2008 AjPHAWorld Championship
Paint Horse Show
Youth Judging Contest

Will Rogers Memorial Center, Fort Worth, Texas
Friday, June 27, 2008, 8:30 a.m.
Registration desk opens at 7:00 a.m.
Enter On-line or download the PDF Form

Individual Entry Form • Team Entry Form

Contest Rules
Divisions
The contest offers two divisions: AjPHA and Open. Members of 4-H and FFA are eligible for the Open division, and AjPHA members are eligible for the AjPHA division. Participants may compete as individuals or on a team. Teams can have a maximum of four participants. Entries (individual or team) must be designated Junior (13 and Under) or Senior (14–19) based upon the youth’s age as of January 1, 2008.

Entry Deadline
The entry deadline is May, 15, 2008. Enter on-line or download the PDF Form. Please note the entry or team’s name with each payment. Only the first 100 entries postmarked or received online on or before May, 15, 2008 will be accepted. If necessary, the 100 teams will be chosen by the following system: 1) Date of entry, 2) Limit of one Junior Team and one Senior Team per club or association, 3) Lottery: Each entry will be assigned a number. Numbers will be drawn until 100 teams have been determined.

Fees
Contest entry fees are $25 per entry, regardless of the number of participants on the team. Fees include a box lunch for each participant on Friday afternoon and five complimentary breakfast tickets for the Awards Breakfast on Saturday.

Dress
All contestants are required to wear Western attire (longsleeve shirts and jeans or slacks – blazer or tie is optional) during the contest. No hats, caps or identifying clothing stating the contestants’ name, state, club, etc. will be allowed.

Awards for Junior and Senior Age Divisions
in both Open and AjPHA Divisions

• Trophy Buckles to World Championship Team Members
• Awards to World Championship Team Members
• Awards to High-Point Overall Individuals
• Trophies to High-Point Individuals and Teams in Halter,
  Performance and Reasons Categories
• Rosettes to First- through Fifth-Place Individuals and Teams
  in Halter, Performance and Reasons Categories

The Awards Breakfast will take place at 8 a.m., Saturday, June 28 in the Round-Up Inn, at the Will Rogers Memorial Center. All awards and results will be given at the breakfast. Each team will receive five complimentary breakfast tickets. To purchase additional tickets ($10 each), please contact the Director of Youth Activities before June 6, 2008 at (817) 834-2742, extension 248.

I. Judging Team Eligibility

A. 4-H, FFA, AjPHA, other breed registries’ members and other interested persons may participate. AjPHA members may participate in the AjPHA Division and all others may participate in the Open Division. Additionally, there will be two age divisions based on the age of the youth as of January 1.
1. Junior—13 and Under
2. Senior—14-19
B. Contestants must be current members of the clubs they represent and approved by the appropriate organization for their club, state, zone, etc.
C. All contestants are required to wear Western attire (longsleeve shirt and jeans or slacks—blazer or tie is optional) during contest and awards ceremony. No hats, caps or identifying clothing allowed.
D. Each team is required to submit an entry form and pay a $25 entry fee. The check or money order payable to APHA must be submitted with the entry form. The entries must be postmarked or received online on or before May 15, 2008.
E. Teams are to consist of a maximum of four members. On a four-member team, the lowest individual score will be dropped and will not be tabulated in the total scoring.
F. Teams of three members may compete; however, all three scores will be tabulated.
G. Every contestant will compete for individual awards.
H. Junior and Senior Team members may combine, but they must compete in the Senior age division and compete for Senior individual awards.
I. Teams of the same age group having less than three members may compete for individual awards and must pay the $25 entry fee.
J. Contestants who have competed on or are members of an intercollegiate horse judging team are ineligible to compete.

II. Classes to be judged

A. Halter–four to six classes
B. Performance–four to six classes (May include any of the following: Western Horsemanship, Hunt Seat Equitation, Hunter Hack, Hunter Under Saddle, Reining, Trail, Western Pleasure or Western Riding.)
C. Reasons:
1. 13 and Under Division: one set, halter.
2. 14-19 Division: four sets-two halter and two performance.

III. Contest Procedures

A. Contestants will be allowed 15 minutes to place each class.
B. It is the responsibility of the contestant to hand in the card with his/her placing of the class to the group leader before, or as soon as, time is called.
C. Oral reasons will be given for performance and/or halter classes. The contestants will be notified as to which classes will be required for reasons before the completion of judging all classes.
The contestant will have two minutes to give their reasons to the official. Contestants will not be permitted to use notes while giving reasons. Oral reasons are expected to indicate the contestant’s justification for their placement of the class.
D. A group leader will be placed in charge of each group of contestants, to supervise them and to answer any questions that do not pertain to the actual placing of the animal under consideration.
E. While the contest is in progress, there will be no conferring between contestants and any spectator except under the direct supervision of the group leader or the judging contest representative. Conferring between contestants is forbidden.
Failure to abide by regulations will result in the
disqualification of the contestant.

IV. Scoring and Final Standings

A. Based upon placings and oral reasons. Fifty points will constitute a perfect score in placing the animals, as well as fifty points constituting a perfect reasons score. In classes with no reasons required, only placings will be considered.
B. Any ties in the tabulation of the standings will be broken by reasons scores or using the National Horse Judging Team Coaches Association guidelines:
Individual Halter Ties: Ties are broken on total overall score.
Individual Reasons Ties: Ties are broken on overall halter placings.
Individual Performance Ties: Ties are broken on the total of the two reason classes placing scores. The second tie-breaker is determined by using the overall placing scores for the halter and performance classes.
Junior Team Reasons Ties: Ties are broken on the total of the reasons class placing scores, less the fourth dropped score (if the team consisted of four ontestants).
Senior Team Reasons Ties: Ties are broken on the total of the two reasons classes placing scores, less the fourth dropped score (if the team consisted of four contestants).
C. Once the awards are announced and presented, there will be no change.

FYI
You can watch APHA World Championship classes and attend Youth functions and educational events occurring during the 2008 World Championship Paint Horse Show free of charge. If you have questions, contact the APHA Director of Youth Activities at (817) 834-2742, extension 248.

Coaches meeting will be held Thursday evening, at 7:30 p.m. in the West Sale Arena.