2019 Colt Starting Competition
This year we are excited to be continuing with a Colt Starting Competition. It was such a great event in 2018 and so many people have asked to see it again. In 2019 we will have 3 new competitors who will compete to get a young almost unhandled horse started under saddle. In just 3 short, 2 hour, sessions over 3 days.
The Rules
General Rules
Judging
The event will be judged on the approach the competitors took to training the horse and how easy/hard it was to follow their program.
While credit will be given for how far a competitor progresses with the horse, equal weight will be given to how well a competitor is able to communicate why and how they trained their horse the way they did.
- Safety to the horse will always apply at all times.
- Safety to the Contestant will always apply at all times.
- Any abuse of the horse being started will not be tolerated. Any trainer abusing or harming a horse will be disqualified.
- A dolly horse maybe used.
- Sessions will be 2 hrs long and trainers must take at least 20minutes of breaks within the session. Breaks can be of any duration as long as the total of break time adds up to 20 minutes in total. During the break the trainer must completely stop working the horse and preferably leave the pen.
- Trainers must be able explain to the judges/spectators how they approached the training of the horse and why any action they took was necessary.They will be given the opportunity at times throughout each session to explain what and why they are doing certain things and their basic program for starting young horses.
Judging
The event will be judged on the approach the competitors took to training the horse and how easy/hard it was to follow their program.
While credit will be given for how far a competitor progresses with the horse, equal weight will be given to how well a competitor is able to communicate why and how they trained their horse the way they did.
