
2022 NBHA Open & Senior World Championships
Oct 30 - Nov 5

2022 Open & Senior World Championships | October 30- November 5, 2022
Georgia National Fairgrounds
401 Larry Walker Parkway
Perry, GA 31069
Pre-Entry May 2 – Oct 7, 2022
$85,000 ADDED MONEY + Awards
10 Circle Y Saddles to the 1D-5D Champions in the Open & Senior
2 Crickets | Keys given to Open and Senior D winners to draw for the Cricket winners
10 Gist World Champion Buckles + Many more awards!
360 Gist Finalist Buckles | 255 to the Open & 105 to the Senior
Enter online beginning 5/2/2022 at 7 PM EST at www.SaddleBook.com or by mail-in.
- 12 Month Negative coggins & health certificates recommended per Georgia law
- Fairgrounds open Friday, October 28 at 8 am sharp
- ARRIVALS ARE NOT OFFERED 24/7.
- ARRIVALS FROM 8 am – 11 pm only!
- RV Hookups: 478.987.3247 | gnfa.com/rv-reservations
- RV Reservations OPEN ON MAY 2nd at 9am EST at www.gnfa.com
- NO GENERATORS ARE ALLOWED
Golf Carts & Crickets
- Reserve a golf cart by calling 478-472-8565
- Personal golf carts, utility vehicles and crickets permitted with registration.
- No 4 wheelers or any motorized vehicle that you straddle.
- All permitted carts must be checked-in at the NBHA office.
- Cart user must agree to and sign the rules related to use.
Qualifications for 2022 Open Worlds:
Click here to see the full qualification list. https://nbha.com/2022-nbha-world-qualifier-list/
Direct any qualification concerns to us immediately at [email protected]
Entry Fees: All Entry fees cover both go-rounds.
No Additional fee for Finals.
- Open: $265
- Senior: $165 You can carry over your open run to the Senior Class.
You would have to make a separate run for Senior and Open Finals if you make both.*** - Super Senior: $65
- Sweepstakes: $125
All Sidepots: $50 | Men, Women, Helmet, Youth and Prime
- Men – Open to all male riders
- Women – Open to all female riders
- Troxel Helmet – Open to all riders who compete in a safety helmet (any brand)
- Prime – Open to all riders between the ages of 19 and 49.
- Open Redemption Round: $80 (entries not open until at event)
- Senior Redemption Round: $60 (entries not open until at event)
Mail-In Entry Processing Fee: $50 plus 4% convenience fee for credit card payments
Online Entry: 4% processing fee only.
Important Dates:
- Mail-In Entries must be postmarked by 09/30 to avoid late fees
- We strongly suggest using trackable mailing methods
- Online regular entries close on 10/07 at midnight EST
- Late entries ONLY accepted online through 10/21 at midnight EST
- Late fee is $100/horse
- Absolutely no late entries after 10/21
- Vet/Med Outs 10/07 or prior, result in a full refund less the processing fee
- Vet/Med Outs 10/07-10/30 result in a 70% refund of entries, no refund on stalls or processing fee with valid Vet/Doctor Note
- Email [email protected] to Vet/Med Out.
Finalist Information:
- Open: Top 25 in each go-round advance to Finals.
- Senior: Top 10 in each go-round advance to Finals.
- Round 2 will roll beyond the cut off placings if any horse and rider team is already qualified
- All Finalists will receive a Gist buckle for each qualified horse no exceptions
- Additional chance to qualify to the Finals in 2022: The Redemption Round. Info listed below
Stalls:
- The entire event stall price of $150 includes 3 bags of shavings.
- NEW FACILITY RULE THIS YEAR NO OUTSIDE SHAVINGS ARE ALLOWED* *allergy exception with vet note
- Shaving facility prices are $7 and pellets are available for $8
- Almost every stall will be on concrete.
- Stall mat rental can be rented here from our official vendor, Greenbroke Farms for $120/stall (pre-order price): https://www.greenbrokefarmservices.com/contract-agreement.
- You do not have to know your stall to reserve mats. The NBHA office send a stall list to Greenbroke prior to event.
- Stalls will be assigned first-come, first-served.
- Online entries will definitely have a better chance at being “first-come” as they open on May 2nd at 7 PM EST. Paper entries will be available on the 2nd as well and would be input within a reasonable time upon receipt by mail.
- The foolproof way to get your friends and yourself stalled together is to have one of you buy all the stalls on one entry.
- There will be a NOTE SECTION online to include your stall preferences and whom you want to be grouped with if purchasing separately from your friends. Suggestion: Use a group name, and make sure all people in your group use the same name, and preferably a total number of how many stalls will be in your group.
Haul Ins:
- Haul Ins allowed for a one-time $50 per horse fee
- Parking lot for haul ins – to be determine.
- Haul Ins must pay for all horses in the trailer, no exceptions
- If you are only planning on entering the Sweepstakes race there will be a $25 Haul In Fee
Exhibitions:
- Entries, stalls and exhibitions open on May 2, 2022 at 7:00:01 pm EST on www.Saddlebook.com. Don’t wait, build your Saddlebook.com profile now!
- LIMIT ONE EXHIBITIONS PER HORSE ENTRY.
- Exhibitions must be purchased by the competing member in SaddleBook.com. Do not attempt to purchase exhibitions for anyone else. No refunds.
- Exhibitions will be available in 50-minute time slots.
- Exhibitions are not guaranteed and only available while supplies last. Any unsold time slots will be sold at check-in.
Reserve Souvenir Packages – Pre-sales end 10/07
Contestant Package | $50 | Limit 1 per Contestant
- Commemorative Felt Back Number
- Souvenir T-shirt with Contestant Names
- Show Program
Commemorative Package | $45
- Souvenir T-shirt with Contestant Names
- Show Program
- Large Show Sticker
Payment Plan Available for Online Entries:
- All online entries will be taken through www.SaddleBook.com.
- Entries open on May 2, 2021 at 7:00:01 pm EST
- Online entries will accept all major credit cards.
- Choose the ‘Payment Plan’ option to at checkout break your total entry sum into three payments spaced 4 weeks apart each.
- The Payment Plan option will expire on July 29th and not be available for new entries taken from that point on.
- Please use a credit card that does not expire during the upcoming months. Incomplete charges that are not cleared up with the office in a timely matter will result in DQ.
- Payment plan becomes void and the full balance is due when adding classes or making changes mid-plan.
Sweepstakes Race:
- $2,000 Added
- Open to ALL NBHA Members
- $125 Entry Fee
- 70% Payback | 5D
- Entries close at first big drag
- Haul in Fee $25 if only attending sweepstakes
Super Senior Race
- $500 Added
- Must be a qualifier to enter | 60 and over day of race
- You can carry over your time from the Super Senior Race into the Sweepstakes Race
- $65 Entry Fee
- 70% Payback | 5D
Open Redemption Round:
- $2,500 Added | 5D Race
- Entry available to the horse/rider combinations who didn’t qualify to Finals
- $80 Entry Fee
- Winner of Each D (ties included) advance to Finals and receives Finalist buckle
Senior Redemption Round:
- $500 Added | 5D Race
- Entry available to the horse/rider combinations who didn’t qualify to Finals
- $60 Entry Fee
- Winner of Each D (ties included) advance to Finals and receives Finalist buckle
Highlighted Rules:
- All horses on the grounds must have a stall or pay a haul-in fee.
- The same horse cannot be ridden more than once per class (Family Exception – See Rulebook)
- You must name your horse at time of entry and must use registered names, if available
Horse substitutions allowed. - $25 fee per horse substitutions after the draw.
- Anyone substituting 2 or more horses will have their horses redrawn in their draw positions as well as paying the $25 fee per horse.
- No horse swaps allowed after your 1st draw position has past.
- Rider substitutions not allowed.
- Check-in is required prior to your first drawn position in your first event, or contestant will be fined $50.
- NBHA Check in is at table under overhang or at NBHA Office in Reaves Arena.
- Guard Shack check in is for the facility.
- Maximum 5 horses entered in a class per qualified contestant
- Follow Georgia state regulations for coggins & health certificate requirements
- Dress code strictly enforced.
- Helpers in the holding must have closed toe shoes.
- Absolutely no bareback riding at any time – Saddles must be used when horseback
- Returned check fee = $35
- Dress Code, 1st Offense = Warning, 2nd Offense = $50 Fine
- Hat Fine = $10
- Hat retrieval is up to the contestant. They are to pick up at the closest barrel or gate that it came off the same day it occurred.
- All final decisions are determined by the show office.
Vendor Information: Click Here https://nbha.com/vendor-information/
All questions can be directed to [email protected]
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