Amateur (non-PRO)

DF107 Amateur (non-PRO) A person competing in ESC Amateur or non-PRO classes must adhere to the following practices:

1. An amateur may accept financial compensation for judging, instruction of academy/lesson riders under the direction of a professional trainer or instructor, article or photo publications, or coaching the disabled. An amateur may not accept financial compensation for training a horse or for showing a horse at any show.

2. An amateur may not accept financial compensation for coaching/instructing any non-academy person to ride, drive or to show in-hand; including coaching/instructing riding or driving clinics and seminars. (Exception: See DF101.6a)

3. An amateur may not train or show a horse, or instruct a non-academy rider, driver or handler, when compensation for this activity will be given to a corporation or farm which he, or his family, owns or controls.

4. An amateur may not act as an agent nor accept commission for the sale, purchase and/or lease of a horse unless said horse is owned by him/her or a family member.

5. Individuals who are interning to receive college credit may receive a stipend for such and may maintain Amateur status. However, these students may only exhibit horses owned by themselves or the trainer for whom they are working. They may not exhibit client horses in the Youth or Amateur divisions.

6. Changing back to Amateur Status - Individuals who have not engaged in any of the activities in DF101.6 b-g during the preceding one (1) calendar year may compete in Amateur classes.

7. For the purpose of the above rules, financial compensation is defined as rewards (monetary or in kind) received for duty and/or services rendered.