If you’d like a chance to take home a piece of this pie, remember, foals must be nominated every year. The $300 nomination fee for yearlings and 2-year-olds is due by June 1st. Nominations can still be paid after this date, but the fee increases. Weanling foals may be nominated within 60 days of foaling for $200. Then, the amount increases to $300 by June 1st.

“We’re right at about 300 stalls,” says Show Manager Jay Thesing. “Class sizes are staying good. We had 29 in the Novice Amateur Level 1 Showmanship, 20 in the Amateur Showmanship, and 26 in Horsemanship.”

The countdown continues to the 2014 Stars & Stripes and Big A horse show, which will take place July 3-13 in Conyers, GA. This year, exhibitors can look forward to an improved schedule, special events like the NQHL Huntfield Derby, Open Trail Derby, and Non-Pro Trail Derby, a shortened halter schedule, and much more. $125,000 in cash and prizes was awarded in 2013. Will you take home a chunk of change this year?

The first of six AQHA shows kick off today with a triple judged event that shows Kelly McDowall, Beckey Schooler, and Michelle Tidwell on the roster. Another triple judged event will take place Sunday and Monday with Andrea Simons, Jessica Gilliam, and Rusty Green judging.

Developed by the AQHA World Championship Show Sale Committee, the new bonus program offers buyers the option to pay $1,000, which will make the World Show Sale-purchased horse eligible to show at one or all of the AQHA World Shows (Zoetis Versatility Ranch Horse, Adequan Select, Built Ford Tough AQHYA and AQHA world championship shows) the year following the sale without having to qualify for the respective show.

Only a few weeks remain before the 2014 Pinto World Championship Show will take place June 9-21 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The pattern book for the show has been posted online early so you can get in some extra practice! Download today and get started!

Each of the following 12 events counts as one show and includes the respective number of judges—to qualify for the APHA World Show, a Paint Horse must have participated in at least two shows and four judges. Click here to read full qualification requirements for the APHA World Show.

#5- Great judges- Pierre Briere, Murray Griggs, Becky Schooler, Michael Colvin, Tim Finkenbinder, Jonathan Meilleur, John Boxell, Andrea Simons, Stephanie Lynn, Suzy Jeane, Michelle Pearson, and Laurel Denton

This year will be unlike any other year at Stampede Park for AQHA members and all horse lovers with the opening of the Agrium Western Event Centre, the new home of western events and competitions, horse performances and sustainable agriculture education on Stampede Park. The state-of-the-art 150,000-square-foot venue has been tailored for the needs of animals and designed to host national and international shows.

“Each year, our goal is to bring an outstanding roster of judges together to judge AQHA’s World Championship shows,” said Don Treadway Jr., AQHA Executive Vice President.