Can i go in a horse show?

i only did trot and walk in my weekly lessons. i cantered twice. i never did any kind of jumps. i went to lessons for half and hour a week. its been a year. i do pretty good. i have the riding clothes and boots. i am 11. i need 1 around MA. would i need anything else?

Can i go in a horse show?
Do you have a horse? You can go and enter in the walk trot classes, the halter classes, the showmanship classes.





Find a local riding club to get involved with. They should offer lots of help and information.





Good luck!





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Sorry hun, you can't show up at a show and rent a horse. If you are taking lessons at a barn, they may have a horse you can use. But it's not something you can just show up and pay to ride the horses there.
Reply:Check your area to see if there is a local 4-H horse club. Their members are all between the ages of 8-19, and they offer beginner classes. Plus you'll meet a lot of horse people in your area that are in your age group. I showed 4-H growing up and it was one of the best experiences of my life. A lot of the adults you meet in 4-H are skilled horsepeople that are willing to provide you with pointers on all aspects of horsemanship - training, riding, horse care, etc.





They may also lend you a horse or work out a way that you can get your own! ; )
Reply:Maybe where ever you take lessons...you could use the lesson horse...maybe pay to show the horse. i am only 12 and i started showing walk-trot last year...now i show walk, trot and canter... OF COURSE YOU CAN SHOW!! there is no age limit...and if you can find a horse to use...if you show western go in a 11 %26amp; over walk-trot class or if you ride hunter or english just go in hunter pleasure walk-trot...or just Open 11 %26amp; over walk-trot...im not sure how shows run there cause i live in Missouri. So ask the person that gives you lessons what is right for you!! Hope I helped!!
Reply:You really might want to wait unless it is a show given by the schooling barn you ride at. Other wise you will probably not even be able to use the horse and also horses get very excited when they are taken off property, trailering will be very difficult with as little experience as you have and you will also need the tack, grooming supplies, any boots needed for the horse as well as a lot more knowledge. I am a competetor who has been riding for 8 years and I didnt do any shows unless they were given by the schooling barn I used to ride at until I left there after 5 years of riding and leased a horse. Schooling barns dont supply you with the knowledge you need as well as the experience of handling an excited out of control horse. Riding is the most dangerous sport because it is the only one where the equipment thinks for itself and sometimes thats a very bad thing, horses are irrational when nervous, excited or fresh, if the horse has not been to wherever the show is before than it will be all of the above, You should really wait a while and consider joining an international organisation called Pony Club. It sounds like its pathetic and for little kids however people in the olympics are frequently graduates of USPC. Go to uspc.org and find the one in your area. Best of luck.
Reply:heck yeah! I started showing at the walk and if it is at your stable then they will let u use a schooling horse.
Reply:If you're taking riding lessons, then talk to your trainer about using one of the lesson horses in a little "training show" in your area that you can possibly show in a "walk, trot" class. It's tough when you don't have your own horse, but not impossible. If this is something you want to do, then set your mind to it and make it happen! Good luck!
Reply:you can google it otherwise i love 2 barrel race and jump! So you have jodpers, boots, shirt, and jacket? You can also do dresseage i think :-)
Reply:Have you heard about schooling shows? This is how I started out with showing, and it improved my riding for the better! Whether you ride english or western, try entering one of these schooling shows! They usually have cheap entry fees and you can enter the beginner or intermediate flat class division. The judges will give you pointers on how to improve your position and such, so you know what to work on next time! If you stick with these shows, you may move up in the divisions as you get better. So maybe you'll start out in walk and trot divisions and eventually work up to cantering in intermediate and doing other things in advanced. Try these shows before you enter anything big or presitigious. Talk to your instructor or people at the barn where you ride, as they may too compete at these schooling shows or tell you about them and where to go. Good luck! You may also want to continue taking lessons while you do these shows because when you ride in them, your instructor may watch and in the next lesson you may tell her what the judge said to improve on. That way, your instructor can help you improve on what the judge said to.
Reply:hey i just started and i went 2 my first show 2 weeks after i started.... i say you should go it releaves stress 4 when you know everything..... plus its really fun.....



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