NRHA Handbook

Below is the 2010 NRHA Handbook table of contents.

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NRHA BY-LAWS (5)
GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS (27): Election Procedures (27)
Rule Change Procedures (31)
International Affiliate Procedures (32)
Disciplinary Procedures (33); Causes For Disciplinary Action (38); Forfeitures (39); Failure To Pay (39); Court of Law Convictions (40); Convictions By Other Equine Organizations (40)
SHOW RULES AND REGULATIONS (41): Membership (41); Non Pro Conditions (43); Competition Licensing (46); Categories of Competition and Class Eligibility (48); Show Approval (55); Ancillary Show Conditions (59); Aged Show and Closed Aged Show Conditions (61); Breed Restricted Show Conditions (62); Affiliate Show Conditions (63); Entry Level Slide Show Conditions (64); Entry Level Ride Show Conditions (64); Green Show Conditions (65); General Show Conditions (66); Ties (67); Show Results (68); Year End Awards (70); NRHA Payback Schedules A & B (72); Worksheet for NRHA Paybacks (73)
NATIONAL REINING HORSE YOUTH ASSOCIATION BYLAWS (75)
YOUTH SHOW RULES AND REGULATIONS (79): Membership and Show Conditions (79); Approved Youth Reinings (79); Incentive Awards (80); Year-End Awards (81); NRHA Youth Point Scale (81)
UNITED STATES NATIONAL GOVERNING BODY (83)
NRHA SHOW STEWARDS (84)
FREESTYLE REINING (87): General Rules (87); Judging of Freestyle Reining (88)
JUDGES (91): Judging Privileges (91); Judges Committee (91); Guidelines (92)
RULES FOR JUDGING (95): General (95); Scoring (95); Patterns and Descriptions (101)
NRHA JUDGES' GUIDE (125): Maneuvers (135); Pattern Descriptions (137); Scoring (141); Maneuver Scores (142); Misconduct/Re-rides (144); Reports/Conduct (144)
FREESTYLE (147): Score Card (147); Scoring/Penalties (148)
JUDGING DIAGRAMS (151): Figure 1. Bit Measurements (151); Figure 2. Bit Measurements (151); Figure 3A. Over/Under Spin Penalty Application (152); Figure 3B. Lead Departure Penalty Application (153); Figure 4. Out of Lead/Delayed Change Penalty Application (153); Figure 5. Jog Penalty Application (155); Figure 6. Out of Lead on Run-Around Penalty Application (156); Figure 7. Out of Lead on Partial Circle Leading to Run-Down Penalty Application (157); Figure 8. Sample Scorecard (158); Figure 9. Sample Freestyle Scorecard (158)