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Colorado 4-H Horse Show Rule Book • LA1500K • 2021 Colorado 4-H Horse Show Rule Book LA1500K 2021 Pages • 1 - 2 Colorado 4-H Horse Show Rule Book • LA1500K • 2021 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS The following members of the Colorado 4-H State Acknowledgments .......................................................inside front cover Horse Advisory Rules Subcommittee assisted in the Colorado State 4-H Horse Show Rules .................................................2 revision of the current Colorado 4-H Horse Show Use of the Name and Emblem of 4-H Club Work ...............................2 Rulebook: Horse Humane Policy Statement .........................................................2 Protective Headgear Policy .................................................................2 General Rules and Requirements ........................................................3 Angela Mannick (Elbert) Show Rules and Requirements ............................................................4 Jodie Martin-Witt (Larimer) 4-H Horse Drug and Medication Rule ................................................6 Tiffany Mead (Jefferson) Breed Specific Rule .............................................................................6 Carmen Porter (Boulder) Definitions and Descriptions .................................................................7 General .................................................................................................7 Tom Sharpe (Mesa) Gaits .....................................................................................................7 Jonathan Vrabec (El Paso) Bits, Curbs and Reins ..........................................................................9 Lindsay Wadhams (Colorado State Fair) Showmanship Division .........................................................................15 Western and English ..........................................................................15 Questions ........................................................................................... 19 Patterns (Suggested) .......................................................................... 19 PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE PUBLICATION Western Division ...................................................................................21 Requests for permission to reproduce any parts or all of Western Horsemanship ......................................................................23 this Colorado 4-H Youth-Development publication should Western Riding ..................................................................................28 Reining ...............................................................................................42 be directed to: Western Dressage ..............................................................................65 4-H Publications Liaison Trail Division ........................................................................................67 State 4-H Office Western and English ..........................................................................67 Colorado State University Scoring ...............................................................................................67 Cooperative Extension Obstacle Set-up ..................................................................................70 Gymkhana Division .............................................................................. 74 4040 Campus Delivery Individual Events ...............................................................................77 Fort Collins, CO 80523-4040 Team/Group Events ...........................................................................86 Working Western Division ..................................................................87 Extension programs are available to all without discrimina- Heading and Heeling .........................................................................87 tion. To simplify technical terminology, trade names of Breakaway Roping .............................................................................90 Steer or Calf Daubing ........................................................................90 products and equipment occasionally will be used. No Goat Tying/Goat Tail Tying .............................................................. 91 endorsement of products named is intended nor is criticism Team Penning .................................................................................... 91 implied of products not mentioned. Ranch Horse Division ...........................................................................94 Ranch Horsemanship .........................................................................96 Members are referred to the Colorado State Fair website for Ranch Cattle Sorting ....................................................................... 110 Ranch Trail ...................................................................................... 114 rules regarding entries for the state 4-H Horse Show held at Individual Cow Work ...................................................................... 117 the Colorado State Fair. Ranch Cutting .................................................................................. 121 Ranch Riding ...................................................................................125 2020/2021 English Division .................................................................................. 141 Saddle Seat Equitation and Dressage Seat Equitation .................... 143 Hunter Seat Equitation (Not to Jump) ............................................. 146 Hunter Seat Equitation Over Fences ............................................... 151 Hunter Hack ..................................................................................... 155 4-H Pledge English Show Hack Class ................................................................ 157 I pledge my head to clearer thinking, English Control ................................................................................ 158 Dressage ...............................................................................................167 my heart to greater loyalty, my hands to larger service, Cover art courtesy of Marina Guynn from Elbert County. and my health to better living, for my club, my community, my country, and my world. Pages • 1 - 2 Colorado 4-H Horse Show Rule Book • LA1500K • 2021 COLORADO 4-H HORSE SHOW RULES Protective headgear may be used in all classes and shall not be discriminated against. Revised 2020 This rulebook provides uniform regulations and procedures for General Rules and Requirements conducting 4-H horse activities in Colorado. 1. A 4-H member is responsible for knowing the specific rules of A major goal of the 4-H youth development program is to build and the show in which he or she has entered. The rules of this book strengthen the youth’s character. Good sportsmanship is essential in apply to the Colorado 4-H Horse Program. the 4-H Horse Project competition. 2. Colorado 4-H Horse Project members are to be 8 years of age The 4-H Horse Project is designed to emphasize youth and not yet 19 years old as of December 31 of the enrollment development. The program emphasis is on the rider and skills he or year. she has learned and applied. The horse is a vehicle used to reflect 3. The 4-H member should have complete access to the project this knowledge and skill learned by the rider. Since the 4-H Horse horse(s) at any time, and should provide care and management Project is a learning experience, disqualification is discouraged. a majority of the time, whether the horse is owned or leased. A However, disqualification and/or zero scores are permitted in 4-H project horse may be boarded at a commercial facility. certain classes. See individual class rules and scoring for further details. 4. Horse Project ID, Primary Care and Sharing of project horses: The horse a 4-H club member intends to use as a project animal The rules encourage judging and competition that reflect the must be designated by May 1 of the current year. standards of skills and abilities in horsemanship emphasized by the Colorado 4-H Horse Program. A. An identification certificate (available online) must be on file with your county extension office. It is recommended that Use of the Name and Emblem of 4-H Club Work multiple project horses also have an ID certificate filed under the 4-H member’s name in case of substitutions. Use of the name and emblem of 4-H Club Work is regulated by Federal law. This law states that only activities or programs under B. All horses entering into the State 4-H Horse Show must supervision of Colorado State University Extension may use the be declared a project horse by May 1. Horse hardship name and emblem of 4-H Club Work. Therefore, any local, county, substitutions at the State 4-H Horse Show can only be a district, area or state 4-H horse show must have the approval of the project horse identified by May 1. Colorado State University Extension through county, district or state personnel. C. A horse may be shown by siblings if they show or are entered in different age divisions or classifications at the Shows or events sponsored by other organizations or individuals, option of show management or specific county rules. and shows which do not provide separate classes for 4-H members are not permitted to use the name and emblem of 4-H Club Work. D. Immediate family members may share and ID the same In such cases, the title “Junior Horse Show” or a similar name project horse between any number of siblings