Drill Team Competition

CALIFORNIA STATE HORSEMEN'S ASSOCIATION
DRILL TEAM COMPETITION

The 2009 CSHA DT competition will take place on Sunday May 17, 2009 at the Diamond Bar Arena in Ceres.

We have made minor changes to the rules for 2009; UPDATES will be posted in the near future.

Bob Lorbeer, CSHA Drill Team Committee Chair

The CSHA Drill Team competition will take place on Sunday, May 17, 2009 at the Diamond Bar Arena in Ceres, CA. For information about Diamond Bar go to this websitehttp://www.diamondbararena.com/

CSHA has recently made minor, clarification changes to the rules for 2009. The CSHA has not yet been updated, but will be shortly. http://www.californiastatehorsemen.com/Drill_Team/drillteam.htm

For the short programs, CSHA uses the same maneuvers as the Reno Rodeo. Attached is the Reno Rodeo DT short program list. (I have heard that there might be a change in the maneuvers, if I receive anything different, I will let everyone know).

As in the past, teams will be competing for the ribbons and trophies, and the high point champion will also receive a CSHA championship flag. There is a possibility that we will have some added money on the table for the 2009 CSHA competition as well. More about that later.

Bob Lorbeer, CSHA Drill Team Chair (916) 207-0855

PS. In case you have not heard, there will be no Grand National Rodeo at the Cow Palace in 2009, thus there will be no drill team competition at the Cow Palace in April 2009. Therefore the first drill team competition in California, the warm up for the Reno Rodeo DT competition, will be the CSHA competition. I am expecting a lot of teams in 2009.

To all California Drill Teams -- at the 2007 CSHA annual convention we made some minor changes to the CSHA Drill Team Rules for 2008. The major change is that we will have a Novice Division in 2008. I want to thank all the teams and individuals who provide input for the rules changes, both those who emailed or called me and those who were able to attend the convention.

The CSHA Drill Team competition is similar to the Cow Palace competition and the USEDTA rules: that is NO inspection and more competition categories for a team to enter (Junior, Senior, Mixed, Military, Theme, Rodeo and Quad; and now Novice). In addition, the CSHA rules are similar to the Reno Competition in that teams will compete with Long and Short Programs.

We encourage teams to enter more than one competition category, and thus will have more than one ride. And the CSHA competition will be an excellent transition from the Cow Palace to Reno.

A link to the rules is posted below. The CSHA competition will return to the Diamond Bar Arena in Ceres and will take place on Saturday, May 3, 2008.

Bob Lorbeer, CSHA Drill Team Committee Chair

"Will your team picture appear here next year?"
	Blue Shadows Mounted Drill Team CSHA High Point Champion 2007
	The Sacramento Sheriff's Posse CSHA High Point Champion 2006
	Blue Shadows Mounted Drill Team CSHA High Point Champion 2005
	The California Cowgirls CSHA High Point Champion 2004
	The Sacramento Sheriff's Posse CSHA High Point Champion 2003

The judging criteria for the CSHA State Championship is in accordance with the Drill Team Rules outlined in the CSHA Bylaws and Rule Book (linked below).

Drilling is Thrilling; ride well, ride safe, and have fun.

Bob Lorbeer, Chair
CSHA Drill Team Committee

The California State Horsemen's Association is pleased to invite all California drill teams to perform and/or compete in a Statewide Equestrian Drill Team Competition.

In order to participate in the competition, drill teams do not have to be a member of the California State Horsemen's Association, however, only drill teams who are members of CSHA will be competing for the CSHA Drill Team Championship.

DIVISIONS:

Senior Team -A team consisting of riders who are 18 or older (7 or more horses & riders)

Junior Team - A Team consisting of riders who are 17 or younger (7 or more horses & riders)

Mixed Team - A Team consisting of riders who are both Juniors and Seniors (with at least 2 Juniors or Seniors on the team) (7 or more horses & riders)

Military Team – A Team self identified as Military either by tradition, costumes, music and/or riding style.

Theme Team – A Team self identified as Theme either by tradition, costumes, music and/or riding style.

Rodeo Team – A Team self identified as a Rodeo Team either by tradition, costumes, music and/or riding style.

Quad Team - 4 to 6 Horses and riders of any age

Novice Team – A team that has never competed, or a team that has not competed in 3 competitions in the previous 2 years, or a reconstituted team.

Exhibition Team - Any team wishing to ride exhibition only, and all teams who are not members of CSHA

CSHA DRILL TEAM RULES	RELEASE AND WAIVER
CSHA DRILL TEAM COMPETITION APPLICATION	ANNOUNCER'S SCRIPT
STALL RESERVATION FORM	2007 Drill Team Competition