Any folks with experience in the Pinto Breed world?

[fatorangehorse]

I am just getting involved and have some questions re: class standards. Please PM Me . . .

[camohn]

First of all they are divided into 3 divisions......English, Saddle Seat and Western. Saddle Seat is Morgan/Arab/Saddlebred type. Western is self explanatory. English is hunter type. There is a group of dressage classes but I believe the top level in dressage is shown at first level. At least that was the case about 5 years ago when I last did Pinto classes. Warmbloods have a funny place. They are (or were, anyway) not really desired.........they are accepted if they are a lighter TB looking and huntery. It is not the type for your heavier type dressage horse at all.

[cyndi]

Actually, the types are Hunter, Pleasure, Stock and Saddle, I believe. Pleasure types include Morgans and Arabians, Saddle are, obviously, Saddlebreds. Many classes at the World show are divided, but dressage is not (not enough entries) and neither are the hunter over fences classes. All of the halter classes are separated by type.

I have an Oldenburg/Half ARabian that is also registered Pinto.
I had no trouble registering her and no one looked at her to see if she was too 'heavy', etc. It was completely based on her pedigree. Pinto does not accept horses with draft or appaloosa in their pedigree.

I showed her, and her mom in dressage at the 2006 World show and it was 'interesting to say the least. They did have a USEF licensed judge or I would not have gone. They did follow the USEF rules for tack, but definitely not for attire! The girl who showed ahead of me in one class (Training Level!) was showing in a shadbelly!! They have classes up to Second Level in dressage and I think they have more over fences classes htan dressage classes. There was only one amateur dressage class. One of my horses got a championship and a reserve championshp. Her daughter, who was definitely overwhelmed by the extreme busy-ness of the place, was third in first and second level, despite spooking all over the place.

Where I am there are no dressage classes at the Pinto shows, but some places there are. I was told that the regular western judges judged the dressage and the the scoring was usually in the 30s since they really didn't know how to score.:eek: