SHOW clarifies AOT rule

SHOW clarifies AOT rule
Friday, May 21, 2021

 

The SHOW Board of Directors met yesterday afternoon. One of the topics of discussion was the following proposal, made by the SHOW Rules Committee, to clarify the Amateur, Owned & Trained Rule (AOT). The following was approved:

Amateur Owned & Trained to go under the section of “special classes” and the rule be as follows:

Amateur Owned & Trained:

• No professional training within 90 days
• Professional training shall include grooming, warming up or riding the horse, bracing, coaching, corrective or informative instruction by a professional on the show grounds, or a professional hauling a horse that is AOT to a horse show. Bracing is not allowed by a professional.

Additionally, AOT horses must be owned, trained, and shown by the same person or immediate family member of the owner of the horse.

All persons involved must meet the requirements of amateur status.



Celebration selects Fun Show judging panel

 

Celebration selects Fun Show judging panel
Friday, April 23, 2021

 

The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration has selected Jamie Hankins, Dale Watts and Robert Cortner to judge the 51st Annual Spring Fun Show. The panel consists of a Celebration veteran in Hankins along with two newcomers to the Celebration in Watts and Cortner.

The trio also represents Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee and blends differing levels of experience.  Hankins has previously judged The Celebration seven times and has been at most every major venue at some point in his career. Watts has also judged some of the industry’s premier events including multiple Middle Tennessee 4th of July shows, the North Carolina Championships and the Alabama Jubilee.

Cortner has not been a triple-A judge for long but has judged the National Trainers’ Show, Columbia Spring Jubilee and Walking in the Smokies shows in the last two years. Cortner has risen through the ranks quickly and will be making his initial appearance at a Celebration horse show.

The Spring Fun Show will be held May 27-29, 2021 in Maverick Arena on the historic showgrounds of the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. For more information visit www.twhnc.com. 



SHOW proposes changes to flat shod portion of rulebook

SHOW proposes changes to flat shod portion of rulebook
Wednesday, April 21, 2021

 

The SHOW Board of Directors would like to put out for sixty (60) day public comment the attached recommendations from the SHOW Pleasure Committee.

Beginning on page 23 and ending on page 38 of the SHOW Rulebook, the recommendation is that the parts highlighted in red be removed and the parts highlighted in blue be added. There is also an updated Flat Shod Standards Chart and at Flat Shod Division quick reference chart for judges to have on hand in center ring.

It is the hope of the SHOW Pleasure Committee that these recommendations help to clarify some issues within judging and exhibiting in the flat shod division.

Please forward comments to SHOW, Inc. – P.O. Box 167 – Shelbyville,TN 37162 or email to rreed@showhio.com.



Columbia Spring Jubilee selects judging panel

Columbia Spring Jubilee selects judging panel
Tuesday, March 23, 2021

 

The Columbia Spring Jubilee, scheduled for June 3-5, 2021, has selected Derek Bonner, Steve Glidewell and Brent Grider to mark the cards for their 70th annual event. The show will be held at the Maury County Park in Columbia, Tennessee.



SHOW implements penalty for prohibited substance violations

SHOW implements penalty for prohibited substance violations
Tuesday, March 9, 2021

 

The SHOW HIO recently implemented a new penalty for use of prohibited substances at any affiliated event.  In late 2020, the USDA offered HIOs the opportunity to participate in a swabbing pilot program where USDA trained SHOW personnel to conduct the swabbing at affiliated shows and send the samples to the lab at Texas A&M University for analysis. SHOW conducted samples on five difference occasions late in the season under the new program.

The USDA pays for all of the program except for the required staff to collect the samples. The focus of the program is to identify the use of any masking agent or numbing agent applied prior to the inspection process. The penalty for a first-time offense is two weeks with all subsequent violations carrying a 30-day suspension.  In 2021, SHOW will continue working with the USDA on implementation of the program and will honor any suspension from other HIOs that are utilizing the USDA’s program. Those other HIOs will also honor the suspensions of the SHOW HIO.

The Walking Horse Trainers’ Association was instrumental in implementation of the program as well as the penalty protocol and was the group that got all of the HIOs to work together in honoring suspensions across the board. The penalty will be assessed to the responsible trainer on the entry form for the horse found in violation.



SHOW makes adjustments to classification of judges

SHOW makes adjustments to classification of judges
Tuesday, March 9, 2021

 

The SHOW HIO maintains a list of licensed judges for use at any of the horse shows that affiliate with the SHOW HIO. Show managers can contact and hire any judge licensed with SHOW for use at their horse show.

Due to the reduction in the number of horse shows held each year as well as the decline in the number of affiliated shows with SHOW, the judges’ committee made recommendations that the SHOW board ratified recently at their meeting.

After a new applicant has passed all of the requirements to be considered for a judge’s license, the judge must apprentice four SHOW affiliated shows or performances under a AAA or AAAA licensed judge. The committee changed shows to shows/performances so that on multi-night shows those new judges can use all of the performances to help build their resume.

The AA designation is the first designation once a new applicant passes their apprentice phase.  Once they become a AA judge, they must judge or co-judge one SHOW affiliated show/performance every three years to qualify for renewal of their designation. In order to achieve AAA designation, a judge must have held a SHOW judges license for three years and have judged eight performances, including at least one multi-judge system show/performance, since becoming licensed and be at least 24 years of age. This is a change from the requirement of 12 shows to eight shows/performances.

In order to become a AAAA judge, the highest designation for a SHOW licensed judge, the judge must be licensed as a AAA judge and licensed in divisions including pleasure and equitation. The judge must also have judged 12 shows/performances in his/her lifetime. This changed eliminated the requirement for a judge to be required to judge five shows which included each division of performance, pleasure, equitation and versatility.

The committee also added a section labeled “Elevation of Rating.”  This section reads:
“Any judge who is qualified and wishes to elevate his/her rating from AA to AAA or AAAA must notify the SHOW office in writing.  To be considered, the judge must request the elevated rating and must provide a list of the shows/performances he/she has judged.  The judge must be in good standing.”