The EUROPEAN SYSTEM will be used for all FUTURITY and WORLD CLASS Halter classes, except for the Championship classes.  The NATIONAL TOTAL POINT JUDGING SYSTEM will be used for all AMATEUR and JUNIOR TO HANDLE classes, as well as the CHAMPIONSHIP Halter classes.

The method for entering the ring and pre-judging evaluation will be the same for all halter classes with the following exception: In the Finals for both Straight Yearling Futurity Fillies and Colts, the horses will be brought in and shown individually (see specifics below).

Admission to the Ring - At the discretion of Show Management, order of entry into the ring may be predetermined for any class. In all Breeding/In-Hand/Halter classes, a posted order will be produced listing the entries by birth date, oldest to youngest, and all entries will enter in the order posted.

All halter horses should be brought in at the trot on a loose line to a pre-determined point. Each handler will be allowed one attendee to help animate the horse in a controlled manner. According to USEF rules no appendage is allowed at the end of the whip (Reference Chapter III, GR320 USEF). Use of small a piece of plastic held in hand or a “rattle” can or bottle may be allowed. The Steward has the right to deem any accessory as unsuitable if it affects the safety of those involved. Please use extreme caution with horse and other exhibitors. All activity to animate the horse MUST take place in the designated holding paddock. NO activity including running of horse on any roadway will be allowed. The paddock area is only for those horses exhibiting/entering the class being called. No horse in other classes will be allowed in the holding paddock. Only the horse entering and the horse on deck will be allowed the use of the attendee and accessory for excitement. All other horses are to remain quiet and a safe distance from the entry gate. The purpose of the above is to allow the expression of Arabian charisma in a controlled environment. During this period, the judges will be viewing the horses. After all horses have entered the ring in this manner, the horses will be stood in a halter position along the rail while the judges perform a pre-judging individual inspection of each horse for the purpose of judging the level of excellence of the class. The horses will then again be evaluated at the walk on a loose lead along the rail by the judges.

The ring steward will then direct the horses to be walked around the arena and will arbitrarily decide which horse is going to be judged first. At that point the first and each succeeding horse will then be stood in a halter position until the judges summon the horse to be brought to them. The horse will be walked to the judges on a loose lead and stood in a halter position again for judging. The judges will then judge the horse. After the horses have been judged in the halter position, the horse is to be trotted to the rail. Just before getting to the rail, the horse will be turned to the left and will be trotted down the rail.

Presentation of Straight Futurity Filly and Colt Finalists - All horses in each class will be trotted into the arena (Please note specifics above). When all are in, they will walk on a loose line, counter clockwise. All horses are then excused to the ready area. Each horse, from oldest to youngest, is then individually brought back in at a trot to a specified area to be judged. The horse then walks to the center ring for presentation and then trots away in a designated pattern. The horse is then excused and the next horse brought in and presented accordingly until the class is completed.

For the Futurity Classes as well as the World Class Halter classes, the judges will judge the horse based on a comparison of each horse to the European standard using the following criteria:

TYPE, HEAD AND NECK, BODY AND TOPLINE, LEGS and MOVEMENT. The multiplication factors are as follows:

TYPE  X 5
HEAD AND NECK  X 4
BODY AND TOPLINE  X 4
LEGS  X 4
ARABIAN MOVEMENT  X 4

The score for each specification will be from 1 to 20, with 0.5 increments.

In both the Futurity Classes and the World Class Halter classes, three judges will be used. In these classes, the horses will enter the ring as previously described, and be judged using the European System as outlined above. For the Futurity Final Classes and World Class Halter classes, the judges’ evaluation will be announced after each horse is judged, and placings will be made. For the Futurity Preliminary Classes, scores are not shown. Ties will be broken by the total score given for Type. Placings will be announced in the reverse order of finish.

In the World Class/Futurity Junior Championship classes (combined Futurity and World Class), the three judges will use the National Total Point Judging System to place the champion and reserve champion upon judging the 1st and 2nd place winners from the yearling and two year old classes. Scores will be tabulated. The Champion and Reserve Champion will be announced in reverse order.

In the World Class/Futurity Senior Championship classes (combined Futurity and World Class), the same procedure will be followed as for the Junior Championship class. Horses competing will be the 1st and 2nd place horses from the 3 year old and older halter classes. The scores will be tabulated and the Senior Champion and Reserve Senior Champion will be announced in reverse order.

In the World Class/Futurity Supreme Championship classes, three judges will be used and the procedure will be the same as in the Junior and Senior championship classes. Horses competing will be the 1st and 2nd place horses in the Junior and Senior Championship classes. NOTE: Yearlings are not eligible to be shown in the Supreme Championship Class.

Egyptian Event Supreme Champions cannot show in subsequent Event classes which would make them eligible to compete for Supreme Champion.

Judging System
Amateur Halter, Performance & Other

In the Amateur Halter and Junior to Handle Halter classes, the National Total Point Judging System will be used by three judges. Judges will place the Champion, Reserve Champion, and Top Ten. Scores will be tabulated. The Champion, Reserve Champion, and Top Ten will be announced in reverse order.

Performance Classes will be adjudicated by a single judge. The horse with the highest total score will be named Champion, the horse with the second-highest score will be named Reserve Champion, etc., until the Top Five have been chosen.

In the Get of Sire, Produce of Dam, and Most Classic Head classes, three judges will be used with a call judge.

In the Egyptian Breeders’ Challenge classes (ATH), three separate EBC judges will be used. These judges will judge and rank the horses, using the National Total Point Judging System. A Top Ten will be announced, the Top Five to be placed, and then a Champion and Reserve Champion will be announced in reverse order. The sire and dam of the EBC yearlings will not be announced until after the horses are judged.

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