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very well and the 3-year-old division in r Virginia is very healthy and popular, t But, nationwide it is very difficult to interest people in 3-year-olds. They \ seem to look for a more made horse. ( There are a lot of people raising horses ( and there’s not much to do with them ( except sell them. Futurities have done < well with other breeds, and we wanted ( something that would encourage < hunter breeders.” ]
Horses will be eligible for the hunter futurity through owner nominations. Nomination for foals of 1983, ’84 and ’85 will be $300 over a one, two, or three-year period. Thereafter nomi- ' nations will be $300 over a two-year period. But breeders will be able to make one overall nomination of $150 for a foal and not have to make any more payments to maintain eligibility.
But before a horse can be nominated to the futurity, its sire must be nominated. Stallion nomination will be equivalent to a breeding season to that stallion. A stallion that stands for $1,000 will cost $1,000 to nominate to the program. Sires of horses suitable to be hunters are eligible and the futurity will not be limited to any one breed.
An advisory committee comprised of close to 100 people from across the country and Canada has been formed to get the program under way. There are also course design, regional location and competition committees.
The date and place for the first international competition has already been set. The event will take place at the 1986 Washington International Horse Show on the fifth day of the eight-day show that usually begins the last weekend of October. The time and locations for the regional competitions have not been determined yet.
“We are leaning toward late summer, early fall,” says Mr. Lee. “Possible locations are Long Island, Missouri and California. ”
The courses for the competitions will be similar to those found at any show with a 3-year-old division. Fence height will not exceed three feet and there will be no tricks or hidden challenges.
“We are only trying to he^ ,” says Mrs. Wheeler. “We don’t want to put stress on these young horses. There will be nothing tb push the horses beyond their capacity.”
Once the course has been designed for each competition, the owners of
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