Horse Judging: Terms for Oral Reasons, UNL

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• Controlled aggression • Had more degree of difficulty and authority • Overpowered the class with athletic ability • Ran the faster pattern • Showed more pattern precision • Excelled in running the more challenging pattern • Simply got more done • Accumulated fewer penalty points • He showed more willingness and precision in executing the prescribed pattern • Ran the more aggressive pattern without sacrificing control • He ran a more aggressive pattern by combining faster, flatter spins over a more stationary pivot foot with circles that show more size and speed variation. Over and above this he ran harder into his stops, dropping his hindquarters deeper into the ground for longer sliding stops and snapping over his hocks quicker in his rollback. • He was a higher quality mover, driving deeper with his hocks and being more cadenced at the lope, this allowed him to run harder into his stops, break more correctly over the loin and maintain his cadence on the forehand for a longer sliding stop. • A harder running individual in the large fast circles with a greater size and speed variations in the small slows. He possessed the drive from behind to build the momentum to lay a longer track while being freer up front in his stops. • Set down a stationary pivot foot and revolved around it at a higher rate of speed while crossing over up front and being leveler in his top line. When stopping, he possessed the front-end freedom to be longest and straighter in his slides.

Faults

• Incurs a 1 point penalty • Rough in his exits

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