Around the Rings – Live Judging Testing for AQHA, APHA and WCHA

Judge applicants for associations go through rigorous testing (and current judges also must retest on a regular basis), and that testing includes a written rulebook test, a video test, video judging, live judging, and applicant interviews with the association’s judge advisory committee.

AQHA hosts the Judge Applicant Qualifying Exam in conjunction with APHA and WCHA, and the live portion is happening today, May 23, at Equine Enterprise in Pilot Point, Texas!

 

What does it take to become a judge? Check out our 2023 article about the process: The Rigors of Getting a Judge’s Card | Equine Chronicle

 

Thank you to APHA Judge Advisory Committee Member Mark Kuhlwein for the candid photos from the live portion!  Keep scrolling for information on how to join the seminars online so you can benefit from learning how judges are instructed to evaluate your favorite classes!

 

Educational Judging Seminars

AQHA now hosts its educational judging seminars as webinars, so exhibitors and prospective judges can watch and learn from the comfort of their own homes.

AQHA Online Judge Education

If you would like to learn more about how to judge a variety of AQHA-approved classes or just want to hear how judges are instructed to judge your favorite class visit AQHUniversity. Courses are available to the general public at the cost of $285 per course.

Registration can be done by visiting the AQHUniversity.