Horse/Pony High Point Awards

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The AMR* High Point awards are designed to encourage and reward participation at shows.

All shows, hosted or sponsored by AMR*as well as all other shows with open miniature and/or small classes (with the exception of AMR* Nationwide Shows) are eligible for High Point awards.

AMR Nationwide Shows will have their own individual High Point awards.

Age groups for entry are as follows:

• FOAL/WEANLING - 4 Months up to 1 year (actual age) Halter only
• YEARLING - 1 year (actual age) up to 2 years (actual age) Halter, Junior Lunge Line, Junior Trail
• JUNIOR - 2 years (actual age) up to 4 years (actual age) Halter, Junior Hunter, Junior Trail, Junior Lunge Line, Junior Long Rein
• SENIOR - 4 years (actual age) and over Halter classes, All Jumping classes, All Western Performance classes, All Driving classes

Sections for entry are as follows:

• HALTER - This section covers the following categories:

All ages - Normal Halter classes - Futurity classes - Classics - Young Stock classes

• JUMPING - This section covers the following categories:

Senior Horses/Ponies - Hunter -Show Jumping -Six Bar - Fault 'N' Out

Junior Horses/Ponies - Junior Hunter - (Cavaletti jump overs)

• WESTERN PERFORMANCE - This section covers the following categories:

Senior Horses/Ponies - Trail - Lunge Line

Junior Horses/Ponies - Junior Trail - Junior Lunge Line (walk and trot only) -Trot over poles

• DRIVING - This section covers the following categories:

Senior Horses/Ponies -Harness - Long Reining

Junior Horses/Ponies -Junior Long Reining

• COLOUR - This section is for all colour classes.
• NOVELTY - This section is for all non breed classes such as costume, best head, best tail etc that is not covered by any of the above classes.

Please Note: The choice of classes under each Section/Heading.

Under the heading of Jumping there are the categories Show Jumping, Six Bar, Hunter and Fault 'N' Out.
A horse or pony can accumulate points in either one only, or a combination, of these jumping categories. Your horse/pony may not be a high jumper but may be very good at hunter, if this is the case, enough points for the jumping High Point awards can be accumulated from entries in just this one category. If your horse/pony is good at more than one jumping class you may wish to accumulate points in more than one category.

Under the heading Western Performance there are categories for Trail and Lunge Line. A horse/pony may accumulate points in either one, or both of these performance categories.

Under the heading of Driving there are the categories for Harness & Long Reining. A horse/pony may obtain their brass, silver & gold points from either one or both of these driving categories.

Points:

1st place = 3 points
2nd place = 2 points
3rd place = 1 points

Reserve Champion = 2 points

Champion = 3 points

Supreme = 3 points

Points required to achieve the various High Point awards are as follows:

Bronze Halter, Colour, Novelty = 50 points

Bronze Jumping = 50 points

Bronze Western Performance = 50 points

Bronze Driving = 50 points

Silver Halter, Colour, Novelty = 100 points

Silver Jumping = 100 points

Silver Western Performance = 100 points

Silver Driving = 100 points

Gold Halter, Colour, Novelty = 150 points

Gold Jumping = 150 points

Gold Western Performance = 150 points

Gold Driving = 150 points

Bronze Hall of Fame in Halter, Colour, Novelty - Must achieve one Gold Award. 150 points

Silver Hall of Fame in Halter, Colour, Novelty - Must achieve two Gold Awards. 300 points

Golden Hall of Fame in Halter, Colour, Novelty - Must achieve three Gold Awards. 450 points

Bronze Performance horse/pony - Must achieve Bronze awards in all three sections; Jumping, Western Performance and Driving. 150 points

Silver Performance Hall horse/pony - Must achieve Silver awards in all three sections; Jumping, Western Performance and Driving. 300 points

Golden Performance Hall horse/pony - Must achieve Gold awards in all three sections; Jumping, Western Performance and Driving. 450 points

Bronze Versatility horse/pony - Must achieve Bronze awards in Halter and each of two other sections/headings e.g. Halter plus your choice of two of the other sections Jumping, Western Performance or Driving. 150 points

Silver Versatility horse/pony - Must achieve Silver awards in Halter plus each of two other chosen sections. 300 points

Gold Versatility horse/pony - Must achieve Gold in Halter plus each of two other chosen sections. 450 points

Bronze Hall of Fame Performance - Must achieve a Gold award in all three sections; Jumping, Western Performance and Driving. 450 points

Silver Hall of Fame Performance - Must achieve two Gold awards in all three sections; Jumping, Western Performance and Driving. 900 points

Golden Hall of Fame Performance - Must achieve three Gold awards in all three sections; Jumping, Western Performance and Driving. 1350 points

Bronze Hall of Fame Versatility - Must achieve a Gold Award in Halter and two other sections. 450 points

Silver Hall of Fame in Versatility - Must achieve two Gold Awards in Halter and two other sections. 900 points

Gold Hall of Fame in Versatility - Must achieve three Gold awards in Halter and two other sections. 1350 points

Supreme High Point Horse/Pony Award - Awarded to any horse/pony that accumulates 10 Gold awards in any one section or combination of sections. 1500 points

Platinum Hall of Fame - This is the highest, most prestigious award an AMR* miniature horse/pony can achieve. This is awarded to a horse/pony that has achieved the Golden Hall of Fame in both Halter and Performance 1800 points

Information

• Horses/ponies can start accumulating their points for future High Point awards; in halter, colour and novelty categories from foal/weanling and in performance from yearling.
• All points are accumulative from foal/weanling right through adulthood.
• Points belong with the horse/pony, so are transferable with the horse/pony if the horse/pony is sold or leased.
• Points stay with the nominated horse/pony regardless of changes in height or type category.
• When a horse/pony attains Bronze, those points are still counted to go on to achieve Silver and so on.
• High Point awards are not limited to the State of residence. High Point awards are National awards so points can be gathered from interstate.
• You must nominate which section (not individual class) you will be gathering points under.
• To be eligible for High Point awards a horse or pony must have submitted a completed High Point application and correct fees. Nominations are done annually from the 1st August to 31st July. Cards must be returned by the 15th August to be eligible for highpoint awards.
• If you don't wish to show your horse/pony for a season you don't have to nominate it for that year and you can start again the following year with all past accumulated points continuing where you left off.
• You must have a score sheet, obtained from the AMR* office, which must be filled in at each show with: Date, Name of Show, Town or Suburb, Places won, Score, Witness Name and Signature of the judge or steward of those miniature and small horse/pony classes or another member competing in the miniature section at that show.

Annual Stallion Award

• Stallion owners may nominate their stallions for the annual stallion award.
• Points for the award are accumulated by all Highpoint nominated progeny.
• The Highpoints the progeny accumulate during the year are totaled to determine the most successful stallion.
• To be eligible the stallion has to be nominated for the annual award and his progeny have to be Highpoint nominated for the same year.
• Points run from August 1st to July 31st each year.