Dressage is now an official American Quarter Horse Association class—one in which you can earn AQHA points, qualify for AQHA Incentive Fund earnings and compete for year-end awards. Beginning at training level, test 4, AQHA dressage classes will be held within existing classes at competitions licensed by the U.S. Dressage Federation or U.S. Equestrian Federation.
The same USEF judges will preside over the AQHA classes; the only additional requirement is that the judges must be AQHA members. Exhibitors must also be current members of AQHA, and the horse must be a registered American Quarter Horse.
The Quarter Horse show industry has always been a point-driven system so AQHA has created a conversion table to change dressage percentages into AQHA points. To see the conversion table, go to www.aqha.com/showing/guidetoshowing/dressage.html and click on “Frequently Asked Questions.”
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In addition to awarding points, AQHA will recognize the three high-point American Quarter Horses at each of the nine Great American/USDF Regional Championships in 2010 and has also created a high-point recognition program for the open, amateur and youth divisions in each level of dressage competition.
