EquiSmartz - State 4-H Educational Contest Weekend

• Hippology Contest Rules and Regulations (PDF)
• UPDATES for the AYHC Horse Smarts resource
• UPDATES for Equine Science by Griffiths - note sentence correction, page 60: original sentence "The size of the horse’s eyeball (known as the globe) is larger than that of any other mammal, including the elephant and the whale."  changed to "The size of the horse’s eyeball (known as globe) is larger than that of any other land mammal."
  


• Senior Hippology Contest Entry Form
  
• Junior Hippology Contest Entry Form
  


• 4-H EquiSmartz PAYMENT Form
  Use one form per club for Hippology and Horse Judging.
  Agents only need to sign if making payment through Hokie Mart or Journal Transfer. No refunds past the entry deadline date.
  
  
• Scantron Sample - be familiar with proper bubbling of answer sheets
  
  
• Results

• State Horse Judging Contest Rules and Guidelines
• Virtual Contest Information

This contest will serve as the EquiSmartz replacement and the qualifier for the state team. More information will be provided soon. Coaches were emailed confirmations of their entries. Any changes need to be emailed to leonar@vt.edu by May 29th

• Horse Judging Schedule
  


• Junior 4-H Horse Judging Entry Form
  
• Junior Novice 4-H Horse Judging Entry Form
  
  
• Senior 4-H Horse Judging Entry Form
• Senior Novice 4-H Horse Judging Entry Form

• FFA Junior
  
• FFA Senior
  
  
• Scantron Sample - be familiar with proper bubbling of answer sheets


• Contest Volunteer Needs
• Results

The State Public Speaking, Team and Individual presentations are limited to 6 individuals or teams per DISTRICT per age group. Qualifiers are held at the DISTRICT level.

• Contest Information
  • Qualifying dates
  • Rules and Regulations
     
• Entry Information (entries must be pre-approved by your District 4-H Horse Council)
  
  • Individual Presentation
    
  • Public Speaking
    
  • Team Presentation 
    
    
  • 4-H EquiSmartz PAYMENT Form
    Use one form per club for all EquiSmartz contests, except Communications Contests. Agents only need to sign if making payment through Hokie Mart or Journal Transfer.  No refunds past the entry deadline date.
    
    
• Contest Scoresheets
  • Junior Individual Presentation Scoresheet (PDF)
  • Junior Public Speaking Scoresheet (PDF)
  • Junior Team Presentation Scoresheet (PDF)
  • Senior Individual Presentation Scoresheet (PDF)
  • Senior Public Speaking Scoresheet (PDF)
  • Senior Team Presentation Scoresheet (PDF)
    
    
• Results

The State Horse Bowl contest is limited to 5 Horse Bowl Teams per DISTRICT per age group. Qualifiers are held at the DISTRICT level.

• Entry Contacts & Qualifying dates
• Horse Bowl Rules and Regulations
• UPDATES for the AYHC Horse Smarts resource
• UPDATES for Equine Science by Griffiths - note sentence correction, page 60: original sentence "The size of the horse’s eyeball (known as the globe) is larger than that of any other mammal, including the elephant and the whale."  changed to "The size of the horse’s eyeball (known as globe) is larger than that of any other land mammal."
  
  
• 4-H EquiSmartz PAYMENT Form
  Use one form per club for all EquiSmartz contests, except Communications Contests. Agents only need to sign if making payment through Hokie Mart or Journal Transfer.  No refunds past the entry deadline date.
  
  
• Results

• Communications Contests
  
• Horse Bowl
  
• Hippology
• Horse Judging

• Please note that Horse Smarts will be used for both Junior and Senior Hippology and Horse Bowl Contests beginning 2020.
  
• AYHC Horse Smarts is continually updated - see this page for updates (free to download)
  
• AYHC Horse Industry Handbook is continually updated - see this page for updates to purchase