EA Measuring Rules have been updated with the following 2 rules - effective 1 July 2019.

Updated Rules can be found here.

Limited Measurement

11. Horses aged under five years are eligible for Limited Measurement.

11.1A Limited Measurement is valid for six months from the date of measurement.

11.2A horse may not be remeasured on a limited measurement prior to 6 months.

Life Measurement

14. Where a horse qualifies to compete in one or more classes at any EA State Horse of the Year Show, the EA Australasian Show Horse and Rider Championships whilst it has a valid EA Measuring Card  showing a height that falls within those classes, it may compete in those classes at that Event notwithstanding that by the time of the Event, the period for which the EA Measuring Card is valid has expired.

14.1 Where a horse has been granted a life measurement, that horse may compete in a class consistent with that height unless there is a protest against it so doing.

14.2 Any protest pursuant to Rule 14.1 may be based only upon an alleged non-compliance with these Rules and not against the height of the horse.

No protest can be made against a horse that holds a life certificate