- All relay teams, owners, riders, and horses must be acceptable to the Race Committees.
- No one under the age of sixteen (16) will be permitted to race except the Inter-Hunt Challenge, or Junior or Foxhunter Races. A Junior, except where noted, is a rider who has not reached his/her 16th birthday as of the 1st of the current year. Junior Races are restricted to riders who are not licensed to ride under rules. Once a 16 year old rides under rules, they are ineligible for the junior division.
- Owners of ponies must present a USEF card for size verification, or may be measured. The first Maryland race in which a pony competes will determine their division for the rest of the Maryland race season. A pony found to have changed divisions in Maryland may be disqualified from season points. Small: 12.2 hands & under; Medium: 13.2 hands & under; Large: 14.2 hands & under.
- All riders must file signed release forms complete with insurance information with the Racing Secretaries PRIOR to participating in any races. Proof of insurance will be required. For anyone under the age of eighteen (18), the signing of an indemnification agreement by parents and/or legal guardians is required.
- All riders must furnish their own weight pads and weights. Overgirths are required in all races, except where noted.
- All riders are required to wear approved protective headgear and protective vest, except where noted. No hunting saddles allowed, except where noted.
- All owners (or owners representative) and riders are required to report to the Racing Secretary one (1) hour before post time, or they will be scratched.
- Entries which are not in the paddock at least ten (10) minutes prior to post time will automatically be scratched.
- The Race Committees reserve the right to split, combine or cancel any race.
- Where required by the condition of any race, or if requested by the Race Committees, proof of membership in a recognized Hunt must be furnished by the person required to have such membership.
- Where required that a horse “must have been regularly and fairly hunted during the current season,” the Race Committees may request certification from the Master of the Hunt involved. “Fairly hunted” shall mean that the horse has been hunted a minimum of six (6) times during the current season.
- Current (within one year) Coggins test is required and must be available for inspection on race day.
- Mares and fillies are granted a 8 lb. allowance. All allowances must be claimed at time of entry.
- Drug testing may be required.
- All decisions of the Race Committees are final.
- The definition of an Amateur Rider will conform to NSA regulations.
- Novice Timber Races are open to non-winners over timber as of the first of the current year. Winners since the first of the current year add 5 lbs. for each win.
- NO POST ENTRIES: Entries close at noon on the Monday prior to race days. (See listings of each race for specific dates, entry information and for specific conditions.)
- The Race Committees, the Race and/or Series Sponsors, the Hunt Clubs, and the owners of the properties on which the races are held assume no responsibility for injury or loss which may be incurred by participants or spectators, and entries are accepted only under the condition that the participants release them from any and all liability.
- Junior and Pony Races: The Junior and Pony races will be pointed and awarded separately. Each pony division will be awarded (small, medium, large) with an overall pony rider of the year award to the leading rider from the three divisions. Riders may ride in more than one division, but only points from one division will count towards year-end awards. Flat and jumping points are counted together.
- Distribution of Jump and all Junior Race Points: 5,3,2,1 for 1st through 4th place finishes in qualifying races, 1/2 point for starting in event of tie. Flat races will receive point values: 2.5, 1.5, 1, 0.5 for 1st through 4th places.
- Please see conditions of individual meets for other rules which may pertain.
- Conditions for all Field Masters Chase races: Entries are to follow a Field Master over a flagged course. The Field Master will release the field to race for the finish after the last jump; riders may be asked to circle or queue at any point. Any entry passing the Field Master will be eliminated and must either pull up or may circle to the back of the field and continue, but will not earn a placing. Entries must jump all the jumps in the race and may circle and retry a jump if a refusal occurs. Fallen riders may remount and continue, but the field may or may not wait for the entry to resume the race. If an entry appears to be unruly or a hazard to the rest of the field, the Field Master may ask that entry to retire. Juniors are strictly prohibited from carrying whips in all Field Master Chase races.
- All horses/ponies may start in only one “race” per meet; “race” includes all traditional races (flat and over fences) as well as any foxhunter division and any relay division.
- Hunt Club Relay Race Challenge - see Conditions listed on the Hunt Club Relay page.
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