Prize Money Programs
Invest, perform…win! If you’re an active breeder, it pays to explore these exciting programs.
Halter Futurities S m a l l I n v e s t m e n t, Big Return
For only $45, you can enroll an in-utero foal in Halter Futurities, win big money and bring national attention to your breeding program. The fee for Halter Futurities is affordable enough to enter all your unborn foals, evaluate them as they grow, and keep them active in the program by making yearly payments before the end of their weanling, yearling and 2-year-old years. When a horse is 3 years old, it’s eligible to show in Halter Futurity classes at both the Canadian and U.S. Nationals. Champions can win more than $20,000 in some classes with top tens earning almost $5,000. Halter Futurities are open to Arabian fillies, colts and geldings and Half-Arabian/Anglo-Arabian fillies and geldings.
Fees
Breeding year................................................................ $30 One time processing fee................................................ $15 Foaling year.................................................................. $35 First year after birth (yearling)....................................... $35 Second year after birth.................................................. $35 Third year after birth....................National show entry fees Original & renewal fee due by December 31 Late fee for renewals made after December 31 and before March 31:........................................................$100 (per horse/per country) P rize Money Programs
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Arabian Breeders Sweepstakes Y o u r l if e ’ s w o r k r e w a r d e d f o r a l if e t i m e
Arabian Breeders Sweepstakes (Sweepstakes) is for everybody, a full-service incentive program for breeders and exhibitors that generates fun and excitement at every level. Awarding prize money to exhibitors and payback to breeders, only Sweepstakes touches every aspect of breeding and showing Arabian, Half-Arabian and Anglo-Arabian horses. Whether you compete at the local, regional or national level, whether you breed one or 100 horses per year, you can’t afford not to be involved with Sweepstakes! B r e e d t o N o m i n a t e d S ir e s
Performance Futurities R e wa r d i n g y o u n g ta l e n t
Performance Futurities have become a premier arena for the stars of tomorrow. Generating excitement and anticipation, Performance Futurities attract large numbers of hopefuls to the arena to make their show ring debuts as 3-year-olds. Classes are offered for Arabian and HalfArabian/Anglo-Arabian horses in western pleasure, English pleasure, hunter pleasure and reining, which is the one class open to 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds. Almost $150,000 in jackpot prize money goes to the winners. Entries are accepted during the year of competition.
Mare owners can choose from thousands of Sweepstakes Arabian and Non-Arabian Nominated Sires throughout North America representing every conceivable bloodline. Only an in-utero foal can be enrolled as a Breeding Entry. Once entered, a Breeding Entry is eligible to earn Sweepstakes prize money throughout its entire life at local, regional and national shows and rides as well as compete in yearling classes at regional shows and U.S. Nationals. Owner and Breeder incentives
Both the nominator of a Breeding Entry and an Arabian Nominated Sire owner receive an automatic annual payback based on points earned in Sweepstakes classes by a Breeding Entry at the local, regional and national levels. Arabian Nominated Sire owners also receive an amount
Fees
Nomination fee per class paid in full before June 1............................. $600 One time processing fee............... $15
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OR PAYMENTS First payment due June 1........... $200 After June 1, add late fee............ $25
No minated Sires
Third payment due August 1...... $200 After August 1, add late fee......... $75 Nominations after August and on or before close of USN entries....... $750 36
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Genie Stewart-Spears
Second payment due July 1........ $200 After July 1, add late fee............ $50
because the first question buyers ask is whether it’s S wee pstakesnominated.” Maureen Horton, Thirteen Oaks Arabians, Blountville, Tenn.
every year. Points prize money goes to Sweepstakes classes at local, regional and national shows plus distance rides and is based on the number of horses beaten in the competition. (This is the only payout available to local competitions and distance rides, excluding Arabian Community Shows and Limited Distance Rides.) Everyone competing should enroll their horses in Points Payout which is a significant part of total prize money payout. Fees Breeding Entry
$400
• Most economical entry • Enroll in utero foal by December 31 of year conceived • One parent must be a Non-Arabian Nominated Sire or Arabian Nominated Sire or Nominated Mare • Late entries accepted if postmarked no later than February 15 of the foaling year with $100 late fee • Only category eligible to compete in yearling classes N o m i n a t e d S ir e
$3,500
• $1,500 for colts or stallions already enrolled as Breeding Entries • Allows foals sired by the enrolled stallion to be entered as Breeding Entries (must meet enrollment criteria) • All Arabian Nominated Sires automatically participate in the Sire Payback Program, earning 5 percent of their eligible gets’ winnings • No eligibility for earning prize money in Sweepstakesdesignated payback events unless previously enrolled as Original or Breeding Entry N o n - Ar a bi a n N o m i n a t e d S ir e
$4,000
Ferrara
• Allows Half-Arabian foals sired by the enrolled stallion to be entered in Sweepstakes as Breeding Entries (must meet enrollment criteria) • No eligibility for payback incentives or earning prize money in Sweepstakes-designated payback events
based on allocated prize money earned by offspring in regional and national designated Sweepstakes classes. P ri z e m o n e y o p t i o n s
You can win prize money one or two ways. At U.S., Canadian and Sport Horse Nationals and all 18 regional shows, a Sweepstakes-nominated horse can earn allocated payout in specific Sweepstakes classes. The second way to earn prize money is to enroll your Sweepstakes horse in the Points Payout program for $100
N o m i n at e d D a m
$1,000
• Arabian or Anglo-Arabian mare enrolled for the purpose of producing eligible Half-Arabian or Anglo-Arabian Breeding Entries • No eligibility for earning prize money in Sweepstakesdesignated payback events Fees are subject to change. Visit ArabianHorses.org for the most current information. P rize Money Programs
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