National Distance Championship

2010 Ride Info

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Class List

Class List-National Rides:

1. Arabian National Championship 50 Mile Endurance Ride
2. Arabian National Championship 100 Mile Endurance Ride
3. Arabian National Championship 70 Mile Competitive Trail Ride
4. Half-Arabian/Anglo-Arabian National Championship 50 Mile Endurance Ride
5. Half-Arabian/Anglo-Arabian National Championship 100 Mile Endurance Ride
6. Half-Arabian/Anglo-Arabian National Championship 70 Mile Competitive Trail Ride

Class List-Open Rides: (Open to All Breeds)

7. AHA Open 35 Mile Competitive Trail Ride
8. AHA Open 35 Mile Competitive Trail Ride
9. AERC / AHA Open 25 Mile Limited Distance Ride
10. AERC / AHA Open 50 Mile Endurance Ride
11. AERC / AHA Open 25 Mile Limited Distance Ride
12. AERC / AHA Open 50 Mile Endurance Ride
13. AERC / AHA Open 75 Mile Endurance Ride
14. AERC / AHA Open 100 Mile Endurance Ride

Qualifications

Qualification and Eligibility Requirements for the AHA Championship Competitive Trail Ride from the AHA Handbook, CTR 113.

1. Have qualified in a Competitive Trail or Endurance Ride that was held within the two preceding calendar years and that period of the current year prior to the closing of entries for the ride in which a National Championship ride is held and will meet one of the following criteria:
   1. Complete 100 miles of an AHA Recognized Competitive Trail Ride(s) or an Open Competitive Trial Ride(s) sanctioned by an AHA Approved Ride Organization or at ride(s) sanctioned by AERC of no less than 25 miles (of which at least 50 miles must be in an AHA Recognized Competitive Trail Ride(s) or an Open Competitive Trail Ride(s) sanctioned by an AHA Approved Ride Organization)
   2. Placing Top Five in a Regional Championship Competitive Trail Ride, or
   3. Placing Top Ten in a National Competitive Trail Ride, or
   4. Previous recognized National Champion Competitive Trail Horses are qualified for life and may re-enter any National or Regional Championship Competitive Trail Ride. Reserve Champion Competitive Trail Horses are qualified for four years, plus the portion of the current year prior to the closing of entries for the National CTR, and may re-enter the National Championship Competitive Trail Ride within that period.

Qualifications and Eligibility Requirements for the AHA Championship Endurance Ride from the AHA Handbook, END 107.

1. For the 100-mile Championship Ride, the horse must have successfully completed a minimum 300 lifetime miles of which 100 miles must consist of one (1) day or multi-day, one hundred (100) mile Endurance Ride or two consecutive rides of fifty (50) miles or greater over two consecutive days for a total of one hundred (100) miles or more.
2. For the 50-mile Championship Ride, the horse must have successfully completed 200 lifetime miles. (BOD 2/01)
3. Qualifying mileage must be from AHA, AERC, or FEI Recognized/Sanctioned Endurance Events of a minimum 50 miles distance and be completed within maximum time limits of the Recognizing/Sanctioning body.
4. Ride name, length, date, and location of qualifying ride(s) must be listed on entry blank for the AHA Championship Ride.
5. The horse is qualified rather than the rider. One or more riders may have ridden qualifying miles for a single horse and a single rider may qualify more than one horse.
6. Previous AHA Recognized National Champion Endurance Horses are qualified for life.