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Georgina Bloomberg could make it easy, but she knows better.... Id like to add that I totally get the fun of dressing up a small child for a leadline class. My personal favorites are the entries in wicker or side saddles. HOWEVER, this year I saw leadline classes in which the whole family goes into the ring. Sometimes, with a sibling leading the pony. This was perplexing to me, so I asked a judge. It is *illegal* to have the pony led by someone under 18 years old. This is a SAFETY issue. If one pony ran backward, there could be a terrible domino effect. A younger leader may not be so keen as to keep thinking ahead of its charge. Moreover, leadline classes are a tremendous opportunity to motivate children to be focused and disciplined. It is not all playing dress-up. They should have *PRACTICED riding* lots and *SHOW their skills* to the judge. Both of Molly Ashe Cawleys children won the leadline at The Devon Horse Show. In the comments I will post images of how proud and THRILLED her son was to show. One image is an absolute RIOT. The other little girl knew he was smelling of success and was *not happy* about it. :) To me, his excitement demonstrates the value of competition. He caught the fever! ~Ruthann
Posted on: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 01:26:23 +0000

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