4-H Horse Rules
Horse Project Requirement
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Horse Project
To participate in the 4-H Horse project, members must comply with the following:
- Have an updated Horse Card on file: by June 1. If you’ve changed horses or projects, please update your horse card. Last day to make changes to your horse project is June 1.
- Have a signed Horse Project Release Form and a Horse Helmet Policy & Acknowledgement Form on file. Watch Every Time, Every Ride Video once as a Junior member and once as a Senior member. Find video at https://flathead.msuextension.org/eter.html.
- Assessments: Each horsemanship manual has level assessments included in them. Review these with your certified horse leader (all horse members must have a certified horse leader that they’re working with) and turn-in assessments when you’re ready to move to the next level. Members will compete in the level they are working in; ex: if assessed out of level 2, the member will compete in level 3. Assessments due by June 1st.
- Clinics: Members must attend at least two 4-H horse clinic a year. Approximately 5-6 clinics will be offered every year. Dates & subjects of clinics will be announced throughout the year. Last opportunity to obtain a clinic will be June 1.
- Record Sheets: Members must have their 4-H Horse Record Sheets checked-off by August 1st to be eligible to show at the NW MT Fair.
4-H Trail & Packing Rules and Policies
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4-H Trail & Packing 2022
Rules and Policies
- Trail & Packing will be limited to the first 30 members who have signed up by January 1. All fees must be paid by January 15th.
- Trail & Packing requires an additional $25.00 fee to participate in the project. A family discount will be available, $25.00 for the first member and $12.50 for each additional family member.
- All 4-H members, who are new to Trail & Packing, along with a parent must attend the Orientation/Introduction (unless otherwise approved by the project coordinator), this is mandatory or they are not considered in the program. All previous Trail & Packing members are strongly advised to attend (unless otherwise approved by the project coordinator) as well.
- 4-H Members must have completed Horsemanship Skills in the Trail & Packing manual to participate with horses in 4-H Trail & Packing.
- Members must view helmet video and sign-off on the helmet acknowledgement form, once as a Junior and once as a Senior member.
- Prior to participating with stock, members must have completed 4-H enrollment, including fees payment, and have given a copy of the medical release form that is part of the enrollment process to the Extension Office and to the Packing program.
- Members who want to participate in Trail & Packing must declare their project horses and must have their completed horse identification cards on file in the Extension Office by June 1st of each year.
- Members who want to pull pack stock on a NorthWest Montana BCH/4-H Trail Project must complete Level 3 Trail & Packing.
Members who want to ride along on a NorthWest Montana BCH/4-H Trail Project must complete Level 1 Trail & Packing.
- Members cannot use Stallions in 4-H Trail & Packing.
- Members must be 8 years old and not older than 18 as of Oct 1st of each
4-H year.
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