targetsmom
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Or if you don't have pintos, you can learn why those of us who do like it so much!
Intro (for those not familiar with PtHA): You can get national points at local PtHA shows only if there are at least 3 horses in the class (3 in class you get 1 point for first per judge) up to a maximum of 6 points for first in a class of 8. More horses than that and no extra points, but 2nd-6th all get points -5, 4, 3, 2, 1, per judge. For a Register of Merit (ROM), you need 35 points, for a Register of Excellence you need 175 points and for a Pinto Champion (what lots of us shoot for) you need 150 points, with at least 65 in halter and 65 in performance, including an ROM.
We had a very successful year, showing at only the 4 New England Pinto shows, which offers 9 classes for minis at each show - halter, color, trail-in-hand, hunter, jumper, obstacle driving, disciplined rail driving, pleasure driving, and ideal pinto driving (regular driving class then stripped and judged on halter & color). Some of our classes have as many as 15-16 minis and the driving classes had as many as 11.
SRF Buckshot, 3 year old stallion, earned his Open Pinto Championship, with performance points in trail in hand and hunter.
Aloha Acres Fashion by Magic (barn name Princess, Pinto name OTM Fashion by Magic) 4 year old mare, earned an ROE in Trail in Hand, and ROMs in hunter over fences and Pleasure Driving, and then a Certificate of Ability for earning a total of 4 performance ROMs and a PtHA Versatility Award. This latter requires a performance ROE plus a total of 4 performance ROMs (hers are in trail, hunter, jumper and pleasure driving), and 65 halter points. She had earned her Pinto Championship in 2006 as a 2 year old and the other ROMs in 2006 and 2007.
Princess is currently in the Top Ten on the Miniature of the Year list in several events (http://www.pinto.org/information/interim_poy/open.pdf (B Minis start on page 63; as A's, ours are just minis which follow the B's) but that could change by the time they are final. The Top Ten are listed in the National Pinto magazine, as are horses that complete their Pinto Championships.
Club awards are separate .....
So how did your pintos do in 2008 at local shows and/or the World Show????
Intro (for those not familiar with PtHA): You can get national points at local PtHA shows only if there are at least 3 horses in the class (3 in class you get 1 point for first per judge) up to a maximum of 6 points for first in a class of 8. More horses than that and no extra points, but 2nd-6th all get points -5, 4, 3, 2, 1, per judge. For a Register of Merit (ROM), you need 35 points, for a Register of Excellence you need 175 points and for a Pinto Champion (what lots of us shoot for) you need 150 points, with at least 65 in halter and 65 in performance, including an ROM.
We had a very successful year, showing at only the 4 New England Pinto shows, which offers 9 classes for minis at each show - halter, color, trail-in-hand, hunter, jumper, obstacle driving, disciplined rail driving, pleasure driving, and ideal pinto driving (regular driving class then stripped and judged on halter & color). Some of our classes have as many as 15-16 minis and the driving classes had as many as 11.
SRF Buckshot, 3 year old stallion, earned his Open Pinto Championship, with performance points in trail in hand and hunter.
Aloha Acres Fashion by Magic (barn name Princess, Pinto name OTM Fashion by Magic) 4 year old mare, earned an ROE in Trail in Hand, and ROMs in hunter over fences and Pleasure Driving, and then a Certificate of Ability for earning a total of 4 performance ROMs and a PtHA Versatility Award. This latter requires a performance ROE plus a total of 4 performance ROMs (hers are in trail, hunter, jumper and pleasure driving), and 65 halter points. She had earned her Pinto Championship in 2006 as a 2 year old and the other ROMs in 2006 and 2007.
Princess is currently in the Top Ten on the Miniature of the Year list in several events (http://www.pinto.org/information/interim_poy/open.pdf (B Minis start on page 63; as A's, ours are just minis which follow the B's) but that could change by the time they are final. The Top Ten are listed in the National Pinto magazine, as are horses that complete their Pinto Championships.
Club awards are separate .....
So how did your pintos do in 2008 at local shows and/or the World Show????