Mid America Fox Trotting Horse Association

Fourteeth Annual Futurity 2003
 
 

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RULES FOR ENTERING AND SHOWING YOUR HORSE

MID-AMERICA FOX TROTTING HORSE ASSOC.
2004 TWO YEAR OLD FUTURITY

Rule # 1. All entries must be owned by Mid-America member. Membership fee of $10.00 payable to the secretary at the time of nomination or before. No entry will be accepted without current membership number. 

Rule # 2. Entries must be in or postmarked by October 1, 2003 or be subject to late penalties in rule # 3.

Rule # 3: The entry will be $150.00 paid as follows:

$25.00 with the nomination on or before October 1, 2003
$45.00 on or before December 1, 2003
$40.00 on or before February 1, 2004
$40.00 on or before April 1, 2004

The entire amount of entry fee may be paid at the time of nomination with a 10% discount of $135.00 paid. The entry fee payment will be due on the 1st of the month. In the event the December, February or April payment is late, a late fee equal to the amount of the late payments will be charged, per last payment. Horses must be paid in full by April 1, 2004 in order to nominate a judge. If the owner does not wish to nominate a judge, the horse must be paid in full by April 15, 2004 in order to show.

You may enter a horse into the futurity by paying A LATE ENTRY FEE OF $450.00 by March 1, 2004. This late entry fee is due on March 1, 2004 along with the completed entry form and a copy of the registration papers. 

Rule # 4. Complete the attached entry form in full. The rule and entry form are also available at our web site, www.mofoxtrot.com/midamerica

Rule # 5. All horses must be nominated by their registered name.

Rule # 6. All entries will be nominated, paid and Judges ballots sent to:

Annette Enloe
Futurity Treasurer
4402 E. Farm Road 132
Springfield, MO 65802

2004 Futurity secretary is Annette Enloe (417) 865-1242. Please make checks payable to MAFTHA. Please do not send cash in the mail. Be sure to mail all correspondence to the address above.

Rule # 7. No entry can be shown at halter after January 1, 2004, and remain eligible for the show.

Rule # 8. The entry fee will be refunded upon receipt of a death certificate from a licensed veterinarian, provided the certificate is presented to the Futurity Treasurer within 7 days of death.

Rule # 9. A minimum of 40 nominations must be received by October 1, 2003 or fees will be refunded.

Rule # 10. No horse shall be shown in performance prior to the Futurity.

Rule # 11. The owner must declare which division the horse will be shown as the horse is entered. (Open, Open Amateur or Amateur Owned and Trained) The final declaration is made by April 15, 2004. A change in the division must be sent to the futurity treasurer in writing. There will be no cross entries of a horse in more than one division.

EXHIBITING

Rule # 12. Both owner and rider of any horse shown in the 2004 Futurity shall be a current member of the Mid America Fox Trotting Horse Association.

Rule # 13. Each class shall be ridden 10 minutes, with the class called by the timekeeper, rested 5, reversed, and ridden another 10 minutes. During the rest period, riders may dismount if so desired. (Both 10 minute rides shall be broken up as follows: walk 1 minute, trot 3 minutes, walk 2 minutes, trot 3 minutes, walk 1 minute.) The time ridden can be adjusted by the board of directors.

Rule # 14. Check-in will be 5:00 p.m. through 6:30 p.m. the first day of the Futurity. Show will begin at 7:30 p.m.

Rule # 15. If a rider dismounts because of a fall or without permission he/she will be disqualified.

Rule # 16. Time-out allowed only for broken equipment.

Rule # 17. The USDA/HPA rules will take precedence over Mid-America rules in case of conflict.

Rule # 18. If preliminary workouts are necessary, they can be adjusted at the board's discretion. The top ten from each preliminary workout are eligible to show back in the semi-final classes and the top ten from each semi-final class are eligible to show back in the championship classes. If Futurity is a two day event, format will consist of preliminary and championship classes.

Rule # 19. Amateur - Conforms to the Rules of MFTHBA.

Rule #19A All horses must be out of training by January 1 of the year showing in the Amateur Owned and Trained Division of the Two Year Old Futurity. 

Rule # 20. An infraction of the rules must be protested in writing within 60 minutes of the offense by submitting a $50.00 fee to a board member. The protestor may have the option of remaining anonymous. Frivolous protests will not be considered.

Rule # 21. An original or photocopy of MFTHBA registration, with up-to-date ownership transfers, coggins papers, and health papers for out-of-state horses, must be presented at the check-in. 

Rule # 22. Any entry that is disqualified by a judge will be excused from the class. The reason for the disqualification will be announced. 

JUDGES AND JUDGING

Rule # 23. All Futurity entries paid in full by April 1, 2004, are eligible to nominate one willing judge (provided that judge did not judge the Futurity the previous year). Nominations in writing will be sent to the Futurity Treasurer by April 1, 2004. The top ten names will be determined and a ballot sent to all eligible entries who will select five judges. The ballot must be returned to the Futurity Treasurer postmarked by May 1, 2004. The judges will be determined by exhibitor ballots.

Rule # 24. Neither the judge nor members of their family shall exhibit or own a horse in the show.

Rule # 25. The judge will not be eligible to judge provided that he/she has trained, exhibited, conditioned, boarded, or owned any horse to be shown. If a judge cannot exercise an objective opinion, free from possible prejudice, bias, or, outside influence, because of a connection with an owner, exhibitor or anyone else connected with the horse, or, for that matter, if such connection would appear to others of possible bias, whether or not the judge feels he or she would be affected, a judge must disqualify himself or herself, or may be disqualified by the MAFTHA Board of Directors. Judge must have MFTHBA card.

Rule # 26. The judge shall not appear on the show grounds more that 15 minutes before the judging begins from the day the show begins until the conclusion of the final day of the show. Judges shall not visit with the exhibitors, owners, or handlers before the show, nor inspect or discuss any horse prior to class time. In the event this rule is violated, the judge will be dismissed and the alternate will judge. Judges will not discuss horses or judging from the day the show begins until the conclusion of the final day of the show.

PAYBACK

Rule # 27. Payback will be determined by the money received for each division. 90% of the total fees paid will be paid back to the winners as follows.  50% of the purse will be paid on the first workout. The balance of the purse will be paid 30% of the total purse to the winners in the same ratio as in the preliminary workout and 20% in the final stake. It will pay 10 monies as follows: 25%, 20%, 15%, 10%, 8%, 7%, 5%, 4%, 3.5%, and 2.5%. In case of a two day show, 50% of the purse will be paid on the first workout, and the balance of the purse will be paid in the finals.

Rule # 28. Total monies will be divided equally for each division, using percentages in the rules, provided classes are full. In case of unfilled classes, the unpaid premiums will be added to the Stake Class pay-offs.

Rule # 29. The remaining 10% of the total fees paid in each division, will be paid back to the owners, at the time of breeding, of the dams of the Futurity Class Champion and Reserve Champion in each division, with monies to be divided 60%, for Champion, 40% for Reserve Champion.

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