Class Awards
- Awards will be given to 1st and 2nd place in all
classes, with the exception of youth classes, in which awards will be
given through 10th place, in accordance with NRHA rules.
- NRHA class awards will be NRHA plaques or trophies for 1st and prizes for 2nd.
- YRHA class awards will be prizes for 1st and 2nd.
It is the owner's/rider's responsibility to come to the office or awards table to receive any awards.
Year End Awards
To be eligible for a year end award, the rider and owner of the horse must be paid up members of the YRHA prior to the closing of entries of any class in which the horse is entered in order for their results in that class to be counted toward a year end award.
Year end awards are made based on the results of the YRHA shows and subject to the conditions enumerated in the bylaws and rules and regulations. Year end awards are given to the champion and reserve champion in each class.
The following class divisions will be awarded Year End Awards:
NRHA classes:
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- Open
- Intermediate Open
- Limited Open
- Non Pro
- Intermediate Non Pro
- Limited Non Pro
- Prime Time Non Pro
- Rookie 1
- Rookie 2
- Prime Time Rookie
- Novice Horse Open 1
- Novice Horse Open 2
- Novice Horse Non Pro 1
- Novice Horse Non Pro 2
- Freestyle
- Youth 13 & Under
- Youth 14-18
- Rookie Professional
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YRHA classes:
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- Sixty Years & Older Non Pro
- Two-Handed Rookie
- Two-Handed Youth 13 & Under
- Two-Handed Youth 14-18
- Green Reiner
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Year End Award Rules
Year end awards will be based on the combined earnings of all YRHA-approved shows in each class, includes all youth classes, excludes Green Reiner class (graduation from Green Reiner class is based on points earned with a buckle awarded at year end for graduation).
- Qualified entries are those rides that receive a score. Those rides that
receive a score of zero are still counted as a qualified entry.
Those entries that are a scratch or are disqualified and therefore receive
no score are not qualified entries.
- BOTH the rider and the horse owner must be current YRHA members in good
standing prior to closing of entries in any class in which the horse is entered.
- There is no additional cost to compete for year end awards outside
the annual YRHA membership dues.
- Earnings towards year end standings will begin to accumulate from the time membership is paid. They are
not retroactive to include a YRHA show in which exhibitor participated prior
to becoming a YRHA member.
- Year end awards prizes shall be awarded to 2nd place in each of
the class divisions listed above.
- All classes offered for each class division above, at all YRHA-approved shows held during the calendar year, shall be used to calculate year end award standings.