Horse Show...

I was invited out to a local horse show on Friday night... I had a blast... Here's a couple of pictures... C&C welcome....

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These are okay, too bad about the electrical wires though.

Rearing makes for some dramatic photos... but from the looks of it, it doesn't look like they're actually *supposed* to be rearing up. (since neither rider is seated well) .. Good captures of some 'unruly' moments.. LOL

(I'm surprised horse #2 didn't come over backwards on that lady.. since she was hanging onto her horse's mouth to keep from sliding off the back)

What kind of horse show was this at? What discipline? Just curious what's up with all the rearing horses. I try to discourage mine from doing so at horse shows normally The horse in the second pic appears to be looking right at you in the pic.

Thanks for the comments everyone...
The wires drove me nuts, they were all around the arena.... It's for the lighting...
I was wondering what the problem was and once I asked a few questions I found out that both of these horses were "in training"... Now I'm guess that they haven't been in many horse shows before.... And in the second picture, she did come off her horse... I have the entire set of those.. I think that the show was more for learning than anything else? I've been to other shows before and never saw any rearing from the horses.