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AQHA UK
FUTURITY SCHEME RULES 2009
Since the start
of the scheme certain anomalies have occurred and several questions have been
asked by some of the competitors and members of the association
With that in
mind and for the benefit of a clearer understanding of the rules by the
membership and the associations’ willingness for transparency that the
additions and/or amendments were put to the annual general meeting held on
Saturday 4th April 2009 for approval.
The additions
and/or amendments to the rules were approved unanimously.
All of the additions
or amendments are based on the general housekeeping of the scheme and do not
change the principles of promoting the quarter horse through membership and
competition.
John Hall
Futurity
Coordinator
AQHA UK FUTURITY SCHEME RULES
2009
All the Amendments/Additions
Approved At the AGM held Saturday 4th April 2009 are in bold type
and underlined
1. Purpose Of The
Scheme
1.1. The purpose of the scheme is to promote the Quarter Horse and
membership of the Association through competition and significant prize purses.
1.2. All horses must comply with AQHA registration requirements and
be registered with AQHA-UK.
1.3. Once registered a horse
will be eligible for all classes but to show the owner and exhibitor must be current members of AQHA-UK.
1.4. Enrolment stays with the
horse and is transferred to the new owners if sold.
1.5. With Leased or Loaned
horse/s the registration will remain with the registered owner as per the
records held by the AQHA-UK Futurity Register. A copy of the Lease or Loan
Agreement must be lodged with the Futurity Coordinator prior to any
competition.
2. Classes
2.1. The following Futurity Scheme classes will
be offered at the Annual Breed/Championship
Show
Weanling Stallions, Weanling Geldings, Weanling
Mares,
Yearling Stallions, Yearling Geldings, Yearling
Mares,
2y.o. Stallions, 2y.o. Geldings, 2y.o. Mares,
3&4y.o. Trail, 3&4y.o.Pleasure,
3&4y.o. Hunter Under Saddle,
4&5y.o. Reining.
2.2. Each class shall benefit from a prize
purse made up of a payback element of the entry fees plus a proportion from the
Futurity fund built up from enrolment fees. Also added and included in the calculation shall be monies donated
by one or more sponsors distributed evenly across all classes obliged to be
held during that current year, or, as agreed with the sponsors.
3. Enrolment
3.1. Horses can be enrolled in the Scheme at any time but,
generally, the earlier a horse is enrolled and paid into the scheme the cheaper
it is. Waiting until the potential of the horse emerges incurs an increased
cost
Weanling Year £35
Yearling Year £52-50
2y.o. Year £70-00
3y.o. Year £87-50
4y.o. Year £70-00
5y.o. Year £52-50
3.2 For the purpose of
defining a horses age, Rule 213 sub paragraph [a] of the official handbook of
rules and regulations appertaining to the American Quarter Horse Association
shall be observed. i.e. the age of a horse shall be determined on the basis of
a calendar year starting January 1st of the year foaled. The horse
shall be a weanling during the calendar year in which it was foaled and a
yearling during the first calendar year it was foaled following its foaling
date regardless of the time of year foaled. E.g. a horse foaled in 2009 is
considered to be a yearling as of January 1st 2010 and a 2.y.o. as
at January 1st 2011
3.3. Owners will be issued with an enrolment
certificate including a Change of
Ownership/Transfer Form for
use if the horse is sold and/or
transferred; also included
shall be a Change of Address Form. The Change of Ownership/Transfer
Form and/or Change of Address should be notified to the Futurity Coordinator in
the first instance, and also AQHA-UK.
3.4. Any Change of Address for the registered owner of a horse
enrolled on the scheme should be notified by completing a Change of Address
form in the first instance and sent to the Futurity Coordinator.
3.5. When a Stallion
is gelded, such a fact should be notified to the Futurity Coordinator
immediately. This should be done by providing a written statement from the
owner indicating the date the horse was gelded.
4. Late Registrations
4.1 Late registrations
will only be accepted up to 7 days prior to the commencement of the Annual
Breed Show.
5. Finances
5.1 All enrolment fees will be allocated to a separate futurity
fund. This fund will be used only for the purposes of providing prize money for
the Futurity Scheme.
5.2
The fund will be accounted for separately and
interest accrual, profit and/or loss
shall be recorded.
5.3 All overheads including administration, publicity, show costs
and rosettes will be borne by the Association and Breed/Championship show.
5.4. Each year that the Futurity Scheme is obliged to be held, a
figure equivalent to 80% of the total Futurity fund will be used as a basis for
calculation of added prize money. This will ensure a healthy growth of the fund
and steadily increasing prize purses.
5.5 A full report of the scheme finances will be made in the
Council report to the AGM each year.
6. Entry Fees
6.1 A £25 entry fee per class includes a £15 payback deduction to be
added to the prize purse per class.
6.2. The remaining £10 will
be allocated to the Breed/Championship Show Management Income Account
6.3. Scratching of an entry
in a Futurity class shall cause the entry fee to be repaid in full only on
submission of a valid veterinary certificate.
7. Prize Purses
7.1. The payback element of each entry fee in each Futurity class
will be allocated to the prize purse for that class. The remaining portion of
each entry fee will be retained by the Breed/Championship show.
7.2. A further sum taken from the Futurity fund shall be added to
the Prize purse for each futurity class. This sum shall be calculated by taking
80% of the total sum in the fund and dividing it by the total number of present
and future classes that the scheme is obliged to hold [A total of 54 with the
current class structure].
7.3. The Prize Purse for each
Futurity class shall be awarded as follows ;-
1 Entry 1
Prize 100% of total prize
purse
2 Entries 2
Prizes 60% - 40% of total prize
purse
3 - 7
Entries 3 Prizes 50%-30%-20% of total prize purse
8 Entries or more 4 Prizes 45%-25%-20%-10%
of total prize purse
7.4. Prize money will be paid to the registered
owner/s and sent to the registered
address as per the Futurity records
7.5
Any allotted prize money not awarded
shall be returned to the Futurity fund.
8. Management Procedures
8.1 A Futurity Coordinator will be appointed
by Council and be responsible to Council for the administration of the Scheme
and the enrolment of horses. This
appointment need not necessarily be a current member of Council
8.2 Management and accounting of the fund shall be carried out on
behalf of Council by the Futurity Coordinator and the Association Treasurer.
8.3 The Futurity Coordinator will work with
Show Management regarding arrangements for the Futurity classes and be
responsible for ensuring that class
entries and results are
recorded and kept safe.
8.4 Calculation of added monies allocated from the Futurity fund
will be made by the Futurity Coordinator and Association Treasurer approved by
Council
After the completion of the Breed/Championship
show the show management will pass to the Futurity fund the payback elements of
all Futurity class entry fees
8.5 The Futurity Coordinator and the Association Treasurer will be
responsible for and issuing of prize cheques.
9. Appeals
9.1 Any member who feels that there has been an error in the
management and/or administration of the Futurity scheme should, in the first
instance, contact the Futurity Coordinator. If the situation cannot be resolved
the matter will be referred to the AQHA-UK Council. If necessary, the Council
will appoint an Appeal Panel to adjudicate.
10. Appeals Panel
10.1 An Appeal Panel will consist of three
persons appointed by AQHA-UK Council. These
persons shall be current members of AQHA-UK. The panel will take into
account the views of the appellant, the Futurity Coordinator and any other
appropriate parties. The decision of the Appeal Panel will be final
11.
Rule Changes
Changes to
these rules and any/or timescale for implementation of such changes
shall be approved by the members in general
meeting.
12. Winding
Up Of The Scheme
12.1 Classes will continue to run until all enrolled horses are too
old for classes as specified at the time winding up was agreed; i.e. new
classes cannot be added to keep the scheme running or to suit the declining
number of eligible horses.
12.2 Any sum of money remaining in the Futurity
Account after the last class has been
held shall be transferred to
the Association’s current account.
13 Dissolution
Of The Association
13.1 In the unlikely event of the dissolution of the Association, the Council shall make arrangements to
maintain the separate identity and ongoing existence of the Scheme and its
associated fund and to establish an alternative governing/management body
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