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Mare Premiums:
The premium system was introduced to encourage breeders to present mares for inspection at three or four years of age when they should get their best scores.
Mare entry fees paid at inspection time are carried forward until the year the mare is bred. If a mare has been inspected and not bred, the credit is kept. While not all mares are entered for breeding each year, the increase in our mare herd is mirrored by a yearly increase in registrations.
Additionally, the incentive is now there for proving mares in performance through Riding Horse Tests, material classes and in open performance. Premiums earned in Riding Horse Tests and Material classes will be recorded by CWHBA. More provinces are hosting Riding Horse Tests as well as material classes including Jumper Material.
For other Performance premiums achieved from Open competition, owner's must provide necessary documentation to the office. Please keep your Equine Canada Passport current in order to document those results.
MARE PREMIUM BYLAWS:
7.0. Mare premiums shall be awarded to recognize and encourage excellence in our broodmares.
The following regulations shall apply:-
7.1. Only results of two year old and older horses from evaluations and performance scores will be considered.
7.2. Premiums will be awarded in three categories:
7.2.1. Inspection results (conformation)
7.2.2. Performance results
7.2.3. Offspring results (Production)
7.3. An Elite Mare Award will be presented based on accumulated points in premium categories.
INSPECTION PREMIUMS:
Including mare and progeny (aged 2 years and over) evaluations
- Premium inspection score 7.5 and above - 2 points
- Premium inspection score 7.0 - 7.49 - 1 point
PERFORMANCE PREMIUMS:
1st Premium points
- Competition results as for stallion, earned performance requirements: 3
- have been placed in the first three five times in Intermediaire dressage competition or,
- five times in National Open Jumper competitions or,
- three times in the first ten in Concour Complete International Two Star (CCI**) competition or have,
- won 3 Open Hunter Championships at class 1 shows
2nd Premium
- Material class winner (five or more entries) - 2 points
- Mare/riding horse test score 7.5 or better - 2 points
- Competition results - EC/CEF or USAE/AHSA shows: - 2 points
- Dressage, Med. II/Level 3 - 60% or better three times; or
- Jumper, 4' division into jumpoff three times; or
- Eventing, Training score under 50 pts three times; or
- Hunter, 3'6" division, three times placed third or better
- Material class winner (four entries or less) - 1 points
- Mare/riding horse test score 7.0 - 7.49 - 1 points
PRODUCTION PREMIUMS:
A production Premium is based on the total of points in the above categories, accumulated by offspring of an Entered Mare from inspection or performance. Pictured at right.
An Entered Mare may use a maximum of three (3) points from performance results per individual offspring.
Example: where the Mare has produced a fully approved stallion son, she would accumulate the following points:-
- 3 points for the stallion's performance testing, plus
- 1 point for the stallion's inspection score of 7.0 - 7.49, or
- 2 points for the stallion's inspection score of 7.5 and over
- 1st Premium - offspring accumulate 5 points (earns 5 points toward Elite Mare Award)
- 2nd Premium - offspring accumulate 3 points 3 )earns 3 points toward Elite Mare Award)
ELITE MARE AWARD:
10 points required total.
Points accumulate from Inspection, Performance and Production Premiums of the mare and/or her offspring but may consist entirely of Production Premium points earned by offspring of the Elite Mare applicant.
Application for an Elite Mare Award must be made to the Stud Book Committee with the appropriate documentation to verify performance records and offspring pedigrees.