2025 MFTHBA Rulebook

131 b) Excessive jawing, opening mouth or head rising on the stop. c) Lack of smooth, straight stop on haunches and/or excessive sliding. d) Failure to complete obstacles. e) Refusing to change leads. f) Anticipating signals. g) Stumbling. h) Backing sideways. i) Knocking over markers. j) Falling. 4) Faults against the rider which will be scored accordingly: a) Losing stirrup. b) Any unnecessary aid given by the rider such as unnecessary talking, petting, spurring, quirting, jerking on reins, etc. c) Failure to ride beyond the markers in the rollbacks. d) Failure to remain a minimum of twenty (20) feet from the side or end fence when executing a rundown, rollback and/or stop. Ranch Versatility Pattern #1 1. Work Gate (open, pass thru, close). 2. Trot over ground poles. 3. Left lead lope to and over jump or elevated ground pole, continue lope around end of arena down left side of arena, past last marker. 4. Stop. Rollback to the right, lope past end marker. 5. Stop. Rollback to the left, lope past center marker. 6. Stop. Back to center marker; hesitate. 7. 1/4 turn to the left. Beginning on left lead, lope to center of pen, circle to the left. 8. At the close of the circle change to right lead, lope a circle to the right. 9. At close of circle change to left lead, lope to end of arena. 10. Dally and drag tire across arena at a fox trot. Exhibitor must leave rope on fence for next exhibitor. 11. Fox trot to the judge for inspection.