Duties include, but not limited to organizing and distributing all awards on a daily basis, setting up and maintaining VIP receptions, assisting with PWC Market Place Trade show and Youth Judging Contest, coordinating the PtHA Dog Show, helping with the PWC Cookout, and some arena duties as needed. The first five days will be set up days in preparation for the Youth Judging Contest and horse show.

Throughout 2019, NSBYA will be holding Denim Drives at various horse shows. NSBYA will collect gently used, clean denim to donate to local homeless shelters at different horse shows. Throughout the summer, NSBA Youth will be collecting denim at local shows and donating those items to the community in which they visit.

In a new twist for 2019, horses cannot have been shown ASTRIDE in any Western Riding, Trail, or similar Versatility event prior to the Lucas Oil World official entry deadline of September 16, 2019. There remains no eligibility restrictions for Western Pleasure or Conformation classes. As of the official entry deadline of September 16 and thereafter, horses may be shown without restriction at any competition and in any classes, including the All American Quarter Horse Congress, without forfeiting PVC eligibility.

Dedicated Paint Horse competitors brought their best to the APHA Eastern National Championships March 22–24 in Lexington, Virginia, all vying for top titles and trophies; when the dust settled, 12 Paints and exhibitors stood victorious as the inaugural championship’s all-around and high-point winners.

Taylor Searles- $10,234.52, Emma Brown- $8-535.56, Mallory Vroegh- $7,625.01, Kacie Scharf- $4,401.41

During the program year, participants will be partnered with a mentor from the American Quarter Horse industry. These mentors will be an AQHA committee chairperson. AQHLead participants will shadow their mentor’s leadership activities in service to AQHA and the equine industry and will maintain monthly contact with their mentors to gain more insight into their role in guiding impactful industry decisions. 

Cheyenne’s aunt, Brenda Spencer, purchased Levi at an auction for $900 as a yearling. First intended as a pony horse on the racetrack, Levi instead became a stellar trail-riding mount before spending several years out to pasture; he didn’t begin his transformation into a show horse with Cheyenne until his 9-year-old year.