1) Open Shows
Horses registered with NHQHA showing in open shows (includes rodeos, barrel futurities, eventing, etc.) can earn points for ROMs, Superiors and Championships for the following categories:

3) NHQHA approved shows
horses registered with NHQHA may earn points towards ROM, Superior and Champion awards. These awards are only for points earned in NHQHA shows. To obtain these awards you must have the following points:

ROM - 10 points in one specific event
Superior - 40 points in one specific event
Champion - 10 points each, minimum, in halter, English, & western for a total of 30 points

4) Open, 4-H and NHQHA points will be based on the following point system:

Points Awarded

5) For all showing, reports giving class and placing information must be properly filled out and signed by the show secretary from the show the horse performed in. The reports used for this purpose are official NHQHA reports and those are the only reports that will be accepted. If the proper reports are not used or if they are not completely filled out the horse will not receive any points for that show. These reports may be obtained from the NHQHA office or downloaded from this website and may be filed throughout the year as long as they are postmarked by December 31st of that year. Any reports postmarked after December 31st will not be figured into final point totals.

6) Only horses owned or leased by current members of NHQHA will eligible for any NHQHA awards or year-end awards. Horses may be leased by multiple people but the points go under the horse separately for each lessee. For example: If a horse named Star is leased by Susie and John and both riders enter barrel racing, points will be tallied up separately, going towards two individual ROMs. Yes, a horse may have 2 ROMs or more in barrels, etc. The reason for this is that it would be much easier for a horse to accumulate points if it was being shown by more than one person and the points all went under the same ROM. So, to be fair to the horse that only has one rider, we came up with the multiple ROM solution. For those of you who are wondering why we allow multiple "same class" ROMs it is because we realize that sometimes families might have more than one person wanting to compete in the same event. Also, there are families who cannot afford to own a horse but yet have the opportunity to show through the generosity of a horse owner. With our lease/show program owners can lease their horses for others to ride and are not penalized should they want to show themselves.