Several APHA Rules Revert Back to Pre-COVID Requirements in 2022
PHJ release by: Elizabeth Lawhorn
Several COVID-prompted rule variances that were in place for 2020 and 2021 ended December 31, 2021.
As of January 1, 2022, the following rules reverted back to their pre-COVID requirements as found in the 2022 APHA Rule Book.
- Novice and Green eligibility
- Youth in their last year of their respective division
- Mandatory touch-point obstacles in trail, in-hand trail and ranch trail
- Judge scheduling restrictions
- Show approval and cancelation rules
- Top 20 Award restriction on number of times a judge can be used
The full list of rules that had been temporarily suspended—all of which are reverting back to their original pre-COVID requirements—can be found here.
Questions? Please email showing@apha.com.
