Sands receives signals from ringmaster who gets his cues from the judges. The class responds to my direction. I'm relaying the judge's commands to the class. When a judge's card comes in and it's tabulated, then it's my job to announce the winners. That's it in a nutshell.
Sands maintains that less is more.
I have to decide how much information I've got to disseminate and try to get it all in at the down times. It's all geared to make the show more time efficient. Because if there is one criticism of horse shows, it's that they are time consuming. The announcer and ringmasters are in the time-management field. I have to say enough to keep the audience both informed and interested.