Measurement Process

SO529 Measurement Process

1. Any entry that needs to be measured should place a request with the Show Manager prior to the start of the show. Measurements may not be offered at every ESC event - availability is determined by the show management and approved by ESC. It is the responsibility of the Owner/Agent to determine if the service will be provided.

2. Ponies must be measured annually until age 6. Ponies 6 years of age and older will be issued a permanent measurement card and need not be re-measured unless the measurement is questioned, lost or the pony is changing divisions. The current measurement supersedes any previous measurements that may be on file with ESC.

3. Measurements may be taken by any two of the following qualified officials: Show Manager, Steward/Technical Delegate. Measuring Officials must be approved by ESC.

4. Show Management may require any pony to be measured. When multiple Pony Measurement cards are identified, the card with the latest effective date must be used.

5. Pony Measurement results are emailed to the Agent and the Owner and are kept on file digitally by ESC. Show Management may access the Pony Measurement Database through their ESC login.

6. Officials must use their own Pony Measurement Stick of industry standard that is rigid with an arm containing a leveling bubble such as the Gatsby Horse Measuring stick from Stateline.

7. Measurements must be taken on a flat or hard surface such as concrete or asphalt. Dirt or gravel surfaces may not be used.

8. Ponies may wear blinkers.

9. Ponies are subject to drug testing.

10. Ponies must stand square and may not be stretched out; their weight must be evenly distributed on all four legs. The pony’s head should be lower than its withers in order to indicate the highest point of the withers.

11. The measurement arm of the stick should center over the highest point of the withers.

12. Heel measurements should be taken with a 6” ruler, measuring the height of the heel from the coronary band down to the hard surface of the ground.

13. Overall height and heel height will be recorded on the electronic measurement form. Heel height is NOT deducted from the overall height of the horse.

14. If height is being contested, take two measurements (one from the left side and one from the right side), then take the average of the two measurements as the final gross measurement. If the Agent or Owner does not agree with a measurement completed at an ESC show, then a second measurement may be requested and taken by any two of the following: An ESC selected steward that is certified or the show manager. An ESC appointed representative must be present to witness the second measurement. The second measurement is considered final.

15. Four photos will be taken of the pony (front, rear, right and left sides) and kept on file in the measurement database.

CHAPTER 6 – SHOW PROTOCOL