Do judges at schooling shows not sign their name on the test so you won’t know who to be mad at? Gwendolyn in Odessa
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Basically
(“Don’t program yourself for failure.”)
Do judges really care what you wear in the show ring ?
Do judges really care what you wear in the show ring (within guidelines, of course). Like if one wears a red polo on a black horse in summer…
Do the Math
(“. . . the difference between primary colors and an insipid pastel ribbon.”)
OK, I’ll give it a shot!
(“I’m thinking about holding the pencil just so …”)
On Your Mark(ers)
(“Ten meter circle at Hatteras.”)
Is it fashion?
(“… a degree of horse trading …”)
The Next Rung
(“She used to grind hoof pairings at the scrapple plant.”)
If horses had ears…
(“My horse ain’t right in his head for this.” )
… Oh, wait, they do, so never mind. To rephrase that, if horses could tell us things they’ve overheard, these would probably be some of the things.
How can I convince my friend her circles aren’t round?
BILL— Everyone from time to time needs a visit from the Geometry Police. We see circles which are flat sided, ones which go into corners, and ones which begin and end at the wrong place. We draw our students elaborate diagrams of “tangent points” replete with eight-by-ten colour glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one. We distribute the Cones of Shame in the arena. Sometimes none of it does any good because they have convinced themselves that their circles are already round enough.