AMHA Amateur Information
AMHA Amateur Eligibility
For horse show purposes, a person is considered an Amateur when he or she is no longer eligible to compete in Youth classes and has not engaged in any activities listed under AM-010 requirements in the current Official AMHA Rule Book, except as a Youth, during the past five calendar years (2019 AMHA Rule Book pg 154).
All Amateurs are responsible for knowing the Division rules.
For horse show purposes, a person is considered an Amateur when he or she is no longer eligible to compete in Youth classes and has not engaged in any activities listed under AM-010 requirements in the current Official AMHA Rule Book, except as a Youth, during the past five calendar years (2019 AMHA Rule Book pg 154).
All Amateurs are responsible for knowing the Division rules.
Please refer to the current AMHA Rule Book, pages 153 through to 158 for full details on the AMHA Amateur Division - AMHA Rule Book
To be able to compete in AMHA Amateur classes you are required to hold an AMHA Amateur Card - Amateur Card Application Form
AMHA Amateur Owned, Trained, and Exhibited (AOTE)
The AOTE program was established in 1999 with the intent and purpose of providing classes in which an amateur exhibitor could show his/her horses without having to compete with horses that have been trained, groomed and/or conditioned by a professional during the current calendar year.
The horse exhibited by the AOTE must be trained, conditioned, groomed and shown ONLY by the AOTE or a non-professional family member in all divisions entered. Non-professional family members are defined as: spouse, mother, father, brother, sister, niece, nephew, son, daughter, grandchild, grandparent, legal ward, in-laws, step-children, step-parents, step-siblings. No one with a professional trainer in the household or on premises may compete in the AOTE division.
Please refer to the current AMHA Rule Book, pages 156 through to 158 for full details on the AMHA AOTE Division - AMHA Rule Book
