NABRS Rules & Payout Schedule

Membership
Format
Rules
Fees
Dishonored Checks
Payout
Producers
Co-Approvals

Membership

The $30 membership fee will be used for added money and awards for the year end finals. $5 of the membership fee will be use for secretarial fees and to maintain the website.
Membership will begin from after Finals 2010 to the Finals 2011.
There will be 4 newsletters mailed out during the year.

Format

The format is a 4D with 1/2 split between divisions.
Points will be awarded at all approved NABRS races.

Points will distributed as follows:
- 1st 10 points
- 2nd 9 points
- 3rd 8 points
- 4th 7 points
- 5th 6 points
- 6th 5 points
- 7th 4 points
- 8th 3 points
- 9th 2 points
- 10th 1 point in each division.
Points will be sent to the NABRS secretary within 5 business days after the barrel race.
Points will accumulate starting one day after the NABRS finals through first go round of current finals.
Points are awarded by rider not horse.
Non-members cannot receive points, therefore, they will be skipped and their point value will be given to the next member in that division.

Rules

Knocked over barrels and broken patterns will result in a no time.
No circling barrel markers during open riding.
If the timer malfunctions, or any time is missed due to circumstances not related to the rider or horse, the contestant may elect to run again at the end of the race, on a fresh drag or they may elect to have their money returned.
No refunds, except for #2, after the draw has been pulled for that barrel race.
Must be a member, enter and run at no less than 4 barrel races prior to the current year NABRS finals to be eligible for the finals.

Fees

The $30 entry fee shall be divided as follows:

- $20 goes into the payout pot
- $2 electric eye fee
- $1 goes to the finals awards pot or divided between co-approved association fees
- $5 for arena charge (barn rent, arena rent etc)
- $1 tractor driver fee
- $1 to co-approvals

Dishonored Checks

Any dishonored checks, written to the NABRS association, shall have ten business days to make the check good, or pay the delinquent fees in cash, or their membership will be forfeited, if they are members, and any future fees will be made in cash for the remainder of the year.

Payout

The total payoff will be figured by multiplying the number of entries times $20 and then adding any added money to come up with the total payout.
The payout will be split between the divisions with:
- 40% going to the 1D
- 30% going to the 2D
- 20% going to the 3D
- 10% going to the 4D
Percentages for places will be:
- 1 place = 100%
- 2 places = 60-40%
- 3 places = 50-33-20%
- 4 places = 40-30-20-10%
- 5 places = 30-25-20-15-10%
- 6 places = 29-24-19-14-9-5%
- 7 places = 25-21-18-14-11-7-4%
- 8 places = 22-19-16-14-11-9-6-3%
- 9 places = 20-18-15-13-11-9-7-5-2%
-10 places = 19-17-15-13-11-9-7-5-3-1%.
Number of places paid will be as follows. 1-12 1 place, 13-20 2 places 21-40 3 places 41-80 4 places, 81- 120 5 places.
Added money will be divided equally between D’s.

Producers

Producers.....A complete list of contestants, results, $1 per run must be sent to the NABRS secretary within 5 business days after the barrel race.

Co-Approvals

Associations that want to co-approval with NABRS must contact the secretary for approval.
Co-Approval will guarantee advertising on the NABRS website and in return producers must submit one dollar per run to the NABRS association within 5 business days.
NABRS co-approved races will follow their own payout and rules.