We here at Flying Feathers are a competition stable, and even as our first show is rolling to a close, we're thinking of the next! This is a preliminary post to get you thinking about wanting to enter.

This is a RARE BREEDS show, meant to allow you a chance to show off your favorite under appreciated breed (aka less than 10 purebreds of that breed on HARPG, any real breed)! As a draft stable, we've encountered the problem of having trained our horses in weight pulling, which is so obscure to non-draft specialists that it is never included in shows. This showcase will hopefully remedy that problem! It will consists of two sections: Halter, and Signature Event.

We are going to be picky and say that only purebred real breeds are allowed in this show, and only natural colors. Odd eye color is permitted as long as it is not, say, purple or glowing.

We will provide a background for you to use, or you can make your own if you'd like as long as it is consistant with ours!

Halter

This is a typical halter event, judging horses on their conformation, and how closely they conform to breed standards, and rarity.

For rarity, full credit is given if there are only 2 horses of the breed in the game or less, 75% for 3-5, and 50% for 5-10. If you own more than one horse of the breed, your horses are not included in this total. Total horses of the breed in the game counts only the natural color purebreds.

For color, half credit is given for a breed accepted color, and full credit is given for breed preferred color. No credit is given for unaccepted colors. We will be going with the real breed registry for this. Similarly, we will be using the real breed registry for preferred conformation (height, build, etc).

Mood will be determined by a random number generator.

Scoring:
1/4 Rarity
1/4 Color
1/4 Conformation
1/4 Mood

Signature Event

This event will be a chance to show off your horses' stuff! This is for whatever the breed is known for, ex- Lippizanners doing airs above the ground, Icelandic horses doing a tolt, heavy drafts going a ploughing demonstration. As such it will be scored very broadly.

Correctness- is the horse doing it right? If it is a pacing horse, make sure it is pacing, not trotting! Experience is determined by whether or not they have entered, placed in, or been trained in the event they are competing in before.

1/4 Correctness
1/4 Experience
1/2 Mood

Prizes

What do you win? There will be winners for each class, and any horses who enter both classes will be eligible for Grand Champion. Class winners recieve a headshot with their ribbons. Grand champion will win a breed showcase- a description of the breed will go on my front page for at least a week, as well as showcasing your winning horse and all other horses of the breed on HARPG- as well as a full body picture of the winning horse. Top placing horses of each breed will receive a "Best of Breed" ribbon!




Nothing has been finalized yet in terms of dates, when horses need to be created by, start and end times, how long the show will be, etc, and won't be until my other show finishes and is judged. I just want to get people thinking about this next show, in case they were thinking about making a rare-breed horse and hadn't made one yet! This is the perfect chance to show your horse in that thing they're trained in that never gets included in shows.