SAHIBA Horse Show High Point Award Program Rules

Direct any questions, requests for entry forms or reporting forms to the Horse Show Point Chairman: Deneb Thompson, 15810 Columbia Hwy., Lynnville, TN  38472, Phone: 304-389-5717 Email: cygnusarabs@yahoo.com

Eligibility Requirements: To be eligible, the horse must be a Registered Purebred or Half Arabian owned or leased by a member of SAHIBA. The rider or handler of said horse must also be a member of SAHIBA.

Nomination Procedure: A completed nomination form, copy of registration papers for all nominated horses and a check in payment of all fees must be received by the H.S. Point Chairman prior to exhibiting. Nomination fees shall be per horse or exhibitor per division as follows: All Horse nominations are $15.00, all Adult nominations are $15.00, all youth nominations are $5.00.

Reporting Procedure Horse Shows: After completing a class for which you have been nominated, complete a point sheet (copies available from the H.S. Point Chairman). For non-recognized shows, mail the completed point sheet along with a copy of the showbill listing the name, date and classes for the show to our H.S. Point Chairman.  For AHA recognized shows, mail just the point sheet.  Include the phone number and address of the Show Secretary.   Please mail all points within 30 days of the show.

USEF/AHA recognized shows are those with USEF and/or AHA show numbers, including AHA Community and One-Day Shows.  Non-recognized shows are those local, open, all breed shows that are not recognized by USEF or AHA.

   

¨       Championships shall receive double points.

¨       Regional & National placing will count as follows: Champion: 20 points; Reserve Champion: 16 points; Top 5 or Top 10: 12 points; Participation at Regional or National Show with no placing: 5 points.

¨       Points earned at the SAHIBA Spring Horse Affair, SAHIBA Arabian Spring Show (SASS), and SAHIBA Sheiks and Shrieks Fall Show shall count at 1 ½ times the normal point value per placing.

 Award Divisions: 

High Point Horse:
Purebred Halter/In Hand
Purebred Western
Purebred Saddleseat
Purebred Huntseat (Dressage & Sport Horse)
Purebred Open Performance and Halter

Half-Arabian Halter/In Hand
Half-Arabian Western
Half-Arabian Saddleseat
Half-Arabian Huntseat (Dressage & Sport Horse)
Half-Arabian Open Performance and Halter

High Point Exhibitor:
Youth Exhibitor (Single Horse)
Adult Exhibitor (Single Horse)
Open Exhibitor (Multiple Horses)

Award Divisions are defined as follows:
 

Halter/In Hand:  Any class judged solely on the horse.  Performance, Equitation and Showmanship do not count.

Western:  Any class judged under western tack including equitation, horsemanship, reining, trail & sidesaddle classes.

Saddleseat:  Any class judged under saddleseat tack, including equitation & sidesaddle.

Hunter:  Any class judged under hunt seat or Dressage tack including but not limited to show hack, hunter-jumper,   English Trail and Sport Horse in-hand classes.

Open Performance & Halter:  Any class that may include any of the above divisions in any combination and may also include other classes that did not fit the above divisions such as Driving or Native Costume. This division is the division for the “all around” Arabian or Half-Arabian that competes in more than one discipline.  All classes will count in this division, except Equitation and Showmanship.

Youth Exhibitor (Single Horse):  Any class from any discipline or a combination of disciplines that is limited to Youth only, including Equitation and Showmanship.  Open classes do not count, however, ATR or AOTR classes do when there is not a corresponding JTR or JOTR class.  This division is for the Youth that shows only one horse, or in the case of lesson horses, only one horse at a show.

Adult Exhibitor (Single Horse):  This division is for the Adult that shows only one horse, or in the case of lesson horses, only one horse at a show.

Open Exhibitor:  This division is for the Adult or Youth who show multiple horses.  This division is also for the Youth that show in Open classes as well as Youth.  All classes will count in this division.

  

Additional Rules and Regulations: 

¨       Points will accrue from January 1^st through November 1^st  each year.

¨       In the event of a dispute, the determination of the Point Chairman shall be binding.

¨       If a horse is being purchased on a time-payment plan, a copy of the agreement must be attached to the nomination form.

¨       If a Division gets enough participants to warrant a split, multiple High Point Awards will be given.  Each split must have a minimum of three entries.  Splits may be made by age of the horse, age of the exhibitor, disciple, etc.  Contestants will be notified when splits are made.

¨       Each year, SAHIBA will award an Overall High Point Horse and Overall High Point Exhibitor to those who earn the most points in a year, regardless of division.