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The AQHA Handbook of rules states, “It is optional that an exhibitor may wear a hard hat with harness in all classes; however, it is mandatory that all youth and recommended that amateurs wear an ASTM/SEI approved hard hat with harness in all over fence classes. It is mandatory that all exhibitors wear a hard hat in all over fence classes and when schooling over fences.” When asked for their official statement regarding the use of helmets in the Western classes, OQHA (ontario quarter horse association) representative Valerie Love stated, “You’ll never see helmets in the Pleasure classes, it just won’t happen. I am not a judge, I think that wearing a helmet makes the judge think that the rider is insecure about the safety of the horse they are riding when the purpose is to show that the horse is a ‘pleasure’ to ride – a horse that the judge would feel comfortable putting their 80 year old grandmother on.”
In contradiction to this statement, renowned horsewoman, coach and trainer, Patricia Carter, stated, “Contest riders (barrel racers, etc.) are already wearing helmets in competition. As for the rail classes, it is irrelevant to the judge whether or not an exhibitor is wearing a helmet. It is an exhibitor’s preference to wear a helmet and is a legal decision. An exhibitor is not risking negative judgement by wearing a helmet. I speak for my whole family on this issue.” Pat, the OEF’s Western Coaching Master Course Conductor, is married to Joe Carter, AHQA’s Director of Judges. Mr. Carter became an AQHA judge in 1981 and has since judged shows and hosted educational clinics in nearly two dozen countries across the globe. Pat and Joe’s daughter, Patti, joins her family’s passion as an AQHA Director and Judge.
Gary Yaghdjian, a National Reining Horse Association judge, agreed with the Carters’ view on helmets. “When I judge a class, it does not occur to me whether the competitor is wearing a western hat or a helmet. It is not an issue when I score the pattern.”