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Horse exhibitors are limited to one entry per class. All horses must be included in 4-H or FFA project. No stallions other than weanling colts may be shown. Family members may use the same horse for different showmanship age levels. Mare with foal will be shown in the Mare and Foal class only.
Beginning in 2009, all exhibitors participating in the county fair horse show for the second year or more must pass Advancement Level 1 to be eligible to exhibit at the county fair. Level exam for the county fair must be completed by June 1 of the current year for county fair. (Different deadline dates apply for district and state competition.)
4-H and FFA horse exhibitors shall wear white long sleeve shirts with a 4-H or an FFA armband emblem on them. Unnecessary roughness or discourteousness will dismiss the rider from further competition for the entire show. Good sportsmanship shall prevail at all times. Politeness is mandatory.
Vet check will begin at 8:00 A.M. Saturday. Horses must be checked in by 8:30 A.M. Saturday. Show will start at 9:00 a.m. and follow this show order: |
| Halter - Division 601 - Pay Category 1 |
| 901 |
Mare & Weanling Foal |
| 902 |
Yearling Fillies |
| 903 |
2-year-old Mare |
| 904 |
3-year-old Mares |
| 905 |
4- and 5-year-old Mares |
| 906 |
6-year and older Mares |
| 907 |
1-year-old Gelding |
| 908 |
2-year-old Gelding |
| 909 |
3-year-old Gelding |
| 910 |
4- and 5-year-old Gelding |
| 911 |
6-year and older Gelding |
| Showmanship |
| 901 |
Senior - Division 604 - Pay Category 12 |
| 901 |
Intermediate - Division 603 - Pay Category 13 |
| 901 |
Junior - Division 602 - Pay Category 14 |
| 902 |
Horseless - Division 602 - Pay Category 16 - Participation ribbon. Owners may enter arena at their discretion. |
| PeeWee Showmanship |
Performance: Pay Category 3
Exhibitor may enter once in pleasure and once in horsemanship. The same horse need not be used in every event. However, each horse must be a properly identified project horse. A jointly identified horse may show only once in each of the events including pleasure, horsemanship, reining, riding, pole bending and barrel races. An exhibitor may enter in reining or western riding but not both. Exhibitors entered in walk-trot classes are not eligible for other pleasure or horsemanship classes. Once an exhibitor has participated in pleasure or horsemanship they are not eligible for the walk-trot classes. Walk-trot classes are offered for beginning showman, not beginning horses.
Junior - Division 602
Intermediate - Division 603
Senior - Division 604 |
| 903 |
English Equitation (horsemanship) |
| 904 |
English Pleasure |
| 905 |
Walk-Trot Pleasure - Pay Category 4 |
| 906 |
Walk-Trot Horsemanship - Pay Category 4 |
| 907 |
Western Pleasure |
| 908 |
Western Horsemanship |
| 909 |
Reining |
| 910 |
Western Riding |
| 911 |
Pole Bending |
| 913 |
Barrel Races |
| 914 |
Ranch Horse Roping (dummy roping from horseback) |
| 915 |
In-hand trail – Juniors Only |
| 916 |
Mounted trail |
| High point performance awards will be by age division. High point includes pleasure, horsemanship, reining or riding, poles and barrels with showmanship as a tie breaker. |