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involved as an exhibitor in a particular class.g) The filing of a judge’s grievance setting forth conduct warrantingdisciplinary action will also constitute a validly filedprotest and the $100 filing fee will be waived. See Judges Sectionc. Guidelines, (7).h) The $100 protest fee will be assessed only against the firstentity named in each protest.i) All protest fees are non-refundable in every instance of protest.j) Violations of the NRHA Handbook discovered by NRHA duringthe course of business shall be referred to the ExecutiveCommittee to determine the need to refer to a hearing body.Section 5. Hearing Body: The Hearing Body shall be responsiblefor the conduct of all disciplinary activity involving membersof NRHA. The Hearing Body shall consist of nine (9) membersin good standing with a quorum consisting of five (5) members.Members of the Hearing Body shall not serve concurrentlyon the NRHA Executive committee or on the NRHA Board ofDirectors. The nomination of prospective members of the HearingBody will be the responsibility of the NRHA Executive Committee.The final approval of those nominees will be the responsibilityof the NRHA Board of Directors. Once the nominationand approval process is complete the Hearing Body shall functionindependently of the nomination and approving bodies.a) The term of office of a member of the Hearing Body shallbe three (3) years. No term limitations apply and a currentmember of the Hearing Body may be re-nominated. Eachyear the nomination and approval process shall produce threenew members of the Hearing Body. In the event that a memberof the Hearing Body (for any reason) has not finished aterm, the nomination and approval process will provide anindividual to fulfill the remainder of that term. [In the firstyear of the Hearing Body’s existence the nomination and approvalprocess shall produce three (3) individuals to fill onethree (3) year term, three (3) individuals to fill two (2) yearterms, and three (3) individuals to fill one (1) year term.] TheHearing Body is authorized to remove any of its membersfor any reason by a majority vote. The empty seat will thenbe filled through the nomination and approval process.b) All rulings of the Hearing Body are final, however any partysubject to a ruling of the Hearing Body has the right toappeal the ruling by submitting a non-refundable paymentof $500 to NRHA within ten (10) days of the official date ofthe Hearing Body ruling. The appeal will be reviewed by theexecutive Committee of NRHA and will either be supportedor overturned by that body.Section 6. Hearing Body Procedure: The Hearing Body hasthe responsibility of managing a protest or dispute from the timethat a case is officially filed at the NRHA office until that caseis either rejected or brought to resolution at a deciding hearing.All cases will be subjected to a preliminary review, the re-36
sult of which is either rejection of the case or advancement ofthe case to the full Hearing Body for final resolution. When acase is officially filed with the NRHA office, the NRHA staff membersin charge will forward all pertinent information about thecase to a member of the Hearing Body designated as the “manager”of that case along with two additional Hearing Body membersdesignated as the “preliminary jury.” The “manager” and“preliminary jury” will review the case on it’s merits and, alongwith NRHA counsel, either reject the case or advance it to a hearingby the full Hearing Body. For those cases designated for advancement,the manager will have the responsibility, (along withNRHA counsel), of presenting the facts of the case at the hearing.[All members of the Hearing Body will serve as managersand/or preliminary jury members. Cases will be assigned by theNRHA staff on a purely rotational basis. An individual memberof the Hearing Body may be the manager of or a preliminaryjury member on more than one case at a time if the case loadso requires.] The makeup of the Hearing Body will be publicknowledge, but he manager of and preliminary jury memberson specific cases will be confidential. All evidence pertaining toa case, all testimony in the hearing and all Hearing Body memberdeliberations will be confidential. The manager of a caseand the preliminary jurors on that case will vote in the decidinghearing. The result of the deciding hearing will be presentedto the party involved by NRHA counsel.a) If the Preliminary Jury recommends a hearing, the PreliminaryJury may also submit a sealed recommendation fordiscipline to be opened only in the event there is a hearingand the Hearing Body has determined that disciplinary actionis warranted.b) If the Preliminary Jury finds the matter is not sufficientlyserious to warrant a hearing, all parties will be advisedaccordingly. However, the Preliminary Jury may issue a letterof concern to any party or parties relative to the matterunder consideration.c) In the event the Preliminary Jury finds that a hearing beforethe Hearing Body is warranted, the affiliate or personaccused of the violation shall be given not less than thirty(30) days written notice of a time and place for a hearing beforethe Hearing Body.d) The Preliminary Jury for judges may choose to direct thejudge to submit to an Investigative Judges Review, rather thanhold a hearing before the Hearing Body. A judge must complywith the decision of the committee or request in writinga hearing before the Hearing Body within fifteen (15) daysof receipt of notice.e) In the absence of the physical presence of a sufficient numberof members of the Hearing Body to constitute a quorum,a telephonic conference call may be used in order toachieve a quorum.37
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(2) The show Steward must represent
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FREESTYLE REININGA. GENERAL RULES(1
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(c) Score for the Applause Meter sh
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through the JEEP system are non pun
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RULES FOR JUDGINGA. GENERALTo rein
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state or country where an NRHA Rein
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ing the first marker or break of ga
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PATTERNS1. The following patterns a
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Pattern 11. Run at speed to the far
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Pattern 2Horses may walk or trot to
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Pattern 31. Beginning, lope straigh
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Pattern 11Horses must trot to the c
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Pattern 12To be used for the Youth
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Section 5. An important non penalty
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judge prior to showing, the pre-che
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PENALTY SCORE ZEROSection 1. The NR
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acknowledge the existence of a five
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JOG PENALTIESSection 1. Inasmuch as
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StopsStops are the act of slowing t
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Maneuver 5Run down middle past the
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FREESTYLEA. SCORESHEET(1) The NRHA
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