Puzzled by the word scope within the context of horses? So was I, before I got to grasp what it meant. The only meanings for scope I knew were optical instruments like rifle scopes and telescopes and the extent of an activity or probability.
When horse riders speak of scope, they're talking about a horse's fence jumping abilities. A pony is claimed to be 'scopey' when it takes jumps effortlessly.
As you can well understand, scope is invaluable in the show world, especially show jumping. Pony owners, trainers and riders are continually on the lookout for remarkably scopey horses. They desire horses that negotiate the biggest obstacles without raising a sweat. Heights in some classes can exceed 1.60m, so the scopier a pony is, the better its prospects of returning home with a few certificates. Gifted, truly scopey horses are rare, and can be very expensive. Great equine athletes are easily as rare as great human ones. A human Sotomayor comes along every once in a lifetime or two, and so does an equine Genuine. Both are stunningly scopey.
Get one thing straight, though. Not all horses are scopey to the same extent. Not all horses are of Olympic class in their talents. You can make judgments on a horse's scopiness only within the context of its classes of competition. You may be talking about a horse that has established a name for being scopey in children's jumpers without quite having the talent to move further. Everything is relative.
Nevertheless scope is just one of the prerequisites for good jumpers. They also need to exercise due care. A horse that exercises due care is a pony that attempts to jump cleanly, without hitting the jumps. Scope without care is like speed without direction, something like a disaster waiting to happen. The inverse holds good, of course: care without scope is like direction without speed. You won't be getting anywhere.
When horse riders speak of scope, they're talking about a horse's fence jumping abilities. A pony is claimed to be 'scopey' when it takes jumps effortlessly.
As you can well understand, scope is invaluable in the show world, especially show jumping. Pony owners, trainers and riders are continually on the lookout for remarkably scopey horses. They desire horses that negotiate the biggest obstacles without raising a sweat. Heights in some classes can exceed 1.60m, so the scopier a pony is, the better its prospects of returning home with a few certificates. Gifted, truly scopey horses are rare, and can be very expensive. Great equine athletes are easily as rare as great human ones. A human Sotomayor comes along every once in a lifetime or two, and so does an equine Genuine. Both are stunningly scopey.
Get one thing straight, though. Not all horses are scopey to the same extent. Not all horses are of Olympic class in their talents. You can make judgments on a horse's scopiness only within the context of its classes of competition. You may be talking about a horse that has established a name for being scopey in children's jumpers without quite having the talent to move further. Everything is relative.
Nevertheless scope is just one of the prerequisites for good jumpers. They also need to exercise due care. A horse that exercises due care is a pony that attempts to jump cleanly, without hitting the jumps. Scope without care is like speed without direction, something like a disaster waiting to happen. The inverse holds good, of course: care without scope is like direction without speed. You won't be getting anywhere.
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