WS-015 JUDGES FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW
A. Number of Judges
The number of judges required to judge the World
Championship Show shall be two (2) teams of five (5)
separate judges each. One team will judge all open classes
and all performance classes other than youth and amateur.
Team 2 will judge all youth and amateur classes. Specialty
classes will be divided between the two (2) teams.
B. Selection of Judges
The Licensed Officials Committee is to furnish a list of
thirty (30) names of judges to the AMHA office prior to the
mid-summer Board of Directors Meeting of each year. The
AMHA office is to hire ten (10) judges. These judges are to
be AMHA-carded.
(Amended 12-6-03, effective 01-04)
1. World Championship Show judges shall not have judged
an AMHA-approved show for 60 days prior to the World
Championship Show.
2. World Championship Show judges shall be announced by
January 1 of each show year, or as soon as all contracts are
finalized.
3. Judges teams shall be announced the first day of the
World Championship Show.
4. (See LO-039)
SHOW RULES
WS-016 CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW JUDGES
A. Selection of Judges for Championship Shows
1. Championship judges will be hired by the AMHA office.
2. Each Championship judging team will consist of three (3)
judges.
WS-020 OFFICIALS
A. Show Manager
The World Championship and Championship Show
Manager must be a professional show manager to be
hired by the Board of Directors. The liaison between show
manager and the AMHA will be the AMHA office. The Show
Manager must have no conflict of interest. Upon direction of
the Board of Directors, the AMHA office may be required to
function in the capacity of Show Manager.
B. Stewards and other employees to be hired or supplied by the
Show Manager/AMHA office and must not have a conflict of
interest. (Refer to LO-041)
WS-025 JUDGING SYSTEM
A. The World Championship Show will have five (5) judges
who will pick the Top Ten horses in halter classes, using a
five (5) judge system wherein both the high and low scores
are deleted and the remaining three (3) scores will determine
the Top Ten. (Amended 02-07, effective 01-08)
(Amended 06-09, effective 01-10)
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