REMINDER: Entries for the 2016 All American Quarter Horse Congress are due August 25th. Click here to view the Congress Entry Book and Forms. Please note the following: STALL PAYMENTS Multiple checks, money orders, or credit cards will be accepted as payment for entry and stall fees. Entries for exhibitors wishing to stall together must be […]

The 2016 NSBA Foundation Silent Auction is ready to kick off Friday, August 12th at noon CST from the NSBA World Championship Show in Tulsa! The auction wraps up at noon CST on Wednesday, August 17th.

The Minnesota Pinto Horse Association and Iowa Pinto Horse Club are excited to present the Golden Jubilee that will take place August 25-28 at the Minnesota Equestrian Center in Winona, MN. The show will host four full days of classes including NSBA events and 30+ High Point and Reserve High Point awards will be given.

From a business standpoint, several topics were discussed this week. Below is an overview:

AQHA business and services and improve customer service in the future.
Evaluating the dynamic growth of various parts of the equine industry focusing on speed events.
Developed a crisis communications team for AQHA to be prepared for any situation to protect our members and horses.
Working with the United States Equestrian Federation and the American Association of Equine Practitioners to develop recommendations for an onsite biosecurity plan at major events.
Reviewed recent changes within the AQHA publications department. A new sales team has been fully formed and strategy for developing revived circulation using the new Ranch Horse Journal and Performance Horse Journal is underway.
Reviewed Awards Recognition Concepts, an AQHA subsidiary. We are thrilled in the addition of new clients that are generating new revenue through ARC.
Discussed ideas for how to strengthen and grow the Bank of America Challenge Championships, which are scheduled for October 29 at the Los Alamitos Race Course in Los Alamitos, California.
Approved and moving forward with affiliate workshops in 2017.
Discussed tentative education topics for the 2017 AQHA Convention, including microchipping advantages and modern technologies for horse health. Other topics are under review.
Approved edits that better explain the rules of ranch riding.

For the project, accepted AQHYA members will receive a nominated weanling from an AQHA Ranching Heritage Breeder. Those who do not receive a donated foal can still purchase a weanling from a Ranching Heritage Breeder. The AQHYA members work with and train their foals, then show them at an AQHA show. Ultimately, the project participants have the chance to win back their investment in their foals through scholarships.

Youth members had two days to create their designs using a colorful array of Nutrena® SafeChoice® & ProForce® bags along with miscellaneous twine, lacing, ribbon, paint and embellishments! As part of the challenge, participants had to recruit a model and showcase their design throughout the grounds, collecting donations as “votes” for their design. From “Cap Gun Cowboys” to “Fabulous Fairies,” these youth designers pulled out all the stops for their 2016 Nutrena® designs!

All AjPHA members automatically receive an “entry” into the Farnam Breeders’ Trust Youth Scholarship program every time they show a Breeders’ Trust-nominated Paint Horse in APHA Youth or Novice Youth classes during the yearlong eligibility period. Entries accumulate per judge, per class, and were collected between April 1, 2015, and March 31, 2016.

“It was very successful. We had 103 entries in the buckle classes alone. I know there was a small group that came just for those classes, but their trainer convinced them to do the Youth classes as well,” Heather said. “In talking to people, some were very hesitant about Paint shows to begin with, but they made a lot of friends along the way.”