At the home page, click on "Join/Renew AERC" from the menu. This gives you a PDF membership form so you can renew by mail (Renew Paper) or links you with the online renewal (Renew Online). The direct link is http://www.doublejoy.com/erol/aerc/reg/. You are also welcome to call the office toll-fre at 866-271-2372 (8-4 Pacific Time).

You can use the online form at http://aerc.org/horseregister.asp or call the office at 866-271-2372 to get a number for your equine right away.

No, AERC's equine registration is a one-time-only, lifetime registration. Once entered in the mileage program, a horse registration does not need to be renewed.

It's easy to join AERC, with lots of options. From the home page, aerc.org, click on "Join/Renew AERC" to either download a printable paper form or use the online page to join. You can also join at any ride -- see the ride manager for a membership form.. You are welcome to call the AERC office toll-free at 866-271-2372 (8-4 Pacific Time). You can also join at any ride -- see the ride manager for a membership form. This allows you to avoid paying a day member fee. (Check with the office for current new member special offers.)

Yes. However, you will be charged an additional $15 to become a member for the day, which covers administrative costs.

Use the Member Login page or call the office at 866-271-2372. Please note: To change your region or weight division, you must call the office.

This isn't as unusual a question as you might think. Use the at Member Information lookup page to see if your membership is current.

Your number is printed on your membership card. Many people write their horses' AERC numbers on the back of the card for easy reference throughout the year. To find the numbers online, click on Member Information lookup and enter one word of your or your horse's name in the appropriate box. Click on the appropriate name that appears in the lower left part of the screen. Or, you can always phone the office to get this information.

To log in to your members page, click on Member Login from the home page. (Most members use their email address as their login.) If you don't remember your login information, click on OK. You will see a screen where you can enter your AERC number and be emailed a login/password reminder. If your email address has changed from the one on record, you should call or email the office to get the login information, then update to your new information.

No, you can log in in using the old information. Use the menu "Personal Info -> View/change login config" to change your login or password. Your login ID does not have to be your email address.

Go to the AERC Horse History Page, then find your horse's record.

Click on a ride (after 1996) that the horse was in. From the results page, click on the actual distance the horse was in. In that listing of the ride, click on the horse's name. This gives you a printable html page. (Be sure to check by using your browser's print preview.)

To find your record, use the AERC Rider History Page, then follow the directions above.

Until February 1, all members from the previous season are included the online directory. After February 1, only current AERC members are listed.

It means that a ride result has been posted without a rider or horse number, or if a rider's weight division is unknown. Contact the office if you see an asterisk beside your ride result data.

First, compare your official record with those "No ID" records to see if they are already included. The No ID listings mean that the entries in question didn't have an AERC number when the results went to the office. If they are not included, either phone the office or copy the record in an email to the AERC office and request that they be combined with your official record.

Log in to your member page and use the Member Record menu to select Your Ride Record. Then select Your AERC Record. The office staff would also be happy to help you with the information, which they can mail, email or fax to you.

Rule 12.3 says, "Thirty days after the mailing of the AERC Newsletter, the ride results printed therein become official and are not subject to change, unless intentional fraud is proved." You should contact the ride manager and the AERC office to request a change.

Usually this means the horse is not registered to you as the owner. Contact the AERC office to request a change of ownership -- there is no charge for this.

The ride manager sends ride results to the AERC office. Once the office enters the results, they will appear online -- this can take up to one month, but is often accomplished within two or three weeks.

The Regional Point Standings have two types of points: those for top ten which are overall (all the riders in the region) and for weight division points. Placing in your weight division can occur from being in the top 10 in your weight division or by riding a lot of miles on the same horse. Because overall placings and weight division placings are shown in the same table, there can sometimes be a situation where a rider has enough overall points to be in the top ten for the region but doesn't have enough weight division points to appear in the weight division placing. The table then has an entry where this rider appears as "Seniors Not Placing in a Weight Division" but is in the top ten riders for the whole region.

The number of placings in a weight division is determined by the number of members in the weight division in a region. The formula for determining the number of placings is: 5% of the number of members in the region in the weight division, or 10, whichever is smaller.

AERC members declare their weight division at the start of the ride season. According to rule 8.5.2.5, "For a rider to stay within a weight division he/she must meet the minimum requirement but need not stay under the maximum parameter." A rule of thumb is that a 4% leeway is acceptable. Do be aware that any rider has the right to challenge the weight of a competitor and request a weighing (rule 8.5.3.1).

There must be at least 11 starters in the ride and of those starters, at least 11 must be senior riders. Juniors don't count for the purposes of determining points for senior riders. Contact the office for questions about a specific ride.

No. When you renewed for the season, your weight division was entered in the office database and becomes your default weight division for ride entries. Contact the AERC office if you have any questions.

If you request a weight division change prior to June 1, your points will be split between the two divisions starting from the time you requested the change. You cannot change your weight division on or after June 1. If you are concerned about awards and point standings and you gained weight, you should wait until the next season to change. If you lost weight, you may want to consider carrying weights or adding them to your tack to meet the minimum weight for the remainder of the season.

A "completion only" is awarded pursuant to AERC rule 1.2.3: "A rider who elevates is eligible for completion only."

Horses don't receive points but the horse would get lifetime miles if its AERC number was given on the ride entry.

Horse and rider teams accumulate points, so for each horse you ride, you accumulate points with that horse. The only award where miles are counted with two horses is the Regional Mileage Championship, and for the Bill Stuckey award, any number of horses may be ridden.

No, only you earn points. Your horse does get placings based on miles in the rational and regional best condition awards. This also happens in the War Mare award and is independent of the rider as long as the rider is a current AERC member.

The first number is your weight division points and the second is your overall points. For overall points after the first ten senior riders, the points are one point per mile plus any bonus points for a 75- or 100-mile distance. If you were 11th in a 50-mile ride, the overall points would be 50. For a complete explanation and a chart listing points for placings, see the AERC rule book.

There is a vet score with five attributes, a time score, and a weight score -- which are combined into a final score. The actual forms and description of how they are combined are described on the Ride Managers Forms page in the BC Reporting and Instructions at

http://aerc.org/RideManagers_Forms.asp#Post-Ride

There is no restriction. Your horse can be treated immediately after the horse has passed the post ride veterinary examination. Once a competing equine has passed the post-ride examination, it may not be removed from completion for veterinary reasons.