--- In welshcobs@..., "Olivia Robertson"
Hi Olivia,

I also have a bit of a grudge about gelding classes, I also do not
breed, though we all ride and I find geldings to be more shall I say
easier to cope with.

I use to own a sect A gelding and a Sect D gelding and the classes
were mostly combined which mean't I was competing against my
daughter who was only 5yo at the time, and after all the A's and D's
are very different.

But also every show has seperate colt and mare classes and the shows
we attended there were ALWAYS twice as many geldings in every
section than colts and mare's. And gelding classes are all sections
any age all together, and very often there was no Champ class
offered to geldings which mean't you prepared travelled with ponies
and children for one class that even if you did win you could go no
further, so many times I put it all in the to hard basket. I have
put my concerns to this to appopriate channels including Sydney
Royal to give geldings and there owners a bit more of a go.

Well thats my whinge for the day!

Lynette


<orobertson@g...> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have been dying to respond, so here goes. I am not a cob
breeder,
> however I own a gelding and a mare and show most weekends down my
way (
> Barwon South Western Region, Vic.) As John Riley has said before
the
> C's and D's are very different, and most of the time the classes
are
> combined. It is very hard to compare the two. All the time at
shows
> the class my gelding enters is the welsh gelding over 12.2hh, so
even
> harder when comparing B, C & D. With increased numbers of cobs
being
> bred, and not all being kept as stallions there is a need to
acknowledge
> gelding classes. I don't go to shows where the judge is not on
the
> welsh society judges panel. I really don't mind competing my
gelding
> with stallions as long they are D's. I think the cost involved
with
> showing/travelling is a major factor why the numbers are low. I
have
> only entered one cob at the Vic All Welsh and the nomination and
> stabling fees were over a couple of hundred dollars. I have put
off
> going to quite a few shows in order to afford competing at the Vic
All
> Welsh, maybe others have done the same thing in NSW. There is
nothing
> better than good competition which there is at the All Welsh Shows.
>
> Olivia
>
> >>> shalidaparkau@y... 11/03/03 12:20pm >>>
> Hi Everyone,yes it is a shame when there isn't many ponies
especially
> cobs brought out I was at a show and actually had a non welsh
person ask
> me what that horse was it was a sec D mare she said she had never
seen
> one what a shame.There arn't too many around but I think there are
more
> than many think,its just that they don't get shown and as a
commitee
> member we are at our wits end trying to get the owners to show
them I
> realise that costs of everything associated with horses are high
but
> still many A and B ponies are getting out there but no cobs what
are we
> to do Cob owners what do you want what will it take to get your
cobs to
> the shows???
> Cheers Donna.
> ps:congrats to the winners on the weekend and interestingly the
> champion gelding in ring one was a Cob! well done.
>
> Sabina Helmgens <sabina@w...> wrote:
> Hi Lisa,
>
> It is a shame the cob numbers are so low but there aren't that
many
> out there. If you consider the number of A and B's that don't get
to
> many shows it would probably be a similar proportion. At the NSW
All
> Welsh there were 18 C and 20 D entered, the National Stud Pony
Show
> was held in Sydney this weekend, they held classes for C and D
> combined and there were only 5 exhibits on the day, all those cobs
> from 2 weeks ago had all scattered with the wind!
>
> The results for the Nationals are
>
> Ch Penybank Domain
>
> res Niscinda Thadeus
>
> The led classes were on at 9am then after waiting all day for the
> ridden a big hailstorm blew in and they were cancelled (I have
never
> seen a car park empty so quickly)
>
> Sabina
>
>
>
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