UNL Horse Judging Team

2005 Horse Judging Team

Left to Right: Joel Condreay, Mollie Grim, Jenilee Nodlinski, Rachelle Bose, Lindsey Salestrom, Erin Peery, Shane Potter, and Mich Hansen

The UNL Horse Judging Team teaches students the evaluation and communication skills which are important in the equine industry today. Students learn to evaluate form to function, way of going, various performance events and soundness. Judging team members travel to farms and horse shows where they interact with leading professionals in the horse industry.

While enrolled in ASCI 300E, Principles of Horse Evaluation, students will have the opportunity to travel to the Greater Dallas/Fort Worth area to practice their evaluation skills. At the end of this week long trip, the American Paint Horse Association hosts the APHA Spring Sweepstakes, the first contest of the year.

During the fall semester, students will enroll in ASCI 400E, Advanced Horse Evaluation. Students in this class compete against schools from across the nation at the Quarter Horse Congress, the AQHA World Horse Show and the NRHA Futurity.

Requirements:

• Junior Standing
• Full - Time Student (12+ hours)
• Overall GPA of 2.0 or higher

Contest Format:

• 4 horses per class, 8 - 12 classes per contest, 4 - 6 sets of oral reasons per contest
• Examples of Some Judging Classes: Halter, Western Pleasure, Reining, Western Riding, Hunter Under Saddle, Hunter Hack, Pleasure Driving, Western Horsemanship, English Equitation
• See the National Horse Judges Team Coaches Association for more details.

For more information on the Horse Judging Team please contact:

Libby Lugar
llugar2@unl.edu
(402)472-9098

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