Rebecca Fielding
Rebecca (Ellis) Fielding
Rebecca Fielding was born with a set of reins in her hands and was showing before she could walk. She has been by her mom on this adventure; riding, showing and breeding select Arabian horses. She excels in Sport Horse, English, Hunter/Jumper , Dressage and Western Pleasure.
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.
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.
Arabian Sport Horse
What is an Arabian Sport Horse ? An Arabian Sport Horse is an Arabian with correct conformation and movement to perform in the sporting events, such as Dressage, Jumping, Eventing, Endurance and Racing. Or any of the Working Western classes for that matter. The object of these classes is to give a very careful and valid evaluation through scoring of a horse's conformation and movement, establishing its potential for the sport categories Form to function is emphasized throughout, with correct gaits contributing to the ease in training and the horse remaining sound and useable.
The judges are looking for very correct conformation and free, straight and fluid movement. Type as a criteria does not come into the picture. However, overall breed characteristics come under the final score section, so it means that possibly a plainer, but more correctly conformed horse can be placed over a “typier” one with conformation faults. Therefore, tail carriage is also not a compelling factor. The flatter croup also, does not lend itself generally to Sport Horse Performance with a rounder croup being more desirable. Correct structure and sufficient bone of the legs is vital, particularly in the front legs, since sixty percent of the horse's weight is placed upon them. Blemishes do not count unless resulting from conformation faults.
The scoring for in hand are similar to dressage scoring, each section being marked from one to ten points. Comments are written down on the score sheet by the judge's scribe as the horse progresses through the triangle . This is also very educational and beneficial for the owner, in other words, a fair and constructive critique, with serious leg and other faults being noted as well as the good points. The percentage of marks is Conformation 40 %; Movement 40%; Expression, Manners, Willingness 10% ; Overall breed characteristics, Quality, Balance, and Harmony 10% .
https://www.horsenation.com/2015/02/03/how-arabian-sport-horses-are-changing-the-game/
