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Post by newbie on Feb 11, 2014 18:05:43 GMT -1
Is it possible to show a reg dales who is over height? Will they be completely discounted or just marked down?
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Post by harveydales on Feb 11, 2014 20:01:39 GMT -1
I'm not a showing person but I asked this when I first got Harvey, who is 15hh. I was told it is perfectly OK to show an over-height dales and there are several bigger Dales Ponies who have done well in the showing world. If his action and other attributes were good then he could do well. If he were against a similar but smaller pony, then, of course, he would lose out. I do think personal opinions of different judges come into it but they shouldn't be totally discounted. I'll leave more detailed answers to the showing people on here.
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Post by valerie n scout on Feb 12, 2014 9:27:55 GMT -1
My old Dales was a biggie and some of the judges loved him x
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Post by heathera on Feb 14, 2014 8:59:43 GMT -1
I took two Dales to a judge training day as the sample ponies. The DPS judge said that one that was over the preferred height but with good action and conformation should be placed above smaller ponies who had poor action or conformation. With Dales there's not really an 'officially over height' as there's simply a preferred range but some judges seem to view anything over 14.2hh as something that shouldn't be in the ring and will place you last regardless.
As with everything else about showing so much depends on the individual judges that you could win one day and be last the next.
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Post by colmworthdales on Feb 14, 2014 17:27:53 GMT -1
My old mare is definitely over-height, but qualified for Ponies UK one year where she was 5th out of about 10 in the ring! I was told that it is counted as a confirmation fault but a lot of judges do not bother much. After all, look at the huge Connemaras you see in the ring these days. And the Shires/Clydesdales which are much too big for traditional harness!
It is what happens with ponies that are brought down from their native rough high pastures and fed good food and warm stables, so they do tend to grow more.
After all, most people are also getting bigger so we need bigger 'osses!
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Post by newbie on Feb 15, 2014 7:21:00 GMT -1
Thank you all, your responses are very helpful.
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