AMATEUR PROGRAMS
NOVICE AMATEUR PROGRAM
5001. The purpose of the Novice Amateur Program is to aid in raising the competencies and confidence level of the person who has little or no experience OR Amateur who haven’t been in a PHBA show ring for 5 years or more.
5002. Novice Amateur Eligibility. A person is considered a Novice Amateur exhibitor by PHBA when s/he is no longer eligible to show in PHBA youth activity classes and meets all the following qualifications for the previous five (5) calendar years as found in Rule(s) 5201 A-F;
A. Exhibitors cannot have earned a total of one hundred (100) or more lifetime performance points in all PHBA divisions or programs (ie open, amateur, novice-amateur , amateur-select, novice youth, youth) combined:
1) Halter, color and longe line points are not used in calculating Novice Amateur status;
B. The Novice Amateur cannot have won a World Champion title in PHBA; (see rule 5002) EXCEPTION: halter, color, longe line, novice amateur classes
C. The Novice Amateur cannot have won a World Champion title in any other equine organization (see rule 5001); EXCEPTION: halter, color, longe line, novice amateur classes and not shown in 5 or more years;
D. The Novice Amateur cannot have earned more than twenty-five (25) points in any other equine organization (see rule 5001 & 5002); EXCEPTION: halter, color, longe line classes
E. The Novice Amateur cannot have earned more than $5000 in cash awards in PHBA or any other equine organization; EXCEPTION: halter, color, longe line classes;
F. Any individual that has been a horse show judge in his/her lifetime is ineligible.
G. This rule is effective as of December 1, 2008 and applies to all Novice Amateur card holders.
5003. Novice Amateur Designation. Every person competing in a Novice Amateur class must possess a PHBA and PHBA-Amateur Membership Card with a Novice Amateur designation.
5004. Amateurs who are eligible for the Novice Amateur classification may apply for and receive this designation at no additional charge.
5005. Show management must inspect this card or a photocopy at any show entered.
5006. Novice Amateurs may exhibit in Amateur classes but an Amateur must possess a Novice Amateur designation on their membership card to exhibit in Novice Amateur classes.
5007. Ownership. See PHBA Amateur Program rules.
5008. Once an individual has earned one hundred (100) Novice Amateur performance points, they will no longer be eligible to participate in Novice Amateur classes in subsequent calendar years.
5009. If an individual is considered a Novice Amateur upon application, they will be considered a Novice Amateur for the balance of that calendar year.
5010. If Novice Amateur classes are applied for, then the corresponding PHBA Amateur classes must also be offered.
5011. Novice Amateur classes must be held prior to the corresponding Amateur class.
5012. Novice Amateur classes shall be judged by the corresponding Amateur rules.
5013. Stallions may not be exhibited in Novice Amateur classes.
5014. At show management's option, any number of amateur performance classes may be offered as Amateur Select or Novice Amateur. EXCEPTION: Jumping and Team Penning may only be offered as Amateur All Ages.
AMATEUR PROGRAM
5201. Amateur Eligibility. A person is considered an amateur exhibitor by PHBA when s/he is no longer eligible to show in PHBA youth activity classes and meets all the following qualifications for the previous five (5) calendar years:
A. Is a person who has not shown, judged, trained, or assisted in training a horse for remuneration, either directly or indirectly;
B. Is a person who has not received compensation for instructing another person in riding, driving, training, or showing a horse in competition. unless the person being instructed is part of a NARHA center; North American Riding for the Handicapped Association, and the instructor/teacher is a NARHA registered instructor.
C. Premium money is not considered remuneration;
D. Payment of entry fees or other expenses by any person other than the amateur or those persons found in Rule(s) 5205 is to be considered remuneration;
E. Within the five calendar years previous to application for amateur membership an individual cannot hold membership accreditation in the following organizations: Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, Women's Professional Rodeo Association, International Professional Rodeo Association and the Women's Professional Rodeo Association All Women's Rodeo; those events or classes which are the same events or classes the individual competes, or desires to compete, in AQHA amateur competition. For example, a person who competes in a PRCA roping event may not compete in amateur calf roping, dally team roping (heading or heeling) but may show in any other amateur classes.
F. A permit holder is not considered as one who has membership accreditation in a professional organization and may compete in any PHBA Amateur class;
G. Any horse show judge is ineligible.
H. Or has not, nor during the period of amateur status cannot, show, train or assist in the training of a horse for which a spouse accepts remuneration, monetary or otherwise, either directly or indirectly, for training, assisting in the training, or showing of said horse;
5202. PHBA Amateur Membership Card. Contestants in amateur classes must possess a PHBA Amateur Membership Card issued by PHBA.
A. Show management must inspect the PHBA Amateur Membership card at any show entered;
B. Application for a PHBA Amateur Membership Card shall be made on a form provided by PHBA and submitted with the appropriate PHBA and PHBA-A membership fees;
C. All applications for PHBA-Amateur Membership Cards and all requests for renewal thereof shall be presented annually to PHBA for approval;
D. Renewal of a PHBA-Amateur Membership Card can be done by attesting that the amateur status has not changed since the original application.
5203. Termination of PHBA Amateur Membership Card. The PHBA Amateur Membership Card will be immediately surrendered upon request by PHBA, pending a hearing on the revocation decision before the appropriate committee.
A. PHBA shall follow the PHBA General Rules Disciplinary Procedure
5204. When an individual becomes ineligible for amateur status, s/he will promptly return the PHBA Amateur Membership Card to PHBA.
5205. Ownership of Horse. Any horse exhibited in Amateur, Amateur Select or Novice Amateur events must be solely owned by the amateur or in a legal entity solely owned by the amateur showing the horse or by the amateur's family which is the amateur's father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, stepparent,sibling, half-sibling, step-sibling, sibling spouse, half-sibling spouse, step-sibling spouse, grandparent, step-child, child, spouse, spouses parent, spouses stepparent, legal ward, or legal guardian, siblings child, siblings step-child, half-siblings child, half-siblings stepchild, step-siblings child, step-siblings step-child, parent's sibling, parent's half-sibling, parent's step-sibling, parent's siblings child, parent's siblings stepchild, parent's half siblings child, parent's half siblings stepchild, parent's step sibling child, parent's step siblings stepchild, spouses sibling, spouses half-sibling, spouses step-sibling, grandparents, grandchild.
A. The owner(s) of the horse on the PHBA registration certificate must be the same as the owners recorded on the recognized breed association registration certificate or the list of family found in Rule(s) 5205;
B. Leases. Horses under lease to, but not owned by, the contestant or his/her family members are not eligible for amateur events;
C. Ranch/Farm/Corporate Owned Horse. Horses registered in the name of a ranch, farm or corporations are not eligible for amateur events;
D. Partnership Horses. Horses owned in partnership or owned jointly with any person other than family members previously listed in Rule(s) 5205 are not eligible for amateur events;
E. Separate legal entities, such as family corporations, trusts, or partnerships, are also authorized owners of the amateur exhibitor's horse so long as all legal and equitable owners and beneficiaries of the legal entity are individuals specifically authorized by this rule. The relationship of the amateur to the owner of the participating horse must be evidenced by submitting legal documentation (i.e. affidavits, copies of marriage and/or birth certificates) to PHBA.
5206. Exhibiting Stallions. Stallions, mares, or geldings may be exhibited in Amateur classes. However stallions may not be exhibited in any Novice Amateur classes.
5207. Exhibiting Multiple Horses. An amateur may not show more than one (1) horse in any class; however, in individual working events, an amateur may show two (2) horses.
5208. Combining Divisions. Similar classes in different divisions may not be combined. Exception: Color class refer to Rule(s) 3371-3373.
5209. Class Specifications. Amateur classes will be judged according to the rules of the corresponding youth classes, if not specifically described.
A. If no youth rules are written for the class, open class rules apply.
5210. At show management's option, any number of amateur performance classes may be offered as Amateur, Amateur Select or Novice Amateur. EXCEPTION: Jumping and Team Penning may only be offered as Amateur All Ages.