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The Rising Star Division is designed for non-professional exhibitors with limited show experience.

Eligibility

• Open to exhibitors of any age.
• Must never have trained horses, given lessons or clinics, or assisted in training horses for compensation.
• Must be in their 1st, 2nd, or 3rd year of showing in any national association (all disciplines included; conformation/halter excluded).
•  May not have earned more than $500 in combined earnings or accumulated more than 100 points with any national breed or horse show organization.
• Exhibitors who have won any year-end title with a national organization are not eligible.

Competition Rules

• Legal ARHA-approved tack is required.
• Horses may be shown one-handed or two-handed, but the exhibitor must remain consistent throughout the class. Switching between one- and two-handed is an automatic disqualification (DQ).
• Proper western attire is required in accordance with the ARHA Rulebook.
• No training equipment may be used while competing.
  

Division Restrictions

• Exhibitors may not compete in Walk/Trot Restricted classes at the same show.
• Exhibitors may “ride up” into other classes or ARHA divisions for which they are otherwise eligible.

Designed for non-professional exhibitors with little or no showing experience who wish to compete at the walk and trot only.

Eligibility

• Open to exhibitors of any age.
• Intended for exhibitors with limited showing experience.
  

Competition Rules

• Exhibitors may compete only in designated Walk/Trot Restricted classes.
• Once an exhibitor enters a Walk/Trot Restricted class at a show, they may not compete in any walk, trot, and lope classes at that same show.
• Exhibitors may change divisions at a future show if eligible.
• The restriction applies to the exhibitor, not the horse. Horses may be shown by different riders in different divisions.
• Legal ARHA-approved tack is required.
• Horses may be ridden one- or two-handed; however, changing from one- to two-handed (or vice versa) during a class results in disqualification (DQ).
• Proper western attire is required in accordance with the ARHA Rulebook.
• No training equipment may be used while competing.