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PERFORMANCE POINTS SYSTEM

Performance Points = Placing Points + Completion Points + Bonus Points

Performance points tallied for year-end All Around Team Champion and Top Six are made up of a combination of points for placing in a particular venue, for completing in a particular venue plus limited bonus points in the calendar year. Currently points are accrued in these NCTHA recognized sports:

	Distance Competitive Trail	NATRC, STC
	Trail Challenges	TTC
	Endurance	AERC

Placing Points:
All horse and rider teams receive the same amount of points for their placing in any of the recognized sports and/or different divisions of the recognized sports. For sports having separate horsemanship judging and placing (such as NATRC), only the horse's placing is counted.

                First Place = 10 points                      Fourth Place = 4 points
        Second Place =   8 points                          Fifth Place = 2 points
               Third Place = 6 points                          Sixth Place = 1 point

Completion Points:
All horse and rider teams are awarded completion points in the recognized rides and their perspective divisions per the table below.

Supreme Trail Challenge		Level 1 = 2 pts	Level 3 = 3 pts	Level 3 = 5 pts
Texas Trail Challenge		Tenderfoot = 1	Maverick = 2	Horseman = 3
North American Trail Ride Conference	One-Day	Novice = 2	CP = 3	Open = 4
	Two-Day	Novice = 4	CP = 6	Open = 8
	Three-Day	n/a	n/a	Open = 9
	Championship Challenge	n/a	n/a	Open = 9
American Endurance Ride Conference		Limited Dist = 2	50 mi = 5	75 mi = 7 100 mi = 9

Bonus Points:
These are accrued when an NCTHA member team competes in and completes:
          * Any ride SANCTIONED by NCTHA - two (2) bonus sanction points.
          * The FIRST ride of a different venue - two (2) bonus different venue points.
              Since there are currently five recognized venues, the maximum bonus
              points for obtainable for different venues are eight (8).

REPORTING FORMS FOR NON-SANCTIONED RIDES
The points secretary automatically picks up members' placings, completions and mileages from NCTHA sanctioned rides.

NON-SANCTIONED RIDES, RECOGNIZED ORGANIZATIONS: Members who also participate non-sanctioned rides that are put on by NCTHA recognized organizations must fill out the downloadable Placing-Mileage Verification Form, have it signed by the appropriate ride official and submit it to the points secretary in order to receive points and miles for year-end awards tallies and lifetime horse mileage.

NON-SANCTIONED RIDES, NON-RECOGNIZED ORGANIZATIONS: Members who participate in non-sanctioned, non-recognized organization rides may fill out, have signed and submit the same Placing-Mileage Verification Form in order to have the miles completed added to their horses' lifetime mileage record.

        2010 STANDINGS
   Click on the scoreboard to see the
   latest points and mileage standings
   toward year-end awards.

   NEWEST MILEAGE CHEVRON EARNERS

            2009 STANDINGS

                 AWARDS and
       RECOGNITION PROGRAMS

NCTHA has two awards programs, Year-End All Around Performance and Year-End Mileage, and one recognition program, Lifetime Mileage Milestone. These awards and recognition are above and beyond those that teams can achieve in each of the recognized sports.

           YEAR-END AWARDS GIVEN

Year-End All Around Performance awards are presented to the top six scoring teams. One horse, ridden by one rider only, is considered a team. To be eligible for All Around awards, a team must have competed in, and completed, at least three (3) different sports.

Year-End Mileage awards are given to the top six horses completing the most combined competition miles, in the current calendar year, in the NCTHA recognized venues. In order to be eligible for year-end mileage awards horses must have competed in at least three (3) different sports. Horses must complete an entered event in order to get credit for the miles ridden in that event. Horses pulled during an event receive no mileage credit for the ride.

               LIFETIME MILEAGE
            MILESTONE PROGRAM

The Lifetime Mileage Milestone Program keeps records of mileage completed by NCTHA member horses and rewards milestones, in increments of 250 miles. Major recognition is given at each 1,000 mile increment.