To be defined as an amateur and eligible for participation in these classes a person must not;

• Have engaged in livery, buying, selling, dealing, or hiring horses as a means of deriving a main source of income for the past five years

• Have accepted remuneration whether it be monetary or goods in kind for employment in connection with horses in a racing, show jumping, showing, livery stable or riding school in the past five years

• Have shown a horse owned by a company or a commercial firm, or a horse for which his or her immediate family accepts livery or training charges from a person outside immediate concern The horse entered in the class should be the regular mount of the rider stated on the Entry Form and must not have been competed by a professional in the current showing season and may not be competed by a professional in any other class at the Show.