47.5 At State Championships all strappers, handlers must be a
member of the Affiliate running the State Show or the
AQHA.
At the National Championships all strappers and handlers
must be a current member of the AQHA.
47.6 State Shows Prize Money
Minimum prize money required at State Shows is as
follows:
Queensland, Victoria, NSW, $3000;
All other States $1000.
48. ENTRY FEES AND RECORDS
48.1 An entry fee can be charged, but if charged it must be
charged uniformly to all exhibitors in the class. Such a fee
is to be collected by show management.
48.2 Entry fees, if any, to be charged for a class, must be
specified on the application. Any scheduled class to be
held with no entry fee, must be so designated on the show
application. No change in specific entry fee will be
permitted after approval without permission from the AQHA.
48.3 No person can pay an entry fee for a class and/or take part
in a class, and then declare that they are not to be judged in
that class. All exhibitors that enter the ring are to be judged.
48.4 No show management will require an exhibitor to enter, or
pay entry fee of a horse in a halter class in order for that
horse to be eligible for an approved performance class or
vice versa. Nor will an exhibitor be required to enter or pay
entry fees for a horse in a performance class for that horse
to be eligible for other performance classes. Provided, that
this rule will not apply to futurity type classes, which require
ongoing sustaining payments for future shows.
Also
exempt are high point awards.
48.5 Show management will maintain adequate written records,
sufficient to establish to the Association‟s satisfaction, upon
request, that each exhibitor‟s entry fee was paid as required
above. Such records will be preserved for at least twelve
(12) months from the date of the show. Failure to maintain
and preserve such records will be cause, for the
Association, to disallow the class and either refuse entry of
show results or, if previously entered, remove them from the
Association‟s record.
48.6 Failure on the part of Show Management to either maintain
or preserve such records as required above, will create the
assumption that the requisite fees in question, were not
paid in accordance with the above rule, with the burden of
persuasion on Show Management, and the individual
exhibitor, to prove otherwise.
48.7 No AQHA member will be required to be a member of any
Affiliate in order to compete at an approved show.
49. SHOW RESULTS
a) The results of any approved show or program must be
completed in their entirety on official forms or electronic
files replicating those forms as prescribed by the
Association and forwarded to the Association office
within fourteen (14) days after completion of the show.
If not adhered to, a late fee will be imposed and future
show or program approval can be denied;
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