The 2020 ABRA Show Schedule is up on the website. Be sure to bookmark the page and check back often as shows will added throughout the year. Good luck everyone and be sure to enjoy the journey! Click here to download.

“This year’s quarter of a million is just the first step,” Hancock said. “This committee foresees additional support opportunities becoming available for this endeavor in the future. We don’t know where it is going to end yet, but we are excited for the future.”

The 2020 Nutrena AQHA Central Level 1 Championships is April 8-11 at OKC Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City; the 2020 Nutrena AQHA West Level 1 Championships is April 15-19 to the South Point Equestrian & Events Center in Las Vegas; and the 2020 Nutrena East AQHA Level 1 Championships is April 29 – May 3 at the World Equestrian Center in Wilmington, Ohio. Exhibitors can compete at only one Level 1 Championships each year.

Even though the deadline to submit rule-change proposals for the 2020 convention was December 31, 2019, your input is encouraged and taken into consideration when decisions are being made. After all, it is AQHA members who lead the charge toward changes that make the Association – and the equine industry – better.

“We were thrilled to showcase the Ranch Work Championships at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. The rich cowboy history of the Will Rogers Coliseum made it the perfect venue,” APHA senior director of marketing, membership & special events. “All the competitors had a blast and being a timed event really allowed the spectators to get involved.”

Breeder’s Certificate: For each mare bred, a Breeder’s Certificate must be fully completed with original inked signature(s) of the recorded stallion’s owner, authorized agent or lessee at the time of the breeding provided on it. Photocopies, faxed copies or scanned copied signatures are not acceptable. Please be sure that there are no alterations made to the breeder’s certificate and that all the requested information and owner’s signatures are fully completed on it. Breeder’s Certificates received with missing, altered or incorrect information will necessitate the need for a new Breeder’s Certificate and new signatures from owners. Breeder’s Certificate which has missing, incorrect or incomplete information will cause delay processing the foal’s registration. 

The book includes patterns for Ranch Trail, Showmanship, Equitation, and Horsemanship, including the National Championship Finals. It also includes listings of AQHA patterns for Cow Horse, Reining, Ranch Riding, VRH, and Western Riding.

At the 2019 AQHA Versatility Ranch Horse World Championships, AQHA Ranching Heritage Challenge Finals, AQHA Level 1 Cattle Championships and National Ranch and Stock Horse Alliance National Championship Show, more than 2,300 entries and 350 exhibitors from 30 states and Costa Rica competed for: