BENEFITS OF SANCTIONING

Safety is a top priority when it comes to planning and running a horse show. While you prepare for an incident-free event, you still need to mitigate risks. By sanctioning your competition, you confirm that the show staff, officials, volunteers, and participants have the correct insurance in place should an incident occur.

The fundamental benefit of sanctioning a show is to ensure processes are in place to help reduce risks. Other benefits, depending upon the sanctioning body, may include: breed registry. While it’s not mandatory to sanction a horse show, there are real benefits, such as risk mitigation, for organizers who choose to sanction their event. Sanctioning with AEF or EC allows you to use accredited officials, ensuring the competitors receive fair and consistent judging, safe classes, and ensure that AEF or EC rules are being followed. It also brings a sense of familiarity to competitors, as sanctioned shows have consistent applications for their classes, tests, courses and patterns.

· Free promotional opportunities with the sanctioning body.

· Safety for show organizers, officials, volunteers, and participants.

· Equine medication testing (EC).

· Having a defined set of rules to follow.

· Access to carded officials.

· Rider and organizer incentives.

· Results reporting.