Congrats to Monique Vincent & MJL Olivia
the ASAV 2009 Shagya High Mileage Award Winner!
The ASAV currently has 3 different Award Programs. To participate in
these awards the horse must be registered with the ASAV and the
rider/owner must be a member of the ASAV. Below are descriptions of the
Award Programs.
1.
DISTANCE RIDING AWARD PROGRAM Points for the new
ASAV Distance Riding Award may be accumulated in endurance and/or
competitive trail competition. All owners of horses must be members in good
standing of ASAV and the horses must be registered with the association in
order to earn points. Horses do not have to be ridden by the owner in order
to earn points. Points may be earned on rides which require mandatory
veterinary supervision during the entire competition. At this time, points
maybe earned by riding under the sanctioning of the following organizations:
American Endurance Ride Conference (AERC), South Eastern Distance Riders Association
(SEDRA), North American Trail Ride
Conference (NATRC), The Upper Midwest Endurance and Competitive Ride
Association (UMECTRA), Ohio Arabian All breed Trail Society (OAATS), Arabian
Horse Association (AHA) and the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI).
Currently, the ASAV Distance Riding Award will be a high-point award.
Separate categories for Endurance, Competitive Trail, Junior and/or weight
divisions will be considered for addition by ASAV as participation
increases.
Points should be reported for the weight division in which horse competed
and placed. For example, if an endurance horse was 3rd overall
but first Heavyweight, points would be figured for the first Heavyweight
placing. All ride distances will count towards year-end awards and lifetime
point totals in the Just Ride Mile Stone awards program.
POINTS SCHEDULE
Completion Points: Earned for completing entire course of a ride
and passing all veterinary criteria. Horse does not have to place.
2 points per mile
Placement points:
Earned for placing first through sixth in any ride. 1st
Place 25 points, 2nd Place 20 points, 3rd Place 15
points. 4th Place 10 points, 5th Place 5 points, 6th
Place 2 points. There must be at least 7 finishers in order to earn points
for 6th place, 6 finishers in order to earn points for 5th
place, etc.
Distance Riding Division:
Shagya bred horses
competing in endurance and/or competitive trail rides will be recognized for
their total number of successfully completed miles in a year. Riders need to
submit an ASAV point sheet signed by the ride secretary along with a copy of
the Ride Sheet verifying the ride.
E-mail High Point
Chairperson for horse nomination form and ride recording form. They
will be sent as a file to you.
What is a milestone?
The ASAV has chosen the name to mark a place in the road for riders of the
trails to achieve simple goals by just doing it with a Shagya bred horse.
The dictionary defines a milestone as a celebration of a special occasion.
The American Shagya Arabian Verband feels that owners, breeders and riders
of these horses should be rewarded for spending time doing what they love-
riding.
How do we achieve a milestone?
Participation in endurance, competitive or other sanctioned rides allows
members to log mileage toward a milestone. At 100 miles a ride season, one
full year of competitions, the participant may send in the paperwork to be
awarded a milestone. Each100 miles in a year will be awarded until the next
milestone is reached. The horse must be nominated for each riding
season/year, The next miles are accumulative, over many ride seasons and
when 500 miles have been achieved another milestone has been achieved. The
next would be 1000, 1500, and 2000, 2500, 3000 miles etc. Miles are logged
on a horse and may be ridden by the same rider or different riders, but must
be documented by the owner (Horse, registered with, and owner must be member
of ASAV). Forms maybe downloaded by clicking here:
Horse Nomination Form
or through the Corporate ASAV Office.
What rides are eligible?
Any AREC ride, competitive trail ride, IAHA or sanctioned trail ride such as
4H, St. Jude, MS sponsored charity ride, may be logged for miles. Each and
every time a Shagya bred horse competes and finishes an event the secretary
or ride manager may sign off for for completion on the ASAV form along with
a ride flyer or program documentation. Miles are logged and each time a
horse makes a mile mark an award will be given to the owner for the
achievement.
Why ride?
People who ride know that exercise is good for the horse and rider. Giving
them a place to get an award for what they love to do is just an added
bonus. Long time riders know the more you ride your horse, the better they
ride. As a horse gains trail knowledge and experience they will be handier
on the trail. By having Shagya bred horse "just out there doing it on the
trails", will give exposure to other competitors, and show the talent and
ability of these fine horses.
2.
"Just Do It" With Your Shagya Earn points for competing with your Shagya. For Halter
classes. Any Open Dressage classes from Walk Trot to Third Level. Fourth
Level to Grand Prix, for driving, for open jumping, hunter under saddle,
hunter over fences, eventing, western under saddle disciplines, and games.
All it takes is for you to nominate your horse for the awards program, then
send in a paper saying your placement and how many were in the class, signed
by the show secretary. JUST DO IT!
3.
YOUTH AWARD PROGRAM "RIDE WITH ME" How do we participate? All youth between ages 6 and 19 (by January 1 of the current year) who are
junior members of the ASAV and own, lease or ride a Shagya Arabian,
Shagya Sportlo or Anglo-Shagya may participate in the youth program. The
"ride with me youth award program" is designed to allow youth to enjoy their
horses and benefit from the experience. By keeping records of daily, weekly
and monthly activities every youth can learn to share goals thru shared
experiences with their Shagya bred horse. These records can be kept on a form
(download form here) and emailed or faxed to the ASAV Youth Program coordinator.
The Youth can if they wish, in addition keep their own journal to form a diary
scrapbook of sorts, indicating time shared with their horse.
This can be as extensive as a horse show or as simple as daily care. By
spending time with a Shagya valuable lessons from properly maintaining a
project horse, combined with learning experiences in responsibility, respect
for animals, compassion and dedication can only increase ones appreciation
for the breed.
Each time a youth spends hours with their horse it creates credit hours
recorded in their journal. This can be as simple as feeding, grooming,
cleaning their stall daily, to going to a clinic with a well known horseman
and participating with their Shagya. Each month the time sheet (one per
month) is totaled and placed in a journal. At the end of the year the
completed journal is presented to the ASAV BOD or ASAV Youth Committee for
awards. Even if the journal is started or concluded in the middle of the year
a note may be added to explain the situation and appropriate credit will be given.
These journals can be an expression of the youth's creativity or a
simple documentation of hours spent.
Why Youth Benefit? Through shared quality time, young lovers of Shagya horses learn life
lessons, like hard work pays off, appreciation for animal behavior, and
achieving goals through long term direction. By learning from doing each
youth will gain valuable experience in handling horses. This will increase
their horsemanship and self esteem. The horse will be better acquainted with
their handler and will respond accordingly through better manners, quality
of life, and generally becoming handier around the barn.
Getting Started: Forms may be printed from the internet website
Horse Nomination Form
or the Corporate ASAV Office. This forms the basis for "The Shagya Journal."
Pictures may be included and highly suggested as a way of showing how much
their horses benefits from a year of care. Additional pages may be added
with related material as each youth tries to personalize their journal. At
the end of the year each journal will be submitted to the office and
reviewed by the BOW or the Youth Committee for honor awards. Even if the
journal is started or concluded in the middle of the year a note may be
added to explain the situation and appropriate credit will be given.
Attention: Award Program Update as of April 2011
- The ASAV annual membership fee includes the fees for one horse in the
annual award program (a $10 value).
- Each additional horse nominated in the annual ASAV awards program is $10
annually.
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In order to have a horse nominated in the ASAV awards program you have to be a current member of ASAV and send the nomination form to the awards chairperson noted on the form.
- In order to have your results count towards the ASAV awards program you need to sign up your horse for the ASAV awards program no later than 4 weeks past the first result to be counted/considered for the awards program. Results/accomplishments, which go back more than 4 weeks prior of signing up to the awards program cannot be considered for the awards program.
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DISTANCE RIDING AWARD PROGRAM 