2010 Championship Challenge Open Show Program & Showbill

2010 Championship Challenge Show Bill - Updated: 08-10-10

2010 Championship Challenge Qualifying Placing Reporting Form

The Wisconsin State Horse Council (WSHC) is again offering an end of year awards program for those who enjoy showing at open shows with their horses.

We have made a few significant changes to the program - specifically in regards to qualifications and reporting - so please read the following carefully.

How do you get started? Under the program, competitors need to be a Level I member of WHSC in order to participate. The membership cost is $20, although youth/juniors are free if a parent/guardian is a member. This helps provide a portion of the funding to run this exciting program and provides you with all the benefits of WSHC membership, including your own subscription to our newsletter, The CounciLetter.

Competitors nominate themselves and their horse to qualify for the opportunity to compete in the statewide Championship Show by submitting the class nomination form and the nomination fees to our office in Columbus.

Each class nomination costs $4, and multiple nominations are accepted. The nomination fees are a one-time charge unless you choose to add additional class nominations at a later time. You may add additional class nominations at any time, provided payment is included with the form and the envelope is postmarked 1 day prior to attending a sanctioned open show you want to use as a qualifying show.

You may attend as many sanctioned open shows held from April 1, through September 6, 2010 as you wish, even after you’ve qualified to compete in the statewide Championship show.

How exactly do you qualify? There are 2 ways to qualify.  For each nominated class you will need to win either 1 First at a WSHC sanctioned show, or 2 Seconds under 2 different judges at WSHC sanctioned shows. Please note that double-judged shows do not count as 2 placings.

For example, say you are nominated in the following classifications, Sr. Hunter Under Saddle; Sr. Huntseat Equitation; Sr. Western Pleasure; and Sr. Western Horsemanship. You would need to qualify in each of the four classifications in order to compete in those classes at the statewide Championship show in September. You will ride that day against the others in the state who have qualified to ride in those classes too. It will be the competition of the best of the best!

Once you have qualified in your nominated class you need to send the 2010 WSHC Championship Challenge Qualifying Placings Reporting Form in to the office. This form must be signed by a show secretary on the day of the show and can be found here on our website and in the summer issues of Wisconsin Horseman’s News.  This signed form should be postmarked no later than two weeks following the show.

Remember that the fee to nominate into a class is only $4 per class. That isn’t very much money – burgers cost more at most restaurants these days!

We realize that open show opportunities are sometimes rather limited for ponies, gaited horses, and saddle seat riders. We hope that this program will help encourage show committees to include classes that will provide more opportunity for these groups to participate. We also encourage the owners, riders, and drivers to support the shows that put classes in for you by actively participating in them.

The other thing to remember is that we will know from your nomination form that you are riding a pony, gaited, etc. For example, when we get a show results form and see that Jane Doe took a 1st place in western halter on her horse “My Comfort” at the Phenom Show on May 5th, we’ll be cross referencing the results form to your nomination form. “My Comfort” was nominated for AQHA Halter and since the show only offered western halter we’ll automatically apply that win toward qualification on your AQHA Halter nomination, provided that is what we have on file for you. Questions? Contact us!

What is a Road Warrior Award? Why would you want to keep competing once you’ve qualified? Because we are continuing the Road Warrior Awards, to be given to those program participants who have exhibited at the most sanctioned open shows–regardless of their placings at those shows! Just have the show secretary sign the showbill, mark your exhibitor number on the showbill, put it in an envelope marked “Road Warrior Awards” and send it in to our office at PO Box 72, Columbus, WI 53925, and also needs to be postmarked within two weeks of each show.

This fun perk is included in your nomination fee, so there is no additional cost. Recognition will be given to all participants in The CounciLetter. Awards will be based on where the exhibitor lives– in one of the 5 WSHC Districts. The sanctioned shows you attended may be from anywhere in the state of Wisconsin. For example, that means if you live in District 1, you will only be competing for a Road Warrior Award against others who live in District 1. It doesn’t matter where your horse lives, or where the sanctioned shows you attended are. Please have all showbills in to the WSHC office by September 6, 2010.

You do not have to qualify before you begin working toward the Road Warrior Awards! If you’ve sent in your nominations, you are ready to begin sending your signed show bills toward a Road Warrior Award.

How do you sanction your show? For show organizers and committees who have already finalized your 2010 show bills, it is easy to become a WSHC sanctioned show! WSHC Champ Challenge Show Committee will review all show bills upon request to determine whether they meet our criteria. It is not necessary to change any classes on your show bill at all, and you may advertise your show as a sanctioned event once your show has been approved.

Ready to be a sanctioned show? Call our office, 920-623-0393, or email your show bill to us at info@WisconsinStateHorseCouncil.org. We’ll list your show on the Sanctioned Show list here on our events page at no cost to you.

How much will this cost the Show Committee? Worried about the cost to sanction your show? All we ask is that you have a show secretary or committee member sign qualifications forms for participants on the day of the show. Read the FAQ’s for Show Committees for full details.

Why sanction? How will this benefit our show? Adding “WSHC Sanctioned” to your show bill should draw more exhibitors to your show. Program participants need to win at sanctioned shows to make it to the statewide Championship show; they’re going to want to go to where they can do that! Those who are after a Road Warrior Award are going to look for the sanctioned shows too! Why wouldn’t you want to have a sanctioned show when it is so easy for you to do?

For more information about the Championship Challenge Open Show Award Program, please feel free to contact us!
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