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IHSA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2002
HORSE JUDGING CONTEST
Cazenovia College
May 2, 2002
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THIS CONTEST IS OPEN TO ALL IHSA MEMBERS REGARDLESS OF THEIR LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE OF, AND PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN, HORSE JUDGING.
| Karin Bump | |
| Cazenovia College | |
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315-655-7186 |
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| kbump@cazcollege.edu | |
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Start time = 9am |
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| Contest guidelines, classes to be judged, and copies of patterns will be distributed during a meeting for all contests from 9:00-9:30am. The actual contest will begin at 9:30. Contestants arriving late will not have the opportunity to ask questions about contest procedures or distributed class patterns. | |
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Finish time = between 2 and 5 pm |
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Finish time is dependent upon number of entries. The judging portion should take 2 – 2 ˝ hours. Students participating in the oral reasons aspect of the competition will be provided with lunch in the reasons preparation room. |
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Contest is open to IHSA member Colleges only. Contestants must hold individual IHSA memberships and be currently active with their IHSA Riding Team. Furthermore, contestants must have competed in at least one show during the 2001-2002 academic year. Each IHSA Member College can send one Team with a maximum of five individuals. The top four scores for each Team will count for Team awards and the low score will be dropped. Each Region and Zone may also send a Team, however students can only compete on one Team. |
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$20 per contestant. Must be paid with registration materials. |
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For administrative Purposes, reservations are requested prior to March 15th. The registration deadline, however, is April 12th . Entry fees are due with registration materials and must be received on or before this date. |
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| Awards will be given to the top five Teams and the top ten individuals in the following categories: | |
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1. Placings |
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2. Reasons |
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3. Overall |
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The award presentations will be made in the arena at a day/time to be announced later. |
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No less than three contest officials will determine Placings and cuts. Official Placings, cuts, and reasons will be given immediately following the close of the contest. |
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How the day will run…
1. Judging Classes:
Contestants will have 12-15 minutes to judge each class of four horses. During halter classes’ contestants will be shown the following views: profile, front view, rear view, travel and close inspection. Each contestant will turn in their judges card following the completion of each class. Once a card has been turned in to a group leader, it will not be returned for any reason. Failure to turn in a card or turning in a blank card shall result in a score of 0 for that class. If a contestant selects more than one placing sequence, the card will not be scored and a 0 will be registered for that class. The cards will be scored through the use of a horse judging contest computer program. Time between each class will vary upon the need for warm-up/schooling time for the horses and exhibitors preparing to be judged.
Classes to be judged:
This contest will consist of 2 halter classes and 4 performance horse classes taken from the following list:
Halter Classes:
§ Hunter in Hand (mares, geldings, and/or aged)
§ Stock type Halter (mares, geldings, and/or aged)
Performance Classes
§ Hunter Under Saddle
§ Hunter Hack
§ Hunter over Fences
§ Hunt Seat Equitation on the Flat
§ Hunt Seat Equitation over Fences
§ Stock Seat Equitation
§ Reining (IHSA Patterns will be used)
§ Western Pleasure
§ Western Riding (IHSA patterns will be used)
§ Western Horsemanship (IHSA patterns will be used)
While the contest is in progress, there will be no conferring among contestants and/or between contestants and anyone else except as directed by the contest superintendent or her representatives. Questions that do not pertain to the placing of the class shall be directed to the designated group leader only. Failure to abide by this rule shall constitute disqualification from the contest.
2. Oral Reasons:
In order to qualify for all three award categories, contestants should plan to participate in both phases of the contest: judging phase, and the oral reasons phase.
Reasons:
Reasons will be given in two of the six judging classes. Reasons classes will be announced during the meeting prior to the start of the contest. Reasons will be judged according to the National Horse Judging Team Coaches Association Rules. Never given reasons before? Not even sure you know what they are?! E-mail me and I will send you some information!!
3. Contestant/Coaches meeting:
A brief organizational meeting will be held at 9am the day of contest to review the contest format. Reasons classes will be announced and patterns will be provided for the contestants. All contestants and their coaches are expected to attend.
Other Information
§ Horses will be judged as sound unless otherwise indicated at the start of the contest
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All tack will be considered legal
§ Horses will be considered appropriate for the class in which they participate
§ Contestants can bring reference materials into the contest but no materials will be allowed into the reasons room. Contestants bringing materials into the reasons room will receive a 0 score for that set of reasons.
To Register for the 2002 IHSA National Judging Competition, have your coach fill out the online entry form found on the IHSA Internal Website under Current Events!