Western Horseman Cup - NCHA Championship Series

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The second Western Horseman Cup will be held in January/February 2006 in conjunction with the Augusta Futurity.

A total of fifteen (15) Open horses and fifteen (15) Non-Professional riders will participate.

The series during the 2004 point year (finals in January/February 2006) is for foals born in 2000. Horses will be five years old at the time of the finals.

The entry fee for the open division shall be $2,000. The entry fee for the non-pro division shall be $1,500. Entry fees shall be due on or about January 3, 2006.

Each division shall consist of a finals only. (i.e., each cutter cuts only once).

All applicable NCHA rules shall apply, including all Non-Pro horse ownership rules.

The top five (5) point earners from each of the three seasons shall be the finalists.

Once a horse (in the Open Division) or a Non-Pro rider (in the Non-Pro Division) qualifies, they will not be able to obtain a second qualifying spot from a subsequent season. (i.e. each Open horse or Non-Pro rider can only show once in their respective division in the finals).

Non-pro riders will be placed in the seasonal standings based on the total points earned on all of the horses they owned and showed in the Non-Pro division of participating events during that season.

A horse may compete in both the Open and Non-Pro divisions, provided that horse qualified for the finals in both divisions.

Owners of Open finalists may name any rider to show their horse in the finals, regardless of whether that rider showed that horse during the year or not. All Open riders must be named at time of entry.

A Non-Pro rider may show any horse during the finals, provided they comply with all NCHA Non-Pro horse ownership rules. The horse shown by a Non-Pro in the finals does not necessarily have to be the horse the Non-Pro qualified for the finals on.

Non-pro riders will be placed in the seasonal standings based on the total points earned on all of the horses they owned and showed in the Non-Pro division of participating events during that season.

The draw for working order will be determined first by a draw for the order of selection of working order position. This draw will determine the order in which each horse owner comes forward and selects their preferred working order position (in the order of the initial random draw). For example: In the draw for the open finals, the horse named Peppy Peanut is drawn from the hopper. Then the #1 is drawn from a separate hopper. This indicates that the owner of Peppy Peanut gets to pick first which working order position they want for their horse (1 - 15 in the working order).

If a horse (Open Division) or Non-Pro rider (Non-Pro Division) finishes among the top five point earners in more than one season, here is how the second spot in the finals will be determined: The spot in the finals will be earned by the horse that did not finish among the top five point earners in any season, but earned the most cumulative points in the three seasons combined among all remaining horses. For example: Little Peppy Doc (Open horse) finishes with the most points in the Spring season, and the third most points in the Summer season. Little Peppy Doc will show only once in the Open Division Finals. The remaining finals spot is filled by Jumbo Hickory, a horse that finished 10th in the Spring season, 12th in the summer season and seventh in the Fall season, but whose points from those three seasons combined were the most of any Open horse that never finished in the top five in any one season.