What does 'this' mean???

I've gotten a few calls about our class names and how people don't know what they mean exactly. That's why the blog is here people. I get questions and I respond to the world...its how I roll. Let's start with some terminology.

Class 16. Novice Horse Pleasure

Novice means the horse cannot have won more than 3 1st place ribbons in the discipline that it is showing in for that class. Example: if a horse has 6 1st places in western pleasure and 2 in hunter pleasure, the horse is eligible in hunter and english, but not western. This all based on the honor system.

Classes 26 & 35. Independent Amateur Pleasure

Independent Amateur means you train your horse as an amateur. This means that your horse has not been at a trainer after January 1, 2011. If you took lessons with a trainer, that is fine.

GAMES CLASSES

Games have different names I've noticed. So I'll list them class and all the names I know them by. I'll have patterns posted at the show so you can figure out what's what and what you know it as. Also, these games are open to all ages and all breeds.

43. Poles - Pole Bending

44. Stake Race - Speed

45. Barrels - Barrel Race

46. Flags - Texas Flags - Texas Flag Race

CLASSES UNIQUE TO THE ARABIAN BREED

These classes are all open to any breed even though they are

unique to the Arabians.

9. Most Classic Arabian Head

In this class the only thing judged is the head. In class 'A' shows and futurities horses where a cooler so the judge cannot see the rest of the horse's body. We're pretty laid back here so we don't require that - especially if its over 90 degrees outside like it has been in the past.

18. Liberty

In this class the horses will perform at liberty. You usually have 2-3 handlers in the ring with the horse. When ready, the handlers release horse by taking off the halter. The horse has 2 minutes to perform to whatever music the handlers decide before the class. After 2 minutes the music stops and the handlers have 2 minutes to catch the horse.