NTASHA (North Texas American Saddlebred Horse Association) is proud to be sponsoring the 2008 ASHA (American Saddlebred Horse Association) Texas State Pleasure Horse Awards.

ASHA provides attractive trophies for the state champions and pictures of the winners are published in The American Saddlebred magazine.

The following rules will apply:

Awards are earned by the following High Point System which will be kept by Janie Hamilton:

Points are awarded according to the number of ribbons and the number of the horses in the class--for example:

8 Ribbons with 8 or More Horses in the Class

1st Place--8 Points

2nd Place--7 Points

3rd Place--6 Points

4th Place--5 Points

5th Place--4 Points

6th Place--3 Points

7th Place--2 Points

8th Place--1 Point

 

8 Ribbons with only 3 Horses

1st Place--3 Points

2nd Place--2 Points

3rd Place--1 Point

 

Both qualifying classes and championships will be awarded points.

 

Championship Classes will earn 3 bonus points per placing along with the regular points--for example:

 

8 Ribbons with 8 or More Horses in the Class

1st Place--8 Points + 3

2nd Place--7 Points + 3

3rd Place--6 Points + 3

4th Place--5 Points + 3

5th Place--4 Points + 3

6th Place--3 Points + 3

7th Place--2 Points + 3

8th Place--1 Point + 3

 

8 Ribbons with only 3 Horses

1st Place--3 Points + 3

2nd Place--2 Points + 3

3rd Place--1 Point + 3

Horses must be purebred American Saddlebreds registered with ASHA, ASHA of Canada, or ASHA of Great Britain (except for academy classes).

Owner must be a member of the American Saddlebred Horse Association and the recorded owner of the horse during the award year.

The following shows are point shows for the State of Texas in 2008:

• TASHA Holiday Horse Show--Katy, Texas (Houston) (December 1-2, 2007)
• TASHA Winter Classic Horse Show--Katy, Texas (Houston) (February 2-3, 2008)
• SASHA Charity Horse Show--Boerne, Texas (San Antonio) (March 7-9, 2008)
• Pin Oak Charity Horse Show--Katy, Texas (Houston) (March 19-22, 2008)
• Big D Charity Horse Show--Irving, Texas (Dallas) (May 1-4, 2008)
• Rockwall Spring Extravaganza--McKinney, Texas (May 2008) (Saddlebred Pleasure, Academy, and Equitation Only)
• S.G.F. Winning Ways Farm--Tomball, Texas (May 2008) (Academy, Equitation, and Five-Gaited--Open Only)
• State Fair of Texas Horse Show--Dallas, Texas (September 11-14, 2008)
• Paul Cates Stable, LLC Benefit Horse Show--Round Rock, Texas (September 2008)
• NTASHA Fall Classic Horse Show--Irving, Texas (October 11-12, 2008)

For more information please contact Janie Hamilton at 214-478-0897 or e-mail her at dkhoss@aol.com. Please be sure you are an ASHA member and Good Luck in 2008!