Win $1,200 Blue Ribbon Headstall During “Sun Circuit’s Got Talent Competition!”
March 8, 2018 Comments Off on Win $1,200 Blue Ribbon Headstall During “Sun Circuit’s Got Talent Competition!”
Competitors will have the opportunity to win a custom Blue Ribbon, silver, embellished headstall valued at $1,200 at Friday’s Lunch Party sponsored by 7Bar Ranch and AQHA stallions, Indefinate and Definitely All That, during the Singing/Karaoke Contest!
Continue reading …Nominate Your Appaloosa For 2018 2-Year-Old Incentive Classes by March 31st, Classes Paid $42,000+ in 2017!
March 8, 2018 Comments Off on Nominate Your Appaloosa For 2018 2-Year-Old Incentive Classes by March 31st, Classes Paid $42,000+ in 2017!
If you have a foal sired by one of the stallions listed below that is one year old in 2017, you are eligible to do a paid nomination for the Two-Year-Old Incentive class for the 2018 World Championship Appaloosa Show.
Continue reading …NCEA February Riders of the Month Include Laska Anderson, Hannah Mitchell, Jayme Omand, and Taylor St. Jacques
March 7, 2018 Comments Off on NCEA February Riders of the Month Include Laska Anderson, Hannah Mitchell, Jayme Omand, and Taylor St. Jacques
The TCU Horned Frogs earn two NCEA monthly honors for February. Jayme Omand, a Senior from Sacramento, CA earns Equifit Equitation on the Flat Rider of the Month after posting a 4-0-1 record and bringing home one MOP honor. Sophomore Laska Anderson picks up another monthly accolade with Shorty’s Horsemanship Rider of the Month after posting a 4-0-1 record and two MOP honors. This is Anderson’s second consecutive NCEA Rider of the Month award.
Continue reading …Introducing Your 2018-2019 APHA Executive Committee
March 7, 2018 Comments Off on Introducing Your 2018-2019 APHA Executive Committee
President: Craig Wood, Ph.D., Owenton, Kentucky
President-Elect: Mike Short, Shiner, Texas
Vice President: Casey West, Abilene, Kansas
Senior Committee Member: Karen Thomas, Morganton, North Carolina
Fifth Committee Member: Alison Umberger, Broad Run, Virginia
Sixth Committee Member: Melanie Cox-Dayhuff, Knightstown, Indiana
Immediate Past President: Travis Titlow, Lincoln, California
“At the 2017 AQHA Convention, I challenged our members to figure out what we need to work on as an Association and to work together to enhance AQHA,” wrote Seekins. “Your individual commitment is what makes our team work. You are a representative of the Association everywhere you go. You accepted my challenge, and I am proud of the work we’ve done over the past year to improve AQHA.”
Continue reading …2017 NSBA Horse of the Year is Made N The Shade
March 6, 2018 Comments Off on 2017 NSBA Horse of the Year is Made N The Shade
NSBA announced yesterday that the 4-year-old AQHA gelding, Made N The Shade, is the 2017 NSBA Horse of the Year. “Mikey” accumulated 78 points and earned $40,560.99 in earnings in Western Pleasure classes on his way to achieving this prestigious title.
Continue reading …Presenting Your New 2018 AQHA Executive Committee
March 5, 2018 Comments Off on Presenting Your New 2018 AQHA Executive Committee
The American Quarter Horse Association Executive Committee was elected at the 2018 AQHA Convention in Jacksonville, Florida.Though AQHA operates primarily upon the decisions of its members through the board of directors, the five-person Executive Committee is responsible for implementing these important decisions and governing AQHA between the annual meetings of the membership and the board.
Continue reading …31 Rules Passed Today at APHA Convention
March 5, 2018 Comments Off on 31 Rules Passed Today at APHA Convention
CONTROL #AM-090: Passed
SUMMARY: Adds performance halter for Youth and Amateur divisions. Also, adds Grand & Reserve Halter for Mares & Geldings in the youth division.
*Early Implementation
Weekend Recap From 2018 AQHA and APHA Conventions
March 5, 2018 Comments Off on Weekend Recap From 2018 AQHA and APHA Conventions
Some of the most notable included Performance Halter for the amateur and youth divisions, adding a Top 20 award for the Amateur Walk Trot division, and a modification to the scoring system for Showmanship, Horsemanship and Equitation. Other noted discussions that I heard about, included the possibility of a competition license for SPB horses to compete with regular registry horses.
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The horses inducted into the Hall of Fame are the stallions Otoe, Runaway Winner, The Ole Man and Smart Chic Olena; and the mare Maroon (TB). The horsemen are AQHA Past President Gene Graves of Grand Island, Nebraska; Dr. Tom Lenz of Louisburg, Kansas; Robert Sutherland of Overland Park, Kansas; Georga Sutton and her late husband, Raymond Sutton, of Gettysburg, South Dakota; and Hawaiian Princess, breeder and horsewoman Abigail Kawananakoa of Honolulu.
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