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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.