Good morning,

Could someone please explain to me what is expected in the following hunter classes at open shows - Bridle Path Hack, Road Hack, Disciplined Rail, Pleasure Horse and Hunter Under Saddle. They all seem very similiar to me!

Thanks! Lisa

Where are you and what breed, some of these I've never heard of.
What I do know;
Bridle Path- Horse should be a pleasure to ride-head set apprx wither height-very soft rein contact-maintains self carriage,rthym,tempo- a horse that you would enjoy taking for a hack/trial ride.
Road Hack- Horse should be "up" into the bridle-forward thinking-higher knee action-alert-think of a good saddlebred driving horse, going from point A to point B.
Pleasure and Hunter- Really depends on the breed.
It used to be that a Pleasure horse was more of your backyard types who you really could ride/jump around all day long, a longer/looser rein-more refined or smaller built and Hunters were field hunters more forward thinking much heavier built something that you would typically see in the hunt field.
But now in shows like AQHA & Paints- they aren't much more than western pleasure in english tack, and Morgans & Arabs are more of a country english pleasure[saddleseat] look.
Haven't heard of the others.