Terie Ellis
Terie Ellis
Terie has been showing horses since the late 80’s and has made an exceptional name for herself in the world of Arabians. She loves full Arabs as well as half Arabs. She is always looking for that next great prospect, whether that be breeding one of her own or leasing to make a great cross. She has been instrumental in the regional clubs in Idaho. She is active in the local horse community as well as being known for her Annual Halloween Show. Also she is putting on local clinics for equestrians in the area.
Hunter Pleasure
Hunter Pleasure horses, as with other pleasure classes, give the appearance of being a pleasure to ride while displaying a pleasant, relaxed attitude. They are ridden in informal, hunter style attire at a walk, trot, canter, and gallop. The stride is regular, unconstrained and with good reach. Hunter Pleasure horses are judged on manners, performance, suitability as a hunter, quality and conformation.
English Pleasure
English Pleasure horses give a distinct appearance of being a pleasure to ride and display a pleasurable attitude. They are ridden in informal saddle seat attire at a walk, trot, canter, and hand gallop. English Pleasure horses are judged on manners, performance attitude quality and conformation.
Country English Pleasure are meant to give the appearance of being a pleasure to ride and display a pleasurable attitude. They are ridden in informal saddle seat attire at a walk, trot, canter and gallop. These horses have a quiet, responsive mouth and move with willingness, obvious ease, cadence, balance and smoothness. Country English Pleasure horses are judged on attitude, manners, performance, quality and conformation.Park Horses are ridden in informal saddle seat attire. The walk, trot and canter are distinguished by an animated motion. The horse drives forward with the hind legs, resulting in an airy and light front end. The resulting natural animation is meant to appear effortless. Park horses are judged on brilliant performance, presence, quality, manners and conformation.
English Show Hack horses are not necessarily dressage horses nor are they English Pleasure horses. A Show hack must be a well-trained animal showing balance, vitality, animation, presence and quality. Acceptable hack attire is required. This includes a conservative colored coat, breeches and boots. Formal attire of top hat and white breeches and tails can be worn. They are ridden at a normal, collected, and extended walk, trot, canter, and at hand gallop. The show hack horse is judged on manners, performance, quality and conformation.
Western
Pleasure
Western Pleasure horses are shown in a stock type saddle and a standard western type headstall with any standard western bit. Junior horses five years old and younger can be shown in hackamores or snaffle bits, as long as the horse has not been shown in any western event in a curb bit. Riders wear western hats, long sleeved shirts with collars and scarves or ties. A vest, jacket or sweater may also be worn. Chaps and boots are required. The horse may wear boots or bandages only in Reining, working cow and cutting classes. The horses are shown at a flat footed, ground covering four beat walk. The jog is a two beat gait that is free, square, slow and easy. The lope is a true three beat gait that is smooth, slow, easy and straight on both leads. Open horses will also be asked to hand gallop. There should be a distinct difference between the lope and the hand gallop. In the Open division, the classes are judged on manners, performance, substance, quality and conformation. Junior horse classes are judged on substance, quality, performance and manners. Amateur and Junior exhibitor classes are judged on manners, performance, suitability of the horse to the rider, substance, quality and conformation.
Dressage
The Olympic sport of dressage is derived from the French term meaning "training" and its purpose is to strengthen and supple the horse while maintaining a calm and attentive demeanor. The Pyramid of Training offers riders a progressive and interrelated system through which to develop the horse over time.
Currently, competitive dressage involves progressively difficult levels incorporating multiple tests within each level. Each test is a series of movements that must be performed by the horse and rider. Each movement is scored by a judge on a scale of 0-10. Special tests are also written for musical freestyle, sport horse breeding and performances incorporating multiple horses and riders.
