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HSW v7.70 now available for download

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Each season, Horse Show for Windows is used at hundreds of shows around the world along with:
Many World Championship Shows
(PHBA, NRCHA, ABRA, NSBA, ASHA)
Reichert Celebration
NRHA Derby and Futurity
All American Buckskin Horse Congress
International Reining Festival

Horse Show for WindowsHorse Show for Windows Updates

System Requirements

Please make sure you hold a current license; your Service Contract Date should expire after 12/01/2010 before installing.

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What's new for v7.70?

  • Fix for Circuit/Hi-Points awards on age of rider with certain selections

What's new for v7.69?

  • Rules 2010 - Adjustment in the AQHA judge.dta file for website upload
  • Reports - Announcer's Report - adjustment for better ease of reading draw and back numbers along with the lines that are included for judge's results
  • Reports - Circuit/Hi Points - age of exhibitor printed instead of birth date
  • Reports - Circuit/Hi Points - additional 10 character field added to horse record to distinguish different types that might not be eligible for certain awards
  • Utilities - Switching entries (option K) now allows switch of one back number of another in the current working show

What's new for v7.68?

  • Rules 2010 - AQHA judge.dta file generated for website upload
  • Utilities - MemberEase files generated separately for split combined or double/judged shows to upload easier
  • Reports - Announcer's Report - Multiple judges lines results moved from the right of the report to the left
  • Reports - Judge's Sheets - full sheets bring printed on NRHA/NRCHA/ABRA score sheets when less than a page worth of horses are printed
  • Reports - Circuit/Hi Points - header includes Show Name instead of Licensee
  • Reports - Results by Class - a more concise report to include all horses in a class and their placings for non-PHBA approved shows, check the PHBA/IBHA format (also check 'Include results for each judge' for an extra line that lists how each judge placed that horse - this puts the report in back number order but shows all placings for each judge)
  • Results/Scoring - scratching a horse from either Back Number Mode or Class Mode now scratches the horse from all Gos under that class
  • Reports - Back Number List - added POA Master Sheet format

What's new for v7.66?

  • Tested for Compatibility with Windows 7
  • Windows 7 issue - adding more than one show to database now working (three dummy shows added to any database that doesn’t have three for 2010 already)
  • Rules 2010 - USEF results file updated
  • Rules 2010 - AQHA judge's cards updated
  • Rules 2010 - AQHA roster file generated separately for split combined or double/judged shows to upload easier
  • Rules 2010 - AQHA ROM changes (accepts ROM in any division for all classes requiring a ROM)
  • Rules 2010 - NRCHA judge's sheets updated
  • Reports - Judge's Cards - NRCHA separating correctly and printing horse names when subsidiary shows are implemented
  • Reports - Cross Reference - Horse/Owner/Exhibitor report added
  • Reports - Roster for One Show - added the ability to include Owner Registration #
  • Ponies of the Americas association and classes added (additional reporting still to come)
  • Pinto Horse Association of America association and classes updated (additional reporting still to come)

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What's new for v7.64?

  • Fix - Reports - Announcer/Draw Report - owner information on the first horse of the report was missing
  • Fix - Awards - Circuit/Hi Points - if there is an owner missing from a horse, a syntax error occurred
  • Fix - Classes - several of the new ABRA class names had the incorrect sex of the horse listed
  • Vista issue - Utilities - Association Disk Creation - some configurations of Vista don't allow creation of files to the root directory so an adjustment was made to select a drive as well as a directory to save the file
  • Paso Fino Module - classes included with error checking (allowing adjustment on age as of Sept 1 instead of Jan 1) and association disk creation
  • Classes - AQHA Select classes will do and age check on the starting date of the show instead of January 1st
  • Horse/Announcer's Report - addition of Slot Owner to each horse and inclusion on Announcer's Report
  • Payback/Checks - Pre-check report - if separate page for each payee is selected, the total of all the checks pushes to a separate page as well
  • Payback/Checks - NRHA Tally Report implemented
  • Reports - Labels for Photographer - exports to CSV file which can then be opened in Excel
  • Reports - People by Name - exports to CSV file which can then be opened in Excel
  • Shows - Show Information - allow the editing of the alphanumeric show ID for printing on reports

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What's new for v7.63? (some in pre-released 7.62)

  • Rules 2009 - ABRA - Updated sscore sheets and class codes
  • Rules 2009 - AQHA rule change - added Novice grand/reserve classes for use in All Novice shows
  • Rules 2009 - NRCHA - Updated score sheets and payout model
  • Vista issue - adding more than one show to database now working (three dummy shows added to any database that doesn’t have three for 2009 already)
  • Vista issue - horse/rider icon now compatible
  • Vista issue - installation program now compatible
  • Fix - ApHC - disk creation file format corrected
  • Fix - Awards - Circuit/Hi Points - printing age of rider when there is a scratch in the class gives an error
  • Fix - Classes - give error message when adding new class with apostrophe’s or quotes as these will cause problems in queries
  • Fix - Entries - Back Number Mode - Syntax error on owner/exhibitor that was deleted
  • Fix - PHBA - Roster for One Show - fee was changed to $5 per horse
  • Fix - Reports - Results by Class - when scratches are in the class and print selection includes classes with no entries, judge’s information isn’t printing on the bottom
  • Fix - Reports - Results by Class - when scratches are in the class and print selection includes classes with no entries, the No Entry line is printed
  • Fix - Reports - Roster for One Show - when selecting only one association, total number of entries for all horses in show was still listed
  • Fix - Select Qualifier - added horse to the go multiple times (once for each Go listed under that class)
  • Fix - Select Qualifier - if no entries in the ‘Held With’ class, horses were ‘auto-qualified’ to the Composite gos each time the user went into Results/Scoring for any of the classes in the Held With group
  • Charges - Stalled With from Entries carried over into the Stalled With on the Charges screen when entering that field
  • Entries - back #’s from previous circuit
  • Payouts - credits for paybacks can be total winnings rather than just bringing the balance to $0 by checking the box in Utilities | Maintain System Preferences
  • People - Membership checkbox information included on People by Name and Awards reports
  • Reports - Announcer/Ring Steward Report - allows for no page breaks to fit more classes on less pages
  • Reports - Back Number List - add current circuit to range
  • Reports - Results by Class - DOB on exhibitors to print for all associations/all classes when checked
  • Reports - Show Summary Counts - includes approving association of class along with name
  • Reports - Updated report writer and exporter
  • Results/Scoring - PHBA - tie breaker system for World Show
  • Statements - Add PDF out put to individual statement
  • Statements - Phone number and email optional per check box in Utilities | Maintain System Preferences
  • Utilities - Select Qualifier - Scratches now pushing correctly to Composite Go
  • Utilities - Year End Database Clear - now updated to allow for clear of specific year

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What's new for v7.60?

  • ABRA – New changes for 2008 (new select classes and judge's sheets updated)
  • APHA – New changes for 2008 (extra expiration date and skill set definitions)
  • AQHA - New changes for 2008 (leased horses only allowed in novice classes, new classes, new novice skill sets, restrictions on Parrot Mouth, Cryptorchid, and Excessive White)
  • NRCHA – New changes for 2008 (payouts based on number shown NOT entered and judge's sheets updated)
  • Awards – Circuit Awards – Points are now awarded for all concurrent classes not just Held With class
  • Awards – Circuit/Hi Points – page break between classes in the All Classes report
  • Charges – Stall With pull from Entries area if exists for that responsible party
  • Entries – Class Mode – Print a listing of the horses/riders in class (basically a screen dump)
  • Payouts/Checks – Checks no longer including credit or overpayment from previous circuits
  • Payouts/Checks – checks printing one ‘word’ amount and another ‘number’ amount
  • Payouts/Checks – Precheck report – added Select/Deselect All
  • Reports – Announcer’s Report/Working Order Draw - # of total runs not coming up correctly for concurrent classes
  • Reports/Judges Cards – ‘SCR’ now printing for scratched entries if included
  • Reports/Results by Class – include points (instead of money)
  • Reports/Results by Class – option to exclude birthdate for youth

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What's new for v7.52?

  • ABRA – All-around rule changes and Judge’s sheets added
  • Awards – Circuit/Hi Points - Added inclusion of foal date
  • Awards – Circuit/Hi Points - Summary no longer doubling or tripling points for some horses
  • Association Disk Creation – ApHC & USEF format updated
  • Charges/Reports - Added Departure Date to Stall information in Charges area as well as Stall Report
  • Entries – Back Number Mode – scratching entries in shows other than the working show now pushing correctly to results records
  • Error checking - Horse or exhibitor’s age now checked against the show year rather than year the computer was set to
  • Judges cards – added ability to include scratched entries & fixed label adjustment
  • Mailing labels - Labels adjustment now working correctly
  • Paybacks – Sanction fee for NSBA now generates $3 per entry or % input in purse calculation and report can include all classes that are run under that association rather than just those with purses (you will still need to include payout models for the classes that you want to be included even if you are not running a payback for the class; no money will be awarded as your entry fee will still be $0 and you won’t actually run the payback function)
  • Paybacks - Association Retention Report – added Export function…at this point, information that is exported to Excel is text so amounts are NOT numeric and won’t be calculated in formulas unless you override them
  • Purse Calculations – Can use Purse Override to generate a purse that still pulls out correct % retentions to compensate for an override of # of entries or total entry amount to allow for some entries being free
  • Statements - Removing a horse from the entire show through Entries | Class Mode now removes the automatic horse fees
  • Reports – Announcer’s Report – Added option to include Trainer and/or Breeder name
  • Reports – Announcer’s Report – printing concurrent classes using Showbill instead of Class allows you to get individual sheets for each class if you want them
  • Reports – Back Number List - Added option to include Trainer and/or Breeder name
  • Reports – Error Report - Added a checkbox to allow for elimination of Scratched and Inactive horses
  • Reports – Info for Pub – page break between shows now has correct show ID on each page
  • Reports – Info for Pub – Added option to include Trainer and/or Breeder name
  • Reports – Info for Pub – Added option to include Go Name
  • Reports – Results by Back# - made more concise; similar to detail listing of circuit awards
  • Reports – Results by Class – actual time is printed when selecting ‘include scores’
  • Reports – Results by Class – added NRCHA format
  • Results/Scoring - Standings – Scratches now being noted correctly as SCR on results sheets instead of NP
  • Results/Scoring – Runoffs – three or more in tie for first place now broken to 1st and the rest tied for 2nd
  • Results/Scoring – Setting status to DQ clears scores and/or times so that horse isn’t placed and paid money (like in ranked classes)
  • Results/Scoring – Dropping scores keeps scores in place but doesn’t include them in total for placings
  • Shows – changing Held With in Master show now pushes to subsidiaries; Change in date does also
  • Statements - Removing a horse from the entire show through Entries | Class Mode now removes the automatic horse fees
  • Statements – Add Points after Show:Place (set the correct points to be printed in Maintain System Preferences)
  • Work with New Show - Sort of shows is now from most current to least current

What's new for v7.51?

  • Additional scoring spaces for multiple judges on Announcer's Report
  • Duplicate Entries added to Duplicate Classes function
  • Address included on all check formats
  • Reset Judge's utility now offers a range of classes along with entire show

What's new for v7.50?

  • Changes to database per AQHA rule updates
  • Circuit Awards allow printing in showbill order
  • Relationship is pulled from approving association of show/class rather than default association
  • Error message will pop up when entering a horse into a Select or Performance class when in the Amateur or Age division of that class
  • Valid relationships are checked for all AQHA classes
  • NRCHA Judges sheets have been updated
  • Added No Score to scoring status for NRHA and prints as NS on results page
  • Added pattern number on Announcer’s Reports
  • Updated payback schedules to include NRHA - Schedule B
  • Retention Report only includes Go 1 classes
  • Allows scores to be included on results printout from Standing screen
  • Coggins expiration date automatically is set to one year from the initial date
  • Additional information added to NRHA file format (for specific show managers only)
  • Select Qualifier only looks at specific class NOT all concurrent classes

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What's new for v7.44?

  • Class Entry Status screen reset
  • Adding additional entries to a concurrent class didn’t pull the original draw number or set it to the first or last in the draw if a new entry in the non-working show
  • Modifying a charge from the non-working show in a circuit now allowed
  • Exhibitor with no restrictions was allowed in classes with restrictions
  • Added ‘Draw #’ to ordering on Information for Publication report
  • Copying classes from previous shows now resets Max Places to 99 (number ranked)
  • Scratching more than one horse from the Results/Scoring screen resulted in error
  • Added Time In/Time Out spaces on Announcer’s Reports
  • Added modification of Time In/Time Out to Results/Scoring
  • # Shown now printing correctly for Subsidiary shows in Info for Publication report
  • Page # now printing on Circuit Awards reports

What's new for v7.43?

  • Regional Scoring added for AQHA Regional Shows (uses 120, 105, 91, 78, etc. to place horses based on multiple judge's results)
  • NRHA disk creation file was adjusted per NRHA's file format updated 6/9/2006
  • No error message coming up when entering a horse into a class not in the working show
  • Added Stall text field for STALL* feetypes added to statements and on Stall information/report
  • Stall Report can be run for all STALL* feetypes regardless of where fee type was added (Stall With field from Back Number Mode can only be viewed with the Back Number List report...this column will be blank if the Stall With is only added in Entry Mode)
  • State Association Disk Creation file uses approving association of the show when including registration numbers of horses and people
  • Added Description and Doc# fields to Accumulation of Feetype report
  • Placings were wrapping on Statement when more than 99 horses were in the class
  • Stall With field not updating for other shows in circuit when changed in one show
  • SSN and Relationship error checking now complete

What's new for v7.42?

  • Added additional registration numbers on exhibitor and owner
  • Added Arrival date and increased Notes size (from 50 to 100) on Stall information/report
  • Some classes showed up twice in the Class Entry Count screen
  • Points in Circuit Awards Summary report were doubled or tripled (doesn’t go back and fix old issues of this but it should not occur again)
  • # Shown in cases of Run Off was including the extra entries into the run off

Issues from v7.41 cleaned up:

  • Program taking a long time to open data files in network environment
  • Owner association expiration date was sometimes wrong if more than one association card
  • Exhibitor box didn’t allow for arrow key usage

What's new for v7.41?

  • Networking speed issues; lock ups should be eliminated
  • Added question to verify adding second entry in class with Inactive Status.
  • Owner requirements (valid association number and expiration date) sped up
  • Added showing status to Exhibitor box
  • Added APHA skill sets per categories 1-13
  • Enlarged Status column on people screen
  • Fixed name of class on Judge’s Verification report (if more than one class with the same class code was in the system, the first class to have been entered would come up as the name)
  • Enlarged Count field in Accumulation of Fee Type report
  • Judge’s card needs Show ID not ShowNo (make sure the A is listed)
  • Incorrect header on Fee Type report
  • Enlarged Show# column on Work with New Show screen
  • Amount retained in purse calculation should never be negative (set to $0 if so)

Later incremental releases will include:

  • Awards - Add # of shows to Circuit report so user can see if they showed under each day of circuit
  • Error checking - Select classes age restriction is on date of show (Youth is first of year)
  • Error checking - Select classes give error message if horse is showing in the same of the Amateur class
  • Judges Card - Add basic judges cards/labels for any group to use
  • Mailing Labels - not sorting for specific shows/also to sort for circuit
  • Reports - Results by Class in IBHA or PHBA format running over owner/exhib
  • Reports - Working Order Draw - check box to leave off horse/rider information like Announcer's Report
  • Reports - NRCHA final report (Purse Distribution report re: NRCHA)
  • Reports - sort Results by Class report by division for IBHA
  • Reset Judges - allow a range of classes to be reset along with entire show
  • Scoring - Add No Score to scoring status (like DQ or Scratched)

What's new for 2006?

  • Awards – add birth date to report so verification of correct age for youth classes can be done
  • Awards – check box to include all classes entered so it can be verified that horses were entered in all classes required
  • Awards - Include owner on circuit report (in place of exhibitor) when using back number only
  • Awards – select individual and/or multiple shows across the year
  • Entries - Class name listed in Back Number Mode
  • Entries - different showbill numbers for same classes enters correct class when selecting choice
  • Error checking - Amateur status asks for age like youth (for Select)
  • Horses/People - overriding deletion of horses/people when records are tied to data
  • Judges Card - Add Limited Cow Work Judges card to NRCHA listing/updated NRCHA current cards
  • NRHA - results file to disk creation
  • Payouts - Allow separate pages of pre-check report to send to payee with check
  • Payouts - Don’t pay zero scores
  • Payouts - Modification of Pre-check report to make is easier for payee to read
  • Reports – Results for Publication – add # shown next to class name
  • Reports - Stall report added to F6 popup
  • Scoring - # Entries shown for concurrent classes on Results/Scoring screen
  • Scoring - Composite Gos
  • Setup - Modify skill set for AQHA to include letters for groups
  • Statements - Modify statement to include more information on the responsible party and contact person
  • Statements - check box (on System Preferences screen) to allow SSN/FedID to be printed
  • Statements - horse's name not printing if not in currently selected show
  • USEF reporting

What's new in v7.38?

  • Back Number Mode...certain horses create an error when trying to pull up horses with the same starting letter(s)
  • Manually changing payout amount in concurrent classes forced the same amount to be awarded to the same horse in other concurrent classes

What's new in v7.37?

  • Announcer Report fix...when printing in Showbill order, classes with no entries all printed first

What's new in v7.36?
Additional features:

  • Final screen resolution changes
  • Owner registration number(s) included on Entries | Back Number Mode screen
  • NRHA score cards (NRHA module)
  • PHBA/IBHA reporting
  • DQ’s now input for individual judges in split/combined or double judged shows
  • DQ’s included on Results by Class report if requested
  • Check box on Class Status Screen (F6) to show if results have been input
  • Miscellaneous fixes:
  • Association types field size too small (new Novice categories could only hold 5)
  • Age of horse error check; only minimum age was checked correctly
  • Dropping of low score
  • Editing a charge from a different show in the circuit changed the show listed in the charge
  • Announcer’s report included scratched horses in entry count for concurrent classes
  • If scratching a horse from the Results/Scoring area, it would scratch all the classes that shared an approving association for that horse
  • ‘A’ not showing up on roster report (also didn’t include subsidiary show ID’s on master report)
  • Announcer’s report pushed to new page at Sire/Dam information
  • Mailing label owners were sorted in by first name
  • People by Name and Listing of Class Codes report didn’t restrict properly
  • When all entries were scratched in a class, Results by Class report didn’t print ‘No Entries’

What's new for 2005?

  • New AQHA Novice rule (where entrants have specific novice classes they are eligible for rather than the whole division); APHA Novice rule coming...
  • NRCHA judge's cards added
  • Judge's cards labels added (still can print cards directly from the program but now allows for those that just want the labels to affix to their own cards)
  • Larger screen resolution changes/Maximization of all main screens (set on the Maintain System Preferences screen)
  • Association Retention Report
  • Outstanding Balance report
  • Allowance of $0 fees for classes (to show up on statement along with placing)
  • Stall with functionality from Charges area to allow for horses with no entries; report to coincide
  • Breeder information included

What's new in v7.27?

  • NRHA needs to have all ownership information on results sheets...added each individual owners name/address/association number to Announcer's Report, Results by Class, and Standings reports
  • When changing an owner's name on the People screen (i.e. owner got married), owner name wasn't changed in Horse information screen or on Announcer's Report...v7.27 does

What's new in v7.26?

  • Fixes issue with new AQHA show ID's that start with the letter A
  • Fixes issue with laptops that don't have floppy drives and creating association disks give an error message 'invalid filename'

What's new in v7.25?

  • Fixes number format issue with European countries that use commas rather than decimal places.
  • Fixes Information for Publication Report; error came up when printing in class code order.
  • Adds Exhibitor on All-Around printed report for divisions other than Open (which still shows Owner)

What's new for 2004?

  • Change the picture on the main menu to one of your choosing
  • All pertinent reports exported to PDF, RTF, and HTML...some financial reports exported to Excel
  • Enter Results from the Class Mode Entry Screen (like in old DOS system)
  • Show Setup Wizard walks through setting up your shows with more detailed explanations of each field used (judge and show fee information to be added in a version coming soon)
  • Judges Reset/Swap function to ease those changes in judge information after the show is already set up
  • More cross reference reporting (Exhibitor/Responsible Party list, Owner/Responsible Party list, Back number/Responsible Party/Stalled With list)
  • ABRA module added


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