l)
After a judge has accepted a judging assignment,
exhibitors will not contact, by any means, nor attempt to
contact, the judge pertaining to his/her judging of any
horse at that show;
m) No exhibitor will visit or socialise with a judge the day
prior to, or day of, the show;
n) Exhibitors will not approach the judge for any reason
prior to the completion of the judging, unless the
exhibitor has finished exhibiting and the request is
made through the Ring Steward;
o) No exhibitor will request information from the Judge, or
the decisions made by that Judge, concerning any
exhibit at a show, on the day of the show or within the
immediate seven (7) days following the show.
77. FEES
77.1 Minimum pay for an Accredited Judge is expenses plus
two hundred & fifty dollars ($250.00) for a day of nine (9)
hours or less and twenty dollars ($20.00) per hour over the
nine (9) hours in one day.
77.2 Minimum pay for an Associate Judge is expenses plus one
hundred & fifty dollars ($150.00) for a day of nine (9) hours
or less and twenty dollars ($20.00) per hour over the nine
(9) hours in one day.
It is further recommended that the judge work no more than
ten (10) hours in one day. If the hours spent in judging are
expected to run to an excessive length, the show
management should consider hiring two (2) judges.
77.3 Minimum pay for an Accredited Trail Judge is expenses
plus one hundred dollars ($100.00), for a day of nine (9)
hours or less.
77.4 In halter classes, the use of more than one (1) judge is
optional, provided however if multiple judges are used, all
halter classes of the one (1) sex division must be judged by
the same judge.
77.5 In a Trail class, the use of more than one (1) judge is
optional. In all other performance classes, only one (1)
judge can be used. (Exception multi judged AQHA
approved shows)
The AQHA has an approved Bit Gauge which must be used
by an official at approved shows and for approved
programs.
78. AUTHORITY
78.1 A Judge may:
a) Disqualify a competitor who has not fulfilled the
requirements of a class as described by the
Associations Rules and Regulations;
b) Require the backing of the finalists only in a class
where backing is required;
78.2 A Judge will:
a) Order any person or horse from the competition for bad
conduct of one or both or may disqualify any exhibitor
for excessive abuse of a horse;
b) Refuse entry into the arena or remove an entry from a
class for improper attire and/or equipment;
c) Eliminate any horse/exhibitor, as an entry, which he/she
feels is in violation of the intent of the Association’s
conduct rules, or which he/she feels has not legitimately
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