QUALIFYING

General Qualifying Rules:

● HORSES qualify for performance classes and RIDERS qualify for equitation classes.
● Horses entered in the Grand National & World Championship Morgan Horse Show® must qualify for a class between the last day of the prior year’s show and the day before the current year by:
Placing 1st through 8th in that class or comparable futurity class  at an AMHA Regional Show.
Placing 1st through 6th in that class or comparable futurity class at a USEF All-Morgan show, USEF Morgan Division, and shows with a Morgan division sanctioned by registries that have been granted international reciprocity by AMHA.
Placing 1st-4th in that class at USEF Lite Show.
● Equitation riders qualify for Equitation Classes by placing 1st through 8th in that class at an AMHA Regional Show, 1st through 6th in that class at a USEF show or by placing 1st through 4th in that class at a USEF Lite Show.
● Dressage (Intro-First Level) and Western Dressage (Intro-Level 1) qualify by horse/rider combination riding in a Dressage class at any show at that Level.
● Stallions which have been gelded during the current competition year qualify for the corresponding class for geldings.

Qualifying rules for each section:

CARRIAGE DRIVING – No qualifying required

CLASSIC PLEASURE DRIVING – Horse must qualify by winning the appropriate placing in any Classic Pleasure Driving class. 

CLASSIC PLEASURE SADDLE – Horse must qualify by winning the appropriate placing in any Classic Pleasure Saddle class. 

DRESSAGE – No qualifying required for Second Level and above. Introductory, Training and First Level horse/rider combination must have been shown at any show at that level. Musical Freestyle horse/rider combination must have received a minimum score of 63% for Training through Fourth levels in the highest test of the declared freestyle level at a any show.

DRESSAGE, WESTERN – No qualifying required for Level Two and above. Introductory, Basic and Level 1 horse/rider combination must have been shown at any show at that level.

ENGLISH PLEASURE – Horses must qualify by winning the appropriate placing in any English Pleasure class.

EQUITATION –

  • Riders must qualify for AMHA Medal classes by placing 1st or 2nd in an AMHA Silver Medal class.
  • Reining Seat riders may qualify by riding a registered Morgan mare or gelding in an open USEF or NRHA recognized competition or a 1st, 2nd or 3rd place in Reining Seat Equitation.
  • Hunter Seat over Fences riders may qualify by riding a registered Morgan mare or gelding in an open USEF Hunter Over Fences Equitation class and place 1st, 2nd or 3rd.
  • Dressage Seat riders can qualify by riding a registered Morgan mare or gelding in an open Federation Dressage competition and earning a score of 60% or higher in Training Level, Test 3.
  • Riders must qualify for the UPHA Challenge Cup Finals by placing 1st through 4th in a UPHA Morgan Challenge Cup or by placing 1st through 4th in an Open UPHA Challenge Cup class while riding a Morgan.
  • All other Equitation classes must be qualified by winning the appropriate placing in that seat. EXCEPTION: No qualifying required for Adult Equitation.
  • Riders must qualify for the UPHA Walk-Trot Challenge Cup Finals by placing in a UPHA Walk-Trot Challenge Cup class while riding a Morgan.
  • Walk-Trot riders must have shown in any Walk-Trot class to qualify.

FITTING & SHOWMANSHIP – No qualifying required.

FUTURITY – No qualifying required. Horse must be current on all World Morgan Futurity Fees and have a show fee paid to the Futurity for that class.

HUNTER – No qualifying required.

HUNTER PLEASURE – Horses must qualify by winning the appropriate placing in any Hunter Pleasure class. 

IN-HAND – Horses qualify by winning the appropriate placing in that class. Classes with combined age groups qualify for the class of the horse’s age. EXCEPTIONS: No qualifying required for yearlings or two year olds or Specialty In-Hand.

JUMPER – No qualifying required.

LEADLINE – No qualifying required.

PARK HARNESS – Horse must qualify by winning the appropriate placing in any Park Harness class. EXCEPTION:  Two-Year-Olds do not require any qualification.

PARK SADDLE – Horse must qualify by winning the appropriate placing in any Park Saddle class.

PLEASURE DRIVING – Horse must qualify by winning the appropriate placing in any Pleasure Driving class. EXCEPTIONS: Two-Year-Olds do not require any qualification. 

REINING – No qualifying required.

ROAD HACK – No qualifying required.

ROADSTER – No qualifying required.

SPORT HORSE – No qualifying required.

TRAIL – No qualifying required.

VERSATILE MORGAN – No qualifying required.

WALK-TROT PLEASURE – Riders must have shown in any Walk-Trot class.

WESTERN PLEASURE – Horse must qualify by winning the appropriate placing in any Western Pleasure class.

WORKING WESTERN – No qualifying required.

For any questions, please contact Peggy Hatfield, Show Secretary 316-755-0395 or peggyhat@aol.com