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ASHBA National Select Series

Presented by Independent Equine Agents

This program has been developed through years of hard work and thoughtfulness among several ASHBA committees. Upon the 2021 merger of the American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA) and the American Saddlebred Registry (ASR) to form the American Saddlebred Horse and Breeders Association (ASHBA), the ASHBA National Select Series will continue the mission to encourage more people to show American Saddlebreds, Half Saddlebreds and Roadsters/Hackney Roadsters to strengthen the show horse market by providing classes where horses not competing at the World’s Championship Horse Show (WCHS) in Louisville can compete against one another. 

ASHBA National Select Series General Rules 

  1. American Saddlebreds and Half Saddlebreds must show in separate classes.
  2. Horses must be declared and must compete in one (1) Select Series class at an ASHBA Star Show, USEF, or USEF Lite show to qualify for Select Series Regional Championships and the National Championship held at the 2026 All American Classic Horse Show held on September 15th to 19th, 2026 in Indianapolis, IN. Qualifying will end the Sunday preceding the first day of the National Championship Show and start the first Sunday after the National Championship Show. This clarification is for the 2026 National championships to be held at The All American Horse Classic. And include classes held from September 14th, 2025 to September 13th, 2026 at ASHBA Star Shows, USEF Lite Shows and USEF Shows. For Regional Championships the qualifying period will end just prior to the Regional Championship class and start after the Regional Championship class.

National Select Series Declaration Form                 

  • All ASHBA National Select Series American Saddlebred and Half Saddlebred classes will be run according to American Saddlebred and Half Saddlebred breed rules and specifications.  Roadster/Hackney Road Pony classes will run under standards accepted by the American Road Horse and Pony Association.
  • Owners, riders, drivers and handlers must be an ASHBA competing member to participate in qualifying, regional and national championship classes.  All entries who compete in Select Series classes will be eligible upon results being submitted to the ASHBA office. 
  • Horses competing in any performance class at the World's Championship Horse Show (WCHS) in the same calendar year will be ineligible to compete in the National Select Series Program.  Exception:  Horses shown in equitation classes at WCHS may still enter performance classes in the Select Series  Regional and National Championships.
  • The complete list of rules can be found here.
  • ASHBA National Select Series Ribbon Request Form

 

National Select Series Declared/Eligible Horses

2026 Select Series Declared Saddlebred Horses

2026 Select Series Open Pony to Bike Eligible Pony/Hackneys

 

National Select Series Class Lists

American Saddlebred Classes
  • Amateur/Junior Exhibitor Five-Gaited
  • Amateur/Junior Exhibitor Three-Gaited
  • Amateur/Junior Exhibitor Park
  • Open Park
  • Adult/Junior Exhibitor Five-Gaited Show Pleasure
  • Adult/Junior Exhibitor Three-Gaited Show Pleasure
  • Adult/Junior Exhibitor Country Pleasure
  • Adult/Junior Exhibitor Show Pleasure Driving
  • Adult/Junior Exhibitor Country Pleasure Driving
  • ASB Country Western Pleasure
  • ASB Hunter Country Pleasure
  • ASB Fine Harness
Half Saddlebred Classes
  • Open Fine Harness
  • Open Pleasure Driving
  • Open Walk/Trot Snaffle Bit
  • Open In Hand
  • Amateur Three-Gaited Show Pleasure
  • Amateur Three-Gaited Country Pleasure
  • Open Three-Gaited Park (any age rider, amateur or professional)
Roadster/Hackney Roadster Pony Classes
  • Open Road Horse to Bike
  • Open Road Pony To Bike

 

National Select Series Regions

Regions are combined into 8 Regions (see below) for the ASHBA National Select Series Circuit with championships held at selected shows. To be eligible for the Regional Championships an entry must have been declared and shown in one (1) ASHBA National Select Series class at a qualifying show in that region, in that calendar year.  Horses can qualify for more than one Regional Championship by showing in a Select Series qualifier in those respective regions.

REGION 1/2

Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Alberta British Columbia

REGION 3

Iowa, Missouri, Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota

REGION 4

Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi

REGION 5/6

Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Ontario (London)

REGION 7

Kentucky

REGION 8

Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee

REGION 9/10

North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia

REGION 11/12

Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island, Vermont, Maryland, Delaware, Ontario (Toronto)