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The 2009/2010 Open Qualifier Classlist

This classlist effective with the August 1, 2009 Qualifier
Classes with over 50 entries may be split at the judge's discretion.
Divisions A,B,E are judged the first Saturday of the month
Divisions C,D,F are judged the third Saturday of the month.
See Show Dates & Judges for more information

Fees: 1-50 Photos $2.00 51-100 Photos $4.00
101-150 Photos $5.00 (Performance showers only)
Mail-in entries only.
Printed digital photos are accepted, however,
online/emailed entries are not accepted.

Make any checks payable to the judge! SASE with adequate postage required for each show. Full results to all entrants. Placings 1-10 with HMs and plenty of champs. Remember: each 1st, 2nd and 3rd placing qualifies that horse to enter the year-end Championship Show!
Entrants must keep track of their own qualifiers.
RULES: There will be three divisions at each monthly quailifer:
Division A, OF Plastic (Breyer, Stone, Hartland, etc. including factory customs);
Division B, OF China/Resin (H-R, Beswick, Pour Horse, BFA, etc);
Division C, Artist Resin/Original Sculpture(resins produced by an artist and finished by artists such as those produced by DaBar, etc, OS being one-of-a-kind pieces sculpted/finished by the artist); Division D, Customs (any factory-produced model that has been altered in any way from its original form including custom glazes & claybody customs); Division E, Original Finish Performance; Division F,Custom/Artist Resin Performance. One photo per class unless otherwise noted (see rules below). Classes may be split at judge's discretion. Digital Photos allowed, see web site for rules.
Please mark each photo with the appropriate Division letter.


GENDER Division

1. Light Type Stallion
2. Light Type Mare
3. Light Type Gelding
*Light Type: Equines with a light type build: Arabian, Morgan, TB,
Warmbloods, TWH, ASB, light type mules, etc.

4. Stock Type Stallion
5. Stock Type Mare
6. Stock Type Gelding
*Stock Type: Equines with a stock type build: QH, App, Mustang,
Paint, stock-type mixes, mules, etc.

7. Pony Type Stallion
8. Pony Type Mare
9. Pony Type Gelding
*Pony Type: Equines with a pony-type build: Shetland, Welsh, pony
mules, exotics such as Zebras, Quaggas, etc.

10. Draft Type Stallion
11. Draft Type Mare
12. Draft Type Gelding
*Draft types: Equines with a draft type build: Belgian, Clydesdale,
Haflinger, draft mules, mixed breed drafts, etc.

13. Stock Colt, 1 yr or under
14. Other Colt, 1 yr or under
15. Stock Filly, 1 yr or under
16. Other Filly, 1 yr or under

GENDER CHAMPION/RESERVE

BREED Division

17. Appaloosa
18. Paint
19. Quarter Horse (includes Appendix QHs)
20. Mustang (BLM & Spanish)
21. Other Pure Stock Breeds: Rangerbred, Australian Stock Horse, etc.

STOCK BREED CHAMPION/RESERVE

22. Arabian
23. Part-Arabian (NSH, Morab, Pintabian, etc.)
24. Thoroughbred
25. Warmblood/Sport Horses (Trakehner, Hanoverian, Swedish Warmblood,
Appy & Paint Sport Horses, etc)
26. Morgan
27. Other Pure Light Breed (Akhal-Teke, SB, Shagya Arabian, etc)

LIGHT BREED CHAMPION/RESERVE

28. Spanish Breeds (Andalusian, Lusitano, Lipizzan, etc.)
29. American Saddlebred
30. TWH/MFT - Includes Plantation Walkers
31. Other Pure Gaited Breeds (All Pasos, Rocky Mountain Horse,
Spotted Saddle Horse, etc.)

SPANISH/GAITED BREED CHAMPION/RESERVE

32. Clydesdale/Shire
33. Belgian/Percheron
34. Other Pure/Mixed Draft
35. British Ponies
36. American Ponies
37. Other Pure/Mixed Ponies

DRAFT/PONY BREED CHAMPION/RESERVE

38. Mule/Donkey, Exotic (Zebra, Quagga, etc.)
39. Other Pure Breed (Fjord, Icelandic, Bashkir Curly, Friesian,
Welsh Cob, Marwari, etc)
40. Half Breed/Grade/Mix (no draft x draft, no pony x pony)
41. Fantasy Equines (Unicorn, Pegasus, etc.)

OTHER BREED CHAMPION/RESERVE

COLOR Division

42. Bay/Brown
43. Black
44. Chestnut/Sorrel
45. Palomino
46. Buckskin/Dun/Grulla, Dunalino
47. Grey (white-grey, rose grey, dapple grey, flea bitten grey, etc)
48. Appaloosa Color
49. Solid Roans
50. Pinto Color (Minimal pintos with 5% or less white may show in
their solid base color class)
51. Other Natural Color (Silver Dapple, Zebra, Brindle, Rabicano,
etc.)
52. Fantasy/Decorator Color

COLOR CHAMPION/RESERVE

MANUFACTURER OF ONLY**
**Breyer Porcelains show in Porcelain, not classes 52-58

53. Disc. Trad. Breyer Disc. as of 2008
54. Current Trad. Breyer Current as of 2008
55. SR Breyer (State what)
56. Connoisseur/Test/One of a Kind Breyer Trad.
57. Classic Scale Breyer (SR,RR, LE,OOAK)
58. Breyer Little Bit/SM (SR,RR, LE,OOAK)
59. Stone Pebbles/Chips (SR,RR, LE,OOAK)
60. Stone Trad. Reg. Run
61. Stone Trad. Special Run
62. Stone Trad. OOAK/Test/LE Less than 30/Factory Custom
63. Hartland
64. Other OF Plastic Ertl, Hong Kong, Blue Ribbon, etc.
65. North Light
66. Other OF Resin (BHR, Corlette, Inc. Breyer cold-cast pieces &
Hartland resins)
67. Trad/Classic/Curio Hagen-Renaker
68. SM/Specialty Hagen-Renaker
69. Fine China/Porcelain (Pour Horse, Royal Worcester, AAA, Breyer,
etc.)
70. Other OF China (Beswick, Goebel, Lefton, Josef Original, etc.)

OF MANUFACTURER CHAMPION/RESERVE

WORKMANSHIP CM/AR Only

71. Repaint Only Incl. Etchings, No AR
72. Repaint/Hair Sculpted mt/t ok, No AR
73. Simple CM, No AR, 25% of model changed
74. Major CM, No AR, 25-75% model changed
75. Drastic CM, No AR, over 75% model changed
76. Custom Glazed, Incl. Claybody Customs
77. Artist Resin finished by sculpting artist
78. Artist Resin finished by other artist
79. Custom Artist Resin (some modification)
80. Original Sculpture

WORKMANSHIP CHAMPION/RESERVE

PERFORMANCE Division:
Use same numbers for both division E (OF Performance) and F (CM
Performance)

81. Western Pleasure - Action
82. Western Pleasure - Standing
83. Western Equitation (Rider Absolutely Required)
84. Western Bareback
85. Western Trail-Arena

WESTERN PLEASURE CHAMPION/RESERVE

86. Reining
87. Cutting
88. Western Riding
89. Roping
90. All Other Stock Work (Reined Cow Horse, Team Penning, etc. 3 Pix
per horse allowed)
91. Barrels
92. Poles
93. Other Western Games (3 pix per horse allowed)
94. Other Western Perf. (3 pics allowed per horse)

WESTERN PERFORMANCE CHAMPION/RESERVE

95. Huntseat Pleasure - Action
96. Huntseat Pleasure - Standing
97. English Equitation (rider absolutely required)
98. English Bareback
99. English Sidesaddle
100. Saddleseat/Park
101. English Trail- Arena

ENGLISH PLEASURE CHAMPION/RESERVE

102. Hunter
103. Jumper
104. Dressage
105. English Games (3 pix allowed per horse)
106. Other English Events (3 pics allowed per horse)

ENGLISH PERFORMANCE CHAMPION/RESERVE

107. Pleasure/Fine Harness
108. Competitive Driving
109. Other Harness (3 Pix Allowed Per Horse)
110. Native American Costume
111. Arabian Costume
112. Other Costume (3 pix allowed per horse)
113. Parade
114. Showmanship - Halter and lead required, handler optional but
recommended. Based on real horse showmanship criteria, note
pattern/movement.
115. Liberty - For those wild and flashy horses! Judged on flair,
energy and flash! NO halters allowed, handlers optional.
116. Other Performance (3 pics allowed) - State what;
working harness, coon jump, etc.
117. Head Study
118. Packing
119. Scene - For photos which do not fit within the performance division categories or depict non-performance topics (i.e. mares with newborn foals, stable scenes, wild horse herds, fantasy scenes)


OTHER PERFORMANCE CHAMPION/RESERVE

 

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The mission of the Model Equine Photo Showers Association is to serve as an inclusive organization to promote photo showing in the model horse hobby.