Ohio 4-H Hippology Contest Rules

GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS

1. Each county may enter two teams consisting of at least three (3) members but not more than four (4) members per team. When four (4) contestants are designated, all will participate and the lowest scoring individual overall will be automatically designated as alternate. The alternate's scores will not be included in team scores but alternates will be eligible for individual awards.
2. Teams may be selected by any means appropriate to the county they represent.
3. Contestants must have been at least 14 years of age on or before December 31 of the preceding year but not have passed their 19th birthday by January 1 of the current year. A state junior contest is also held, and team members must be a 4-H member less than 14 years old. A county may send up to two junior and two senior teams to the state competition.
4. All contestants must be enrolled in 4-H during the current year.
5. Contestants may not have participated in an official, post secondary hippology, horse bowl, nor horse judging contest nor have been in training in preparation for one of these contests.
6. Senior contestants on the champion team are not eligible to compete in this contest in subsequent years.  The only exception would be if they also were on another champion team or champion speaker(s) in the speaking contests that same year.  In that case they can choose which other event they will represent Ohio in at the Eastern National Contest and could repeat, this contest in following years.  We expect that the champion team will represent Ohio at the Eastern National Contest.  All Junior teams may return.
7. Entry Deadline: May 31 of the current year. Entry must be sent to Amber D. Moffett at 2029 Fyffe Road, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1095. An entry fee of $30.00 per team MUST accompany the entry. Make checks payable to The State 4-H Horse Committee.
8. Reference Material: All the information covered in this contest may be found in one or more of the following publications.
   1. *The Horse (2nd edition) by Evans, Borton, Hintz, VanVleck., W. H. Freeman and Company, 660 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94104. A special may be available if ordered from publisher. Phone number 415-391-5870.
   2. *Horse Industry Handbook American Youth Horse Council, The Equine Collection, Dept. AYHC/PRIMEDIA, PO Box 60, Kingstree, SC 29556. Phone 800-952-5813.
   3. *American Youth Horse Council Leader Handbook, American Youth Horse Council.The Equine Collection, Dept. AYHC/PRIMEDIA, PO Box 60, Kingstree, SC 29556. Phone 800-952-5813.
   4. *Feeding and Care of the Horse(2nd Edition), by Lon Lewis, 456 pages ($29.95); Williams and Wilkins, P.O. Box 1496, Baltimore, Md 21298-9724 Phone 800-638-0672.
   5. *The Coloring Anatomy of the Horse, Robert Kainer and Thomas McCracken, Alpine Publications Inc., P.O. Box 7027, Loveland, CO 80537, (800) 777-7257.
   6. *ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF EQUINE TERMS, Compiled by New Horizons Equine Education Center, Alpine Publications, P O Box 7027, Loveland, Co. 80537
   7. Ohio Advanced 4-H Horse Projects: Equine Nutrition (cir.762), and Equine Reproduction and Genetics (Cir. 797) .
   8. The Light Horse Selection project book #175 will be used as reference for judging horse classes.

    

   9. *State Line Tack Catalog

(Grains, forages and feed preparations used in this contest will be representative of feeds utilized in horse rations.)

* Are used for senior teams that go on to regional and the Eastern National Contests.