Circuit Connection

Memos

Stay up to date with the latest news and discussions around the National Circuit Program!

• 2023 Post NCHA Convention Circuit Program PowerPoint
• 2023 NCHA Convention Circuit Program Seminar Minutes
• Memo - August 9, 2023
• 2024 Circuit Show Request for Proposal
• Memo - 2023 National Circuit Championship
• Memo - 2024-Point Year Circuit Program Point Scale
• 2023 National Circuit Championship Qualifier Jacket Order Form
• 2023 National Circuit Championship Event Recap
• 2023 National Circuit Championship Video Recap

Circuit Fact Friday

Friday, May 3, 2024:  The 2024-point year ends November 10. You can still accumulate circuit points after your circuit's championship show. Continuing to show to the end of point year will help you in your circuit's year end standings and will help you to qualify for the National Circuit Championship.

Friday, April 26, 2024:  The inaugural National Circuit Championship paid out over $527,000.00, in addition to countless prizes and beautiful trophy saddles sponsored by NCHA past president Steve Norris. 

Friday, April 19, 2024:  If you qualified for the 2023 National Circuit Championship show and were unable to attend or did not make your finals, it's not too late to your NCC qualifier jacket! Click here for the order form.

Friday, April 12, 2024:  The top 25%, plus ties, will advance to a clean-slate, working finals at the National Circuit Championship. All finalists will receive a finalist check of $1,015.00. Both, the youth junior and youth senior, classes are six-point classes.

Friday, April 5, 2024:  Tune into the free, live webcast at ncha.com and select the Watt Arena to watch the inaugural National Circuit Championship show.

Friday, March 29, 2024:  Start planning for your circuit's NCHA Weekend! Double points, added money and buckles will be up for grabs June 1 -2, all across the country. 

March 22, 2024:  For the 2024-point year, championship show points are now twice the value of challenge show points. Please see program rules for details. 

Friday, March 15, 2024:  It's draw day for the National Circuit Championship show! Be watching the Super Stakes page for your draw position.

Friday, March 8, 2024:  When designating your circuit, please, don't forget to include a list of your horses that need to follow your designation.

Friday, March 1, 2024:  Entries for the inaugural National Circuit Championship show are due Monday, March 4. Get your entries postmarked today!

Friday, December 29, 2023:  The 2024-point year is officially underway! Be sure you and your horses are properly designated.

Friday, November 17, 2023:  The 2023-point year is officially closed. Be watching the NCHA website for your year-end standings.

Friday, November 10, 2023:  Competitors at the 2023 NCHA World Finals will not affect the invitation list for the National Circuit Championships. If a world finalist is also in the top ten circuit year end standings, invitations will not extend further down into the year standings to fill all ten qualifying positions.

Friday, November 3, 2023:  All circuit program participants continue to earn points towards year end standings and National Circuit Championships qualification until November 12, 2023, not just the top 30 that qualified for their local circuit championships show.

Friday, October 27, 2023:  When a member designates themselves in a different circuit, other than their automatically assigned home circuit, the horse(s) they show need to be designated, as well. A horse's circuit designation does not automatically change with the owner's circuit designation. Email the NCHA office with you and your horse's circuit designation. 

Friday, October 20, 2023:  A competitor does not have to show at their local circuit championships to be eligible to qualify for the National Circuit Championships.

Friday, October 13, 2023:  Mark your calendar for the 2024 NCHA Weekend June 1 - 2! 

Friday, October 6, 2023:   Don’t forget, circuit assignments automatically reset at the start of each point year to your home address on file at the NCHA office! The 2024-point year starts December 28, 2023. You must email the office to designate you and/or your horse’s 2024 circuit designation.\

Friday, September 29, 2023: There are TWO ways to qualify for the 2023 National Circuit Championship: Be a class champion or reserve champion at your local circuit championship -OR- be a top-ten finisher in your class in your circuit’s year-end standings.

Friday, September 22, 2023:  Two circuits will be added in the 2024-point year! We are pleased to announce the addition of the Upper Midwest Circuit and the Ozark Circuit!

Friday, September 15, 2023:  Circuit program points are awarded at BOTH NCHA Challenger shows and NCHA Weekend Championship shows. Both, Championship and Challenger show exhibitors are eligible for circuit awards and qualifications for their local circuit championships and the National Circuit Championships.

Friday, September 8, 2023:  Starting in the 2024-point year, joint circuit approval will be removed from the National Circuit Program. 

Friday, September 1, 2023:  Mark your calendar for the 2023 NCHA National Circuit Championships! Join us April 3 – 14, 2024, in the Watt Arena of the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas, to earn over $300,000.00 in cash and prizes! 

Friday, August 25, 2023:  The last day of the circuit program point year is Sunday, November 12, 2023. You can still accumulate points after your circuit's championship show. Continuing to show to the end of point year will help you in your circuit's year end standings and will help you to qualify for the National Circuit Championships that will be held in April 2024.