Novice Youth
Appaloosa Youth Association members – please note that novice
youth requirements for 2011 have changed. Novice eligibility will now
be calculated by class. You may be eligible to show in any novice class
if you have less than 20 points in that group of classes and if you
have not won a National or World title in that class. For example: you
are eligible to show in novice showmanship if you have less than 20
total combined points in any age group showmanship class and English
showmanship class and if you have not won a national or world title
in any showmanship class (excluding walk-trot). If you are ineligible
for novice showmanship for any reason (such as having earned too many
showmanship points), you may still be eligible to show in any other
novice youth class if you meet requirements for that class.
Please visit the
www.appaloosa.com and click on “Show”
and then click on “Verify
Your Membership & Novice Eligibility Here”. After that,
enter your membership number and click “Submit” for a listing
of classes in which you are eligible to show novice. Please print a
copy of that list to take to regional shows to prove your novice eligibility.
This listing will be available in mid-January once all 2010 points have
been verified and awards calculated.
Novice points will be accrued to the youth’s novice record regardless
of whether or not the youth is eligible to earn points as determined
by their relationship to the owner of the horse. Once the 20-point total
is reached, the youth will no longer be able to show in that novice
class at the end of the calendar year. However, these points will not
count toward year-end high-point awards or accumulative lifetime awards.
Please refer to the ApHC Web site for complete rules regarding novice
youth eligibility. You can access the 2011 Official Rules of the Appaloosa
Horse Club from the main Web site.