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Go South Stay Home for the Winner

December 5th through 25th, 2025

Virtual Horse Show

Entry form and patterns will go live on December 5th, 2025

4 easy steps

  1. Register online
  2. Video your pattern
  3. Upload your video
  4. Receive placings, scores, and possibly money!

 

Classes are open to all exhibitors and all breeds. You do not have to be a member of the Arkansas Quarter Horse Association or the American Quarter Horse Association to enter.

  • Fees
    • Entry fee - $15/class (50% payback)
    • Optional private judge's critique - $30/class (The judge will break down your pattern and why they scored you the way they did)
  • High Point awards
    • Divisions
      • Small Fry (10 & Under) Walk-Trot
      • 11 & Over Walk-Trot
      • Beginner Rider
        • Less than 10 lifetime breed association points in the class
        • Less than 2 years showing in the loping class
        • No top ten placings in the loping class at a regional, national, or world level
        • Can cross-enter Walk-Trot in the same class
        • Can not cross-enter Beginner Rider and 18 & Under/19 & Over in the same class,
      • 18 & Under
      • 19 & Over
    • Exhibitors going for high-point awards must show the horse in at least three classes in their division. High-points are figured based on horse/rider combo and on a 9-point scale. If there are 9 or more horses in the class, 1st will receive 9 points, 2nd 8 points, down to 9th with 1 point. If there are only 5 in the class, 1st will receive 5 points, 2nd 4 points, and so on.
      • Halter classes will count towards high-point for Walk-Trot and Beginner Rider divisions, even though they do not have their own halter classes.
  • General Rules
    • Attire:
      • Western & ranch classes: long-sleeved button-ups, long pants/jeans, and western tack
      • English classes: English attire and tack (helmet required for riders ages 18 & under)
      • Winter jackets and headwear allowed!

    • Exhibitors can enter up to three horses in halter, trail, ranch trail, ranch riding, and reining

  • How to Enter
    • Entries will be open December 5th – 25th, 2025. You must pay, record your video, and post your video within this time period.
    • Fill out an entry form for each exhibitor - Entry Form
      • Indicate how many classes you are entering, if you want any private critique back, and if you are showing multiple horses in the same class(es).
  • How to Video
    • Record your video at home. Take as many redos as you need to make it perfect!
    • Please video horizontally
    • Videos must be unbroken, unedited, and with sound
    • Patterns must be videoed from the specified camera place in each pattern.
    • Halter videos:
      • The exhibitor must walk 10 steps and then trot around a cone at a 90-degree angle.
      • Stop and set up the horse
      • Video will continue to the profile of the horse and walk a 360 around the horse, stopping for a few seconds at both profiles and the front and back of the horse.
      • Please see “halter pattern” for guidelines
  • How to Upload
    • Go to the “2025 ArQHA Stay Home for the Winner Virtual Horse Show” album on Facebook
    • Find the picture corresponding to the class(es) you wish to enter
    • Post your video in the comments of the class’s picture (if the video file is too large, you can upload it to YouTube and post the link to the video in the caption)
    • Include in your caption:
      • Rider’s name and age
      • City, State
      • Horse’s name (registered and/or barn name) and breed
      • Division/Class name (and note if you paid for critique for the pattern)
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