Points totals for December thru April are avaliable for review HERE.
If you have any questions about points, please contact Recording Secretary, Victoria Bartkowiak, via email at rsecretary@gohja.org.  Please be as specific as possible with your points question.  Also, please remember that if you were not a member, you didn't get points and if your horse wasn't recorded, it didn't get points.

GOHJA logo merchandise is now available for purchase through the CafePress online store.  Proceeds from the sale of all GOHJA merchandise benefit the Association.  Click the following link to be routed the the GOHJA store.
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The Photo Displays that several Barns prepared for the Year-End Awards Banquet last year were such a hit that we've decided to do it again!  Just wanted to let everyone know in advance so you can be collecting photos all year.  If you'd like to do a Photo Display featuring your Barn for this year's Banquet, please plan on a poster board sized display and have them ready to turn in at the November GOHJA show.  We'll post a reminder here on the web site later in the year with more details regarding submitting your display.  We would love to have a Photo Display from every Barn in our GOHJA family to display at the banquet, so start collecting those photos and planning your display now!

Be advised that your membership does not go into effect until you have paid the membership fee and completed the membership application including signing the liability waiver on the back of the form.
The following people need to check with the Membership Secretary, Anne Wilson (membership@gohja.org) regarding the status of their membership application.  You are not eligible to accrue points until your membership application is complete.
Lori Arnold - signature required
Christine/Morgan Chesnicka - signature required
James Gentleman - signature required
Natalie Neff - signature required
Ann/Hannah Heyer - signature required
Austin Jones - signature required
Abby McAlhaney - signature required
Marijo McLachlan - signature required
Emily Whittaker - signature required
Beth Laurence - birthdate requried
Kate Broda - birthdate requried
Virginia Forster - birthdate requried
Audra Gefter - birthdate requried
Trina Payor - birthdate requried
Austin Jones - birthdate requried
Brianna Patton - birthdate requried
Jessica Patton - birthdate requried
Kim Patton - birthdate requried
Linda Harnch - birthdate requried

GOHJA is looking for a few good volunteers.  We're in need of Stewards, Paddock Masters, Show Secretary Assistants, Membership Secretary Assistants and general help with the odds'n'ends of organizing and running eleven horse shows a year and a nearly 400-member organization.  Several of these jobs are paid positions and require only a few hours of on-the-job training and the committment of a day at a horse show.  Even the simple act of attending a Board Meeting and sharing your knowledge and opinion helps.  If you're interested in getting more involved in YOUR association, please contact any of the Board Members (email addresses listed below) for more information.

With the many new riders at the GOHJA shows this year, here is something to keep in mind when you are in the ring...
   When entering the ring for a flat class all riders should track to the left first. This becomes confusing if you walk in a gate from the outside you actually walk in the ring and turn right. Look at it this way... if you are standing in the middle of the ring, walk to the rail, and turn left.
   When all riders are going the same way, pass a rider to the inside. If you try to slip to the outside you may be accidentally squeezed out and have to pull up.
   If riders are going both ways of the ring the proper ring etiquette is "Left Hand Passes Left Hand". In other words if you are tracking left, you are on the outside track. If you are tracking right, you are on the inside track. This simple rule will help keep collisions from occurring.
   Lastly, please be courteous to your fellow rider, try to not cut people off when crossing the ring or circling. If you are having trouble and your horse is a little out of control, please come into the middle and wait until all walk so you may excuse yourself. And if your horse kicks please advise your fellow competitors with a kind word or a red ribbon in the tail.
These few suggestions should help all competitors at the show have a safe and fun ride!!! 

 All horses brought to the show grounds must have a stall.  Horses may not be "stabled" in a trailer or left tied to a trailer.  This is a Clarcona Park rule and the Park Rangers may ask you to leave if you violate this rule.  In addition all horses on the show grounds must have a signed entry form/liability waiver on file with the show office.  And finally, all stalls must be paid for before you leave the show.  Unpaid show bills will be charged a late fee and you will be considered "not in good standing" until your bill is paid.

Exhibitors and trainers are reminded that each horse/pony is to be recorded under one name and one name only each show year.  If you wish to change the horse's recorded name, you are required to fill out the recording form again noting a name change request and submit a $20 recorded name change fee.  In addition, the horse's full recorded name must be used on all entry forms.  Only the horse's owner is eligible to record the horse and that person must be a GOHJA member.
Failure to correctly record and properly enter your horse WILL result in loss of points earned toward year-end awards! 
Also, please fill out all fields on the recording form completely, including gender and color.  

Exhibitors and trainers are reminded that in order to show in the Training Hunter classes, you MUST either pre-enter the classes or complete an Add/Scratch form in the office BEFORE you enter the ring for the Training Hunter class.  PLEASE DO NOT tell the ring paddock that you are adding the class and then fill out the paperwork after you've already finished your round.  This is referred to as a "gate add" and is not permitted at GOHJA shows.  Thank you for your cooperation.

Exhibitors are reminded that is not permissible to remount in the show rings after a fall.  A rider that has fallen during a class must exit the ring before remounting.

Orange County has increased the usage fees for Clarcona Horse Park in 2009.  The new fee schedule effectively doubles the cost of holding a horse show at Clarcona.  These fee increases will be apparant to exhibitors in the form of increased class entry fees and/or stall fees.

Stewards will be available at each GOHJA show to measure ponies on Friday from 4:30-5:00 and on Saturday from 10:00-11:00 in front of the Show Office.

Traditionally, GOHJA posts or publishes points two times a year; usually once just before mid year and once just before year end.  This gives competitors a chance to check for any errors in their points.  Before the introduction of the web site, we published these postings in our newsletter "The Dotted Line".

The reason we only post point totals thru April for the first posting is because we have several divisions that only run for half the year...in other words their "season" is December thru May and another "season" starts in June and runs thru November.  So in effect, May is "Year End" for these divisions.  If we posted points thru May, everyone would know the placings in these divisions before our Year End Awards Banquet in November.  For this reason, we will also not post "year end" points all the way thru November...we'll post thru Sept or Oct instead.  Rest assured that all of your points are counted, including the May show, even if the point totals that are posted on the web site do not include the May numbers.

Anyone that would like to discuss this policy with the Board is more than welcome to attend the Board meetings.

If you feel there is a error in your points, please send the specific discrepancy to rsecretary@gohja.org.  Blanket requests for all points for all shows will NOT be honored.  Please be respectful of Victoria and her time.  She, as well as all of our volunteers, put in a tremendous amount of work to make sure that GOHJA is the best that it can be.