Standing Rules

National Specialty Sweepstakes Rules

The following are uniform rules for National Specialty sweepstakes, entry fee and division of prize money.

The entry fee will be at the discretion of the show committee. The show committee may, at it’s discretion, take up to 25% off the top to help defray expenses. Remaining prize money will be distributed as follows:

Best in Sweepstakes—10%
Best of Opposite Sex to Best in Sweepstakes—5%

The remaining prize money shall be distributed evenly among the classes with each classes prize money distributed evenly among the classes with each classes prize money distributed as follows:

1st place—50%
2nd place—25%
3rd place—10%

Classes shall be divided by sex as follows:

6-9 months
9-12 months
12-15 months
15-18 months

After all of the classes have been judged, the first place winners in each class shall compete for best in sweepstakes and best of opposite sex to best in sweepstakes. Sweepstakes entries must be handled by the owner, co-owner, a member of the owner or co-owner’s family, the breeder or an amateur handler. Professional handlers, as defined by the Association, are permitted to handle sweepstakes entries only if they are the owner, co-owner, a member of the owner’s family or the breeder of the sweepstakes entry.

The veteran sweepstakes classes at the National Specialty shall be divided by sex as follows:

6 years & under 7 years of age
7 years & under 8 years of age
8 years & under 9 years of age
9 years of age and over

The veteran classes at the National Specialty shall be divided by sex as follows:

6-8 years
8-10 years
10 years and over

The National Specialty committee shall, at least four weeks prior to the specialty, request that judges do a written critique of the bullmastiffs they judge.