Rider age and children’s ponies – the debate
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“Welfare is at the heart”
JULIE TEMPLETON
THE removal of Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) qualifiers from the Great Yorkshire Show (GYS) has sparked debate across the industry.
HOYS took some pony qualifiers from the GYS as the latter would not revoke its rider-age rule, by which ponies can only be ridden anywhere on the showground by either the competitor, or another rider who is of the appropriate age for the class concerned.
H&H gathers views from across showing.
Across the board
TOP show pony producer Julie Templeton believes riders’ size and weight should be key, rather than age, as she said in her recent H&H column (opinion, 10 March).
She told H&H she believes those on all sides of the debate agree that horse and pony welfare is “at the heart of all we do”.
She believes it was not fair for the GYS to lose its qualifiers, but
