A vision of the Arabian Horse Breeders' Alliance is to enhance the Arabian horse experience by presenting exciting horse shows; unifying the standard in the halter show-ring; inviting the participation of world competition; promoting the breeders of Arabian horses; and as a result of all of this, to ignite the marketplace for Arabian horses.

The first step was creating a unified scoring system for our breeding / halter classes. The European system was close to the ideal that we wanted to achieve, just with a few minor modifications.

We will be using a modified European judging system we're calling the "World Cup Scoring System."

We intend to have five judges per halter class, each scoring on a 20-point scale in six categories:

1. Type; 2. Head; 3. Neck and Shoulder; 4. Body and Topline; 5. Legs and Feet; and 6. Movement.

Each category can be scored from 1-20, with half points being used on the upper end of the scale. The card is weighted equally for a total possible score of 120. Horses will be judged individually at the walk, trot, and of course at the standup. Following the showing of each horse, the score for that horse will be presented to the audience.

We will have a mix of American and international judges in order to get closer to having a single standard against which to judge rather than to have a "European" style horse vs. an "American" style horse. Our objective with the scoring system was to create a more unified standard; to achieve transparency in judging by showing all scores following the judging of each horse; and to engage the crowd more since they can score along with the judges and better understand what it is that makes for a winner.