RMRHA is pleased to offer its members two separate opportunities for year-end recognition, through the NRHA Affiliate Program and through the Association's own Year-End Awards Program. Scroll down to view the details on both programs. To find all the NRHA shows in Colorado, click here.
WSRHA Shows - Youth Classes: The organizers of the WSRHA shows offer two slates of youth classes. For affiliate and year-end qualifying purposes for RMRHA, only the first slate of classes will count for points for RMRHA.
Year-End Awards Qualifying Changes: Starting this year, the RMRHA Year End Awards program will have additional eligibility
criteria. All RMRHA members wishing to be eligible for year-end awards must volunteer 4hours in service to RMRHA. Volunteer opportunities include working at a RMRHA approved
show, offering your services to a RMRHA committee, donating time to a RMRHA clinic or
seminar, among other activities. Please click here additional program information. |
. NRHA Affiliate Program .
As an NRHA affiliate, the RMRHA is part of the NRHA Mountain Region. Individuals who qualify by winning points at designated shows throughout the year are then eligible to represent RMRHA at the NRHA Mountain Region Affiliate Championship Finals.
The Mountain Affiliate Finals are scheduled for September 8-12, 2010 in Salina, Utah. Show information, entry forms, and show conditions is available here or on the IRHA website. Contact Betty Mayer at 435-528-3971 for more information.
The following five Colorado shows will be used by RMRHA as affiliate qualifying events:
#1: April 21-25, 2010, WSRHA Rifle Spring Classic, Rifle, CO: Showbill
#2: May 26-28, 2010, Larimer Cty Spring Charity Show, Denver, CO: Showbill : Entry
#3: June 3-6, 2010, Sagebrush Slide, Pueblo, CO: Showbill
#4: June 18-20, 2010, Eastern Slope Slide, Castle Rock, CO: Schedule
#5: July 27- Aug. 1, 2010, RMRHA Summer Slide, Denver, CO: Info
Actual schedules and contact information will be posted in the Reiner magazine and on NRHA’s website. The RMRHA website will have links to the appropriate shows as provided by individual show management.
In order to qualify to represent RMRHA at the affiliate finals, the rider of the horse must be a member of RMRHA.
RMRHA membership categories include: Individual or entity membership - $30 per calendar year; Youth membership - $10 per calendar year. RMRHA does not offer a family or couple membership. RMRHA memberships run from January 1 through December 31 of each year.
Rider Qualification per NRHA 2010 Affiliate Championships Rules:
1. For an affiliate to qualify a rider for a class, that specific class must be offered in at least three (3) circuit shows. There is no minimum or maximum number of shows that a rider must attend.
2. A rider may qualify in only one region and for only one affiliate.
3. The rider must be a member of their local affiliate at the time of competition for points to count toward regional finals qualifications.
4. ALL EXHIBITORS MUST HAVE A PRIMARY AFFILIATE DESIGNATION REGISTERED WITH THE NRHA OFFICE NO LATER THAN AUGUST 1, 2010. Anyone who currently has a Designation on file DOES NOT need to re-designate. If you have never designated, then you will need to designate an affiliate by August 1st. Changes must be in place no later than August 1st. Any changes made to the designation after August 1st will not be effective until the next year's qualification period. Horse and rider RAF qualification will not be recognized through any affiliate that the rider has joined after August 1st. Any affiliate joined after August 1st will not be subject to an affiliate designation during the remainder of that qualification period. Click here for the Affiliate Designation Form.
5. The affiliate membership lists will be used to determine a horse and rider qualification within an affiliate.
6. Points are to be calculated on a one horse/one rider format.
7. Points will be awarded based on the number of horses actually competing in the class, i.e., if fifteen (15) horses compete, first place will be awarded 15 points, 2nd place - 14 points, etc. Points will be calculated on horses actually competing, excluding the horses entered but scratched. Zeros and no scores will not be awarded points. Horses with no points do not qualify for RAF competition.
8. The top ten (10) horse and rider combinations plus ties from each class offered in a circuit qualify for the regional affiliate finals. Substitutions of a rider or horse for any reason shall not be allowed in the Regional Finals or the North American Affiliate Championships.
8. The NRHA office will post the standings of each affiliate's qualifying exhibitors on the NRHA web site.
IMPORTANT: If you do not currently have a Designation Form on file with NRHA (whether or not you belong to more than one affiliate), you must complete an Affiliate Designation Form in 2010. This form may should be completed and mailed or faxed to the NRHA office prior to August 1, 2010. Once your designation form is on file at NRHA, your primary affiliate designation will remain in place regardless of the number of affiliates you belong to and until it is changed by you. Click here for the Affiliate Designation Form.
A horse may qualify for more than one class with the same or different riders. For example, an open rider may qualify the horse in the open and a non-pro rider may qualify the horse in the non-pro class. A rider may not show more than three horses per class regardless of the number of horses that rider may have qualified for the affiliate finals. Also, two riders may not ride the same horse in the same class. For more on the NRHA Affiliate Program, please visit www.NRHA.com.
Any questions relating to these qualification procedures should be addressed to the Affiliate Shows Chairperson for RMRHA. For the year 2010, that individual is Catherine Irvin (phone - (303) 337-9321 and email - cirvin9901@aol.com).
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. RMRHA Year End Awards Program .
Year-End Awards Qualifying Changes: Starting this year, the RMRHA Year End Awards program will have additional eligibility
criteria. All RMRHA members wishing to be eligible for year-end awards must volunteer 4hours in service to RMRHA. Volunteer opportunities include working at a RMRHA approved
show, offering your services to a RMRHA committee, donating time to a RMRHA clinic or
seminar, among other activities. Please click here additional program information. |
RMRHA recognizes the top 3 riders in each division at the December Awards Banquet. Program details and conditions are below.
The following seven Colorado shows will be used by RMRHA to determine who will earn year-end awards for the 2010 RMRHA show season.
#1: April 21-25, 2010, WSRHA Rifle Spring Classic, Rifle, CO: Showbill
#2: May 26-28, 2010, Larimer Cty Spring Charity Show, Denver, CO: Showbill : Entry
#3: June 3-6, 2010, Sagebrush Slide, Pueblo, CO: Showbill
#4: June 18-20, 2010, Eastern Slope Slide, Castle Rock, CO: Schedule
#5: July 27- Aug. 1, 2010, RMRHA Summer Slide, Denver, CO: Info
#6: Aug. 25-29, 2010, WSRHA Futurity & Derby Show, Rifle, CO: Showbill
#7: Sept. 4-6, 2010, Colorado State Fair, Pueblo, CO: Showbill
In order to qualify for year-end awards, both the rider and the recorded owner(s) of the horse must be members of RMRHA. Earnings will be tracked on a one horse, one rider basis in NRHA approved classes. Currently, RMRHA awards a Champion, Reserve Champion, and third place recognition in the following approved categories:
| Open Intermediate Open Limited Open Rookie Professional Non Pro Intermediate Non Pro Limited Non Pro Prime Time Non Pro Novice Horse Open II Novice Horse Open I Novice Horse Non Pro II Novice Horse Non Pro I Rookie II Youth - Ages 14-18 Youth - Ages 13 & Under Green Reiner II |
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RMRHA will use an exhibitors best five of the seven qualifying shows to calculate their point standings for year-end awards. Year-End award winners will be determined by total points earned in each division using the following point system: 10 points for placing first, 9 points for second place, 8 points for third place and so forth down through 1 point for the 10th place horse in a class. If an exhibitor shows in all 7 year end shows, the top 5 results will be used and the other 2 results will be dropped.
If a horse is owned by an "entity", e.g., LLC, partnership, corporation, syndicate, etc., that "entity" must have a RMRHA membership in order for the horse to qualify for year end awards. Individuals of that entity are not required to have an individual membership, unless that individual competes on the entity owned horse and wishes to have the points earned count towards the year end standings. If a horse is owned by two or more individuals (John Smith, Mary Smith and Bill Jones), each individual must be a member of RMRHA to have the points earned count towards year end standings.
RMRHA membership categories include: Individual or entity membership - $30 per calendar year; Youth membership - $10 per calendar year. RMRHA memberships run from January 1 through December 31 of each year. RMRHA does not offer family or couple memberships.
A horse may qualify for more than one year-end award with the same or different riders. For example, an open rider may qualify the horse in the open and a non-pro rider may qualify the horse in the non-pro class.
The Affiliate Shows Chairperson is also responsible for tracking points earned for year-end award winners. Any questions relating to these qualification procedures should be addressed to the Affiliate Shows Chairperson for RMRHA. For the year 2010, that individual is Catherine Irvin (phone - 303-337-9321 and/or email - cirvin9901@aol.com).
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