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2013 Membership
All 2013 membership applications must
be completed online.
For questions regarding membership status, contact Kelley Douglas or
Melanie Fransen in writing.
In order to be eligible for WCHR National and Regional Awards riders and owners must be current members of the
WCHR program.
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Changing Regions
The country is divided geographically into eight regions and each member must declare only one region upon joining.
If a region is not designated on the membership application, the home address on the membership
application will determine the WCHR region. Once a member joins WCHR and declares a region, no changes of region will be accepted.
New For 2013
Starting with the 2013 WCHR competition year, the United States Equestrian Federation will be tracking points for the WCHR Program. For this reason, all WCHR membership applications must be completed online. Only WCHR applications completed online will be accepted and considered valid.
*USHJA is not responsible for and cannot honor WCHR membership applications that are not completed online.
Once a rider has won three cumulative Regional Championships in the same category (Children's, Junior or Pony only), that rider is no longer eligible for regional awards in that category. The policy is retroactive to the start of the WCHR Program and includes Regional Championships won in years prior to 2013. The rider may join as a member in said category and remain eligible for national awards.
No changes of category accepted after June 1 of the qualifying year. If the final Member Event in a region begins prior to June 1, no category changes will be accepted once the final Member Event has commenced.
2013 Developing Professional Specifications
Riders and owners must be members of WCHR by midnight Eastern Time of the final
licensed day of a competition for points from that competition to count toward
WCHR standings and awards. Following USEF rules, there is not a
ten day grace period.
Important Registry Information: A $40 Farm/Business Owner membership requirement is
still in effect for those owners interested in accumulating points toward Owner awards for horses
whose owners of record are farms or businesses. The WCHR Program follows the USEF model by requiring
the owner of record of each horse competing to be a current WCHR member, in order to accumulate points
toward WCHR Owner awards and trophies. If a horse's recorded owner is a farm/business, the farm/business
must be a current member of WCHR at the time of competition for owner points earned by that horse to be
considered valid. WCHR considers the owner of record to be the owner(s) of record with USEF.
General Information
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A horse must be ridden by the same rider in all classes throughout its respective section at each Member Event
(Exception: Under Saddle classes) in order for the points to count. Riders competing on more than one horse will
only accrue points earned by their highest placing horse overall in their respective WCHR category at each Member
Event. Model Classes and Hunter Classics do not count. A Professional and Developing Professional rider's standing
will be determined by the total points earned by their highest placing horse overall in one eligible hunter section
in which that horse/rider combination competes.
In the event that a Developing Professional's highest placing horse overall at a competition comes from one of the 3'0" or 3'3" WCHR hunter sections, the points earned on that horse count toward their Developing Professional Rider standings. In addition, the points earned on their highest placing horse in a 3'6" or higher WCHR hunter section at that same competition count toward their Professional Rider standings. This may result in a rider's Developing Professional standings differing from their Professional standings.
Points from a rider's top four WCHR Member Events will be used to determine
the National and Regional standings*.
*WCHR Members only earn points toward Regional Awards by competing at Member Events held in their declared region.
Riders can only earn points in one category plus the Handy Hunter Category both nationally and in their declared region.
(Exception: Developing Professionals can earn points in the Professional and the Developing Professional Categories in the same competition year).
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Membership Categories
For more detailed information click on a category:
Changing a Rider Category
A member may change their category once during the membership year. All points in the original
category are non-transferable and will be forfeited, while points in the new category will be retroactive
for the qualifying year. Members have until June 1 to notify the USHJA of the change in writing. It is
recommended that you use a method of delivery which provides delivery confirmation. No category changes
will be made after June 1 of the qualifying year. If the final Member Event in a region begins prior to
June 1, no category changes will be accepted once the final Member Event has commenced.
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