rabbitsfizz
Well-Known Member
I think the thing that is confusing the issue here is people with dual registered horses showing as both.
I had thought this was not allowed at the same show??
I think what is being suggested is that the rule should be taken one step further and you are only allowed to show as a Shetland or a Mini for the season, and that you "declare" at the beginning of the season??
Over here the Shetland is a completely different type to the Miniature Horse so it is not quite so complicated, although we do have some very nice dual registered horses and, at the end of the day, I would rather see an animal that is sound in every way win then be beaten by an animal that is rubbish but a more typical Miniature Horse.
To me your "shetlands" look like Miniature Horses anyway, so I cannot see the problem.
If they qualify height wise then they are allowed to show as Minis.
End of story, I would have thought.
The issue her, the real problem, is that some of these horses do not qualify , height wise, and their owners/trainers are blatantly cheating in order to get them in the classes.
This has to be stopped.
It all seems so simple- the members overwhelm the BOD with demands and everything is sorted out!!
NOT going to happen.
Being totally cynical here, how many of the BOD show/breed/train??
It's called a vested interest.
These people, when they come off the BOD want to be able to slip back into their showing/breeding/training world easily, not fight off a reputation for having "ruined" the society, which is what these powerful people will claim they have done.
The best thing I can see for you to do is throw the society away and start again.
Measure properly- to the withers, none of this "last hair" nonsense as that is where all the problems started,- and make sure all the correct rules are in place.
The person in the AMHA who sues everyone??
Throw her out for bringing the society into disrepute, it is the prerogative of the BOD to exclude any member.
I'm not even sure they have to give a reason- not positive on that one, being reasonable I would expect an explanation but I am not sure one has to be given, so long as procedure is followed.
I'm afraid I would be looking for the resignation of the Directors who failed their members by not following correct procedure in the first place, though.
I do feel sympathy for them, as they were, we have to presume, doing the best that they could, but I do feel they should just quietly go, now.
But this is all pie in the sky whilst we sit here and type it out instead of standing up and talking, firmly, to those at the reins.
I had thought this was not allowed at the same show??
I think what is being suggested is that the rule should be taken one step further and you are only allowed to show as a Shetland or a Mini for the season, and that you "declare" at the beginning of the season??
Over here the Shetland is a completely different type to the Miniature Horse so it is not quite so complicated, although we do have some very nice dual registered horses and, at the end of the day, I would rather see an animal that is sound in every way win then be beaten by an animal that is rubbish but a more typical Miniature Horse.
To me your "shetlands" look like Miniature Horses anyway, so I cannot see the problem.
If they qualify height wise then they are allowed to show as Minis.
End of story, I would have thought.
The issue her, the real problem, is that some of these horses do not qualify , height wise, and their owners/trainers are blatantly cheating in order to get them in the classes.
This has to be stopped.
It all seems so simple- the members overwhelm the BOD with demands and everything is sorted out!!
NOT going to happen.
Being totally cynical here, how many of the BOD show/breed/train??
It's called a vested interest.
These people, when they come off the BOD want to be able to slip back into their showing/breeding/training world easily, not fight off a reputation for having "ruined" the society, which is what these powerful people will claim they have done.
The best thing I can see for you to do is throw the society away and start again.
Measure properly- to the withers, none of this "last hair" nonsense as that is where all the problems started,- and make sure all the correct rules are in place.
The person in the AMHA who sues everyone??
Throw her out for bringing the society into disrepute, it is the prerogative of the BOD to exclude any member.
I'm not even sure they have to give a reason- not positive on that one, being reasonable I would expect an explanation but I am not sure one has to be given, so long as procedure is followed.
I'm afraid I would be looking for the resignation of the Directors who failed their members by not following correct procedure in the first place, though.
I do feel sympathy for them, as they were, we have to presume, doing the best that they could, but I do feel they should just quietly go, now.
But this is all pie in the sky whilst we sit here and type it out instead of standing up and talking, firmly, to those at the reins.