The New Hampshire 4-H Horse Judging Contest is a state-level contest offered to New Hampshire 4-H youth, ages 8 and up. Horse judging is a two-part contest: the first part is when contestants judge in hand or halter classes and performance (riding/driving) classes. The second part of the contest is either a knowledge based contest, when you take a 10 question quiz based on the classes you judged in the first part, or a communicatins based contest, when you present oral reasons on why you placed the horses you placed in the first part of the contest. You do not need to have a horse to get involved in horse judging! For more information on how to get involved in your local county 4-H horse program (or other county's programs), please contact your county UNH Cooperative Extension 4-H Program Coordinator. The contact information for your county UNH Cooperative Extension office can be found by clicking here.
The New Hampshire 4-H Horse Judging Contest serves as a selection event for the New Hampshire 4-H Horse Judging state team. The top eight senior individuals will be offered further training to prepare for the Regional and National Contests. For more information on this years New Hampshire 4-H Horse Judging state team check out the New Hampshire 4-H National Horse Team page. For more information on the New England Regional 4-H Horse Contest or the Eastern National 4-H Horse Round Up, click their links.
Additional Horse Judging Resources
Pacific Northwest 4-H Horse Judging Manual; Connecticut 4-H Horse Judging Guide; Oklahoma State 4-H Horse Judging Guide; University of Arkansas Halter Judging; University of Kentucky Horse Judging Manual
The New Hampshire 4-H Horse Judging Program is generously supported by the 4-H Foundation of New Hampshire.
Information in the many World Wide Web pages that are linked to and from the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension pages come from a variety of sources. Some of this information comes from official University of New Hampshire entities, but much of it comes from unofficial or unaffiliated organizations and individuals, both internal and external to the University of New Hampshire. The University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension does not necessarily author, edit, or monitor these unofficial pages and therefore cannot assume responsibility for their content.
