Saturday 28th August (approx 8.00 start) Geldings 1 – 3 years old Geldings 4 years old and over Gelding Championship Fillies 1 yr old Colts 1 yr old Fillies 2 yr old Preliminary Judging of Ridden Geldings Colts 2 yr old Fillies 3 yr old Ridden awards – Ridden Geldings Colts 3 yr old
Sunday 29th August 2010 (approx 8.00 start)
Preliminary Judging – Ridden Mares Preliminary Judging – Ridden Stallions Mares 4-6 yrs old (approx 09.45) Mares 7-10 yrs old Mares 11 yrs old and over Ridden Awards – Ridden Mares Ridden Awards – Ridden Stallions Veteran Handlers (invitation only) Stallions 4-6 yrs old Stallions 7-10 yrs old Stallions 11 yrs old and over Ridden Championship Junior In-Hand Championships Senior In-hand Championships
Above is the programme of events off the UKIAHS website... is there no liberty this year?
Well sadly the last liberty held there resulted in a judge being knocked flat over (with me as the next one behind her) - it was very worrying and certainly demonstrated that humans should not be in the middle of the ring!!! Arabians at liberty who are enjoying showing themselves off are lovely in the right circumstances but maybe an indoor show at night isn't the right place ...
Liberty - agree Pashon - its not the horses that cause the problem but I have to say when my beautiful Basra won the Liberty partnered by Andrew Tonge - it was poetry in motion and not one human was hurt in the procedure lol. Many said it was the best liberty ever
The first Liberty class I saw was UKIAHS in 1990 (I think) and I was gob-smacked by Emma Maxwell and Alliah (apologies for spelling of the beautiful mare's name)who gave a truly breathtaking, controlled display of sheer trust and partnership.
Fast forward to the late 2000s - when the Liberty class (admittedly only seen on the official DVD) seemed to consist of chasing the horses round by waving bags on a stick!!
Enough said. Caryn
Kharidian (Prince Sadik x Khiri)........ Alkara Cassino (H Tobago x Rose Aboud) aka "Roger".................................... aka "Chips" The first image is from an original painting by Pat Shorto.
Same here, the liberty was FUN, and although I am very sorry someone got hurt (and I was there), they shouldnt be standing in the middle of the ring with a loose horse!!! They can be judged very well from the sidelines/stands. Also I thought that the liberty class was judged on audience participation?? And would LOVE the veteran class to come back, could fill the entries on my own lol!!!
Kharidian - I agree with you and have to say that Emma with Aliha was the best liberty and natural horsemanship - she was totally at one with her, sitting in the arena and Aliha naturally coming across to her - truely wonderful - I dont think we have seen anything like that since! Also she did of course have one of the best trots ever imo - like her daughter Atlantica!
Does anyone know if theres been any planned entertainment for the Saturday night this year?!!! Just curious as before this time last year there was a lot of talk already about the plans!! Looking forward to it... getting close!!!
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Edited by - amy_southworth on 17 Aug 2010 9:37:17 PM
Towerlands....
Posted - 04 Aug 2010 : 12:52:38 PM
Will try to make both days :-D Might just be the Sunday though. Will it be the same horses I saw at Malvern? 
Amy I'd just wait and see if i were you, don't forget to pack some tena ladies tho lol 