holding the extra.
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FUNCTIONAL CORRECTNESS
• The most important things that the judge will be looking for are• Having the correct leads• Not breaking gait• Actually doing the correct gait• Cant- loping diagonally down the rail• Twog – lope in the front trot in the back
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MANNER AND ATTITUDE
• Pleasant, alert, ears forward, not wringing tail.• Not irritated, ill or
angry.
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CONSISTENCY
• Frame• Not behind the vertical• Slightly in front of vertical• Poll or ears are even with
withers• Even speed throughout
each gait
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BROKE
• Walk • Rythmical• Light contact,
shanks not moved
• Jog• 2 beat• Collected • Soft
• Lope • 3 beats • Collected• Looks easy not
forced to be slow• No cant!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEO-19PWilE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS2ecubFbAE
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QUALITY OF MOVEMENT
• Free flowing stride• Collection • Drive from the
hock• Even strides
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Any Questions?