NBHA District 17 Rules to remember:

1. Cash  only at races
2. We do offer day passes for $10
3. We waive the hat and long sleeve shirt dress code
4. You must wear jeans and boots
5. You must maintain reasonable control of your horse. Please show respect at the arenas we visit. If you use the gate to stop your horse you will be liable to fix it or any other damage you cause.
6. Please clean up after yourself, don’t leave your trash.
7. Membership is your responsibility to maintain. If your membership is expired and you race, your points will not be counted at that race even if you have already accumulated points. Points will be awarded to the member in good standing – no exceptions.

PeeWee Rules: 

1. Must be 7 years old or younger as of        Jan. 1, 2008
2. Helmets are required
3. Points will be calculated by horse & rider combination

 Youth Rules:

Must be 18 years old or younger as of Jan. 1, 2008

 Year End Award Rules

  A couple of points regarding eligibility for year end awards.

1. You must sell 40 raffle tickets  (Open and Youth only).
2. You must be a member of District 17 in good standing throughout period of accumulating points. (This includes PeeWees)
3. Points are given out to the top 5 members in each division. 5 pts to 1^st place, 4 pts to 2^nd, etc. In the case of a tie, the higher point is awarded to both members and the next place is skipped.

Example:

Rider 1 – 1^st (5pts)

Rider 2 – 2^nd/ /3^rd  (4pts) tie

Rider 3 – 2^nd/ /3^rd  (4pts) tie

Rider 4 – 4^th (2 pts)

Rider 5 – 5^th (1pt)

4. At the end of the season, ties will be awarded to the member with the most higher places.

Example:

Rider 1 – 1st (5pts), 3rd (3pts), 4th (2pts)  = 10 pts

Rider 2 – 3rd (3pts), 2nd(4pts), 3rd (3pts) = 10 pts.

Rider 1 will take the higher placing because of the 1^st place win.

5. In the event of a tie for 1^st place (saddle), we will try to come to an agreement with the winners on who takes the saddle and who takes the buckle. If an agreement can’t be reached then we will have a runoff at a time and date mutually agreed to by all of us. The runoff will not be held at a race.

Note: this circumstance is only for ties that cannot be broken by the points for 1^st place, then 2nd place, etc.  only.