Showing Rules

Enter MHH-qualifying photo shows. Placings earn points toward season standings. A 1st or 2nd in a big-enough class mints a qualification card that travels with the horse. Cards and career points earn permanent titles. Cards are redeemed to enter the annual MHH Championship.

A show year runs May 1 → April 30 and is named for the year it starts in. Season standings, the best-results cap, and Championship qualification all reset with it. Only shows with published results count for anything — while a show is still in review, nothing is final.

Winning a deep class should mean more than winning a walkover. So: 1st place earns the number of entries in the class (capped at 10), and each place below earns one point less, never below 1.

• Class of 3 → 1st pays 3 · 2nd pays 2 · 3rd pays 1
• Class of 8 → 1st pays 8 · 2nd pays 7 · … · 6th pays 3
• Class of 25 → 1st pays 10 (the cap) · 2nd pays 9 · …

A class needs at least 2 different exhibitors to pay points — you can place, but you can't earn points beating only yourself. And one exhibitor's entries grow a class's payable size by at most 3 — entering your whole herd in one class doesn't raise what winning it is worth. Championship callbacks add bonuses on top: section +3 · division +5 · show +10.

Points belong to the horse-and-owner pair on the entry. If a horse changes hands mid-season, the seller keeps the points they campaigned and the buyer starts fresh — the horse's own record carries both chapters.

Only a pair's best 30 placement results count toward season standings. Entering everything, everywhere, is a fine way to enjoy the hobby — but season awards measure quality, not attendance. Championship bonuses always count on top of the cap.

A 1st or 2nd place in a qualifying class mints an MHH Qualification Card — but only when the class was real competition:

• Season 1 (2026–27): at least 3 entries from 2 exhibitors. This provision expires April 30, 2027.
• From Season 2: at least 5 entries from 3 exhibitors — permanent.
• A class of 15+ entries from 6+ exhibitors mints a STAKES card — the big win, rare by design.

Every card is stamped with the field it beat ("1st of 12 — 8 exhibitors"), carries a public verification code anyone can check at /cards/[code], and travels with the horse when it changes hands through Safe-Trade. Scratched entries never pad a field. Cards are redeemed to enter the annual Championship.

• CH — Champion: 3 cards from 3 different shows under at least 2 different judges.
• ROM — Register of Merit: 30 career points.
• SUP — Superior: 75 career points.

Career points accumulate across every season with no cap — steady quality gets there without ever being #1. Titles are granted automatically when results publish, appear on the horse's passport and Hoofprint, and are never revoked — a title, once earned, is part of the horse's story, whoever owns it next.

Exhibitors earn star grades on career stable points (★ at 50 · ★★ at 150 · ★★★ at 400 · ★★★★ at 1000 · ★★★★★ at 2500). Star thresholds are provisional through Season 1 and may be recalibrated before the first Championship.

• Judges don't compete in their own ring. A judge's horses can't enter a show they judge — as owner or as someone's handler. The entry form enforces this automatically.
• One breed-halter class per horse per show — entering breed halter declares what breed the model represents.
• Proxy showing is first-class. Someone else may handle your horse; points follow the owner on the entry.
• Hosts can void cards and strike results for rule violations. A voided card never counts toward anything.

The season pyramid tops out at the annual MHH Championship: entry by card redemption, a multi-judge panel, standards-based certificates, and Top Tens. Full Championship rules publish before Season 1 ends — everything you earn this season counts toward it.