Independent Judges Association
Annual Judges Clinic
February 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th 2010
In conjunction with the Florida State Fair
BobThomasEquestrianCenter - Tampa, Florida
8:30 AM – Evening (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)
The Independent Judges Association (IJA), a subset of The Friends of Sound Horses, Inc. (FOSH) will hold its annual Judges Clinic on February 2, 3, 4and 5. This is an intense and comprehensive clinic combining classroom instruction, active discussion, live judging and detailed information on IJA standards for judging all gaited horses. The clinic will be held in conjunction with a Gaited Horse Show. The organizer of the shows on February 4th and 5th is the Florida Rocky Mountain Horse Association. In addition to classes for Paso FIno Horses, Peruvian Paso Horses, Mountain Horses, Missouri Fox Trotters, Tennessee Walking Horses, Spotted Saddle Horsesand Racking there will be Open Gaited Breed classes. The show is sanctioned by and affiliated with FOSH.
Education at every IJA clinic is focused on judging gaited breeds. Each year one gaited breed is designated a guest breed with instruction provided by representative of that breed. This year the guest breed is thePaso Fino Horse.Through cooperation between IJA and the Paso Fino Horse Association, Dr.JoseM.Laracuente will present the PasoFIno standards on Wednesday February 3rd.
The show held in conjunction with the IJA Clinic provides Judges, apprentices and auditors the opportunity to turn theory into practice. The 2010 clinic presents the first opportunity to learn the standards of the PasoFIno horse. The two day show will provide 2 apprentice opportunities.
The horse show will be judged by an IJA Judge who holds multiple gaited licenses – IJA, KMSHA, RMHA, UMH, MFTBEA, PFHA and NACPHA . The show provides participants the opportunity to further learn judging standards,procedures and expand their understanding of specific breed decisions based upon rules.
If there is interest, FOSH DQP Full Training will be held in conjunction with the IJA Clinic. DQP candidates will apprentice both days of the horse show. The DQP Full Training is open to any person from any HIO wishing to receive DQP Certification and Training. For further information on the DQP clinic contact BobBlackwell at
For further information please contact
Dianne Little 403-271-7391 or 403-678-4452 or
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Complete the form below by January 18, 2010
Return by January 18, 2020with a check for $75.00 payable to IJA to:
Dianne Little
619 Lake Linnet Cres. S.E.
Calgary, AlbertaCANADA T2J 2J3
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