American Saddlebred Horse Association
of Michigan
Devoted to promoting amateur horsemanship and competition along with responsible breeding and training of the American Saddlebred
ASHAM Annual High Point Awards Offered
Five-Gaited, Open
Five-Gaited, Amateur
Five-Gaited, Jr. Exhibitor
Three-Gaited, Open
Three-Gaited, Amateur
Three-Gaited, Jr. Exhibitor
Fine Harness, Open
Fine Harness, Amateur
Three-Gaited Park, Open
Three-Gaited Park, Amateur
COTB Open English Pleasure
COTB Saddleseat Jr. Ex.
COTB Hunter Pleasure
COTB Western Pleasure
Open Parade Horse
Three-Gaited Show Pleasure, Adult
Three-Gaited Show Pleasure, Jr. Exhibitor
Five Gaited Show Pleasure
Show Pleasure Driving
Three-Gaited Country Pleasure, Adult
Three-Gaited Country Pleasure, Jr. Exhibitor
Country Pleasure Driving
ASB Hunter Country Pleasure , Adult
ASB Hunter Country Pleasure, Jr. Exhibitor
ASB Western Country Pleasure
Lead Line Equitation
Walk/Trot Equitation, Any Seat
Saddleseat Equitation, 13 & Under
Saddleseat Equitation, 14-17
Hackney Pleasure Pony Driving
Hackney Roadster Pony Driving
Rules Governing Scoring For High Point Awards
BASIC PREMISE OF THE POINT SYSTEM:
The basic premise of the point system requires that all exhibitors competing for a given championship be afforded an equal opportunity to show. Classes which do not meet requirement will not count.
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1. To receive an ASHAM High Point award, the owner of the horse or the equitation rider must be a member of ASHAM in good standing prior to any show in which points are received.
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2. Every high point division will have a champion and a reserve champion. If no one achieves the high point, no award is given.
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3. In order to win a high point, one must compete at three qualifying high point shows, one of which must be in the state of Michigan.
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4. The contestant accumulating the most points by November 1 of the current show year will be the champion. The contestant accumulating the second most points by November 1 of the current year will be the reserve champion. If there is a tie, the award will be given to the contestant who won more blue ribbons that year. If this fails to break the tie, the award will be given to the contestant who earned the most points at shows in the state of Michigan.
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5. All qualifying classes count for single points. All championship classes count for double points. If a championship is a combination of two different high point divisions (ex: country pleasure championship) points are divided to respective high point divisions (ex: junior exhibitor ocuntry pleasure and amateur country pleasure).
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Point table:
Placing: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Regular Points: 10 8 6 4 2 1
Double Points: 20 16 12 8 4 2
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