Here is the link:
http://www.iequine.com/events/2013/10/all-american-quarter-horse-congress
Woot! Thank you!
how fun!!! and with my new Chromecast thingy, I can watch freestyle reining tonight on the TV 
http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/chromecast/#netflix
I am watching this (HUS class) and they were listing the placings for each judge and the horses lined up. Looked like the horses switched lines/positions when each judge’s placings were called. Then they all were excused back to the rail and then placements were called.
Can anyone please explain why they called them out per judge’s placement? Seemed kind of “messy” with them all shifting lines/positions. Just curious.
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I am watching this (HUS class) and they were listing the placings for each judge and the horses lined up. Looked like the horses switched lines/positions when each judge’s placings were called. Then they all were excused back to the rail and then placements were called.
Can anyone please explain why they called them out per judge’s placement? Seemed kind of “messy” with them all shifting lines/positions. Just curious.[/QUOTE]
For classes at Congress, there are 3-5 judges (depending on the class) but only one set of final placings.
Lining up under the judges is a practice that started with halter. When the horses are lined up nose to tail, the whole crowd can see what the judge was “thinking” with his placings, the logic behind them.
I’m not sure exactly how it moved over to HUS, and it’s certainly not as visually educational, but it allows some horse owners, those who maybe don’t have top-notch talent, to brag that they were “on the card” of a certain judge.
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For classes at Congress, there are 3-5 judges (depending on the class) but only one set of final placings.
Lining up under the judges is a practice that started with halter. When the horses are lined up nose to tail, the whole crowd can see what the judge was “thinking” with his placings, the logic behind them.
I’m not sure exactly how it moved over to HUS, and it’s certainly not as visually educational, but it allows some horse owners, those who maybe don’t have top-notch talent, to brag that they were “on the card” of a certain judge.[/QUOTE]
Thank you for the response. It was hard to tell what number was what horse as some moved faster to the line-up than others and the camera wasn’t always panning to the one that was called. And then they started switching lines. Just a bit hard to follow.
I suppose if you aren’t limited to the camera view one gets a better idea.
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I suppose if you aren’t limited to the camera view one gets a better idea.[/QUOTE]
I don’t think the camera really picks up all the whooping, hollering and stomping appreciation from the crowd in the stands, either, as they “approve” of the judge’s picks.
It’s also hard to see the size of the crowd.
I like seeing how the judges placed the class – and it’s interesting to watch one trot up from the back of one judge’s line-up to the front of another judge’s – but it sure takes some drama out of the ultimate placings. Most people can do the math – 1 first, 3 seconds and a 4th, probably going to win the class – long before the final placings are announced.
Jeez, I missed it again! 
Can the hunter over fences be viewed online anywhere?
Sparky Boy, the AQHA World Show fence classes live webcast starts Nov 6. Here is the schedule: http://aqha.com/Showing/World-Show/Schedule.aspx
I will post the webcast link next week.
I do not think the Congress webcast is archived.
