AWPA RULES & REGULATIONS

Enrolling Your Stallion

Stallions may be enrolled annually for the fee of $1,000 by the deadline of December 1st of the year preceding the stallion auction. For example, to have a stallion enrolled for the 2023 year, the paperwork and payment must be submitted by December 1, 2022. Nomination forms can be found at arabianwesternpleasure.com.

One (1) breeding must be donated to the AWPA Stallion Service Auction. A stallion owner may choose to donate two (2) breedings, one Purebred and one Half-Arabian, for their $1,000 nomination fee.

• Whether the owner donates one or two breedings, the nomination fee remains at $1,000.00.

• In order for both purebred and Half-Arabian foals of the nominated stallion to be eligible to compete in the corresponding classes, the stallion must be entered in BOTH auctions.

• The stallion owner agrees to be the purchaser of the auction donated breeding if it does not sell at auction, for the minimum bid of $1,000.

Mare Nomination

In order for foals sired by an AWPA nominated stallion to be eligible to participate in the Futurity and Maturity classes, they must be nominated in-utero by submitting a Mare Nomination Form.

Mares must be nominated before the end of the breeding/auction year for a $100 fee. December 31, 2023, for this year. Nomination forms can be found at arabianwesternpleasure.com.

Entries

The ONLY four-year-olds allowed to compete in the U.S. National AWPA Futurities will strictly be those who were nominated in-utero by December 31st of their breeding year. • Each year’s Mare Nomination list is posted on arabianwesternpleasure.com, and shows which breedings may result in eligible offspring.

The ONLY four and five-year-olds allowed to compete in the AWPA Maturities will strictly be those who were nominated in-utero by December 31st of their breeding year.

Class Guidelines

The U.S. National AWPA Futurity classes are open to four-year-olds who were nominated in-utero by December 31st of their breeding year.

The AWPA Maturity classes are open to four and five-year-olds shown by an Adult Amateur Owner rider.

• They must have been nominated via an in-utero Mare Nomination by December 31st of their breeding year.

A five judge total points system will be used. Each Judges placing will be ranked and points applied according to the following table:

• Foals resulting from breedings purchased in the Auction are eligible for additional class prize money that will be split evenly among the Top 14 AWPA Auction foals in the Finals – no matter the placing in the class.

• The amount of prize money offered each year will be published in the annual stallion brochure.

Stallion owners receive one ‘Auction’ breeding with their nomination. This breeding can be used on a mare of the stallion owner’s choice or can be sold by the Stallion owner to anyone the stallion owner chooses and for any fee the stallion owner chooses. An in-utero Mare Nomination must be submitted by December 31st with payment of $100.

For every three (3) stallions one stallion owner nominates, they will receive a fourth stallion nomination at no charge.

Stallions who sire the Champions in the 2023 AWPA Purebred and Half-Arabian Futurity classes will receive a 2024 stallion enrollment at no charge.

Any mare that has been bred to an AWPA enrolled stallion can be nominated. However, the stallion must have been enrolled in the type of class the foal would compete in. For instance, if a stallion only offers a Purebred breeding in the program, then Half-Arabian foals would not be eligible, and Mare Nominations would not be accepted.

The breeding does not have to be purchased in the AWPA Stallion Service Auction.

An AWPA Class Entry Form must be submitted to the AWPA by the show entry deadline.

The form can be found at arabianwesternpleasure.com.

The AWPA class entry fee is $700.

All other entry and office fees charged by National shows must be paid directly to the show.

Quality is the number one criterion for judging, followed by performance, suitability, and manners.

• A stallion or gelding showing with their penis substantially exposed (flaccid or erect) in any portion of the class, will be considered to have a major manner’s violation. Judges will be advised to score the horse so as not to receive a placing in the class.