Types of Competition
Hunt seat competitions are generally divided into three horse show categories, hunters, equitation, and jumpers. Show hunters as a group are judged on manners, way of going, and conformation. Turnout, the presentation of horse and rider, are often taken into account as well. Jumpers are judged by how quickly a horse can complete a course of jumps with the fewest errors, called faults. Equitation riders are judged on the confidence and form of the rider, as well as the smoothness and overall appearance of the horse and rider as a team. Other related disciplines within the hunter or hunt seat subcategory of English riding include Eventing and Dressage. These activities are all differentiated from Saddle seat-style English riding, which is a discipline confined to the flat, developed for high-action show horses that are not intended to be shown over fences.
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