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(As written in the official ApHC Handbook 2004)
"The race shall be run in traditional Nez Perce fashion if arena size permits. Two horses at a time on two opposite three-barrel courses, triangular in nature, will race from a common starting and finish line to the barrel on their right, turning right and racing to the barrel on the left of the starting line around it to the left and race to the barrel farthest from the starting line turn left around this third barrel and race to the starting line which is now the finish line, until eliminations are complete."

"Original positions will be drawn; the bye system may be invoked in the event of an odd number of entries."

"The two opposite three-barrel courses, triangular in nature, should be set up with a common start/finish line. The front barrels 30 feet from the starting line; barrels to be 75 feet apart with the back barrel 94 feet from the finish line. A course may be reduced by three to five feet to fit a smaller arena."