Letter from AOTE committee Chair

[Jane=P]

I was asked to post this from the AOTE committee chair...JANE

Hello Everyone:

First I would like to thank those that took the time to fill out the AOTE Survey and also to remind others that it will be up for around another week. Please remember to take the AOTE Survey if you have not already.......The AOTE Committee wants this division to work for you!

As an FYI, I thought I would post up the exact rule pertaining to "clipping/grooming" as it appears in the AMHA Rule Book on page 119. (Please note area bolded)

6.a. "The horse exhibited by the AOTE must be trained, conditioned, groomed and shown by the AOTE or a non-progessional family member (spouse, mother, father, brother, sister, niece, nephew, son, daughter, grandchild, grandparent, legal ward, in-laws, step children, step parents, step siblings) in all divisions entered. Further, no one with a professional trainer in the household or on presmises may compete in the AOTE division.

I just wanted to clarify this, as I think some are under the impression that an AOTE exhibitor must clip their own horse which is not the case.

Thank you for your time, and please feel free to contact me anytime at [email protected].

Sincerely,

Lorraine O'Connell

Co-Chair AOTE Committee

 

[ThreeCFarm]

So clipping isn't considered grooming? What is "grooming" in that case?

 

[ClickMini]

I think the clarification is that the grooming/clipping may be performed by a Non-Professional Family Member, and doesn't have to be done by the exhibitor themselves.