2012 Western Semi Finals

 

Date	March 24-25, 2012
Hosts	California - Cal Poly Pomona        Judges: TBA Florida - Florida State University        Judges: TBA Pennsylvania - University of Delware        Judges: TBA
	Detailed information for each Semis location will be posted online around January 2012.

Regions will send their Regional Champion Western Team, plus the top two individuals in each division (including Alumni Rail and Alumni Reining) to one of three National Semi-Final sites, as distributed below.

	California	Florida	Pennsylvania
Zone 1	R1.5
Zone 2	R3	R1	R2
Zone 3		R3/4	R3.5 (host)
Zone 4			R4.5
Zone 5	R2	R1, R3 (host)
Zone 6	R1, R3	R4	R2, R5
Zone 7	R2	R1	R5, R3
Zone 8	R1, R2 (host)	R4, R3	R5

   1. Qualifying for Semi Finals

1. Regional High Point Riders go straight to Nationals, and do not compete at Semis
2. Each Region will send top 2 Individuals from each class, including Alumni, and the Regional Champion Team
3. Approx 16 riders per Individual class, 8 riders per Team class at Semis

   2. Qualifying for Nationals

 1. From Semi Finals, Top 4 Individuals and Top 3 Teams will advance to Nationals
 2. Maximum of 12 riders per Individual class, and 9 per Team class at Nationals, High Point Rider class excepted.
 3. The IHSA Western Committee reserves the right to adjust Alumni qualifiers to Nationals based on availability.

    3. Consistency

All possible care will be taken to maintain equal quality of the show and awards for all three Semi Finals.  All semis will be held over two days, with two qualified judges judging both days.  All riders in each class will ride a pattern on their rail horse after the rail portion of the class is completed.  Judges may ask riders for additional testing, including changing horses, after the patterns are run.
 

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