2011 GRAND TOTAL PAYOUT: $179,554

2012 AMERICAN SADDLEBRED REGISTRY SWEEPSTAKES

PAYMENTS AND DEADLINES

TWO-YEAR-OLD  SWEEPSTAKES PAYMENTS

PAYMENT OPTIONS:                         $     75.00 due June 1 of horse’s yearling year

                                                                                       OR

                                                         $   125.00 due September 15 of horse’s yearling year

                                                                                      AND

                                                         $   200.00 due June 1 of horse’s two-year-old year

 

THREE-YEAR-OLD  SWEEPSTAKES PAYMENTS

PAYMENT OPTIONS:                         $   500.00 due March 1 of horse’s yearling year *

                                                                                        OR

                                                         $   200.00 due March 1 of horse’s yearling year *

                                                         $   200.00 due March 1 of horse’s two-year-old year

                                                         $   200.00 due March 1 of horse’s three-year-old year

 

FOUR-YEAR-OLD  SWEEPSTAKES PAYMENTS

PAYMENT OPTIONS:                         $   500.00 due March 1 of horse’s three-year-old year

                                                                                        OR

                                                         $   250.00 due March 1 of horse’s three-year-old year

                                                         $   250.00 due March 1 of horse’s four-year-old year

 

DEADLINES/GRACE PERIODS

Payments can be made by check, money order, Visa or MasterCard. A $25.00 service charge will be assessed on any returned checks and added to the total due. All payments must be made payable and sent to the American Saddlebred Registry Sweepstakes, 4083 Iron Works Parkway, Lexington, Kentucky 40511, and bear postmark before midnight of date due. No entry is liable for more than the amount paid in, but there will be no return of payment.

The nomination and eligibility fee payments will be held open for a grace period of ten (10) calendar days following the normal closing date.  Entries received bearing a postmark later than the last day of the grace period will not be accepted for any reason whatsoever.  In the event the grace period closing date falls on a Sunday or legal holiday, postmark bearing the date of the following day will be accepted.  A U.S. Postal Service postmark supersedes a postage meter date.

ENTRIES WILL BE DELETED AUTOMATICALLY WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE IF PAYMENT IS NOT POSTMARKED BY THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE ON OR BEFORE THE LAST DATE OF THE GRACE PERIOD.  THIS RULE IS STRICTLY ENFORCED. IF A NOMINATED HORSE IS SOLD, IT IS THE SELLER’S RESPONSIBILITY  TO NOTIFY THE NEW OWNER OF PAYMENT DUE DATES.

 

SWEEPSTAKES COMMITTEE

William D. Wise - Chairman 

Redd Crabtree          Joan Lurie        Anne Neil

 

2011 GRAND TOTAL PAYOUT: $179,554

2012 AMERICAN SADDLEBRED REGISTRY SWEEPSTAKES RULES

OBJECTIVES

The Sweepstakes are designed to perpetuate the breeding, training and showing of the American Saddlebred horse. They are a great benefit in promoting the breed and bringing new people into the industry.

Breeders particularly benefit from these classes as nominated horses eligible to compete for large purses demand higher prices; even though a horse is sold prior to a Sweepstakes class, the nominator will receive half the purse. The nominator is the owner of record at the time each nomi- nation payment is made.

 

ELIGIBILITY

Two-Year-Old Sweepstakes:  Open to American Saddlebred yearlings that have been registered with the American Saddlebred Registry before the nomination closing date of June 1 of the horse’s yearling year.

 

Three-Year-Old Sweepstakes:  Open to American Saddlebred yearlings that have been registered with the American Saddlebred Registry (or appli- cation received in the ASR office) before the nomination closing date of March 1 of the horse’s yearling year.

 

Four-Year-Old Sweepstakes:  Open to American Saddlebred three-year-olds that have been registered with the American Saddlebred Registry before the nomination closing date of March 1 of the horse’s three-year-old year.

 

ASHA membership  is required for participation  in the American Saddlebred Registry Sweepstakes  Program.

 

MANAGEMENT

The American Saddlebred Sweepstakes is managed by a Committee representing owners, breeders, professional horsemen, under the supervision of the American Saddlebred Registry. The Chairman of the Committee is selected by the President of the American Saddlebred Registry.

All fees collected are invested by the American Saddlebred Registry. The value of the prize fund each year shall be the total amount of money paid in fees, miscellaneous funds, added donations, and interest, less administrative costs.

The site for each competition is selected by the Committee, taking into consideration the facilities offered and the promotional value of a spe- cific location. The classes are held at a show recognized by U.S. Equestrian Federation and conducted under its rules.

The Committee reserves the right to review the judges selected by the participating horse show.

 

CLASSES OFFERED/CONFORMATION JUDGING

Two-year-olds that have been nominated by their respective deadlines and fulfilled the payment requirements may show in one

of the following classes: Fine Harness or Three Gaited Park. Three- and four-year-olds olds that have been nominated by their respective deadlines and fulfilled the payment requirements may show in one of the following classes: Three Gaited, Five Gaited, Fine Harness, or Three Gaited Park Pleasure. All entries are to be stripped and judged on conformation. Only two attendants per horse.

Pursuant to U.S. Equestrian Federation rules, judging specifications for the FINE HARNESS, FIVE GAITED, and THREE GAITED divisions of the

Sweepstakes have been changed to read: performance, conformation, presence, quality, and manners.

Pursuant to U.S. Equestrian Federation rules, judging specifications for the PARK PLEASURE division of the Sweepstakes have been changed to read: manners, performance, conformation, presence, and quality.

 

PURSE DISTRIBUTION

The nomination money paid into the Sweepstakes program will remain with that program to be paid out in the following manner: 

The money received for the nomination of all horses for the Two-Year-Old Sweepstakes, plus interest, minus expenses, will be divided two ways with the breakdown as follows: one-half to the Fine Harness Division and one-half to the Three Gaited Park Division.

The money received for the nomination of all horses for the Three- and Four-Year-Old Sweepstakes, plus interest, minus expenses, will be divided four ways with the breakdown as follows: one-fourth to the Three Gaited Division, one-fourth to the Five Gaited Division, one-fourth to the Fine Harness Division, and one-fourth to the Three Gaited Park Pleasure Division. The first place winner in each class will receive 40% of the purse; second place 30%; third place 20%; fourth place 5%; and fifth place 5%. The person who is the recorded owner at the time of competition will receive one-half of the purse; the persons who were owners of record at the time each nomination payment was made will receive equal shares of the remaining one-half of the purse.

Should there be fewer than five entries showing, the entries that do show will share the remainder of the purse in the same proportion designated to the place they won. The total purse for each year will be paid, regardless of the number shown.

If an entry is disqualified for a forbidden substance or for any other reason, all premium money, trophies, and ribbons are forfeited and must be returned upon notification. See U.S. Equestrian Federation Chapter 4 GR401-GR413, governing “Drugs & Medications.”