The Morgan Horse Judging Standards Adopted by The American Morgan Horse Association, Inc. 4066 Shelburne Road, Suite 5 Shelburne, Vermont 05482 (802) 985-4944 FAX (802) 985-8897 E-mail:
[email protected] www.morganhorse.com 2014 Edition This Book Supersedes All Previous Editions Effective February 2014 All updates will appear on the AMHA website at www.morganhorse.com Designed as a handy reference book for Morgan judges and exhibitors, a guideline for Morgan breeders, and a measuring stick with which show com- mittees may evaluate the performance of the judges and officials they hire. ©2014, The American Morgan Horse Association, Inc. Sections of this book have been reprinted from the United States Equestrian Federation Rule Book, with permission. All rights reserved. Reproduction without permission is strictly prohibited. The American Morgan Horse Association recommends and expects that all persons will conduct themselves in an honest, forthright, ethical, and sportsmanlike manner in their relationship with each other at any time they are involved in Morgan competition and endorses the principles as stated in the USEF sportsmanship charter. ORIGINAL JUDGING STANDARDS STATEMENT ADOPTED 1972 “Report of the Judging Standards Committee Dr. C. D. Parks, Chairman, Noxen, PA; Robert Brooks, East Lyme, CT; Harold Childs, Tun- bridge, VT; John Lydon, Dalton, PA, Dr. S. Robert Orcutt, Rowley, MA; Mrs. Edward Ryan, Delavan, IL; W. Dayton Sumner, New York, NY; Prof. L.V. Tirrell, Durham, NH; Mrs. Archibald Cox, Wayland, MA, member of the committee during a preparation of the judging standards. The members of this committee agreed unanimously on the material presented here.