4. Amateur - limited to amateur exhibitors only (see AM010 for requirements)
5. Ladies - limited to ladies 19 and older
6. Gentlemen - limited to gentlemen 19 and older
7. Maiden - limited to horse not having won one first
place ribbon in that particular AMHA class.
8. Pleasure Driving may be offered also for:
a. Mares to drive
b. Stallions to drive
c. Geldings to drive
C. In performance, a single horse can be exhibited by only a
single handler per class.
D. No baiting of performance horses is allowed - Hunter,
Jumper, Liberty, Obstacle. Baiting in these classes is a
disqualification.
E. Call judges are required to use a whistle to notify exhibitors
of elimination from classes in Halter Obstacle, Obstacle
Driving, Hunter, Jumper and Liberty.
F.
Judge(s) shall walk Hunter/Jumper and Halter/Driving
Obstacle course with designer and exhibitors. Refer to CL060 and CL-065.
G. Front leg wraps and/or boots are permitted in jumping only.
H. In Halter Obstacle, Hunters, Jumpers and all Showmanship
classes, chains may be a part of the lead on the halter but
the chain portion cannot be placed in the horse’s mouth
or over the horse’s nose. Violation of this rule will cause
disqualification for the class.
(Amended 02-21-02, effective 01-03)
I. Any exhibitor, trainer of exhibitor, or family member of
exhibitor may not be responsible for design of the course.
(Amended 02-09, effective 01-10)
CL-030 DRIVING CLASS GENERAL RULES
A. Horses to enter ring at a trot. Horses must be serviceably
sound and all driving horses must be three (3) years or older.
Horses showing evidence of labored breathing, wheezing or
“roaring”, at the discretion of the judge the horse may be
penalized.
(Amended 2-13, effective 1-14)
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SHOW RULES
J. Score sheets are available on the AMHA website for use in
judging certain performance classes. These sheets are not
mandatory, they are available and suggested for use by the
Judges when judging AMHA approved classes. These score
sheets outline suggested scoring rules, penalties, faults,
plusses, etc. that may be used for scoring AMHA classes in
addition to what is outlined in the AMHA Rulebook.