March 7, 2024, 7:00 p.m.

Hippology & Horse Bowl Coaches’ meeting on Zoom (link will be emailed to coaches the week of the contest)

CONTEST SCHEDULE

Saturday, March 9th, 2024

Riddick Hall, NC State University

HIPPOLOGY

7:15-7:45 a.m.

Hippology Contest  Registration Riddick Hall 3rd Floor Lobby outside classroom 314

8:00-12:00

Junior and Senior Hippology Contest

Please bring a pencil and clipboards (juniors & seniors)!

Jr. Division- Riddick Hall, Room 321

Sr. Division- Riddick Hall, Room 451 

8:00-9:00- Judging Videos (4 classes) & Slide IDs (25)

9:00-12:00- Rotate to Stations, Exam, and Team Problem (Impromptu to a judge, Junior & Senior teams)

8:00-9:30

Junior and Senior Rookie Hippology Contest

Junior Rookies- Riddick Hall, Room 301

Senior Rookies- Riddick Hall, Room 315

8:00-8:30- Judging Videos (2 classes)

8:30-8:50- Visual Identification (Slide IDs)

8:50-9:30- Exam

8:15-11:00

Cloverbud Hippology

Riddick Room 314

Cloverbuds and their parents/volunteer/adult chaperone can navigate the self-serve Stations and Judging portion of this event.

Awards in Room 315 immediately after the last Horsebowl round for Cloverbuds.

HORSE BOWL

10:00-11:00

Cloverbud Horsebowl

Riddick Room 315

Cloverbuds that register will be assigned a time to play 2 rounds of questions!

Awards in Room 315 immediately after the last Horsebowl round for Cloverbuds.

11:30-12:00

Horse Bowl Contest Check In - Riddick Hall Room 340

12:00 holding rooms open

12:45 p.m. team roll call in holding room

1:00 p.m. contest starts

Horse Bowl Contest

Sr. Holding Room -       Riddick Room 301

Sr. Match Room -          Riddick Room 315

Mixed Holding Room-  Riddick Room 451

Mixed Match Room-    Riddick Room 450

Jr. Holding Room-         Riddick Room 321

Jr. Match Room -          Riddick Room 325

Tabulations -                 Riddick Room 340

1:00 p.m.

Official Hippology exam and slide answers posted in Riddick Hearth Area

AWARDS

Immediately following the conclusion of the final horsebowl match.- Est 7:00 PM

Awards will also be livestreamed on the NC 4-H Horse Program Facebook page for those that have to leave or want to tune in from home.

Riddick 301

Hippology Awards Ceremony (Top ten individuals in Exam/ID, Judging and Overall and top 10 teams in junior & senior division; Top ten individuals overall for junior & senior rookie)

Horse Bowl Awards Ceremony (Top ten individuals in each division and top 6 teams in each division).

Concessions will be available in the Hearth Area.