Evaluate these aged mares' conformation and place them in your order of preference. Then see how your choices compare with an expert horse judge's.
This illustrated publication includes the following topics: horse anatomy, unsoundnesses and blemishes; halter horse judging, descriptions and regulations for the different horse breeds; judging the performance horse including: pleasure, halter showmanship, stock seat and English equitation, Western and English riding, and the reining class; completing the placing card; oral reasons; and contest regulations and scoring.
Get the ins and outs of conformation from a horse-judging expert, so you can learn to ‘see’ a horse like a pro and master judging jargon once and for all.
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Evaluate the conformation of these reining-bred long yearlings and place them in your order of preference. Then see how your choices compare with our expert judge's.
Evaluate and place these aged Quarter-type geldings in your order of preference. Then see how your choices compare to our expert judge's.
Get the ins and outs of conformation from a horse-judging expert, so you can learn to ‘see’ a horse like a pro and master judging jargon once and for all.
Evaluate and place these aged Arabian mares in your order of preference. Then see how your choices compare to our expert judge's.
A little geometry goes a long way in training your current horse or shopping for your next.
A horse expert shares tack and riding details for authors of fantasy.
I found this video on YouTube, hope you learn something about judging cattle from it. Beef is the easiest thing to judge for me. When judging cattle you want to look for muscle, volume, and structural correctness. When I come up to the class I first want to look at the animals from behind and place them in my mind according to how they look. Then I start working my way forward, looking at all the traits that make a good animal. After I have looked at the cattle (steer, heifer, bull) thoroughly, I find my top and bottom animals or the top and bottom pairs. After I found my easy pairs, I start to go into more advanced judging looking at less important traits or obvious structural flaws. When you know the parts of the animal it's easier to do reasons and placings. This is what you want to look for in a steer. Here are some basic steer terms. Above is a lite muscled steer .
AQHA judge Holly Hover gives her opinion on how exhibitors can step up their game in showmanship, horsemanship and equitation.
Place these Thoroughbreds in your order of preference. Then go to page 29 in the July 2009 issue of Practical Horseman magazine to see how your choices compare to sporthorse judge Julie Winkel's.
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