General Rules and Regulations

1. This contest is open to properly accredited Colleges and Universities in the United States and Canada .
2. While the contest is in progress, there will be no conferring between contestants or between a contestant and anyone else except as directed by the chairman or his representatives. Failure to abide by this regulation may result in disqualification of the contestant.
3. Team definition and Eligibility: Each Intercollegiate Team shall consist of four or five members. If five members are designated, the four high scores shall constitute the team score. Any college undergraduate student representing his institution who is in attendance as a regularly enrolled student in the institution and who has never acted as an official judge of horses in any interstate fair or show, and who has at no time served in the capacity of teacher of livestock or horse judging in a college or secondary school, may be entered as a member of a team to represent the college in which they are matriculated. The contest will have two divisions: A Junior Intercollegiate Division - Open to teams from Junior (2year) colleges or for freshman or sophomore students at a four year college: A Senior Intercollegiate Division - Open to students of any rank at a Junior or Senior College . A contestant may judge in either division only once and can not judge in the Junior Division after having judged in the Senior Division.  Universities may enter two teams per division.
4. Classes: Twelve classes of four individuals in each class shall be judged. There shall be four halter classes and eight performance classes. If suitable horses are available, the halter classes will consist of stallion, gelding, and mare classes. The performance classes will be selected from: Western Pleasure, Reining, Western Riding, Hunter Under saddle, Hunter Hack, Pleasure Driving, Western Horsemanship, Trail, and Hunt Seat Equitation.
5. Time: Fifteen minutes will be allowed for contestants to place all non-reason classes. Those classes in which oral reasons are to be given will be judged in a period of seventeen minutes.
6. Card Placing: The contestant will hand to the group leader the card bearing his placing of the ring as soon as time is up for the class. The contestant may request from the reason listener, and have the card with their placing on it while giving reasons. They will then return the card to the reason listener before leaving the room.
7. Oral Reasons: Shall be given upon classes in each of the above mentioned groups. Two sets of reasons shall be given on halter classes and three sets of reasons on the performance classes. The contestants shall be notified at the time of placing whether or not reasons will be required on the class then being judged. Reasons shall be given orally before the judge or judges and for this purpose, private rooms shall be provided. Two minutes will be permitted for oral reasons on each class. Reasons that exceed the two minute limit will be penalized.
8. Final Standing: This shall be based both upon the placings and the oral reasons. Fifty points shall constitute a perfect score in placing the animals and fifty points shall constitute a perfect score for oral reasons. In classes where no reasons are required, the placing only will be considered.
9. Group Leader: An individual shall be placed in charge of contestants as they judge the various classes, to observe the contestants, to see that the animals are properly shown and moved, to answer questions which do not pertain to the actual placing or instruction regarding the animals in the contest, and to collect placing cards at the end of each class.
10. Judges: Judges will be provided for each class in the contest.
11. Awards: The final results of the contest will be made available and awards will be presented at a breakfast on the morning following the contest. The time and place will be announced by the chairman.
12. Entry Fee and deadline: $150 by September 18th, 2008. (Late fee $175 after 9/18)  No Entries Accepted After 10/02/08  Universities with less than two (2) FULL teams (4-5 members) will be charged $50 per person.