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Post by Claire on Sept 11, 2008 21:03:20 GMT 1
Yes its odd we call them by different names. Cant remember which one the aussies call them or what their colours are. Anyone???
I think we used to have blue for first and red for second too, at least in some pony books (UK ones) this was what competitors got in shows and gymkhanas. I've always wondered why and if they changed over colours at some point or it was some other reason. The majority of books and indeed in shows Ive taken part in myself its red, blue, yellow. If anyone knows the answer let me know as I've been tying to research this for a while to no avail.
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Post by tinuviel on Sept 11, 2008 23:07:43 GMT 1
In Australia they are ribbons and we have blue first- red second.
When i first started reading the UK pony books i used to get so confused. ''Hang on i thought she won but she is getting a red rosette'' LOL.
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Post by kunuma on Sept 12, 2008 19:57:46 GMT 1
That's most interesting, that the USA and Austalia have blue first, I often wonder why it changed and why if everyone else had it that way, we had red to start with. Going back to my pony days, it used to always be red for first,then sometimes we had blue, (and sometimes the green and yellow got swopped around, that made me very cross!) Then it seemed to change, and more often we had blue for first! When I stopped showing horses, and started with the dogs, we always have red for first. Who decided on red originally, and why? Why do the other countries use blue, and why nowadays do we seem to be undecided!!! Keep researching Claire!
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Post by kunuma on Sept 12, 2008 20:00:17 GMT 1
Now [glow=red,2,300]who[/glow] is going to work out the ratio of red to blue /first versus second in the whole pony book genre and see if it is date related, pony club related - or geographical or what???
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Post by Claire on Sept 12, 2008 20:52:35 GMT 1
I think we all know who will be nominated as there is only one person with that much energy ;D ;D ;D ;D
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