2026 NBHA Youth & Teen World Championships

2026 NBHA Youth & Teen World Championships July 18th-25th, 2026 Georgia National Fairgrounds 401 Larry Walker Parkway Perry, GA 31069  $105,000+ ADDED MONEY Reaves and Perdue Arena will be used again this year. 10 Circle Y Saddles to the 1D-5D Champions in the Teen & Youth 10 Gist World Champion Buckles | 10 Gist Reserve World Champion Buckles Go Round Buckles for Rounds 1 & 2 in BOTH classes + Many more awards! 510 Gist Finalist Buckles Enter here on SaddleBook beginning 3/5 in designated time slots beginning at 10am est or by mail-in. This year opening day will be handled in time blocks. Make sure if you plan to enter on 3/5 that you have filled out the pre-registration event found here by 2/18. Stall assignments will be available on SaddleBook the week prior to the event. Click here to see a map of Horse Barn 1 (HB#1) Click here to see a map of Horse Barn 2 (HB #2) Click here to see a map of Multipurpose Barn (MPB) Click here to see a map of Beef & Dairy Barn (BDB) Click here to see a map of Sheep & Swine #1 Barn (SS #1) Click here to see a map of Sheep & Swine #2 Barn (SS #2) Click here to see a map of Practice Ring #3 (PR #3) Horse Paperwork Requirements Negative coggins & health certificates required per Georgia law. Paperwork will be checked. 12 Month negative coggins for ALL horses. 30-day or 6-month health certificate for all OUT OF STATE horses. Facility Arrivals and RV’s Fairgrounds open Friday, July 17 at 8 am sharp EST. Arrivals will be allowed 24/7 this year once fairgrounds open on July 17th. RV Reservations OPEN on April 7th at 10am EST here. RV Hookups will be available on the GNFA website here. ***NO GENERATORS ARE ALLOWED*** Livestream: Will be available on NBHA.com Radio Station: Listen in to the Action of the Reaves Arena at 87.9 FM Photos In Arena Photography: RodeoBum Candids for purchase: Click Here Golf Cart Rentals | Book Now! Mike’s Golf Cart Rental LLC | Book Now! Reserve Golf Carts online at werentcarts.com *Must be 18 & older with valid drivers license to rent/drive. Personal Golf Carts, UTVs & Crickets Personal golf carts, utility vehicles and crickets permitted. See details here for approved off-road vehicles. Any questions regarding vehicles that are and are not allowed should be directed to GNFA. All permitted carts must get a permit from Mike’s Carts. Purchase permit here. Must have insurance for personal vehicles. See more info. ABSOLUTELY NO SEGWAYS allowed per GNFA Rules. Vendor Information Click Here https://nbha.com/vendor-information/ All questions can be directed to [email protected] Qualifications for 2026 Youth & Teen Worlds Click here to see the full qualification list. Direct any qualification concerns to us immediately to [email protected]. Youth = any qualified contestant who is 12 years and under as of Jan 1, 2025. Teen = any qualified contestant who is between the ages of 13 and 18 as of Jan 1, 2025. Added Money Breakdown 2D Poles: $1,000 Added Youth: $9,000 Added Per Round | Finals $12,000 Teen: $16,500 Added Per Round | Finals $22,000 Troxel Helmet: $250 Per Round APHA PBRIP (combined Youth & Teen): $5,000 Total Mil+Spec Youth Redemption Round: $2,500 Mil+Spec Teen Redemption Round: $2,500 Entry Fees: All Entry fees cover both go-rounds. No Additional fee for Finals. Teen: $220 Youth: $195 Individual Sidepots for Youth & Teen: $60 | Boy, Girl, Helmet, World Rookie Combined Sidepot for Youth & Teen: $60 | Golden Horse and APHA PBRIP Boy – Open to all male riders Girl – Open to all female riders Troxel Helmet – Open to all riders who compete in a safety helmet (any brand) World Rookie – Open to all riders who are attending a NBHA World Finals for their first time APHA PBRIP sidepot – Open to any APHA registered horse & rider who is an APHA member. Youth & Teen Combined. Golden Horse – Open to all horses that are 16 of age or older.  2D Pole Bending: $120 *Entries open separately on June 23rd at 10AM est. Mil+Spec Redemption Round: $90 (entries not open until at event) Mail-In Entry Processing Fee: $50 plus 4% convenience fee for credit card payments Online Entry: 4% processing fee only. The Non Incentive Horse and The Open Horse $3,500 Added NIH | $3,500 Added TOH 5D Equal Pay with Division Buckles to first in each D. $40/Round | 90% Payback Enter Here: https://tinyurl.com/38pudtdd Important Dates Mail-In Entries must be postmarked by 6/8 to avoid late fees. Paper form available here.  We strongly suggest using trackable mailing methods Online regular entries close on 6/19 at midnight EST. Enter here. Late entries ONLY accepted online through 7/10 at midnight EST Late fee is $100/horse Absolutely no late entries after 7/10 Draw/Vet/Med Outs 6/19 or prior, result in a full refund less the processing fee Vet/Med Outs 6/220-7/18 result in a 70% refund of entries, no refund on stalls or processing fee with valid Vet/Doctor Note All Draw/Vet/Med outs need to be emailed to [email protected] Finalist Information Teen: Top 30 in each round advance to Finals | 305+ Total Finalists (includes minimum of 5 from Mil+Spec Redemption Round) Youth: Top 20 in each round advance to Finals | 205+ Total Finalists (includes minimum of 5 from Mil+Spec Redemption Round) Round 2 will roll beyond the cut off placings if any horse and rider team is already qualified. All Finalists will receive a Gist Buckle for each qualified horse. Finalists Buckles will be given out at the conclusion of the Grand Entry for each class. Additional chance to qualify to the Finals in 2026: Mil+Spec Redemption Round. Info listed below. If a division does not fill in from Round 1 or 2 we will allocate additional finalist positions to the other 4 divisions as such: for every 4 unfilled finalist positions we will take back 1 additional finalist from each D on the round that this occurs. For example: 6 unfilled finalist positions in the 1D Round 1 would yield 1 additional finalist in each of the 2D-5D for that age class only. Stalls: Stalls are for the entire duration of the event and includes 3 bags of shavings. Permanent Stalls (Horse Barns 1 & 2): $185 Max 5 per entry. Portable Stalls: $170 Max 5 per entry. Portable stalls: Multi-Purpose, Beef & Dairy, Sheep #1 & #2 Barns, Practice Ring #3, and Sutherland (if needed) Arena. Permanent stalls are wood siding and concrete floors. Portable stalls vinyl siding and majority are concrete floors with a small amount of portable stalls having dirt floors (Sutherland Arena and part of Practice Ring #3). Stall limit 5 per person. Stalls are for competing horses only. NO TACK STALLS ALLOWED. Stalls expected to sell out. If caught with a tack stall there is a $500 fine and the stall will be locked. FACILITY RULE: NO OUTSIDE SHAVINGS ARE ALLOWED* *Allergy exception with vet note Shaving and pellets are available through the facility during the event. Additional shavings can be purchased on showshavings.com or at the shavings office next to Covered Horse Arena. Stall mat rental can be rented here from our official vendor, Greenbroke Farms here: https://www.greenbrokefarmservices.com/contract-agreement. Stall fronts to allow your horse to put his/her head out (Stall doors are one piece with bar tops) can be rented through our official vendor, Stall View rental can be found here: www.WilliamCrutcherbits.com  You do not have to know your stall to reserve Stall Views or mats. The NBHA office send a stall list to Stall View and Greenbroke prior to event. There will be a NOTE SECTION online to include your stall preferences and whom you want to be grouped with. You must: Use a group name, and make sure all people in your group use the same group name (spelling included), and preferably a total number of how many stalls will be in your group. If one party purchases early and the other not around the same time, it could make it hard for us to place you together. No guarantees. Haul Ins Haul Ins (horses without purchased stalls) allowed for a one-time $50 per horse fee.  Parking lot for haul ins will be determined closer to the event. Haul Ins must pay for all horses in the trailer, no exceptions. Reaves Exhibitions Entries, stall and exhibitions open on March 5, 2026 at 10am est in time blocks on SaddleBook. LIMIT ONE EXHIBITION PER HORSE ENTERED Example: One Youth Entry = One Exhibition Max, Two Youth Entries = Two Exhibitions Max, etc. Any purchases greater than one exhibition per horse will result in the removal of extra exhibitions with no refund. Exhibitions must be purchased by the competing member on SaddleBook. Do not attempt to purchase exhibitions for anyone else. No refunds. Exhibitions will be available in 50-minute time slots. Exhibitions are not guaranteed and only available while supplies last. These exhibitions are for Reaves Arena ONLY!  Perdue Arena exhibitions will be offered on-site using a line up method. $5 cash at the gate.  2D Pole Bending  Entries will open June 23rd at 10AM EST $1,000 Added Limited to the first 100 entries online through SaddleBook. $120 Entry Fee 70% Payback | 2D | 1 Second Splits Horse must be entered in finals Limit to 1 entry per person Reserve Souvenir Packages – Pre-sales end 6/19 Contestant Package | $60 | Limit 1 per Contestant: Commemorative Felt Back Number Souvenir T-shirt with Contestant Names Show Program Commemorative Package | $50 | No Limit Souvenir T-shirt with Contestant Names Show Program Large Show Sticker Payment Plan Available for Online Entries All online entries will be taken through SaddleBook. Entries open on March 5, 2026 at 10AM EST in time slots. Make sure you fill out the pre-registration event to be placed in a time slot for opening day entries on 3/5. Online entries will accept all major credit cards. Choose the ‘Payment Plan’ option to at checkout break your total entry sum into three payments spaced 4 weeks apart each. The Payment Plan option will expire on April 9th and will not be available for new entries taken from that point on. Please use a credit card that does not expire during the upcoming months. Incomplete charges that are not cleared up with the office in a timely matter will result in DQ. Mil+Spec Redemption Round Entry available to the horse/rider combinations who didn’t qualify to Finals. Cannot enter until at the event after you have not qualified.  Limited to 3 horses/rider. $90 Entry Fee | 5D Race Separate class for Youth & Teen After every 300 entries in a Mil+Spec redemption class we will add 1 additional spot. See below for breakdown. 1-299 Entries = 1 finalist per D 300-599 Entries = 2 finalist per D 600-899 Entries = 3 finalist per D All finalist of the Mil+Spec redemption rounds will receive Gist Silversmith finalist buckles, too. More Info All horses on the grounds must have a stall or pay a haul-in fee. A same horse cannot be ridden more than once per class (Family Exception – See Rulebook) You must name your horse at time of entry and must use registered names, if available Horse substitutions prior to 6/19 are free of charge on SaddleBook or you can email [email protected] Horse substitutions after 6/19 will have a $25 fee per horse substitution by NBHA office staff by email only [email protected] Anyone substituting 2 or more horses after 6/19 will have their horses redrawn in their draw positions as well as paying the $25 fee per horse. No horse swaps allowed after your 1st go draw position has passed. Rider substitutions not allowed. Check-in is required prior to your first drawn position in your first event, or contestant is fined $50. NBHA Check in is at the Reaves Arena office at the front of the building nearest the clock tower. Guard Shack Check in is for the facility and does not constitute NBHA Check In. Maximum 5 horses entered in a class per qualified contestant Absolutely no bareback riding at any time – Saddles must be used when horseback Returned check fee = $35 Helpers in the holding pen area must have closed toe shoes. Dress code strictly enforced. Western Attire Dress Code, 1st Offense = Warning, 2nd Offense = $50 Fine Hat Fine = $10 which can be paid on SaddleBook or at the NBHA Office. Hat retrieval is up to the contestant. They are to pick up at the closest barrel or gate that it came off the same day it occurred. NBHA is not responsible for any lost hats. NBHA Rules apply. See Rulebook for details. All final decisions are determined by the show office. Event Schedule Coming Soon!