Calling All Judges!
Enroll in the APHA Educational Judges Academy &
Seminar and learn what it takes to be a judge.

Whether you’ve picked your favorites from the sidelines, competed in a class and wondered about placings, or need to refresh your skills as a carded judge, the APHA Educational Judges Academy & Seminar is the place for you. Once again, we will be offering two sessions:

• The Academy for first-timers, exhibitors and those who would like to begin the process of learning to become a certified APHA judge. It is designed to educate those wishing to become judges or learn more about APHA rules. It offers guidelines for judging specific events. Taught by APHA-approved judges and qualified specialists in a classroom setting, the Academy’s curriculum includes discussions on judging procedures for a wide range of disciplines and a sample rulebook test.

• The Seminar for returning participants and card-holding APHA judges who need re-certification. This level has been added for those with a deeper knowledge of APHA judging procedures, and as an opportunity for carded APHA judges to meet their re-certification requirements. This will be an advanced course.

Enrollment is open to everyone who is interested, but is limited to the first sixty to enroll in each session. Simply click below, and return a completed enrollment form to APHA.

2010 Educational Judges Academy & Seminar

The Academy and Seminar are each $250 per person while an additional day of cattle class instruction is $100.

Please contact Candy Cain, Director of Judges for more information or to enroll. She can be reached at (817) 834-2742, extension 416 or by email at ccain@apha.com.

European Judges Seminar

The American Paint Horse Association (APHA) and Appaloosa Horse Club (ApHC) will conduct the next APHA/ApHC European Judges Seminar May 5-9, 2010, at the Hotel Barbarossa, Dusseldorf, Germany. In addition to providing an excellent educational opportunity for anyone interested in expanding their judging knowledge, potential judge applicants will be able to test to become an approved APHA European Judge and/or ApHC European Judge. The seminar will consist of two and one-half days of classroom instruction May 5-7 followed by two days of testing for judge applicants May 8-9.

Seminar participants will attend sessions led by equine judging professionals Joe Carter and Butch Carse. A variety of material will be covered, including the current rulebooks and classes that include halter, Western pleasure, hunter under saddle, Western riding, trail, showmanship, horsemanship, yearling longe line, reining and working cow horse.

Each judge applicant is required to successfully complete a closed rulebook test, video and live judging, and an interview. Rulebook and video testing will be held on May 8. Live judging and interviews will be held on May 9. The video and live judging portions of the seminar may include, but are not limited to: halter, showmanship, horsemanship, hunt seat equitation, hunter under saddle, Western pleasure, Western riding, trail and reining.

An applicant who receives a passing score on the tests, subject to APHA and/or ApHC Judges’ Committee approval, will become an APHA and/or ApHC European Judge, subject to all rules and regulations of the APHA and/or ApHC.

In conjunction with the Judges Seminar, a Show Management Seminar will be held on May 5. The seminar will be held from 8:30 a.m. until noon. The price, which includes a lunch buffet and a coffee break, is 40 €.

2010 APHA European Judges Seminar &
Show Management Seminar
European Judge Application Form.

If you are interested in attending or have any questions, please contact
Markus Rensing, APHA Director of European Affairs, Tel: (49) 02975-800 96 or Markus.Rensing@t-online.de.