Arabian Horse Western Pleasure Champion (Ladies & Gents to Ride) - Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- This is Class 297 for the purebred Arabian Western Pleasure Championship with Ladies & Gentlemen to Ride. It was held at the Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show 2024.
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The Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show is one of the most premier Arabian horse shows in the world! It runs for 11 days with competitions going in multiple horse arenas all day long and sometimes in the evening.
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Also, you gotta love the trainers jerking the reins behind the judges back - and then glancing over at the judge to make sure they weren't looking. 😑
@@horsebewithyou yeah I wish the Arabian community would change some of the judging standards but I don't think they're going to listen to either you or me!😒
I love Arabians and grew up showing them. But this makes me sad. More than half of these horses coming in are behind the vertical and not even doing a true jog, it’s more of a sped up walk because they are too afraid to actually move forward more. That doesn’t show real hind end engagement to me. The judges should reconsider what standard they are setting.
@@sb2461 I agree!
I Also Agree!
@@DustyPawPaws OK, thanks for the input. 👍
I completely agree you are so right!!!
@@TheRedEquestrian 👌 thanks
They're all so beautiful. I know they're supposed to look like that. It's just a me thing but I'm really uncomfortable seeing them hold their heads so low. I just equate Arabians with that proud head held high stance.
@@RobynHoodeofSherwood yeah I know what you mean and I'm kind of with you on that one.
They're all behind the bit. There's no practical reason for that head stance. It's all about fashion. (Still, as you say, they are beautiful horses.)
Highest point in collection is supposed to be the poll, not the third vertebrae. And the lope is still a three beat gait. Some of them trotted in front and just hopped in the back. Sad. BUT...at least they are not resembling the Walking Dead like some other breeds in Western Pleasure.
Trying to look ahead as a prey animal with your neck all curled up 😢, and a stupid impractical tail , the Arabian horse is so much more than this
@@kellygalvin7775 not too many predator animals in the show ring but I know what you mean!
@@kellygalvin7775 not too many predator animals in the show ring but I know what you mean!
@@MagnificentHorses some might call the bipedal front facing eyed humans predators
@@kellygalvin7775 I thought of that, too! But at least we don't prey on horses. 😱
@@MagnificentHorsesBut as a species, we used to.
I'm so glad I found your page just recently as I prefer your shorter video as sometimes the full video can be a much.
I do have a question though if anyone can answer. I used to show Arabians many moon's ago and I'd wrap up my show horses tail's and any mare's tail also as foal's love tail's for some reason. I only competed in halter classes and my halter show horses all had a beautiful long flowing tail's but I've noticed more these that halter horses tail's sometimes looked chewed or just short so why do halter horses have mostly shorter tail's but the saddle horses competing in Western and Costume have gloriously gorgeous tail's but in saying that I'm in no means putting them down there absolutely stunning but I'm generally interested in knowing if there could be a reason why.
@@kimoleary6637 thanks and I'm glad you found my channel, too! I've never thought about that regarding the tails, but you are right in that you never see those long tails in halter classes. I also don't know why that is, so if anyone else knows, please share any info with us.
Favorite color is liver chestnut with flaxin mane and tail. 😍
@@kelleencrowl191 yeah, those look really cool!
Those greys are stunning, I love them. Every horse in this class is gorgeous. I think these horses look so comfortable to ride.
@@MR-ly4xt yes, I agree with everything you said!
Whew this is a big class full of beautiful Arabians 🐴 I thought the reserve champion was really special 🌹but I didn't have the champion on my list 😁 Really enjoyed the camaraderie between the competitors and the little run out of the ring with the two riders 🏆
@@sarahmarks7082 I think those two guys racing out of the arena is my favorite part! I could see why the champion was chosen but I could never have picked that one out on my own.
I get horse showing, but it seems things have gone a bit too far. Tails dragging the ground? Horses over bent! I did enjoy the nice gaits and the horses are beautiful, but judges need to stop encouraging extremes.
@@slunt3123 obviously a lot of other people agree with you.
@@MagnificentHorses3:15
@@dalenderocha2561 do you think that's a tail extension because the tail is not a uniform color the whole length?
All these horses are beautiful! I ride western too. I saw myself in one of your videos. I really enjoy watching! 🐴🐴
@@sofiaarabians that's awesome! Glad I caught you in one of the videos!
Awesome video of the Arabian Horse Western Pleasure Champion ( Ladies & Gents to Ride) I am so excited to hopefully be able to compete in The Scottsdale Arabian Horse show with my Arabian horses that I just recently bought! 🤠❤❤❤❤❤
@@cowgirlamy8252 that's awesome that you were able to get some Arabian Horses of your own! Let me know if you ride in the Scottsdale show and I'll be sure to video at least one class you compete in.
A very unnatural head position. I hate to think of these horses go through to get this position, let alone what the bits look like inside the mouth.
Those are all low-port bits
I am assuming low-port bits don't put much pressure on the mouth?
The colors are sometimes unusual because they've been body clipped.
I showed Arabs for a living in the late 80s-90s and our horses moved better. They didn't 4 beat at the lope or "wog". Most of these horses are too broken at the 3rd cervical vertebrae, are not carrying themselves - their hindquarters are trailing out behind them - a biomechanical fiasco! They are headed toward the tragedy that is the AQHA WP scene. So sad!
They’re beautiful horses, but I’m a quarter horse girl, born and raised. What’s the deal with the tails.
@@pennylane428 quarter horses are very cool but in very different ways. We have an Arizona Reigning Horse Association event coming up the 2nd week of August, so I should have a video within a week of that that you might be interested in.
Weight of saddle to entry? What does that mean?
@@dalenderocha2561 sorry but I'm not sure what you mean. Where did you hear "weight of saddle or entry"?
Why do these horses keep their heads in this unnatural and strange position?
@@JackieSchmutz that's obviously what the judges are looking for.
I like black horses!
@@ramonafahrni5701 I'm partial to the black horses, too!
Yes.....being behind the vertical is so obvious. Not correct and horse is not in correct balance. What has happened in true horsemanship. When a horse runs free they carry their head in balance.....these beautiful horses heads are too low.....they are not Quarter Horses.
@@donnac.1609 OK, thanks for that perspective!
Doesn’t look natural But beautiful horses nonetheless
@@PatsyLangston 💯!
Its a dun
😊
@@Lifepathnumber11 hmm, I don't think it can be a dun because this is a purebred class and Arabian's don't come in the dun color.
Body clipped bay
@@UlrikeLang-g7r that makes sense.👍
It looks like they are applying fake tail extensions! It can be beautiful but you can’t back a horse up with that long of a tail . Then again if it’s extensions , the horse would yank them out
@@FranceneJoor fake tails are not allowed at this show. Like you said, they would pull off if stepped on backing up, so good observation on your part.
These poor horses, 3:23 I wonder how long it took to make them into cookie cutter animals. Sad.
@@DebraLoft-q1i these "poor horses" are pampered and cared for like few other horses in the world.
And WAAAAAAY over flexed at the poll.
@@Mel-x7m OK thanks for the input.
I don't like the tail dragging the ground
@@MarshaBursley I personally like the long tails but some people do not.
Who in their right mind would ride a horse whose tail drags like that? It would have to be tied up if they were going anywhere out of doors, and is probably braided or tied up somehow when they're in their stalls, which makes for a clumsy fly swatter. I've loved Arabians since the 60s when I got my dream horse, a half Arab. (Couldn't afford a purebred!) It makes me sick to see these weird fads turning a great horse into a laughingstock.
@@DonnaMcMasterRiver that's fine if you prefer a shorter tail but I wouldn't go so far as to say these amazing horses are a laughingstock because they have long tails.
@@MagnificentHorses I apologize if I am being offensive. Having done video editing myself, I can see that you’ve done a tremendous job of capturing and sharing the images of the event, and most of the horses are quite beautiful to watch. I’m grateful for the videos.
But the dragging tails, especially on horses ridden “western” style really are ludicrous. Having grown up riding in cattle county in NE Oregon, I shudder at the thought of those tails being dragged through dirt, dust, weeds, stubble, cockleburrs, and cow manure, and I can just see them collecting trains of tumbleweeds. No one would consider riding a working horse with a tail like that, and even a well-maintained trail through open space reserves is going to decorate those dragging tails with a generous serving of debris.
So the tails get braided or bagged up, and the horse has been robbed of a functional fly swatter. If only a few contestants had the extra long tails, I wouldn’t have posted, but it’s clear that these people all believe that it’s a requirement if they are to have a chance of winning. I find it baffling and sad. I appreciate your response, and I’ll try to stay off my soapbox going forward.
@@DonnaMcMasterRiver I did not think you were being offensive in the least but that you were just expressing your opinion. My only disagreement was (and is) that the long tails make these horses become a laughingstock. The rest of what you say I actually agree with and I hope you continue to share your opinion on these videos. And thanks for the nice compliment about my videos!