Rules and Regulations

Entries: All entries must be made on the entry form provided. No entry will be accepted without a release form signed by the rider or the parent or guardian of any rider under 18. Entries for horses trailering in will not be accepted without proof of a negative Coggins test (within 12 months). The show office will open at 3:00pm on Friday for schooling. Numbers will be issued upon receipt of an open check. Entries must be submitted to: [email protected].

Stabling: Stalls will be available Friday afternoon through Sunday after the last class ends. Overnight stalls are $60. Day stalls are $45. Stalls are limited – please call with stall number to (414) 617-9480.Outside shavings will not be permitted.

Schooling: Open schooling will be permitted in the arena from 3:00pm until8:00pm on Friday, January 23, for a $25 fee. Saturday and Sunday, January 24th and 25th, open schooling is scheduled for 7:00am until 9:00am.

Lunging: Lunging is permitted in designated areas and NOT on grass. PLEASE, NO lunging in any areas DURING or AFTER tractor ring work, unless in specified and/or designated areas.

Show Committee Decisions: Decisions shall be final and will be guided by USEF, MHSA, and MOHJO rules where applicable.

Pets: No pets are permitted on the grounds.

Non-competing horses: Non-competing horses need to register with the secretary. A fee of $25.00, along with a current Coggins test, will need to be presented. A CURRENT NEGATIVE COGGINS (within 12 months) certificate must be shown before numbers will be issued. Entries must be submitted to: [email protected].

Awards: Ribbons & Awards will be given through sixth place in every class. Champion and reserve champion will be awarded in all divisions.

Classes: Classes may be canceled, combined, or divided if necessary.Entries must be submitted to [email protected] by January 16th. See entry form for class fees.

Hunter classes: All of our hunter classes will be a mix of a normal hunter class and a derby. Riders will have one normal hunter round, a handy round, and a flat. Riders may show as many horses as they wish in these classes. The rounds will consist of at least 8 fences at the base height. It will be judged using an open numerical scoring system.

Pairs Class: A team of 2 riders will do a hunter course and a flat class. For the jumping portion, the riders will switch leaders halfway through the course and jump the last jump tandem. For the flat class, riders will ride side by side and ask to walk, trot, canter, and change direction.

Gambler’s Choice: Each jump will be given a point value, and every time a horse clears a jump, they receive the points assigned to that fence. Each jump may be jumped twice for points. Points will not be counted beyond the second jump per fence. Riders may take any path they choose and jump the jumps in any order they choose. There will be a time limit of 90 seconds, at the end of which the rider may opt to take the ‘Joker’ jump. The ‘Joker’ jump will add to the score if cleared and take away from the score if not cleared (knock down or refusal). The horse and rider combination with the most points wins and will be awarded half the total entry fees.

Don’t Spill Your Flask: In this class, you will hold a cup of water. The person who spills the least wins. There will be an over fences class and a flat class.

Magazine Race: Riders will receive a number, ride down, dismount their horse, and then retrieve the corresponding page number. Riders will then remount their horse and come back. Fastest time wins. There will also be an over-fences version, where the horse and rider must jump a fence both on the way down and back.

Team Relay: Riders will compete as a team of 4. Riders will ride down to a cone at the end of the arena. They will then dismount and run their horse back in hand. The next person can go once the rider before them returns. Fastest time wins.

Best Dressed: Riders will ride out on the rail in formal hunt attire. Riders will be asked to do a series of tasks. For example, walk, trot, canter, hand gallop, change of directions, or drop their stirrups. Riders will be judged on their formal turnout and ability to perform the task asked of them. For the Lead Line class, it will only be walk, trot, and a change of direction.

Trail Class: Riders and horses will go through an obstacle course. They will be asked to perform different tasks, all while being timed. The fastest time wins! Rider and horse may be asked to open a gate, go over poles and bridges, potentially crack a hunt whip, and dismount and remount to pick something up off the ground.