Lipizzan Laurels United States Lipizzan Federation©
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Lipizzan Laurels United States Lipizzan Federation© Awards Program The United States Lipizzan Federation (USLF) recognizes Lipizzans/XL Lipizzans competing in events against all breeds with two special award programs—the USLF Lipizzan/XL Lipizzan Laurels Award and the USLF Lipizzan/XL Lipizzan Star Award. Award participants automatically are entered in both programs when they submit results. The USLF Lipizzan Laurels presents a Lipizzan Laurels Award for outstanding performance by a Lipizzan/XL Lipizzan horse in several sections within the program’s ten major disciplines. Junior Exhibitor Awards are also presented in all ten disciplines. Lipizzan Laurels awards are tabulated on an annual basis during the competition year, which runs from November 1st of the previous year to October 31st of the current year. The Lipizzan/XL Lipizzan Star Award is a lifetime award presented to each Lipizzan/XL Lipizzan meeting Star requirements. Lipizzan/XL Lipizzan horses may take as many years as needed to earn Star points. The owner of the achieving horse will receive an official bronze, silver, gold, or platinum Star when they have accumulated the necessary points in their discipline. Stars are presented in ten disciplines: Show, Competitive Trail, Endurance, Dressage, Eventing, Working Western, Carriage Pleasure, Combined Driving, Western Dressage, and Working Equitation. Horses who earn five of the ten bronze Stars are presented with the USLF Lipizzan/XL Lipizzan Sport Horse Award. 1 GENERAL GUIDELINES To be eligible for these awards, horses must be registered with the USLF at the time scores are earned. Both the owner and all riders or drivers of the horse must be current USLF members at the time scores are earned. (In the event of injury or illness a substitute non-member rider or driver may be used.) Both the event (show) and the class entered can be open to all breeds or Lipizzan/XL Lipizzan shows and classes. Results must be submitted on the appropriate Report forms, which are available on the web site, along with appropriate documentation as described for each discipline. Report forms may be duplicated by the participants. USLF will not accept event results from prior years or incomplete Report forms. Results will be audited. If there is a significant difference between the number of points reported by the owner and the results reported by the show secretary, the entry will not be accepted and the horse will not be eligible for the program the following year. All decisions by USLF are final. A horse may be entered in the Awards Program at any time during the competition year prior to November 1st. Points will be added to the horse’s file as they are earned. Points must be submitted before November 1st each year. Points submitted from shows occurring after November 1st will be applied to the following year. By entering points early, owners help speed the tabulation process. All forms must be submitted by email to [email protected] or by mail to: USLF Office, P.O Box 310., Creswell, OR 97426. 2 LIPIZZAN LAURELS AWARDS The Lipizzan Laurels Award recognizes horses compiling the most points, highest average, or highest median score (as specified for each discipline) in each level and division during the year. Only one award will be presented per level, per division. When applicable, levels may be divided into Amateur, Open and Junior divisions, which will be awarded separately. A junior exhibitor is an individual who has not reached his or her 18th birthday as of December 1 of the current competition year. The age of an individual on December 1 will be maintained throughout the following competition year. Awards are given to Champion Award recipients. Champion Awards are limited to no more than 2 dressage awards and 2 non-dressage awards per Lipizzan per year. Awards are customized for accomplishment. If the Member is eligible for more than one of the above quantified Awards, the Member can choose which accomplishments they wish to have recognized or, if space on the Award allows, multiple accomplishments can be designated on one Award. Ribbons are awarded Champion through sixth place. Ribbons may be individual ribbons for each accomplishment or one Ribbon with multiple streamers designating all categories at that level of accomplishment. (i.e. one Champion Ribbon with streamers designating; Show - Equitation, Show - Hunter/Jumper, Show - Showmanship, Show – Trail, and Eventing). Award ribbons are given to the overall high score junior exhibitor in ten divisions. All participants are recognized in the USLF News and on the USLF website. The Disciplines and Levels are: I. Shows (awards in nine categories) – USLF Report Form A A. In-Hand B. English Pleasure (includes English and hunter pleasure, road hack, bridle path hack, hunter hack, and saddle seat pleasure) C. Western Pleasure D. Hunter/Jumper (includes hunter divisions with at least one class over fences and jumper classes) E. Equitation (includes all seats) F. Trail (English and Western) G. Showmanship H. General (includes all other classes not listed above, including the following: park, games, roadster, races, gaited, non-recognized Dressage or dressage classes judged by non-USEF officials, non-recognized Eventing, Baroque Equestrian Games, Mounted Archery, etc) 3 II. Competitive Trail Riding and Driving (awards at each level) – USLF Form B A. Conditioning Distance B. Limited Distance C. Medium Distance D. Extended Distance E. Novice/Competitive Pleasure III. Endurance Riding (awards at each level) – USLF Report Form B A. General B. Limited Distance IV. Dressage (awards at each level) – USLF Report Form E A. Introductory Dressage B. Training Level C. First Level D. Second Level E. Third Level F. Fourth Level G. Prix St. Georges H. Intermediate I I. Intermediate II J. Grand Prix K. USDF Freestyle (includes First, Second, Third, and Fourth Level Freestyles) L. FEI Freestyle (includes Intermediate I & Grand Prix Freestyle) V. Eventing (awards at each level) – USLF Report Form C A. Beginner Novice B. Novice C. Training D. Modified E. Preliminary F. Intermediate G. Advanced VI. Working Western (Reining, Cutting, Team Penning, Roping, Reining/Working Cowhorse, Cowboy Mounted Shooting, Competitive Trail Challenges and Trail Trials) – USLF Report Form F A. Sanctioned B. Non-sanctioned 4 VII. Carriage Pleasure (awards at each level) – USLF Report Form A A. Carriage Pleasure Shows – Single B. Carriage Pleasure Shows – Pair C. Carriage Pleasure Show – Multiple VIII. Combined Driving Events (awards at each level) – USLF Report Form C A. Arena & Horse Driving Trials B. ADS Training Level C. ADS Preliminary Level D. ADS Intermediate Level & FEI 1* E. ADS Advanced Level, FEI 2*, & FEI 3* IX. Western Dressage (awards at each level) – USLF Report Form E A. Introductory Western Dressage B. Basic C. Level 1 D. Level 2 E. Level 3 F. Level 4 G. WDAA Western Dressage Freestyle (includes Level 1, 2, 3, & 4 Freestyles) X. Working Equitation (awards at each level) – USLF Report Form D A. Introductory B. Novice C. Intermediate D. Advanced E. Masters 5 DISCIPLINE GUIDELINES I. SHOWS USLF Lipizzan Laurels Awards will be presented to Lipizzan/XL Lipizzan who accumulates the most points in each of the nine show Levels: In-Hand, English Pleasure, Western Pleasure, Pleasure Driving, Hunter/Jumper, Equitation, Trail, Showmanship, and General. Classes that do not fit in a specific division will be included in the General division. If the class is an open pleasure class (open to both English and Western), please indicate whether you rode English or Western so points for this class can be applied in the appropriate Level. Shows may be rated by a national, regional, or state sanctioning body or unrated (4-H and schooling shows are eligible). Shows open only to or adjudicated by facility owners, family members, employees, boarders, or owners of horses in training at a single facility are not eligible for Lipizzan Laurels or Star points. Factoring of Show Points for Year End Awards Participants must submit 5 class placings of the same subcategory to be considered eligible for Laurels for that subdivision category (5 English Pleasure placings submitted to be considered for the English Pleasure Award). The 5 placings must come from at least 3 different shows and 3 different judges. The participant with the highest median of the 5 class placing points will be awarded Champion of the Level, so submit your 5 highest placings for each Level. Additional placings may be submitted to count towards the horse’s Star Awards, but only the top 5 placing scores will be counted towards the year end Lipizzan Laurels awards. Shows using multiple judges will only count for one set of points. Points for class placings will be calculated based on both the type of show attended and the number of participants in the class. Points will be awarded based on the placing and number of class participants multiplied by a Show Type Multiplying Factor (STMF). STMF will be factored based on the type of show attended: Unaffiliated Show Multiply by 0.5 State or Regional Affiliated Show Multiply by 1.0 USEF Local (―C‖) Show Multiply by 1.5 USEF ―B‖ Show Multiply by 2.0 USEF ―A‖ Show Multiply by 2.5 USEF ―AA‖ Multiply by 3.0 USEF ―AAA‖ Multiply by 3.5 6 Points will be awarded according to Table A multiplied by the type of show multiplier STMF. Table A: Show, Carriage Pleasure Driving, & Working Western Point Chart # in TOTAL PLACING STMF Class POINTS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th >9 1-3 3 2 1 x STMF 4-6 6 5 4 3 2 1 x STMF 7-10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 x STMF 11-15 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 x STMF 16-20 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 0.5 x STMF >21 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 1 x STMF The USLF reserves the right to disallow points if it is felt that a non-sanctioned show is not run in accordance with the spirit of the USEF.