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Associate Program Details
2018 VHSA Year-End Awards
The 2018 Awards Luncheon will be held at the Homestead on Sunday, December 2nd. Prizes will be given for 1st through 6th place. Champion and Reserve Ribbons will automatically be mailed to all who are unable to attend the Luncheon. If you are unable to attend the Awards Luncheon and would like your ribbon mailed to you, please send an e-mail request to vhsa@verizon.net. Include name of horse/pony, owner's name, division and placement and where the ribbon should be mailed to you. Ribbons will be mailed upon request after the Convention is held. For details on the Annual Meeting & Convention and to purchase tickets for events at the Convention, please click on Events on the Home Page, click on Convention on the drop down menu and tickets can be purchased online. The deadline to purchase tickets is Monday, November 26, 2018. If you would like to purchase tickets after this date, please call the VHSA office at (540) 349-0910 to check on availability. Tickets are limited, so please reserve your tickets as soon as possible.
The 25th Anniversary Associate Championship Horse Show Poster is still available for purchase at $20 each (postage included). Anyone interested in purchasing a poster, please contact the VHSA office (vhsa@verizon.net). Supplies are limited.
2019 VHSA Associate Rules/Guidelines
The 2019 VHSA Associate Rules/Guidelines can be downloaded by clicking the above title
The VHSA Associate Top Ten Best Horse Shows
Congratulations to the following horse shows that are the winners of the 2018 best Associate Horse Shows for the 2018 show season as nominated by the exhibitors, owners and trainers. This award was presented on Sunday, December 2, 2018, at The Homestead during the Awards Luncheon. The top ten best Associate Horse Shows and the Competition Managers of those shows are (in alphabetical order):
| Show
BHSA Hunter Show CP/MP Horse Show Deep Run Horse Show Elmington Farm Horse Show Farmington Hunt Club Fall Show Four Oaks Farm House Mountain Horse Show LinMorland Farm Horse Show VBHSA Cooler Horse Show West Neck Horse Show |
Show Manager
Georgine Winslett Michelle Poarch Joy Robinson Kathie Hamlin Stephen Bickers Aileen Ryalls Molly Trimble Moore Victoria Skelding Kasey Evans Lauren Lake |
Date of Show
October 28, 2018 May 26, 2018 September 8, 2018 May 12, 2018 June 2, 2018 April 14, 2018 July 11-11, 2018 March 31, 2018 September 22-23, 2018 October 13, 2018 |
VHSA ASSOCIATED (LOCAL SCHOOLING) POINTS SYSTEM
VHSA Associate Point Structure for 2019
The following point system is for the 2019 Associate Horse Show Season. Each horse show is required to use this point system during their horse show and especially when pinning Champion and Reserve. If a show does not use the following point system, they will not be following the VHSA rules and will be considered not in good standing which may cause possible removal of VHSA sanctioning for any future shows.
Number of Exhibitors 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
3* exhibitors up to 5 exhibitors 10 6 4 2 1 .5
6 exhibitors up to 9 exhibitors 11 7 5 3 2 1.5
10 exhibitors or higher 12 8 6 4 3 2.5
*with the exception of Jumper Divisions which is allowed a minimum of 2 exhibitors to complete the course (Hunters must have a minimum of 3 to complete the course)
Champion: 10 points
Reservie: 6 points
The number of exhibitors for the Division will be determined by the number of horses or ponies shown successfully (completed the course) in the first performance (over fences) class of all Hunter Divisions and the number of horses or ponies shown in the first class of the Hunter Pleasure Divisions.
Year end points will only include the exhibitor’s top ten best horse shows, plus any points accrued at the Championship Show will be added to the
exhibitor’s top ten for the final year end total. With the exception of the VHSA Associate Equitation Classes which will be total points for year-end.
2017 VHSA Associate Championship Horse Show
Thank you to all of the exhibitors at the 2017 Associate Championship Horse Show. This was the 25th Anniversary of this show and it was a great success! Congratulations to all of the winners and especiall to those who were the Special Award Winners at the show:
Best Child Rider on a Horse: Amy Lewis of Fairfax Station, VA
Best Amateur Rider: Shannon Keany of Alexandria, VA
Forrest Linton Sportsmanship: Liam deStanley of Leesburg, VA
Best Child Rider on a Pony: Abigail Best of Toano, VA
The JT Tallon Memorial Trophy: Jill Wilson of Louisa, VA
The Barbara Meegan Young Rider Award: Jessie Gulden of Toano, VA
Grand Champion Pony: In MY Pocket, owned and ridden by Abigail Best of Toano, VA
Grand Champion Green Pony: Timber Dream Willy Be Mine, owned and ridden by Sydney Callagy of Norfolk, VA
Capital Challenge Team: Virginia Beach Horse Show Association
Grand Champion Pleasure Pony: Dreamacres Blue Moon Edition, owned and ridden by Hailee Roberts
The Photographer of the Show was Teresa Ramsay of Teresa Ramsay Photography (540) 338-3377, www.teresaramsay.com
The Videographer was Horseshoe Bend Media Group. (434)384-0780, www.horseshoebendmediagroup.com
The following links are from Horseshoe Bend Media Group:
Thursday in East Complex: https://horseshoebendmedia.smugmug.com/VHSA1117/
Friday in East Complex: https://horseshoebendmedia.smugmug.com/VHSF1117/
Saturday in East Complex: https://horseshoebendmedia.smugmug.com/VHSS1117/
Sunday in East Complex:https://horseshoebendmedia.smugmug.com/VHSU1117/
The links are also available on their website (listed above) and on the Horseshoe Bend Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/horseshoebendmediagroup/
The Barbara Meegan Young Rider Award
In recognition of Barbara's support of the Associate Program and her many years of being involved with young riders the Barbara Meegan Young Rider Award was established and will be awarded each year to a deserving person in her honor. The following is the criteria for this prestigious award:
1. The rider must be in their first year of competition in the VHSA Associate Program and have competed in Hunter or Equitation Divisions.
2. The rider must have exhibited primarily in the Associate Program, but may have competed in divisions at USEF rated shows, with the exclusion of Regular Hunter,
Working Hunter, Junior Hunters, Amateur Owner and Confirmation Hunter Classes. (Limited showing to divisions such as: Short Stirrup, Maiden Equitation, Local
Classes- mostly Unrated Divisions)
3. Riders are to be nominated by their trainers.
4. The recipient will be selected at the year-end VHSA Associate Championship Show.
5. Points of consideration will be as follows:
a) Points accumulated in the VHSA Associate Program
b) Performance at the Year End Show
c) Conduct and sportsmanship at the Associate Championship Show
6. The recipient will receive a ribbon at the show and the trophy at the VHSA Banquet.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2017 WINNER: JESSIE GULDEN