Entering Horses into Classes on OMHPS (2023)

Last piece of the OMHPS series!

How to enter a horse in a class from their profile page. I am not covering from the show or home page, because that is easy enough to figure out on your own. :) This is a short one.

Go to your horse's profile page.

Scroll down, past these things:

And hit this little button, "See Classes".

You should go to a page like this:

It may or may not have that little banner at the bottom. Go and click on the dropdown on the far left side, under the horse's image (mine says Dreams of Spring 2). This little thing pops up when you click on it. :)

I am entering Morgenstern into Equiden's Celebration Show. I am going to click on her show, and then hit the little blue search icon again.

A bunch of little banners will show up that list class names and qualifications. Morgenstern is an American WB, so I will find the class with that breed listed.

I will click enter. This pops up, and gives you an opportunity to review the model and double check your class selection.

Everything looks good to me, so I hit "Enter" at the bottom right. Yay! It went through. It now says "entered".

I am going to return to the horse's profile (I use the short-cut at the top of the page). Then I will scroll down until I get to the section toward the bottom of the profile page that says "Entries". This shows all of the classes the horse is competing in. The class I just entered is there, so everything did go through perfectly. There is a "Retract" button on the side, so if you did something wrong, or no longer want the horse to compete in that class, you can click that. :)

Thank you for reading! If you have any questions please lmk! I will do my best to clear them up.

Happy showing!

Making a Horse Profile on OMHPS (2023)

 As promised, here's a continuation of the OMHPS series. All directions are based off of how it looks on my Acer laptop, I have no idea what it looks like for you. It should be similar though! :)

Making a Horse Profile:

Step 1. Take a photo (or two) of your model.

Step 2. Open and log into OMHPS. Click the "My Horses" tab at the top right.

Step 3. Click the "Add Horse" button on the far left top of your "My Horses" page.

You should see this page:

Step 4. Start filling those blanks in. If your horse is a purebred, ignore the crossbreeds drop down. Try to fill in all the fields especially make and size. You upload your photos at the bottom and you can use the drop-down to select what privacy setting you desire. Watermark gives your images a watermark all over, private makes them invisible to other users, and public leaves it just as you see it. Regardless of what you select, judges will always see your original image.

Don't hit create yet!!

Step 5: Once you have filled out this page, scroll to the top and hit the next tab: references. This is optional, but if you have a rare breed you may want to link over to it's breed website, or to a picture of it. I linked to the American WB registry. (Don't worry, you won't lose your previous page of work).

Step 6. Workmanship next! On that tab bar you want to switch over to workmanship. Here you can fill out your color and pattern. If your horse is solid, just use the solid option in the pattern dropdown. You can hit the "use main horse image box" too. The pic won't appear yet, but it will once you hit create (but don't hit create yet!).

Step 7. Last one! Collectability. You can fill in your horse's release info here, like what years he was made, and what type of run it was. You can also choose the piece count. (Tip #1: Most regular run models have piece counts of 5000+. Tip #2 IDYB is your friend for this tab.) 

Step 8. Technically, you could go ahead and hit create horse now (bottom left) but I always like to take one last check over my first page again.

Step 9. Create horse!! Most fun. Press the button, pass the reCAPTCHA, and wait a couple seconds. The next page should look like this:

Congrats! Your horse is now on OMHPS. :) Tomorrow I will cover entering your horse in shows.

As always, please comment with any questions! I'll catch them in the next post. Thanks for reading!

A Short Rundown of How OMHPS Works (2023)

Yesterday I saw some questions in the comments about how to show on OMHPS. This is just a quick drive-by of the basics. Please remember, things are subject to change, and the website may not be identical later down the road (hence why I tacked the year down in the title). I love OMHPS, and use it heavily. I hope all of you join too!

What is OMHPS?

OMHPS (Online Model Horse Photo Shows) is a platform for hosting and showing phot shows. It holds all of your photos and information so you never have to upload twice. It is a trillion times easier than PonyBytes!

Is OMHPS free?

Yep. Unless you want the premium membership which allows you to have 2500 models (vs the 250 on a free membership) use reference pics, upload better pics to the website, removes the ads, and several other perks. Premium is $20 a year. I don't have premium, you really don't need it unless you are doing heavy, serious competitions. It does help them with website upkeep, so I know they appreciate every member!

Is entering shows free?

Depends. With the exception of the official OMHPS shows every other month, the shows are hosted by the users. Whoever is hosting gets to decide whether or not they charge a fee. Some do, some don't. If they do, you have to email them and pay a PayPal fee of $3-15 (estimating roughly here). If they do not charge a fee to enter, then you can just go ahead and start entering horses. No fee for free shows. Just pick around through the show descriptions until you find a free one.

Are the OMHPS shows free?

Yes, except for the occasional ones that are only for Premium members. The Birthday show is free for all. :)

Do I need special equipment?

Not to start! Just a basic camera, a model horse, and a place to stand it. As you progress in showing, you may wish to purchase better equipment to upgrade your photos, but it is never required for halter showing. For performance, you will need tack, possibly a doll, maybe props, and a background (usually). Scene is prop heavy typically, but you don't have to enter scene or halter unless you want to and have the stuff for it.

How do I go about doing this thing?

Go to omhps.com. They've got you covered. If you need to read the FAQs, they are here. If you are still confused, email them at omhps@omhps.com. They are super kind and friendly.

So this post just about covers the getting started, I'll do another one tomorrow or the next day on setting up a horse profile and entering a show. Hope it helps! If I missed something, lmk in the comments. :) Thanks for reading!

Equiden's Celebration Show

Found on Tenor

Exciting news! Equiden of Equiden's Plastic Ponies has just celebrated her one year anniversary for the opening of her blog, and she recently passed some milestones in viewership. In honor of this occasion, she is hosting a free show on OMHPS. You can see it here.

This show is incredible. It has three divisions, twenty-eight sections, and two hundred eighteen classes. The class list is fantastic and super inclusive of all those weirdling breeds.

The divisions are Fun Division, OF Large, and OF Small. Equiden is judging the Fun Division, I am judging OF Large, and Naomi (some of you may know her discord name Naomithewolf#2563) is judging OF Small.

If you are not on OMHPS, I highly recommend you make a (free!) account and start showing. There are plenty of free shows running this month. I hope to see you all at Equiden's Celebration show! :)

Congrats Equiden, here's hoping you see fifty more year anniversaries and a million viewership milestones! 🥳

Banner belongs to Equiden. Look at all those cute, tiny ISHs!

Special Note: I saw questions in the comments pertaining to showing on OMHPS. I will publish a full post today or tomorrow on how to make an account and show. For some reason I am unable to answer comments right now (my replies are bouncing) but I do see them and will answer all questions and more in the next post. Thank you!

Happy Second Birthday OMHPS

OMHPS (Online Model Horse Photo Shows) is celebrating their second year out of beta this month. In the spirit of things, they have hosted a new birthday themed photo show. I was so so so excited when I saw this! Fun shows/scene classes are my very favorite thing, I had so many ideas chasing each other around in my head. I finally settled on a small stall decorated for a party, with a few animals and a foal.

This is how it turned out:

Overall, I'm really happy with it. It took me two weeks to set everything up, as I made a bunch of the props, had to paint the barn (it still needs another coat or two XD) and had all the chaos going on. I finished it three or four days ago, just in time to get hit with a big snowstorm that prevented any hope of photos before this afternoon (there is still snow on the ground, but none blowing onto the porch and the sun is shining clear).

Here are some close-ups of the details:

The barn itself has a funny story behind it. I had gone to the salon with a family member to get our hair done. While we were there, our beautician gave us a couple tickets for a duck race in our town. We kinda - ---- wait a second. I better explain what a duck race is before I move on. In my town, we hold an annual rubber duck race in our park's pond. Two guys paddle out in a tiny canoe and dump one or two totes of rubber ducks (with numbers written in sharpie on their bellies) out in the middle of the pond. The first ducky to go over the miniature waterfall at the end of the pond wins. The person who has the ticket with the winning ducky's number gets $200. All clear? Ok. So we got these tickets and we were both just kinda chuckling to ourselves like "what are we supposed to do with these? Like we'd ever win". Just joking, I made my family member promise to buy me the Breyer Hilltop Stable if she won, and I promised to buy her something if I got lucky. The next weekend, we both attended the race. We didn't bring our tickets, because, well, what are the odds?? We watched and clapped for the winning duck and went home. About an hour later, my family member got a phone call from the rubber ducky herder who told her she had won!! It was pretty funny, she was just there and clapping for herself. I don't think she'll ever live that down. She bought me the barn of course, but I only just recently got around to painting it. It finally came into good use!

Looking back, I really wish I had included my mini rubber ducky in that shoot. Drat. Opportunity lost.

What do you think of the entry? I'm fairly happy with it. According to the show rules I can enter one more photo. . . hmmm. Who will it be???

And the Winner is. . .

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Equiden!

Equiden won with this entry:

Equiden says: The gargantuan beast looks over her newly found friend, keeping it from danger. It is in her blood, after all, to be a guardian.

It was insanely close between her and AJ, with AJ's entry "Rescued by Rover". I ultimately went with Equiden's because of the massive difference in best friend size it displayed. Fantastic job!

Equiden, I will be emailing you this afternoon with your digital certificate. :)

A HUGE thank you to everyone who entered! I appreciate it. Another huge thank you to everyone who spread the word! Great job to all the entrants, you made my job super hard!

(These are the only circumstances a judge will thank you for making their job hard LOL!)

You can definitely expect to see more flash photo shows pop up in the future. :) This was so much fun!

Oh, I wanted to mention, I did hear about the Beebe farm fundraiser, and I will be covering it in a post either tomorrow or Friday. Thank you for everyone who gave me a heads-up on it!

Flash Fun Photo Show Entries (Best Friends Come in All Shapes and Sizes)

Entries closed last night, so I guess that means it's time for me to post the photos! I will decide on the winner tomorrow, but I'll post the gallery today.

AJ entered four photos:

"Rescued by Rover"   AJ says: Mouse, a senior Percheron mare enjoys a cuddle with her buddy Austin in the snow. Mouse was rescued from a neglect case and was withdrawn from humans until the friendly Austin taught her trust again. They are now the best of friends and will live out their days together. 

"Guidance"  AJ says: Willow, a warmblood mare helps guide her blind pony friend, Magic. Willow was orphaned when she was just hours old, and was raised alongside Magic to provide her with company and teach her manners. As time went on Magic began to develop cataracts, eventually going blind. One day, their owner noticed the Willow seemed to be helping Magic find her way around the paddock. They continue this act of trust to this day. 

"Romeo and Starlet"  AJ says: Romeo and his mare Starlet share a sweet moment. The Morgan and Appaloosa pair are very bonded and with any luck will have a foal by next spring. Starlet has been a great mom in the past and their owner can't wait for her foal! 

"Spring Snow"  AJ says: Two young foals, Ember (the bay) and Phoenix (the chestnut) try out their new legs. Both were born only a few weeks ago, the first foals of the season at this farm. Ember and Phoenix were bred with great expectations in mind, perhaps one day becoming high level show horses. But for now they are content to play chase and kick up their heels as they explore the world.

Lynn (HorsieMama) entered one:

"Mighty Mouse"  Lynn says:  Mighty Mouse (named after the REAL Superhero, Mighty Mouse) joins the herd at Windsong Stables. Originally skeptical of his so-called superpowers, Grandie becomes a believer after a brief demonstration and soon a fast friendship blooms between the two. Could Grandie become Mighty Mouse's equine version of Polly Pureheart? Tune in Friday at 7!

 

(Reference of the "real" Mighty Mouse, submitted by Lynn)

Em entered two photos:

Em says: What’s a better friendship than a girl and her pony?

Em says: Cats! Love ‘em or hate ‘em, they aren’t much help when it comes to redecorating.

NancyK entered one:

NancyK says: What better friendship bond than between mother and daughter?

Equiden entered four:

Equiden says: The gargantuan beast looks over her newly found friend, keeping it from danger. It is in her blood, after all, to be a guardian.

*Description pending, will be updated later*

*Description pending, will be updated later*

Equiden says: Playing hide-and-seek ;)

What a great turn-out! You've made judging really hard for me lol! I'll try to have the "results" in by tomorrow or the next day. :)

I want to give a big thank you to everyone who helped to spread the word! I know three of you by name:

Thank you to Equiden, for sharing on Discord!

Thank you to HorsieMama, for re-posting it on her blog!

Thank you to AC, for posting it in the comments of Braymere's blog!

If you helped to spread the word, but I somehow missed you, please lmk! You can post a comment and I will be sure to catch it and add you to the list. :)