#7- To approve the recommended changes/deletions to rules REG108.2 and REG108.3 so as make them consistent with rules that require all mares and stallions to be DNA-typed before foals can be registered.
#8- To approve removing REG108.4 since all breeding stallions are now required to have a genetic panel test on file with AQHA.
#9- To approve adding REG109.8.7 as follows: For determining the above defined marking limitations, an inspection of a horse, including a horse in a standing position, may be conducted from any angle or distance from the horse, and the person conducting the inspection may be in a standing, crouching or any other position.

Each AQHA world show qualifier has the option to nominate an AQHA judge by filling out the bottom section of the entry form. As entries are processed at AQHA, the nominations are detached from the entry and sent to Carla Nelson, administrative secretary to the senior director of judges.

The Arizona Quarter Horse Association is excited to announce the creation of the Versatility Ranch Horse division of their club. The Arizona Stock Horse has released a special schedule of shows for 2018 with youth, limited, amateur, open, and cowboy divisions.

Classes have been selected by APHA and will vary from show to show, but they’ll include Open and Non-Pro aged events as well as ancillary classes like Non-Pro, Green Reiner, Rookie and/or Youth in an effort to reach a wide variety of competitors.

Hundreds of clinics, seminars and demos by many of the foremost trainers, coaches, competitors, judges, TV personalities, and industry professionals will be presented in seven venues. Clinic topics will cover the gamut from the English disciplines of dressage, jumping, eventing, driving, English pleasure and hunter under saddle through the western sports of reining, western horsemanship, barrel racing, contesting, and trail.

After the match, Carolina senior Megan Overberg was honored as SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year along with Georgia’s Madison Anger. A native of Hillsboro, Ohio, Overberg has a 3.912 GPA as an exercise science major. She’s a former NCEA Scholar-Athlete and SEC Academic Honor Roll selection. A President’s List and Dean’s List member, Overberg plans to pursue a master’s degree in ophthalmology after graduating from Carolina.

BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. — Georgia equestrian became back-to-back Southeastern Conference Champions after defeating the Auburn Tigers, 12-7, Saturday afternoon at One Wood Farm. Senior Addy Cord (Equitation on the Flat), sophomore Ali Tritschler (Equitation Over Fences) and junior Graysen Stroud (Reining) earned All-Championship Team honors for their rides in the semifinal and final round of the championship this weekend.

The Forum will kick off Tuesday with speaker Luis Benitez, Director of the Colorado Outdoor Recreation Industry Office, where he will give an overview of his roles and responsibilities, as well as explain how other states could adopt a similar model. Following Mr. Benitez will be a panel titled “Survey Says” and will examine various data trends within the equine industry over the past several years. The morning will also include a youth engagement panel, “Building the pipeline of future horse enthusiasts,” and will feature representatives from the PGA “First Tee” program and the Outdoor Industry Association’s “Outdoor Nation.”