All ponies must qualify to compete in the Adult Amateur and Junior Exhibitor Hackney Show Pleasure Driving Divisions of the 2017 Kentucky State Fair World’s Championship Horse Show.

Ponies will be entered in these Divisions only if they have been shown in a minimum of six (6) classes, in three (3) or more different competitions, in the Hackney Show Pleasure Driving or Hackney Country Pleasure Divisions, beginning July 1, 2016, through July 15, 2017. The same pony may qualify and enter and/or compete in both the Junior Exhibitor and the Adult Amateur Show Pleasure Driving Classes at the Kentucky State Fair. Qualification will not be required for ponies four years old or under competing in the Adult Amateur Junior Hackney Show Pleasure Driving classes.

Ponies that are to be shown in the Adult Amateur and/or Junior Exhibitor Hackney Show Pleasure Driving Division at the 2017 Kentucky State Fair World’s Championship Horse Show will be required to qualify by showing in a minimum of six (6) classes at three (3) or more shows. A pony may show in junior exhibitor, adult, novice, local, or limit classes in the Hackney Show Pleasure or Country Pleasure Driving Hackney Show Pleasure Driving Division or the Hackney Country Pleasure Driving Divisions, with all classes to count toward qualification. Pleasure pony under saddle, park pleasure driving, and open breed pleasure driving classes will not be considered as qualifying classes. The pony may qualify by showing in any combination of Adult Amateur and/or Junior Exhibitor Hackney Show Pleasure Driving or Hackney Country Pleasure driving classes, as long as the pony is shown in a minimum of six (6) classes, at three (3) or more different competitions. Classes at the 2016 Kentucky State Fair will not count as qualifying classes for the 2017 Kentucky State Fair.

Only classes and shows accumulated during the qualifying period in the
division will count toward qualifying for the Kentucky State Fair. Classes and shows accumulated during the qualifying period remain with a pony, regardless of any change(s) of ownership.

• The exhibitor will be required to submit a list of the six (6) classes and three (3) or more competitions with their entries for the 2017 Kentucky State Fair.

• The Executive Secretary of the AHHS and the AHHS Registry Committee will verify the eligibility of each pony entered in the Adult Amateur and Junior Exhibitor Hackney Show Pleasure Driving Divisions as soon as possible after the close of entries for the 2017 Kentucky State Fair World’s Championship Horse Show.

• The Kentucky State Fair reserves the right to resolve any dispute as to the accuracy eligibility to determine which ponies are deemed eligible to compete.

The Kentucky State Fair World’s Championship Horse Show is a member of the USEF, and is therefore subject to all USEF rules and regulations.