Class Awards
1. Awards will be given to fifth place in ALL classes
2. NRHA classes will consist of NRHA trophies to first and prizes to second through fifth.
3. WRHA classes will be given prizes from first through fifth. It will be the owners/riders responsibility to come to the office or awards table to receive any awards.
Year End High Point Awards
The WRHA gives year end awards for any class that is run at least twice during the year. The following classes will be awarded Year End High Point Awards:
NRHA CLASSES -
Open
Intermediate Open
Limited Open
Non Pro
Intermediate Non Pro
Limited Non Pro
Prime Time Non Pro
Novice Horse Open - Level 1
Novice Horse Open - Level 2
Novice Horse NP - Level 1
Novice Horse NP - Level 2
Rookie - Level 1
Rookie - Level 2
YOUTH -
Youth 13 and under
Youth 14 – 18
WRHA CLASSES -
WRHA Green Reiner Horse
WRHA Beginner Rider
WRHA Ladies
WRHA Gentlemen
ARAB -
Arab/Part Arab Open
Arab/Part Arab Non Pro
Rules for High Point Year End Awards
The following rules will apply to qualify for the High Point Year End Awards:
1. All classes offered for each class division above, at all WRHA shows held during the calendar year, shall be used to calculate Year End High Point awards. Points shall be calculated by awarding the 1st place horse with points equal to the number of qualified entries in the class. Second place will receive points equal to the number of qualified entries in the class minus 1. Third place will receive points equal to the number of qualified entries in the class minus 2 and so on.
2. Qualified entries are those riders that receive a score. Those rides that receive a score of "0" are still counted as a qualified entry. Those entries that are a SCRATCH or are disqualified and therefore receive no score are not qualified entries.
3. "0" scores are not eligible to receive points.
4. In the case of a tied placing, all entries at that placing shall be awarded the average of the number of places tied. Example: The count of entries is 10. The 1st place horse receives 10 points, 2nd place receives 9 points, 3rd/4th/5th places tie, so 8+7+6 / 3 = 7 points to each of those three in the tie. The next horse would be considered to be in 6th place and would receive 5 points.
5. In the case where a WRHA class is run concurrent with its NRHA counterpart, the points for each class are calculated separately. When the two counterpart classes are to be combined for one Year End High Point Award, the points will then be added together to determine the placings for Year End High Point purposes only.
6. BOTH the rider and the horse owner must be current WRHA members in good standing. Points will begin to accumulate from the time membership is paid. They are not retroactive to include a WRHA show which exhibitor participated in prior to becoming a WRHA member.
7. There is no additional cost to compete for Year End High Point awards outside the annual WRHA membership dues.
8. A "one horse, one rider" principle shall apply. A member may qualify on multiple horses or a horse may have more than one rider but each team of horse and rider must meet all the rules to be eligible to receive a Year End High Point award. Substitution of either the horse or rider would be considered the formation of a new horse/rider team and be counted with separate points if all other criteria is met.
9. Horse/rider teams must compete in the qualifying class in at least 50% of all WRHA shows to qualify for Year End High Point awards.
10. Year End High Point awards shall be awarded down to 3rd place in each of the class divisions listed above. In the event of a tie in any division, the tiebreaker will be determined by the exhibitor who participated in the most classes in that division. If there is still a tie, the tiebreaker will be the exhibitor with the highest judge’s score in the qualifying class at the last WRHA show of the year.
WRHA Club Class Rules
BEGINNER RIDER:
May ride one or two-handed in any approved bit AND a non-pro who has not earned more than $200 in any reining event at the start of the calendar year.
LADIES/GENTLEMEN:
Open to everyone, one or two-handed in any approved bit. Horses may be shown twice in this class, i.e., once by a man and once by a woman.
GREEN REINER, HORSE:
Open to all riders, horses may be shown one or two-handed in any approved bit, horse's *FIRST year shown.
(*EXCEPTION: may show in this class if the only other time shown was at the most recent prior year's WRHA Fall Spectacular show.)
GENERAL WRHA CLUB CLASS CONDITIONS:
If you started one handed in a class, you must stay one handed. May not switch from one hand to two during the class.
These rules apply to WRHA club classes only. See the NRHA handbook for an explanation of all NRHA class rules.