RULESHEET 2005
THE ALL BREED MODEL HORSE COLLECTORS and SHOWERS CLUB
Founded by Wendy Levin and Beth Gustas in 1988

CLUB CO-ORDINATOR:
Frances Lowe
12440 Piney Lake Rd
Parker, CO 80138
303-841-6417
ambleside@juno.com

Welcome to The All Breed Model Horse Collectors and Showers Club! Our club is open to all types of model horses, all sizes and finishes. It is a club where collectors of all ages, interests and experience levels may register and show their models. We welcome all model horse enthusiasts to participate! TABMHCSC hosts and sponsors live shows yearly which are NAMSHA member shows, as well as other novice and open shows. We are dedicated to promoting horse showing in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region!

MEMBERSHIP AND DUES

TABMHCSC has a yearly membership fee of $5.00. This fee includes eligibility for all club activities and a one year subscription to our bi-monthly newsletter. This membership is valid from the date that you join until Dec 31st of that calendar year. Membership must be renewed by January 31st or it will lapse. Please mail all membership information and fees to Frances Lowe (address above).

As a courtesy TO NEW MEMBERS ONLY, the membership fees will be pro-rated! after June application the fee would be $2.50 for the remainder of the year. THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO CURRENT MEMBERS RENEWING THEIR MEMBERSHIPS LATE! They are responsible for the entire years fee in order to keep their registrations and point standings for year end awards.

One free newsletter and rule sheet will be sent to anyone requesting information on the club!

REGISTRATION FEES AND PROCEDURES

All registrations are free!! If you wish to have registration papers sent to you, you must notify the Registrar (Fran Lowe). There is no fee for the papers, however please send an 8x11” SASE for return of your registration certificates!

To register a horse please send the following in to the club on a 3x5 index card, in the exact format below I still keep a file of the actual cards in case of computer crashes. (It has been known to happen to the best of us!!!)

One of the purposes of registration cards is to help identify the models that you will be showing, so please help by describing the horse as accurately as possible. If in doubt of the actual manufacturers mold name, the common identifying name may be used (i.e.: Sham, Borordino, Lady Phase etc). The Theory is… if I had the card and the model in front of me, I should be able to identify your horse by using the description on the card. Please give all Info possible!!!!!! Even if its just traditional size trotting horse brown with lighter mane and tail , head turned.

NEWSLETTER

TAMBHCSC publishes a bi-monthly newsletter. It contains club news. Local model news and events, articles about live and model horses, How-to's, and features in each issue two outstanding models owned by the members. To submit your horse for the “Cover Horse” or “Horse of the Month” award, please send a clear photo and explanation card listing the horses accomplishments, and a SASE for the return of the photo. Photo show entries may also be used!. Models featured in the Newsletter will each receive a 100 point award bonus to be tallied into their year end award points!

Advertising in the newsletter is FREE!!!! Sales lists, pictures, drawings, articles etc are always very welcome. A classified ad section will be included when submissions are available. Please place all return info on each item submitted so that it may be returned to you. Submissions may also be made by email as long as they are in standard Windows format . Photo submissions must be in jpg format! Newsletter submissions are due the 15th of the month prior to publication. (for the March issue, the deadline is February 15th, for the May issue the deadline is April 15th, etc.)

MONTHLY POINT SHOWS

TABMHCSC holds a bi-monthly photo show which is open to all entrants! The show is held and judged the first full weekend of the month in January, March, May, July, September and November. Entrants are encouraged to enter all shows. (After all, the more shows the more points, Right?) Pictures may be boarded from month to month, as long as entry fees and postage is included for results. Results may also be received by email if the entrants so wishes. It saves a lot of postage do it this way.

POINTS

Your models can earn points by entering any model horse show either live or photo. All points from any source count towards year end and cumulative awards. Our point season runs from January 1st thru December 31st of each year. All points must be submitted by February 15th of the following year. All awards will be announced in the March / April issue of the newsletter. In this issue the model with the highest and second highest point totals for that year are awarded High Point Horse And Reserve High Point Horse Awards, respectively. As your model accumulates points over the years, it will be issued Cumulative Awards for points earned. The awards and their point requirements are listed below. Foals need only earn half as many points, since they are not shown in performance classes. Foals are considered to be horses under 2 years of age!

Placings are worth the following points…..

1st = 20 pts
2nd = 18 pts
3rd = 16 pts
4th = 14 pts
5th = 12 pts
6th = 10 pts
7th = 8 pts
8th = 6pts
9th = 4 pts
10th = 2 pts

Grand Champion 100 pts
Reserve Grand Champion 75 pts
Overall Champion 75 pts
Reserve Overall Champ 50 pts
Division Champion 50 pts
Reserve Division Champ 25 pts

There will be bonus points awarded in classes containing more than 25 horses (thus if a class has 75 horses all entrants would earn 3 extra points per placing).

Show ratings are as follows…..

Live TABMHCSC Benefit Shows   6x
Live TABMHCSC Hosted Shows   6x
TABMHCSC Monthly Photo Show   3x
TABMHCSC Benefit Photo Shows   3x
Live Non-Club Shows   2x
Non-TABMHCSC Photo Shows   1x

A sample point sheet is included with each hard copy rule sheet. Whether you use it, or make copies, or write out your own, PLEASE USE THE FORMAT GIVEN!!!! PLEASE DO NOT PUT MORE THAN ONE HORSE ON A SHEET! You may use more than one sheets to record all shows entered and points earned per horse but PLEASE, ONE HORSE PER SHEET!!!! In Compliance with NAMHSA guidelines, If there is more than one horse present in a picture, only the primary horse will receive point credits. Any other horse in the photo will be considered a prop. This includes multiple horse hitches!

To send in your points For Cover horse or Horse of the month, put the date and issue of the newsletter that your horse was featured in. In the place of the show name put cover Horse or Horse of the Month, In the points column put 100 points and add them in with your other points. POINTSHEETS CAN BE SENT IN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR!!!

PLEASE SEND ALL POINT SHEETS TO FRAN LOWE.

YEAR END ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

MERIT AWARD   500 pts (250)
BRONZE AWARD   1000 pts (500)
SILVER AWARD   1500 pts (750)
GOLD AWARD   2000 pts (1000)
PLATINUM AWARD   2500 pts (1250)
TRIPLE CROWN AWARD   3000 pts (1500)
REGISTER OF MERIT AWARD   5000 pts (2500)
LEGION OF MERIT   7,500 pts (3750)
SUPREME LEGION OF MERIT   10,000 pts (5,000)
SUPREME CHAMPION   15,000 pts (7500)
SUPREME GRAND CHAMPION   20,000 pts (10,000)
SUPREME MERIT   25,000 pts (12,500)
SUPREME BRONZE   30,000 pts (15,000)
SUPREME SILVER   35,000 pts (17,500)
SUPREME GOLD   40,000 pts (20,000)
SUPREME PLATINUM   45,000 pts (22,500)
REGISTER OF HONOR   50,000 pts (25,000)
TOPAZ AWARD   55,000 pts (27,500)
AMETHYST AWARD   60,000 pts (30,000)
OPAL AWARD   65,000 pts (32,500)
PERIDOT AWARD   70,000 pts (35,000)
GARNET AWARD   75,000 pts (37,500)
PEARL AWARD   80,000 pts (40,000)
EMERALD AWARD   85,000 pts (42,500)
SAPHIRE AWARD   90,000 pts (45,000)
RUBY AWARD   95,000 pts (47,500)
DIAMOND AWARD   100,000 pts (50,000)