Northwest District 4-H

AREA A HORSE SHOW INFORMATION

4-H Agents,
The 2008 Florida 4-H Area & State Horse Show Rule Books are printed and should be on their way to you soon. Please be sure that every youth planning to show in the Area shows (or other 4-H shows that use this book as the primary reference) receives one. To ensure that all youth who enter the Area shows receive a rule book and acknowledge their responsibility to understand it, there is a form attached for the youth to sign. This “Acknowledgement of Receipt” form should be given with the rule book and signed by the youth and parent. All youth who enter the Area horse shows are required to have this signed form on file at the County. The procedure for collection of this form at the time of Area show entries will be similar to that of the Participation Form. In order for the Area entry to be accepted, it must be accompanied by the Participation Form and the Acknowledgement of Receipt of rule book form. For those who qualify for State, both forms will be forwarded to the state office so they are in hand when the State entries arrive.

With everyone needing to confirm receipt of a rule book in order to show at the Area shows, counties may need more copies of the rule book than they have in the past. If you do not receive enough for your program, please let me know and we will send more and make the note to send more next year. Similarly, if you receive significantly more than you need, you can return what is not needed and we will adjust the count for the future.

In the mean time, and for reference at any time, the entire book is online (as a pdf) at http://www.animal.ufl.edu/youth/horse/

showRules.shtml. There are some new navigation features in the pdf that we hope you find useful.

Please let me know if there is anything else you need regarding the rule books or the receipt forms.

Happy reading!
Wendy