2025 MFTHBA Rulebook

77 4. Versatility horses must be a least three years of age (unless specifically designated) to be eligible for placing in any class. Horses competing in Hunter Hack or Hunter over Fences classes are required to be four years of age or older. 5. Entry forms for individual classes are to be completed and filed with show entry desk personnel prior to the class, as required by Show Management, with proper information on the horse and exhibitor (rider/handler), and with appropriate signatures. 6. Exhibitors can show up to three horses in classes where horses perform individually. Points earned accrue to each horse. A horse may not be shown by more than one exhibitor in a particular class. 7. A Youth may not show a stallion with the exception that a youth may show a weanling colt in the In-Hand Trail class. E. Versatility Divisions: 1. At show management’s discretion, a show may have up to three divisions - Open, Amateur and Youth. The division classes may be combined at show management’s discretion to run concurrently but will be judged and pointed on an individual division basis. Riders/exhibitors will declare their division at the beginning of the show. 2. A horse may not be shown by more than one exhibitor in a particular class. Amateur and Youth exhibitors are eligible to show in Open Division classes unless restricted by specific show requirements (i.e., age, etc.). A horse may be eligible for “World Grand Champion” or any high point award in more than one Division, and points will be based on the number of entries in that particular division showing in the class. 3. Open Division: horse is not restricted to the same exhibitor in all classes in the Three-Year- Old Futurity/Spring Show or the Show & Celebration in Ava, Missouri. Points accrue to the horse only. 4. Amateur Division: horse must have the same exhibitor in all classes in the Three-Year-Old Futurity/Spring Show or the Show & Celebration in Ava, Missouri. Points accrue to the horse and exhibitor team. 5. Youth Division: horse must have the same exhibitor in all classes in the Three-Year-Old Futurity/Spring Show or the Show & Celebration in Ava, Missouri. Points accrue to the horse and exhibitor team. 6. Multiple exhibitors may be allowed at Affiliate shows in any division at the discretion of show management, with points accruing to the horse only within a single division. 7. Versatility Championships, high points and classes may be added or deleted at the discretion of the Board of Directors. F. The Point System for Awards: 1. Chart A below is being established as a universal point system and is to be used at the Spring Show/Futurity, the Annual Show and Celebration, Regional Championships and other MFTHBA-approved shows to assign points to be awarded for each of the Versatility and Ranch Horse classes. 2. In the case of a division tie for a Versatility Championship, the winner will be determined using criteria in the following order until the tie is resolved: a) the horse with the greater number of points earned in Category 1 classes; b) horse earning points in the greater number of categories; c) horse earning points in the greater number of classes. 3. Points shall be awarded based on the total number of horses actually judged in a class in a given division. a) Scratched entries shall not count towards total number of entries in a class. b) No points shall be awarded to a disqualified entry. However, the disqualified entry shall count toward the number of participants in a class. c) The judge, at his/her discretion, may refuse entry to the arena for improper attire or prohibited equipment. Further, a judge has an obligation to disqualify an entry for obvious lameness as defined in Section 4. In such cases, these entrants shall not count toward the total number of entries in a class for point purposes.