Spectator - Behind the Scenes of a Horse Show

Description

Young children will love seeing what happens at a horse show.

Find out how the horses are prepped, the equipment they need, the care required to make it to the show, and how the courses are designed.

Hear from some big names in the business, as well as some just starting out. Talk to a judge, veterinarian, farrier (blacksmith), trainer, top rider. Lt. Col. Marsh, judge and steward, explains the scoring system of the Jumpers. Mark Leone, top Show Jumping rider, talks about competing and his experiences. Frank Chapot, trainer and former Olympian, discusses what it takes to be a winner. Bob Allen, course designer and show manager, shows how courses are designed.

See some thrilling rounds in the Grand Prix Show Jumping ring! Watch some of the Jack Russell Terrier dog races, frequently found where horse people gather.

Aimed at young children who don't have horses.

Customer Reviews:

Ok for pre-teen horse and dog fans..........2004-10-30

...but not much good info here.

Poorly-written narration, off-the-cuff interviews by dorky announcer, single-camera footage (and very poor lighting). Poor editing. No introduction, and the DVD menu is faulty and incomplete ("blank" points where you can click and start it up, but nothing shows up in the menu until the next frame).

FAR too much footage on dogs!!! Repetitive!!! Far too LITTLE footage on the show rounds at the end - the part that would have been most interesting! Does not even show all eight finalists.

The vet was intelligent and provided some useful info. Far too little info given on show scoring and description of events (they don't explain anything about the dressage movements) - but too much on the "style" of jumps. I mean the actual wood jumps - "Here we have a jump shaped like a giraffe, here we have a wavy jump..."

Just not well-balanced at all. Probably good for a 7-12 year-old horse fanatic, but little here for an adult.

And *really* bad filmwork...

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