OREGON PAINT HORSE BREEDERS TRIPLE CROWN FUTURITIES

 Rules and Regulations

Notice to Mare Owners

New rule as of October 2006:  If the stallion you bred to is not listed for 2007 foals, the mare owner can nominate the stallion at no late fee until December 31, 2006.

Both the SIRE and DAM of a foal must be listed with the OPHB Triple Crown Futurities according to the following rules and regulations before said foal is considered eligible for entry in any of the Triple Crown Futurities.

1. STALLION LISTINGS

    A. Stallion listing fee of $125 must he paid by NOVEMBER 30 of the    breeding year and will be designated as a listing for the year in which the served mare foals.

    B. The listing fee can be paid any time PRIOR to the Weanling Futurity entry closing date for which the foal would be eligible to participate in. Late penalties will be assessed as follows: December Ist through December 31st of the breeding year will be double or $250, January Ist through the Weanling Futurity entry closing date of the foaling year will be triple or $375.

    C. If a stallion is leased, the lease agreement must be approved and on file with the APHA office and a copy of such agreement must be forwarded to the OPHB office.

    D. The stallion listing fee may be paid by the stallion owner/lessee or by a person other than; however, permission must be provided in writing if it is to be someone other than the owner/lessee except: If the stallion owner fails to respond to other interested parties upon inquiring to list, these parties must notify the OPHB office and at that time the OPHB office will send a certified letter to the owner/lessee with request for listing. If there is no reply to this listing request within ten (10) working days, the other parties will be allowed to pay the stallion listing fee at the current rate and are eligible for any monies paid back in the stallion purse.

2. MARE NOMINATIONS

    A.  Mare nomination fee of $60 must be paid by March Ist of the year the foal is born and eligible to participate in the Weanling Futurity and will be designated as a nomination for that year.

    B.  The nomination fee can be paid at any time prior to the Weanling Futurity entry closing date for which the foal would be eligible to participate in.  Late penalties will be assessed as follows: March 2nd through May Ist of the year of foaling the mare nomination fee will be double or $120, or May 2nd until the entry closing date for which the foal would be eligible to participate in the Weanling Futurity would be triple or $180.

    C.  Only mares served by listed stallions are eligible for nomination.

    D.  Once the mare has been nominated, the resulting foal will be eligible to be paid up in one or all of the following listed Futurities with solid paint bred foals shown with the colored foals on an equal basis in all futurities:

    E.  Of importance to note is the fact that an eligible foal is not required to show in a subsequent futurity to remain eligible for any of the remaining futurities; i.e., if you do not wish to show the foal in the Halter Futurities, you need pay no additional sustaining fees to remain eligible for the Pleasure Futurities.

3. Only foals having at least one (1) Paint parent (A.PHA regular or solid paint bred registry) will be eligible for these Futurities. Solid paint bred foals will be shown with the colored foals and judges will be advised to judge them on an equal basis.

4. Weanling Halter Futurity Divisions for Colts/Geldings and Fillies will be as follows: There will be three equal divisions for each sex (male/female). A floating birth date system will be used to divide all Weanling Futurities as equally as possible based on fully paid entries at the date of the final payment.

5. THERE WILL BE NO REFUNDS OF ANY FEES PAID TO OPHB-TCF. No substitutions will be allowed except as follows: 

    A. Broodmares that expire prior to the foaling date may have a substitute that has been bred to a listed stallion. Substitute mares may be nominated without penalty fee. Veterinarian documentation is ABSOLUTELY necessary or the substitute mare will not be allowed or accepted by the OPHB.

    B. If the nominated mare does not produce a live foal (A LIVE FOAL IS A FOAL STANDING AND NURSING WITHOUT ASSISTANCE FOR 48 HOURS AFTER BIRTH) the nomination fee can be advanced to the same mare for the following year PROVIDING NOTIFICATION IS SENT TO THE OPHB/TCF OFFICE BY AUGUST 30 OF THE FOALING YEAR ALONG WITH VETERINAR IAN DOCUMENTATION or the fee will not be advanced.

    C. Mares that are nominated and do not foal due to absorption or failing to conceive will be considered the same as mares that do not produce a live foal as referred to as the above rule B. Veterinarian documentation is ABSOLUTELY necessary stating that this mare will not foal in the year she had been nominated and advancing of this mare to the next year will not be allowed until such documentation is given to the OPHB.

    D.  If embryo transfer is used a mare nomination is required for each resulting foal.

    E. Veterinarian documentation of Rules 5A, B and C is absolute. If this documentation is not sent to the OPHB office by August 30, of the foaling year your mare will not be advanced or substituted.

6. Futurity Entry Fees :  All regular classes and Non Pro classes are $100.00 plus office and drug fee.  Open Reining entry fees:  Eligible horses same as regular futurity classes, non-eligible horses entry fee $328.00.

    A. Futurity entry fees will be divided into three payments.  The payment schedule will be as close as possible to 90-60-30 days.  All fees double if late, postmark will determine if a payment is late.

    B. Entry fees may be paid at any time prior to the due dates. After the due dates, fees will be doubled. Postmark of envelope will be the determining factor as to whether a payment is late.

7-A. All riding futurities will have no more than 18 horses in the ring at one time, mandatory split at 19 entries. 

7-B. Owners and or exhibitors will be responsible for entering the eligible horse in the correct futurity class.

8-A. An entry must be exhibited in all go-rounds of their respective futurity to be eligible to receive payback monies.

8-B. Non-Pro exhibitors are defined as anyone carrying a current APHA youth or amateur card and owning their own horse, or immediate family owning the horse as defined in the APHA rule book for youth and amateur ownership.

9. The OPHB Futurity office will be open prior to each futurity for issuing numbers, checking papers and accepting late entries. However, the OPHB Futurity office will CLOSE two (2) hours prior to the beginning of each futurity division.  After this closure, there will be no further entries taken or numbers issued ... NO EXCEPTIONS.

IO. A tie breaking judge will be picked before the start of each Futurity to determine the distribution of awards only. Monies will be split evenly in case of 0 ties.

11. Insufficient checks will result in automatic disqualifications. This rule will be strictly enforced.

12. It will be mandatory for each person earning money to give their Social Security number to the OPI-IB office before any prize money will be issued.

13. Prize monies will be paid to the current owner or the person paying the sustaining entry fees of each entry.

14. Weanling, Yearling Halter Futurities, 2-Year Old Pleasure Futurities will be judged by three or more judges with these judges being selected
from current APHA, AQHA or AHSA judges lists, and all scores being used to determine the winner. In the event of a tie score, one judge's score will be used as the tiebreaker with the tie-breaking judge selected prior to the Futurity.

15. Registration certification or verification of pending registration from APHA, or copies thereof, must be presented to the OPHB secretaries prior to the start of their respective futurity and will be used for identification purposes. Prize monies will be held until such time as registration certificate or copy thereof is provided OPHB. It is requested, although not mandatory, that each mare owner provide the OPHB office with a copy of the foal's papers whether or not the foal is shown and that all new owners be listed with the OPHB office. In this way, the OPHB office will be able to contact the new owners with entry forms for upcoming futurities.

16. In each and every Futurity, the horses will be placed from first (I st) to eleventh (II th) place and each horse will receive points according to the position in which it is placed. The point system is as follows:

17. The futurities will be held in   the state of Oregon with the Weanling Halter Futurity and the 2-Year Old Pleasure Futurities held at the last possible shows of the Oregon season and with considerations made as to whether they can be fitted into the regular show schedule.
18. Payoffs for the Oregon Paint Horse Breeders' Futurities and Stallion Owners Purse will be as follows:

19. Payback will be based on the number of entries in the show ring for the first go-round.  Futurity purses will be paid 30 days after each futurity.

20.  By entering this futurity, owners and handlers acknowledge the right and give permission to the managers of the futurity to do drug testing on any or all entries, randomly or in any manner decided upon by the management and to take appropriate action.  (APHA Rule Book guidelines will be used).

21. Any complaints must be presented to the OPHB/TCF Board of Directors in writing.  All decisions made by the Board are final.  Verbal abuse and un-sportsmanlike conduct will not be tolerated, and exhibitors and/or owners may be disqualified and monies and awards forfeited.  APHA will be notified by letter regarding the incident.  In these cases, there will be NO refund of entries paid and exhibitor and/or owner loses the right to claim for damages.  Any incidents not covered by this rule will follow the current APHA rulebook.

22. By entering this Futurity, owners and handlers acknowledge the right of the managers of the futurity to recognize animal abuse and/or mistreatment and to take appropriate action.

    A.  Head tie downs of any kind are not allowed on yearling longeline participants on the 
          grounds of any OPHB/TCF longeline futurity.

    B.  Lip chains are not allowed on any weanling halter entry.

23. Violations found of Rule 20, 21 and 22 will result in disciplinary action by OPHB Board of Directors, to include disqualification, fines and/or suspension from future OPHB futurities. Additionally, all paid entry fees will be forfeited.

24. Any person on suspension from APHA is not eligible to exhibit in any OPHB futurity.

25. The OPHB reserves the right to refuse, accept conditionally or cancel any entry. OPHB may also disqualify or prohibit exhibitors of entries without claims for damages.

26. The OPHB will in no case be responsible for any loss, damage, or injury to horses exhibited; for any article of any kind or nature that may be lost, stolen, destroyed or in any way injured. Each exhibitor will be solely responsible for any consequential or other loss, injury, or damage done to, or occasioned by, or arising from any horses or article owned or exhibited by him, and shall indemnify the OPHB against all legal or other proceedings, claims, or demands of any kind of nature in regard thereto, or that may arise from the negligence of the person in charge of any such horse or article.

27. Stallion listing forms, Mare nomination forms, Futurity entry forms, Rules and regulations and any other pertinent information may be obtained by writing:

Oregon Paint Horse Breeders, Inc.
Edie Hill, Futurity Secretary
PO Box 1258
Long Beach, WA  98631
( 541) 490-4658

28. ALL DECISIONS MADE BY THE OPHB BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGARDING ANYONE OR ANY PART OF THESE FUTURITIES WILL BE FINAL.