why do people get nervous?

sirius-dressage · 08-03-2007, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Scooterboy1029

-and can i get that stupid sock (aka. slinky) off of her head

I'd be nervous to have to go in the ring with a slinky still on my horse's head.

I can just see it "really sorry Mr. Judge! But I couldn't get it off. Could you just pretend it's not there and focus on my horse from the neck down?" Lol.

Scooterboy · 08-03-2007, 06:10 PM

lmao. yes. the thing is i dont have my own slinky... cause i was a barrel racer turn pleasure girl, so i use my sister's slinky. shes 9, and its the most horrible shooting star, goddy thing you've ever seen.. haha. i call my horse "super mare" whens shes wearing it. lol. poor girl.

Lou3 · 08-04-2007, 11:44 AM

I guess if you dont get nervous you dont understand those that do. I dont get nervous at all so I have no clue why anyone would. But then I'm not in their shoes so I dont know how they feel.

giddybiddy · 08-06-2007, 03:50 AM

i don't get nervous as in scared, but nervous as in excited. i've done a ton of shows, and even if it's like my 30th show, i still wake up at 5, get everything thrown together in the car, groom my horse to perfection, watch everyone, learn my course hours before i go into the ring, get on and walk around, and then just anticipate the whole thing lol

ridergirlx0x0 · 08-07-2007, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by giddybiddy

i don't get nervous as in scared, but nervous as in excited. i've done a ton of shows, and even if it's like my 30th show, i still wake up at 5, get everything thrown together in the car, groom my horse to perfection, watch everyone, learn my course hours before i go into the ring, get on and walk around, and then just anticipate the whole thing lol

yea thats what i did for the last show... only it was a student only show so it wasn't as bad, nerves wise

sorrell · 08-07-2007, 10:23 AM

I hardly ever got nervous when I rode barrel shows or fun shows, but always got nervous at pleasure and hunter over fences. I guess because the one I knew it was mostly up to my horse and the other up to me! I never wanted to be dead last in anything and I knew my horse was fast enough to put me in the top five, but in the pleasure classes, there was always someone better and competition was at the point where you felt you had to be near perfect just to place in the ribbons. More pressure to succeed I guess.

EQRider · 08-07-2007, 04:37 PM

mmm, I get nervous because I want to do well, I expect a lot out of myself and my horse and I work extremly hard both in riding and in my job to compete, and when I do well its just makes everything worth it

by doing well it can either be winning the class or simply having a great go

ridergirlx0x0 · 08-11-2007, 04:20 AM

o yea that makes sense...

ImaHorseAngel · 09-06-2007, 08:50 AM

i get nervous with jack because when we show western, our neck reining isnt that fab. usually our classes are huge too which means lots of steering. so i get worried about that. i used to get nervous showing my NSH because she was psycho. it was hard to keep her together sometimes. shed be going perfectly then all the sudden she is rearing up. i used to have to drink some adult beverages sometimes to try and make myself relax before going into the ring.

LuvMy2Horses · 09-06-2007, 08:03 PM

When I used to show goats I HATED showing, but loved it.Weird I know.I hated it cuz you had to wear all white and you get some embarrasing moments when your goat decides he'd like to chew on you while the judge is looking at you,then theres selling the little goat you love.I loved the butterflies before a show!I won Rate of Gain Last year.My goat was 135 IBS!!Hopefully I show my gelding next year.I can only imagine what it's like!

08-04-2007, 11:44 AM	#23
Lou3 Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: england Posts: 7,297 Images: 30 Blog Entries: 1	I guess if you dont get nervous you dont understand those that do. I dont get nervous at all so I have no clue why anyone would. But then I'm not in their shoes so I dont know how they feel. __________________ Save the Earth . . . it's the only planet with chocolate FFFL

08-06-2007, 03:50 AM	#24
giddybiddy Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: MA Posts: 815 Images: 362	i don't get nervous as in scared, but nervous as in excited. i've done a ton of shows, and even if it's like my 30th show, i still wake up at 5, get everything thrown together in the car, groom my horse to perfection, watch everyone, learn my course hours before i go into the ring, get on and walk around, and then just anticipate the whole thing lol __________________ <3 corky "Say if you've got a really big secret but you just can't bear to hold it in anymore--you can always tell your horse." Proud Member of the Thoroughbred Club!

08-11-2007, 04:20 AM	#28
ridergirlx0x0 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,032 Images: 269 Blog Entries: 22	o yea that makes sense... __________________ you never no how much you loved something until you say goodbye Hunter/Eq Girl For Life!! proud leasee of an OTTB- Hay Tex! <3

09-06-2007, 08:03 PM	#30
LuvMy2Horses Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Why?What have you heard?? Posts: 1,049 Images: 116	When I used to show goats I HATED showing, but loved it.Weird I know.I hated it cuz you had to wear all white and you get some embarrasing moments when your goat decides he'd like to chew on you while the judge is looking at you,then theres selling the little goat you love.I loved the butterflies before a show!I won Rate of Gain Last year.My goat was 135 IBS!!Hopefully I show my gelding next year.I can only imagine what it's like! __________________ LuvMy2Horses- Buddy Decker Midnight

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Scooterboy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: In a yellow submarine... Posts: 330 Images: 18	lmao. yes. the thing is i dont have my own slinky... cause i was a barrel racer turn pleasure girl, so i use my sister's slinky. shes 9, and its the most horrible shooting star, goddy thing you've ever seen.. haha. i call my horse "super mare" whens shes wearing it. lol. poor girl.

08-07-2007, 10:23 AM	#26
sorrell Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,916 Images: 30 Blog Entries: 1	I hardly ever got nervous when I rode barrel shows or fun shows, but always got nervous at pleasure and hunter over fences. I guess because the one I knew it was mostly up to my horse and the other up to me! I never wanted to be dead last in anything and I knew my horse was fast enough to put me in the top five, but in the pleasure classes, there was always someone better and competition was at the point where you felt you had to be near perfect just to place in the ribbons. More pressure to succeed I guess.

08-07-2007, 04:37 PM	#27
EQRider Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New York Posts: 601 Images: 30	mmm, I get nervous because I want to do well, I expect a lot out of myself and my horse and I work extremly hard both in riding and in my job to compete, and when I do well its just makes everything worth it by doing well it can either be winning the class or simply having a great go

09-06-2007, 08:50 AM	#29
ImaHorseAngel Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: MI Posts: 206 Images: 20	i get nervous with jack because when we show western, our neck reining isnt that fab. usually our classes are huge too which means lots of steering. so i get worried about that. i used to get nervous showing my NSH because she was psycho. it was hard to keep her together sometimes. shed be going perfectly then all the sudden she is rearing up. i used to have to drink some adult beverages sometimes to try and make myself relax before going into the ring.