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Club may choose to pay straight payback, jackpot, or they may choose to pay the performance classes straight and the games jackpot, or vise versa. Payback choice is posted at the show.

20% of Halter entries must go to ASCA for annual trophies.

All entries must be paid back, including scratches, but not including entry fees refunded because of injury to horse and/or rider.

Clubs may choose method of payback, for example cash, one check per winning exhibitor per class, or one check per exhibitor per day.

Points go to the horse and rider combination, including halter classes.

You must be a member of an Arrowhead Association club to have points count for the year end high point award. If not a member at the start of the show season, points do not count until you join a club. Membership lists to be sent to the ASCA by clubs by May 1^st. An updated list, with date any new members joined, must be turned in by the last show.

After the last show, one (1) show will be randomly selected. Each exhibitor will receive six (6) points for each class entered at that show.

The judge must sign the placing sheets for the association.

A judge may judge more than one show in the ASCA per year as long as they are at least thirty days apart. He/she cannot be a member of the association, or be able to ride or show in the current year in the association.

Judge and contestants do not fraternize on the day of the show.

Arrowhead judges must be approved horse show judges, and hold a current card or certification.

Contestant must show in his/her own age group unless age group is not offered. (Exception~Pee Wees may ride in Junior Egg & Spoon when no Pee Wee Egg & Spoon is offered.)

A contestant 35 & over may ride in either age group, Senior or 35 Plus, but may not ride in both ages groups for the same class.

Rider may ride in older age group, but must ride in the same age group for the day.

The age group for the English classes shall be:

All riders and jumpers must wear boots while in the arena.

You must be 18 years old to show or ride a stallion.

Horse may be ridden in each age group by a different rider.

No caps of any kind may be worn in games. Western hats are allowed, but not required.

During competition: Women are allowed to wear sleeveless blouses in games. The shirt must have a collar. Men must also wear shirts with a collar. All exhibitors must cover midriffs.

Flat bats and hands may be used in games, but you must hit behind the cinch.

Any horse with registration papers must show as a registered horse regardless of whose name appears as the owner on the registration paper.

Judge and contestants do not fraternize on the day of the show.

You can touch down in Rescue Race but must be picked up behind the line and be astride the horse when crossing the finish line.

Any equine species shall be allowed to show in any ASCA show.

There will be no longing the horses in the arena during lunch break.

If you disqualify yourself from a judged class, you are to go to the center of the arena, dismount and stand quietly.

No schooling is allowed during timed events.

In all classes a contestant is allowed a maximum of one minute to get to the ring after the class is called and/or his number is called. If more time is going to be needed for tack change, etc., the ringmaster must be notified ahead of time.

Contestant may register for a class until the class before it is in the ring.

Contestants may be led around a pattern; however, their placing will not be above a contestant who rides the pattern by themselves.

The announcer must call number and name in timed events, but must not call the name for judged events.

Shows are to take up to a 45 minute break between morning and afternoon classes. Games will not start before noon.

It is up to each club to take care of any bad checks. Any exhibitor that fails to pay for a returned check by September 1 of that year will not receive points for the show in question.

All ringmasters should be instructed not to give the judge any instruction that might affect his judging of the event.

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Trophies and ribbons to sixth place shall also be awarded. Dual ribbons and trophies must be given in dual events with double payback and double entry fees. Ribbons must be handed out in the arena or at the gate following the event (s).

All shows must start at 8:00 AM, no earlier or later, except International Falls.

All jumping classes (excluding Jumping Figure 8) must be held at the end of ASCA events.

Completed show results are to be put in envelopes and must go with the current ASCA point recorder. This must be done the day of the show.

The riding performance classes may be split if there are over 20 entries, at the discretion of the judge and show committee. English classes must be split if there are over 20 entries.

Egg & Spoon class is considered a game. The show committees are instructed to inform judges to announce to exhibitors how the Egg & Spoon class will be judged as to what will cause a disqualification before the class begins.

If the show committee splits the yearlings and weanlings into two classes, the top six (6) horses from each class must re-enter the ring to be placed for ASCA points.

All game classes are to be run with an open gate, unless insurance mandates or exhibitor requests it to be closed.