An important tip before you enter into any class is to know the rules, not the big ones like no western boots in an English Class, but the small little things that might surprise you about the tack. Such as no boots in a ranch horse class, but splint boots are allowed in reining. Here are the rules for Western Horsemanship: Research your class by going to the aqha handbook at the top of the page. All of the ones you may not know are highlighted in red, look especially at the spins, make sure you do that correctly! An 8th of a turn would be like a 45 degree angle. If it takes your horse 3 crossovers to do a quarter turn an eighth would be one or two steps.
- SHW437.1 Minor faults
- Break of gait at walk or jog/trot up to 2 strides
- Over/under turn up to 1/8 of turn
- SHW437.2 Major faults
- Break of gait at a lope, out of lead or missing lead for 1-2 strides
- Not stopping within 10 feet of designated area
- Incorrect gait or break of gait at walk or jog for more than 2 strides
- Over turn of more than 1/8 turn, but not more than 1/4
- Exhibitor obviously looking down to check leads
- Failure of bottom of boot to be in contact with the pad of the stirrup
- Head carried too high
- Head carried too low (tip of ear below the withers)
- Over flexing or straining neck in head carriage so the nose is carried behind the vertical
- Excessive nosing out
- SHW437.3 Severe Faults (avoids disqualification but should be placed below other exhibitors who do not incur a severe fault) include:
- Loss of stirrup or rein
- Missing a lead for more than 2 strides
- Touching horse
- Grabbing the saddle horn or any other part of the saddle
- Cueing with the end of the romal
- Spurring in front of the shoulder
- Kicking at other horses, exhibitors or judge
- Severe disobedience or resistance by horse including, but notlimited to, rearing bucking or pawing
- SHW437.4 Disqualifications (should not be placed) include:
- Failure by exhibitor to wear correct number in visible manner
- Willful abuse
- Knocking over the cone, going off pattern or working on wrong side of cone
- Excessive schooling or training
- Fall by horse or rider
- Illegal use of hands on reins
- Use of prohibited equipment
- Failure to follow pattern correctly including failure to ever execute correct lead or gait where called for
- Overturning more than 1/4 of prescribed turn
- SHW437.5 Faults scored according to severity, which will be cause for disqualification, except in Level 1 (Novice) amateur or Level 1 (Novice) youth classes include:
- Head carried too low (tip of ear below the withers consistently)
- Over flexing or straining neck in head carriage so the nose is carried behind the vertical consistently, some you may not know about
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