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CLASS NATIONAL REINED COW ASSOCIATION

1/2 POINT PENALTIES REINED WORK Not changing leads simultaneously Over or under spin 1/8 turn JUDGES CARD Jogging first two strides 1 POINT PENALTIES 5 POINT PENALTIES Out of Spurring or hitting in front of cinch Out of lead each 1/4 circle Blatant disobedience including kicking, biting, bucking, rearing, and striking Slipping in the Holding on to the Scotching or anticipating stop -0- SCORE Over or under spin 1/4 turn Not following pattern (i.e. over or under spin more than 1/4) 2 POINT PENALTIES Two hands on the in a bridle or two-rein class Lead missed around end of arena past second corner Fingers between the reins in a bridle class, except the two-rein class. Not ever changing leads in patterns where there is only 1/2 circle Horse balking Failure to run by marker before stop is initiated Bloody mouth inside Freezing up in turn or rollback Illegal equipment Breaking gait Leaving working area before pattern is complete Jogging beyond two strides Fall of horse or rider On trot in patterns, failure to stop before executing a canter departure Backing more than 2 strides when no back up is called for in the pattern A stop in the first 1/4 of the circle, after a lope departure, is a break of gate Jogging in excess of one-half circle or one-half the length of the arena 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 MANEUVER SCORES: -1 / Extremely Poor, -1 Very Poor, - / Poor, 0 Correct, + / Good, +1 Very Good, +1 / Excellent MANEUVER DESCRIPTION PENALTY # HORSE MANEUVER 1234567TOTAL SCORE PENALTY SCORE

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CLASS NATIONAL REINED COW HORSE ASSOCIATION STEER STOPPING JUDGES CARD CREDITS: 2 POINT PENALTIES 3-5 POINT PENALTY A. Box and Barrier A. Trouble maintaining position F. Breaking Barrier B. Run and Rate B. Stopping crooked C. Stop C. Missing first loop 5 POINT PENALTIES D. Degree of Difficulty D. Jumping barrier A. Refusing to enter box E. Eye Appeal B. Rearing up in box 3 POINT PENALTIES C. Freezing in box PENALTIES: A. Setting up or scotching 1 POINT PENALTIES B. Running into steer -0- SCORE A. Entering box - nervous C. Rearing up in stop A. Loss of rope B. Turns head severely D. Ducking off badly B. Fall of horse or rider C. Squats in corner E. Taking off illegal catch C. 2 hands on reins D. Failure to make legal catch

Time Limit for event is 90 seconds. PENALTIES RUN CONTENT (-below Ave., !Ave., +above Ave.) # HORSE Eye 1 point 2 point 3 point 5 point Box & Run & Stop Degree of SCORE Barrier Rate Difficulty Appeal

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CLASS NATIONAL REINED COW HORSE ASSOCIATION GUIDE FOR "NEW COW"(At judges’ discretion, rider will receive new cow(s) as necessary to show horse) A. Cow that won't run. B. Cow that doesn't respect the horse. C. When cow leaves arena. CREDITS: COW WORK A. Maintaining control of the cow at all times B. Exhibiting superior cow sense and natural ability without excessive reining or spurring JUDGES CARD C. Degree of difficulty D. Eye appeal 1 POINT PENALTIES COW WORK SCORING GUIDELINES A. Loss of working advantage L. For each length horse runs past cow C. Using corner or the end of the arena to turn cow S. Slipping rein 75 & higher - Total control. Excellent form & position on animal, high degree of E. Changing sides of arena to turn cow T. Turning cow before passing middle marker on first turn difficulty, excellent eye appeal. 2 POINT PENALTIES 73 - 74 - Good form & position on animal, good control of animal, high degree of A. Going around corner of arena before turning cow difficulty with good eye appeal. 3 POINT PENALTIES 71 - 72 - A credit earning run with correct form and position, better than average B. Biting or striking the cow H. Hanging up on fence (refusing to turn) control of animal with some degree of difficulty and eye appeal. E. Exhausting or overworking before circling cow K. Knocking down cow without having working advantage 70 - Control. Correct form, average degree of difficulty. 5 POINT PENALTIES 68 - 69 - Slight loss of form or position on animal. Average degree of difficulty A. Not getting a turn each way (5 points each way) B . Spurring or hitting in front of cinch and eye appeal. Good work with a major penalty (3 or 5) or average work with 1 -0- SCORE point penalties. A. Turn tail B. Using 2 hands on the reins in a bridle or two-rein class 66 - 67 - Trouble controlling animal and/or rider/horse is out of position. Loss of C. Fingers between the reins in a bridle class, except the two-rein class eye appeal. D . Balking E. Out of control F. Bloody mouth (inside) G. Illegal equipment H . Leaving working area before pattern is complete 65 & below - Incurs major penalties, loss of control and position. Total lack of I . Fall of horse or rider J . Schooling between rein work and cow work credit. K. Schooling horse between cows, if new cow is awarded. NOTE: Judge may blow the whistle at anytime to terminate the work. A score of zero will be given if the work is not complete at that time. PENALTIES RUN CONTENT (-below Ave., !Ave., +above Ave.) # HORSE degree eye SCORE 1 point 2 point 3 point 5 point boxing position control ratingof diff. appeal circling

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CLASS NATIONAL REINED COW HORSE ASSOCIATION

1 Point Penalties: A. (Miss) Losing working advantage HERD WORK B. Noise directed to cattle C. Working out of position 3 Point Penalties: JUDGES CARD A. Hot quit B. Cattle picked up or scattered C. Pawing or biting cattle D. Failure to make deep cut E. Back fence Credit - Run Content F. Spurring or hitting in front of the cinch at anytime Herd Work - (+ / -)! 5 Point Penalties: Controlling the Cow - (+ / -)! A. Horse quitting a cow B. Losing a cow Degree of Difficulty - (+ / -)! C. Changing cattle after a specific commitment Eye Appeal - (+ / -)! D. Failure to separate a single animal after leaving the herd Amount of Working Time - (+ / -)! -0- Score A. Horse turns tail Amount of Courage - (+ / -)! B. Using two hands on the reins in a bridle Loose Reins - (+ / -)! C. Fingers between the reins in a bridle D. Illegal equipment Excessive Herd Help - (+ / -)! E. Leaves working area before time expires (+ Above Average, - Below Average, ! Average) F. Fall of horse or rider NOTE: Judge may blow his/her whistle at anytime to terminate the work. A score of zero will be given if the work is not complete at that time. PENALTIES RUN CONTENT Herd Controlling Degree of Eye Amount of Amount of Loose Excessive # HORSE SCORE 1 point 3 point 5 point Working Herd Work the Cow Difficulty Appeal Time Courage Reins Help

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