#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.

The online registration application has its perks for members. AQHA members who use the online registration application get expedited service on their registration papers. Additionally, the online registration application validates name choices immediately and lets you know if the name you selected is available.

Take a look at some of the incredible prizes! Four work saddles will be given away at random, Phil Harris Show Bridle for Circuit Champion in Sr. Western Pleasure, Hadfield’s English Bridle for Circuit Champion in Sr. HUS, $250 SmartPak Gift Certificate goes to Circuit Champion in both Jr HUS and Western Pleasure, Custom Spurs for High Point in ALL Pinto Divisions, $350 McLelland’s Gift Certificate for a Show Pad random drawing for Trail Entries

When the school that AjPHA members Lauren and Nicholas Gralla attend started to raise an eyebrow at the kids’ absences due to showing their Paints, parents Todd and Tonya Gralla of Norman, Oklahoma, saw an easy solution: education.

For AQHA Trophy Western Team champions Ohio State University, and coaches Ollie and Debbie Griffith, it marked OSU’s 10th IHSA national team title and struck a personal chord. Their son, and defending AQHA High Point Rider, Austin Griffith, won the National Reining Horse Association Open Reining title and was Reserve overall in AQHA High Point Rider standings.

Kelsey Kafesjian of Bluffdale, Utah, was the Farnam Breeders’ Trust Novice Youth Scholarship winner. Kelsey is an 18-year-old high school senior with plans to attend Colorado State University in the fall. She earned her points toward the Farnam Breeders’ Trust Youth Scholarship riding Tramps Invitation, a 2008 bay tobiano mare by Special Invitation out of Ravishing Tramp who is nominated to the Breeders’ Trust.

Dreaming of becoming a Golden Horse winner? If so, now’s your chance. The first entry payment deadline for the 2014 PHBA Youth World Show and World Show is May 15th. The Youth World Show is scheduled to take place July 9-12 and the World Show will take place July 13-20 in Tunica, Mississippi. Judges for […]