A person who has not reached his or her 18th birthday is an amateur and need not make an Amateur Status Declaration. A person is an amateur for all competitions conducted under PPHRNA rules who after his 18th birthday has not engaged in any activities which would make him a professional. A person becomes a professional, for horse show purposes, if he engages in any of the following activities after his 18th birthday:
(a) Accepts remuneration for riding, driving, showing in halter, training, schooling or conducting clinics or seminars.
(b) Accepts remuneration for giving instructions in equitation or horse training (persons acting as counselors at summer camps, who are not hired in the exclusive capacity of riding instructors are excluded.)
(c) Accepts remuneration for employment in other capacity (i.e. secretary, bookkeeper) and rides, drives, shows in halter, trains or schools horses, or gives instructions when his employer or a member of the family of said employer owns, boards or trains said horses.
(d) Accepts remuneration for the use of his name, photograph, or other form of personal association as a horseman in connection with any advertisement or article to be sold.
(e) Accepts prize money in equitation or showmanship classes.
(f) Rides, drives or shows in halter in horse shows, any horse for which he or a member of his family accepts remuneration for boarding or training.
(g) Gives instruction to any person or rides, drives or shows in halter in
horse shows any horse, for which activity another person in his family or
corporation which a member of his family controls will receive remuneration.
The following activities shall not affect the amateur status of a person
who is otherwise qualified:
(a) The writing of books or articles pertaining to horses.
(b) Accepting remuneration for judging or stewarding.
(c) Accepting reimbursement for expenses without profit.
(d) Accepting a small token of appreciation, other than money, for riding, driving, or showing in halter. (Note: Horse board, prize money, partial support or objects of more than $100 are considered remuneration, not small tokens of appreciation.)
(e) Having the occupation of veterinarian, groom or farrier, or owning a tack shop or breeding or boarding stable in itself, does not affect the amateur status of a person who is otherwise qualified.
I, ____________________________________________, do hereby declare under penalty of perjury that by the above definition of "Professional" I am eligible for Amateur Status in shows approved or sponsored by the Peruvian Paso Horse Registry of North America.
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THIS FORM MUST BE FILED ANNUALLY