Monthly "Point Only Shows" (POS)

The AMMHA holds monthly point only shows the first Saturday of each month (with the exception of December where these is no POS due to Christmas, etc.).

Entry fee is $1.00 per stable, per show. You must be a paid member in good standing to be eligible to show. Points will be earned and automatically tallied by showing and will count towards both Yearly High Point Awards and AMMHA Accumulative Achievement awards.

Show Train fee for the year is $20. This covers membership, all your entry fees, including Nationals, and postage costs for the train. There is no limit to the number of photos you can enter in the train, and if you wish to add or remove horses from your string during the year, simply send the information and/or photos to the judge for that month. If you wish any photos to be returned, please be sure to send a SASE with appropriate postage. Please make sure to send a SASE with appropriate postage so your horses can be returned to you at the end of the show season.

Judges will send email results to all entrants, so be sure to mark your photo backs with your email address. If you prefer to have results snail-mailed to you, please enclose 10 SASE business sized envelopes with your initial show packet. If not used they will be returned to you by the November judge.

2010 POS Judges
PLEASE NOTE: These shows are open to AMMHA Members only!

January 2, 2010 - Delana Metcalf, 63 Baron Lane, Wentzville, MO 63385

February 6, 2010 - BJ Owens, 4862 SW 44th Terrace, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33314

March 6, 2010 - Judith Keyes, 16670 Oak Hill Dr, Houston MO, 65483

April 3, 2010 - Cindy Neuhaus, 110 Oak Ridge, Edwardsville, IL 62025

May 1, 2010 - Marie JS Phillips, 93 Franklin Ave, Oakville CT 06779-1418

June 5, 2010 - Kay Myers, c/o Guy Carpenter & Co, 2 Logan Square, 10th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103

July 3, 2010 - Carolyn Winiarski, 167 Loomis St, North Granby, CT, 06060-1206

August 7, 2010 - Tonjia Clark, 7195 Brick Church Rd, Cambridge, OH 43725

September 4, 2010 - Ann Bilon, P.O. Box 3008, Elida, OH 45807

October 2, 2010 NATIONALS - Betty Hook, 41 Old Trail Rd, Liverpool PA 17045

November 6, 2010 - Diane Thiele, PO Box 1232, El Campo, TX 77437

December - Off month to get those new horses ready!

**NOTE** Horses need not be registered with AMMHA to show. If you are a member, you are eligible to show any purebred Morgan you like, at any time. The registration department is seperate and generated for those who have interest in pedigree assignement and bloodline education. However, you are welcome to register your Morgan show horse if you like, it is completely up to you.

Classlist for Monthly Point Only Shows
(Effective January 1st, 2010)

HALTER

GENDER

1. Stallions OF Plastic
2. Stallions OF China/Other
3. Stallions Custom/Original Sculpture
4. Stallions Resin
(**Stallion Champion and Reserve**)
5. Mares OF Plastic
6. Mares OF China/Other
7. Mares Custom/Original Sculpture
8. Mares Resin
(**Mare Champion and Reserve**)
9. Geldings OF Plastic
10. Geldings OF China/Other
11. Geldings Custom/Original Sculpture
12. Geldings Resin
(**Gelding Champion and Reserve**)
13. Foals OF Plastic
14. Foals OF China/Other
15. Foals Custom/Original Sculpture
16. Foals Resin
(**Foal Champion and Reserve**)

COLOR (Only quality of color is judged in this division, NOT conformation)

17. Bay/Brown
18. Chestnut
19. Black
20. Palomino
21. Buckskin
22. Dun/Grulla
23. Grey
24. Other Color (Sabino/Pinto, dunskin, double cream dilutes, rabicanos, silver dapple, oddities )
(**Color Champion and Reserve**)

SUITABILITY AT HALTER

25. Park/Saddleseat
26. Huntseat Pleasure
27. Western Pleasure
28. Sport Horse
(**Suitability at Halter Champion and Reserve**)

MAKE / MANUFACTURER

29. Traditional sized OF
30. Classic/LB/PP/SM sized OF
31. China/Other OF (NorthLight/ Breyer Porcelain or Resin)
32. Custom/Original Sculpture
33. Artist Resin
(**Make/Manuf. Champion and Reserve**)

PERFORMANCE

English Division

34. Huntseat Pleasure
35. English Trail
36. English Pleasure/Park
37. Hunter/Jumper (appropriate jump)
38. Dressage (state level and movement)
39. Other English Performance
(**English Performance Division Champion and Reserve**)

Western Division

40. Western Pleasure
41. Western Trail
42. Reining/Western Riding
43. Working Stock Horse (cutting/roping/reined cow horse)
44. Gymhkhana/Games (pole bending, barrels, keyhole, egg/spoon)
45. Other Western Performance
(**Western Perf. Division Champion and Reserve**)

Misc. Division

46. Costume/Parade
47. Harness (Pleasure, Fine and Harness Events)
48. Bareback
49. Other Performance (showmanship, scene, etc)
50. Vesatility Class (1 Halter photo plus 4 different performance photos, at least of which one must be English, one must be Western and two of your choice)
(**Misc. Division Champion and Reserve**)

Monthly Point Only Show (POS) championships will be named as follows:

a. Champion/Reserve Stallion (classes 1 thru 4, first and second placers only)
b. Champion/Reserve Mare (classes 5 thru 8, first and second placers only)
c. Champion/Reserve Gelding (classes 9 thru 12, first and second placers only)
d..Champion/Reserve Foal (class 13 thru 16, first and second placers only)

Halter Champion and Reserves are decided by a "judge off" method. First and second placers in each class are judged together with the winner named Champion in that divison and the second choice is named Reserve Champion for that divison). Suitability classes are judged on if the horse looks suited for the job chosen for him/her. Finish classes are judged on rairity, condition, desirability, and overall quality of the piece. At this point in time, Custom Glazed chinas will show with the OF chinas in their classes. Color Division is judged on COLOR only, conformation is *not* considered. Only the quality and realism of color is used as judging criteria. Color Champion and Reserve are decided by a "judge off" method. First and second placers in each class are judged together with the winner named Champion in that division and the second choice is named Reserve Champion for that division).

Each Performance division will award it's own Champion/reserve. It is judges choice whether they want to award championships based on points, or based on judge off.

These are only guidelines, and judges may tailor them somewhat to suit their own judging style.
Point scale used: 1st - 10, 2nd - 9, 3rd - 8, 4th - 7, 5th - 6, 6th - 5, 7th - 4, 8th - 3, 9th - 2, 10th - 1, HM - ½
Point Only Year End Awards are decided by using points ONLY from Point Only Shows. Year End High Point will be named in each class using the above classlist. Benefit shows do not count towards Point Only Year End Awards, due to different classlists and problems with point tabulation that would cause. However, since Nationals uses the exact same classlist and is for members only, they are also used for YearEnd High Point awards and will be double pointed for this show only.