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MQHA Year End Points System & Qualification Requirements  (Revised February 19, 2011)

Points accumulated toward year-end awards are tabulated only after membership is received. 
All current members in good standing are eligible for MQHA awards, regardless of residency. You must be a member of the MQHYA to be eligible for Secondary year-end youth awards, and a member of MQHYA and MQHA for Major year-end youth awards. To print out MQHA or MQHYA membership forms, please visit the Quick Links (above right) for the appropriate forms.

All approved AQHA shows sanctioned by the Manitoba Quarter Horse Association will be counted in year-end awards.

MQHA will present the following MAJOR year-end awards:

All the above High Point Awards will have a high point as well as a corresponding reserve award.

Top Manitoba Resident MQHA Member Awards:

All the above Top Manitoba Awards will have a high point award only.

Eligibility for Awards:

All Around Youth, Amateur, Open Junior & Senior Horse Award Eligibility:

To be eligible for a High Point All Around and a Reserve All Around Youth, Amateur, Open Jr. or Sr. Horse Awards, an Open Jr. or Sr. Horse, Youth or Amateur exhibitor with one horse must compete in at least 4 MQHA approved shows (or in at least 2 MQHA approved shows for Youth exhibitors) and must show in Halter and two other AQHA categories and earn a minimum of one MQHA point in the lowest category (except for High Point All Around Grassroots Youth where Showmanship replaces the Halter requirement). 

High Point Halter:

To be eligible for High Point and Reserve Halter Awards, the halter horse must compete in its category in at least 4 MQHA approved shows.

All Around Novice Amateur and Novice Youth Awards Eligibility:

To be eligible for High Point All Around and Reserve All Around Novice Amateur and Novice Youth Awards, a novice amateur or novice youth with one horse must compete in at least 4 MQHA approved shows (or in at least 2 MQHA approved shows for Novice Youth exhibitors).

MQHA will present the following SECONDARY year end awards for high point and reserve high point in each of the following individual classes held throughout the show year, providing the class is offered at 4 MQHA shows:

Current MQHA Member Individual Class Awards:

Open Division: (MQHA membership needed)


Amateur Division: (MQHA membership needed)

Youth Division (determined by MQHYA - MQHYA membership needed)


Grassroots Youth Division (determined by MQHYA - MQHYA membership needed)

All Individual Class Awards Eligibility:

To be eligible for awards in any of the above classes, a horse must have shown in the class in at least 4 MQHA approved horse shows. All Youth must have shown in the class in at least 2 MQHA approved horse shows for youth awards.

Year End MQHA Point Schedule (Top Placing not to exceed 9 points)

Placing in class:

            1st         2nd        3rd        4th         5th         6th        7th         8th         9th

# Horses / Points earned:

1            1
2            2            1
3            3            2            1
4            4            3            2            1
5            5            4            3            2            1
6            6            5            4            3            2            1           
7            7            6            5            4            3            2            1
8            8            7            6            5            4            3            2            1
9 & up   9            8            7            6            5            4            3            2            1

All placings are received directly from AQHA.

In halter classes, the Grand Champion horses will receive 1 point more than any other horse in their sex division, to a maximum of 10 points. The Reserve Champion horses will receive a ½ point more than any other horse in their sex division (except for Grand Champion), to a maximum of 9½ points.

All points earned from placings in the TOP 9 (In all events entered and qualified) will be tabulated and in the event of a tie, the winner will be determined based on:

  1. The horse/exhibitor who earned points in the greatest number of events.
  2. The horse/exhibitor who won over the greatest number of horses.
  3. The horse/exhibitor who earned the most points in performance events as per AQHA rules.

ELIGIBILITY FOR MQHA MEMBER MAJOR AND SECONDARY YEAR END AWARDS

To compete for MQHA Year End Awards, all exhibitors and All Open Division Owner/Owners must be members in good standing of MQHA prior to earning any year end points. Memberships can be purchased at all MQHA shows or prior to all shows by completing and mailing an application form with appropriate payment to the MQHA Membership Director.

For Youth year-end Secondary awards a Youth member need only hold a current MQHYA membership.

For Youth year-end All Around awards a Youth member must hold a current MQHYA membership as well as a current MQHA membership. Youth memberships can be purchased at all MQHA shows or prior to all shows by completing and mailing an application form with appropriate payment(s)to the MQHA Membership Director 

*2006 High Point Year End Awards - amendment passed at MQHA Board of Directors' Meeting, May 3rd, 2006 Canad Inn, Portage La Prairie, MB:

“Moved that the MQHA follow the AQHA criteria for the High Point Year End Award as per rule 432 of the AQHA handbook which states:

"Year-End All-Around High-Point Horse, Open, Amateur, Youth:

Rule 417(c):

CATEGORY I

CATEGORY II

CATEGORY III

CATEGORY IV

CATEGORY V

CATEGORY VI 

CATEGORY VII

* Open divisions only

** Open and amateur divisions only

*** Youth division only

**** Amateur and youth divisions only

If there are any questions on points - either information or policy,
please feel free to contact the MQHA Points Secretary.
Good luck to everyone in the upcoming show season!!

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