EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 2021 - New Leveling View for the 2022 Competition year 

The leveling view has been modified. An Equitation Leveling Chart and View have been created and are available on the AHA website. Please note that some individuals may have gone down a level with this new change. To view your leveling record, please login to the website under your member login and go to the “I want to” section of your homepage. Please click on “AHA Horse/Rider Points and Competition Records”. Select “Rider Search” from the tool bar and click on “Leveling Points” or “Equitation Leveling Points” to view the results of your search.

EFFECTIVE Dember, 2021

1. Refer to (USEF AR110.2) for complete rules for Achievement leveling.

2. Riders may Level Up (but not down) USEF AR 110.2.g.

3. To qualify, 1st qualify the horse in the section (i.e., Western Pleasure) then check the rider’s level (Select, Choice, Elite). 4. Ribbons won within a Section / Category do not count in reckoning Select Rider status if the rider/driver transfers to a new section / category.

5. It does not matter if they rode an Arabian or HA/AA.

6. If you are a select rider on Dec 1 of the previous year, you are a select rider for the current show year. (Dec 1, 2021 for the 2022 show year) Wins after Dec 1 do not count toward any Achievement leveling Status for the current show year.

7. Achievement Leveling Points are not earned in Walk/Trot/Jog classes and will not count toward the Achievement Leveling Program.

8. No Achievement Leveling Award points will be awarded in one horse classes at any AHA recognized competition. See Point Table for Shows in ACH 105.1

9. Achievement Leveling points awarded to an exhibitor competing as a Youth will be maintained by that exhibitor when they move forward and compete in the Adult Amateur Achievement Levels.

10. Achievement Leveling points awarded to an exhibitor competing as a Youth and/or an Adult Amateur do not count against a rider crossing over into the Open Achievement Levels.

11. An exhibitor can return to a lower level in a particular section if the exhibitor has not earned any points (National, Regional or Regular Competition) in the past 10 consecutive years in that particular that defined section.

12. Primetime – Open to AHA members which are USEF/EC amateurs 60 years of age or older and may participate in all disciplines.

SELECT RIDER STATUS STARTS OVER IF YOU TRANSFER TO A NEW SECTION / CATEGORY i.e Hunter Pleasure Section to Western Pleasure Section

NEW FOR 2022 Equitation Leveling