Eohippus
Well-Known Member
We had our "biggest littlest horse show" here this past weekend. I've shown in it several times before and never really thought anything of it until a number of spectators asked me about it: why does each judge give out a ribbon? Is that common with all AMHA shows or is it just the one here? I get each judge has a different opinion in placing (one may think halter horse A has a nicer head and hocks than halter horse B, however the other judge may fault halter horse A more for their weak neck and poor shoulder therefore placing B higher-or in performance one judge may see a horse act up while the other may not, etc) but in other breed shows I've always seen the scores added/combined/averaged to produce just one first, one second, one third, etc. Where at this past show its "Judge A placed this.... Judge B this... And Judge C this...". A lot of the spectators were really confused as to why there wasn't just one first, one second, etc. I didn't have a real explanation as to why we did it this way. Is there a reason? Or is it just here?
In some ways I do like it as I can see exactly where my horse stood/stands with each judge, but I could also do that by asking for the judges cards after.
In some ways I do like it as I can see exactly where my horse stood/stands with each judge, but I could also do that by asking for the judges cards after.