SHW215. ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION. All approved classes must be open to any American Quarter Horse owner meeting age, ownership and eligibility requirements. Membership in AQHA and/or AQHYA for youth competition is the only mandatory membership.
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SHW215.1 Every person competing in an AQHA-approved class must possess either a current, individual AQHYA or AQHA membership card, or AQHA membership card with amateur privileges, recorded solely in their name, or must complete a membership application and pay for it at the show, which will be submitted with the show roster.
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SHW215.2 Show management must inspect the membership card (or a photocopy) at any show the exhibitor has entered. If the exhibitor is a member but cannot produce the card (or a photocopy) at the show, a replacement form must be completed and a new membership purchased at the show prior to entering. This fee is non-refundable.
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SHW215.2.1 To allow show management qualification for monetary assistance from a state, province or country in which an AQHA-approved show or event is conducted, in which state, province or country prohibits exclusion of nonmembers, if otherwise qualified, a nonmember may gain entry in the open and youth divisions by payment of a nonmember fee equal to an individual member fee. Payment of this fee will allow a non-member access to the particular event, show, or show circuit. By entering as a nonmember, the individual agrees to abide by AQHA rules.
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SHW215.3 Failure by exhibitor to wear correct number(s) in a visible manner shall result in disqualification.
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SHW215.4 Each member, horse owner or others involved in participation in AQHA-approved events is charged with the ultimate responsibility to determine eligibility of persons exhibiting his or her horse by contacting AQHA regarding the current list of suspended or disciplined persons before authorizing such participation.
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SHW215.5 Any stallion, mare or gelding one year old or older must have been issued an AQHA registration certificate to compete in an approved halter class.
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SHW215.6 Only stallions, mares, spayed mares, non-breeding mares and geldings, 2 years old and older, which have been issued an AQHA registration certificate, are eligible to compete in approved performance classes or contests.
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SHW215.7 A 2-year-old may not be shown in any performance class prior to July 1 of its 2-year-old year with the exception of yearlings that may compete and earn points in showmanship at halter classes.
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SHW215.8 Geldings still listed as stallions according to AQHA records at the time the show results are processed will be disqualified.
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SHW215.9 Weanlings may be exhibited without a registration certificate but must be shown as unnamed; must be eligible for registration with AQHA and either before or after a registration application is filed, should AQHA determine the weanling is either ineligible for registration or eligible only upon fulfillment of certain conditions, the weanling shall not further participate in approved shows, or, if registration is conditional, it shall not participate in approved shows until those conditions are fulfilled.
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SHW215.10 Stallions may not be exhibited in rookie, novice amateur, youth or novice youth classes, except for youth ages 14 and older residing in Mexico, South or Central America who may exhibit stallions in youth performance classes if such classes are held in Mexico, South and/or Central America.