General Rules

1. All horses must be registered or, if a weanling, be eligible for registration with the APHA.
   
2. All owners or lessees of above horses must be a current member in good standing with the APHA and be a full paid member in good standing with the HCPHC. Youth are excluded from this rule. One horse, one rider in all Amateur classes. HCPHC membership requirements must be met before points can be accumulated.
   
3. All leased horses must send a copy of the lease agreement to the HCPHC points keeper.
   
4. It shall be the responsibility of the club secretary to provide the points keeper with an accurate membership list for point tabulation. Dates when each member joined the club are needed to compute proper points. Club membership list will be mailed to club points keeper by March 1st of each year and updated as new members join.
   
5. All owners are responsible for reporting their points within 30 days of the show being reported. Forms for keeping points may be obtained from the Points Keeper/Shelli Donohue, from the website, or at club meetings. Any and all points must be in no later than 30 days following the last day of the show season.
   
6. To qualify for an award, all three of the requirements from this list must be met in addition to above requirements:
   1. Attend three (3) regularly scheduled general membership meetings.
      
   2. Work a minimum of one day at our annual APHA approved HCPHC show.
      
   3. Must show your horse in a minimum of three (3) APHA or Non-APHA shows.

   The show season will last from November 1 to October 31. Awards will be distributed in January at our Year-End Award Dinner.
   

7. Ties will be broken in the following manner: The horse or exhibitor accumulating equal points but showing the least number of times will receive the award. If this is equal, the horse that places over the other horse the greatest number of times will be declared the winner.
   
8. There are three divisions for awards-APHA, Non-APHA, and Futurity. The APHA division includes classes in which a horse can earn APHA breed points. Non-APHA shows may or may not include PAC (Paint Alternative Competition) points, but are not eligible for APHA points. Examples of non-APHA shows are any sponsored by Washington State Horsemen, 4-H, fair boards, or local saddle clubs. Classes held at APHA shows that do not earn APHA points and are placed can be submitted for non-APHA points. For example, Washington Bred halter classes, Oregon Bred halter classes, or fun classes. YDF schooling classes are not eligible for HCPHC year-end points. Futurity classes that will count for year-end awards are halter, yearling longeline, and performance. 
   
9. To determine which category a class is eligible for, the full class name is used. No class points will be eligible for more than one category. If a class name is incomplete on the points reporting form and an appropriate category can not be determined, the exhibitor may not receive points for that class. To avoid confusion or missing points, please use the entire class name when filling out points reporting forms and, if necessary, submit a copy of the show's class listings with classes entered clearly marked.
   
10. The points keeper reserves the right to verify any points submitted with APHA or the secretary of any show, for which points have been submitted and make adjustments as needed.

Contact: Hells Canyon Paint Horse Club, (509) 520-7215  528 Turner Rd, Dayton, WA 99328 USA,