Recognized by theGreater Houston Hunter Jumper Association

Great SouthwestSPRING GHHJA SHOW

To be held at:The Great Southwest

Equestrian Center

2501 South Mason Road Katy, Texas

March 10-11, 2012

Entry blanks must be signed before you can school your horse.Entries received after 6 p.m. Thursday will pay a $10 late fee.Horses must have negative Coggins to be present on show grounds.Entries received by Wednesday 5 p.m. get a $10 credit on account.

Member of the 2012 Show Series

Official Prize List

Both horse show weekends consist of two separate one-day shows

Entries received after 6 pm Thursday will pay a $10 late fee. You may fax entries to 281-578-6651 before 6 p.m. Thursday.

Entry blanks must be signed before you can school your horse. Entries received by mail or fax by Wednesday at 5:00 p.m.

will get $10.00 credit on account.

No Faxed entries after Friday – 6:00pm

Location: Great Southwest Equestrian Center 2501 South Mason Road, Katy, Texas (281) 579-3443

Recognized by: Greater Houston Hunter Jumper Association

Judges 10

th & 11

th :

Carl Hansen – Simonton , Texas Liza Richardson – Fulshear, Texas Amanda Dougherty – Houston, Texas

Applicants: Great Southwest Eq. Center, LP (3/10 & 3/11)

Manager:

Pauline “Cookie” Cook – Waller, Texas Cookie143@hughes.net (281) 924 - 6579

Course Designer: Pauline “Cookie” Cook

Secretary: Maurene Moffett – Waller, Texas

Ring Committee: Amy Duncan, Virginia Trail, Wendy Kaminski

Medic: Mobile Medics – Katy, Texas (281) 804-8933

Host Hotels: La Quinta 15225 Katy Freeway Phone: (281) 646-9200

General Rules and Information

Entry Fee:

Hunter & Equitation classes: $20.00 per class; Stake classes $25.00 All Jumper classes: $25.00 Prize money: All Jumper and Hunter stake classes paid 1

st – 3

rd (1

st = $15.00; 2

nd = $10.00; 3

rd = $5.00)

Late Fee: $10 for entries received after 6 pm Thursday

Stabling:

$70.00 weekend $50.00 overnight (arriving after 4 p.m. previous day and showing one day only) $40.00 day stall includes one bag of shavings (arriving and showing same day) NO OUTSIDE SHAVINGS ALLOWED –

Shavings available for purchase on showgrounds

Grounds Fee: $20.00 per day for all horses not stabled

Office Fee: $10 per entry

Schooling: After 12:00 p.m. on Friday. Saturday & Sunday until15 minutes prior to show time.

Non-Showing Fee: $30.00 per day

Non-negotiable checks will be charged a $30.00 processing fee

Protective headgear is required for ALL riders while mounted on horses on the horse show grounds. Juniors exhibitors must wear a harness hat approved in accordance with USEF rules. The USEF rule also applies to adults where jumping and when jumping is required (schooling and warm-up rings).

WARNING.

Under Texas Law (Chapter 87, Civil, Practice and Remedies Code), an equine professional is not liable for an injury to or the death of a participant in equine activities resulting from the inherent risks of equine activities.

All minors must have parent/trainer or guardian sign an entry release. In all classes except for warm-up classes, riders must wear shirts with collars and either boots and breeches or paddock boots and jodhpurs in order to show.

All riders and trainers of entries in this show must be members in good standing of GHHJA, or pay non-member fees. Horses and ponies competing for year-end awards must be registered, and their owners and trainers must be members. Membership dues are $250 for a lifetime membership, $30 for seniors (age 18 & over), $25 for juniors (under age 18), and horse/pony registration is $20 (lifetime) or $5 (annual). Dues must be paid to show secretary or proof of membership and horse/pony registration must be submitted before showing. A non-member rider or non-member trainer may participate after paying the show secretary a “non-member fee” of $10.00 per show day. Leadline participants are exempt

from non-member fees. *Duplicate horse/pony names are not allowed. The owner must first check the current registration list to avoid name duplication.

Jumper classes 6 ribbons; Champion and Reserve in each division. Hunter & Equitation classes 8 ribbons; Champion and Reserve in each division.

Management reserves the right to change, cancel, or combine classes or to do anything necessary to compensate for excessive or inadequate entries. PAULINE COOK, BRITANNIA FARM, GREAT SOUTHWEST EQUESTRIAN CENTER L.P., or GHHJA and/or the show management or employees is not responsible for any loss, damage, or injury to any persons, horses or property.

2012 CIRCUIT SERIES

Show dates

March 10 – 11, 2012

June 2 - 3, 2012

June 16 - 17, 2012

July 7 - 8, 2012

August 18 - 19, 2012

September 8 - 9, 2012

November 24 – 25, 2012

Special awards will be presented at each show for divisions not included in the

2012 Circuit Awards.

~Please note that entry deadlines have changed~

Entries received after Thursday 6:00 pm will be charged a $10.00 late fee.

Entries received by Wednesday 5:00 pm will get a $10.00 credit on account

Class Specifications * Denotes GHHJA recognized classes

*WALK-TROT DIVISION No cross entries. For riders who have not won 6 blue ribbons at any show. Riders eligible at the beginning of the show year remain eligible all year. 1. Walk-Trot Equitation 2. Walk-Trot Horsemanship 3. Walk-Trot Individual Test Fig. 8 4. Walk-Trot Poles

*PRE-BEGINNER For riders who have not jumped over 18” and have not won 6 cumulative blue ribbons O/F at any show (Warm-up not to count). Riders eligible at the beginning of the show year remain eligible all year. Fences 18”. Trot or canter. 5. Pre-Beginner Equitation W/T/C 6. Pre-Beginner Equitation O/F 7. Pre-Beginner Equitation O/F 8. Pre-Beginner Equitation O/F

*BEGINNER For riders who have not jumped over 2’ and have not won 6 cumulative blue ribbons over fences at any show prior to 2012. Riders eligible all year.(Pre-Beg & warm-up not to count). Fences 2’ maximum. 9. Beginner Equitation 10. Beginner Equitation O/F 11. Beginner Equitation O/F 12. Beginner Equitation O/F

*GREEN AS GRASS Fences 2’3”. For horses or ponies who have not shown prior to current show year. No cross entries into classes over 2’3”. 13. Green as Grass Hunter U/S 14. Green as Grass Hunter 15. Green as Grass Hunter 16. Green as Grass Hunter Stake

*NOVICE For riders who have not won 6 cumulative blue ribbons over fences at any GHHJA/ THJA/USEF (affiliated) recognized show in a recognized division and who have not shown over 3’. (Warm-up, Pre-Beg and Beginner ribbons do not count.) Riders eligible all year Fences 2’3”. 17. Novice Equitation 18. Novice Equitation O/F 19. Novice Equitation O/F 20. Novice Equitation O/F

*SMALL PONY HUNTER Open to ponies not exceeding 12.2 hands ridden by a Junior exhibitor age 14 & under as of start of show year. No in & outs. Fences 2’. 21. Small Pony Hunter Under Saddle 22. Small Pony Hunter 23. Small Pony Hunter 24. Small Pony Hunter Stake

Pony divisions will be combined if fewer than three entries per section. *MEDIUM PONY HUNTER Open to ponies over 12.2 hands and not exceeding 13.2 hands ridden by a Junior exhibitor age 14 & under as of start of show year. No in & outs. Fences 2’3”. 25. Medium Pony Hunter Under Saddle 26. Medium Pony Hunter 27. Medium Pony Hunter 28. Medium Pony Hunter Stake

*LARGE PONY HUNTER Open to ponies over 13.2 h and not over 14.2 h ridden by a Junior exhibitor. No in & outs. Fences 2’6” to 2’9”. 29. Large Pony Hunter Under Saddle 30. Large Pony Hunter 31. Large Pony Hunter

32. Large Pony Hunter Stake USEF STEWARD WILL BE AVAILABLE AT SHOW FOR PONYMEASUREMENTS.

*LIMIT HUNTER For riders who have not won six (6) cumulative blue ribbons over fences at any GHHJA/ THJA/USEF (affiliated) recognized show. Beginner, Novice, or Schooling Hunter ribbons do not count against this division. Blue ribbons won in the Pony Division at THJA/USEF do count toward eligibility; however, blues won in the Pony Division at GHHJA do not count towards Limit eligibility. Riders eligible at the beginning of the show year remain eligible all year. Fences 2’6”. 33. Limit Hunter Under Saddle 34. Limit Hunter 35. Limit Hunter 36. Limit Hunter Stake

*PRE-GREEN HUNTER Fences 2’6” - 2’9”. For horses and ponies who have not shown prior to current show year over fences exceeding 2’3” in any show. No cross entries into classes over 3’3”. 37. Pre-Green Hunter U/S 38. Pre-Green Hunter 39. Pre-Green Hunter 40. Pre-Green Hunter Stake

In order to compete in a stake class in any hunter division, a horse/pony must compete in at least one (1) other over- fences class in

the same division.

*JUNIOR/ADULT HUNTER Fences 2’9” - 3’. Can be divided with 3 entries in each section. If divided, Junior fence height should be 3’ - 3’3”. Open to Junior and Adult Amateur exhibitors. If there are 3 Junior and 3 Adult exhibitors, class will be divided. No cross entries into Pony Hunter division. 41. Junior/Adult Hunter U/S 42. Junior/Adult Hunter 43. Junior/Adult Hunter 44. Junior/Adult Hunter Stake

*LOW HUNTER. Fences 2’9” - 3’. Open to all horses, ponies and riders. 45. Low Hunter U/S 46. Low Hunter 47. Low Hunter 48. Low Hunter Stake

*NON-PRO HUNTER Fences 2’6”-2’9”. Open to non-pro riders. 49. Non-Pro Hunter U/S 50. Non-Pro Hunter 51. Non-Pro Hunter 52. Non-Pro Hunter Stake

*OPEN HUNTER Fences 3’3”. Open to all. 53. Open Hunter U/S 54. Open Hunter 55. Open Hunter 56. Open Hunter Stake

SCHOOLING HUNTER Fences 2’3”. Open to all. 57. Schooling Hunter U/S 58. Schooling Hunter 59. Schooling Hunter 60. Schooling Hunter Stake

*SCHOOLING JUMPER Fences 2’9”-3’. Max spreads 3’. Open to all. Time allowed will be posted and announced. 61. Schooling Jumper. Time first jump-off 62. Schooling Jumper. Time first round 63. Schooling Jumper. Power & Speed

*JUNIOR/ADULT JUMPER Fences 3’-3’3”. Open to Jr./Adult Am. riders. Jump-off maximum 3’6” with 3’6” spreads. Time allowed will be posted and announced. 64. Jr/Adult Jumper. Time first jump-off 65. Jr/Adult Jumper. Time first round 66. Jr/Adult Jumper. Power & Speed

*OPEN JUMPER Open to all. Fences 3’6” first round. Jump-off max 4’3”, max. spread 4’. Time allowed will be posted and announced. 67. Open Jumper. Time first jump-off 68. Open Jumper. Time first round 69. Open Jumper. Power & Speed *ITTY BITTY JUMPER Open to horses or ponies not showing in other jumper divisions or any Hunter or Equitation Classes w/ fences over 2’6”. Fences no higher than 2’6”. 70. Itty Bitty Jumper. Time First Jump-off 71. Itty Bitty Jumper. Optimum Time 72. Itty Bitty Jumper. Power & Speed

MISCELLANEOUS CLASSES 73. Lead Line 74. Warm-up 75. Warm-up 76. Pre-Beginner Warm-up 77. Beginner Warm-up

*78. Junior/Adult Equitation *79. Junior/Adult Equitation O/F. Adult Fences 3’; Junior Fences 3’3”. *80. Limit Equitation *81. Limit Equitation. Fences 2’6” *82. Pony Equitation *83. Pony Equitation O/F

Fences: 2’ for small ponies, 2’3” for medium ponies, 2’6-2’9” for large.

*84. Pony Medal. Open to GHHJA member & non-member

pony riders. Not to be divided by size. Fences 2’ for small, 2’3” for medium, 2’6” to 2’9” for large. Three riders must complete the course for points to count at year end. Two or more USEF tests 1-9 of the top four riders will be required.

*85. Limit Medal. Open to GHHJA member and non-member

Limit riders. Fences 2’6” max. Three riders must complete the course for points to count at year end. Two or more USEF tests 1-9 of top four riders will be required.

*86. GHHJA Medal Junior/Adult. Open to Junior or Adult Am

GHHJA members and non-members. 2 or more USEF Tests 1-19 will be required of the top 4 riders. Three riders must complete the course. Fences 3’.

Three riders must be entered before start of medal class for class to be held!

Trainers take note!

Classes in Ring 3 ONLY will be held for trainer conflicts.

Schedule of Events

Main Arena: 8:00 a.m. 70. Itty Bitty Jumper (TFJO)

71. Itty Bitty Jumper (OT) 72. Itty Bitty Jumper (P&S)

61. Schooling Jumper (TFJO) 62. Schooling Jumper (TFR)

63. Schooling Jumper (P&S) 64. Jr/Adult Jumper (TFJO) 65. Jr/Adult Jumper (TFR)

66. Jr/Adult Jumper (P&S) 67. Open Jumper (TFJO)

68. Open Jumper (TFR) 69. Open Jumper (P&S)

74. Warm-Up (open thru hunters) 46. Low Hunter

47. Low Hunter 48. Low Hunter Stake

45. Low Hunter U/S 79. Jr/Adult Equitation O/F

42. Junior/Adult Hunter 43. Junior/Adult Hunter

44. Junior/Adult Hunter Stake 41. Junior/Adult Hunter U/S

78. Jr/Adult Equitation 86. GHHJA Medal Jr/Adult

38. Pre-Green Hunter 39. Pre-Green Hunter

40. Pre-Green Hunter Stake 37. Pre-Green Hunter U/S

54. Open Hunter 55. Open Hunter

56. Open Hunter Stake 53. Open Hunter U/S

50. Non-Pro Hunter 51. Non-Pro Hunter

52. Non-Pro Hunter Stake 49. Non-Pro Hunter U/S

34. Limit Hunter 35. Limit Hunter

36. Limit Hunter Stake 81. Limit Equitation O/F

80. Limit Equitation 33. Limit Hunter U/S

85. Limit Medal

Hunters First on Sunday

followed by Jumper Schedule.

Outdoor Arena: 8:30 a.m. 75. Warm-Up (open all day)

58. Schooling Hunter 59. Schooling Hunter

60. Schooling Hunter Stake 57. Schooling Hunter U/S

14. Green as Grass Hunter 15. Green as Grass Hunter

16. Green as Grass Hunter Stake 13. Green as Grass Hunter U/S

18. Novice Equitation O/F 19. Novice Equitation O/F

20. Novice Equitation O/F 17. Novice Equitation

83. Pony Equitation O/F 84. Pony Medal

22. Small Pony Hunter 23. Small Pony Hunter

24. Small Pony Hunter Stake 21. Small Pony Hunter U/S

26. Medium Pony Hunter 27. Medium Pony Hunter

28. Medium Pony Hunter Stake 25. Medium Pony Hunter U/S

30. Large Pony Hunter 31. Large Pony Hunter

32. Large Pony Hunter Stake 29. Large Pony Hunter U/S

82. Pony Equitation

D Barn Arena: 9:30 a.m. 73. Lead Line

1. Walk-Trot Equitation 2. Walk-Trot Horsemanship

3. Walk-Trot Individual Test 4. Walk-Trot Poles

5. Pre-Beginner Eq W/T/C 76. Pre-Beginner Warm-Up

6. Pre-Beginner Equitation O/F 7. Pre-Beginner Equitation O/F

8. Pre-Beginner Equitation O/F 77. Beginner Warm-Up

10. Beginner Equitation O/F 11. Beginner Equitation O/F

12. Beginner Equitation O/F 9. Beginner Equitation

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