Come to WestWorld in Scottsdale, Arizona to enjoy a sunny weekend of showing May 10-11 for the Arizona Paint Horse Club’s APHC Summer Celebration. Judges for the show will be Jan Larsen and Bill Englund.

Three $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to the All-Around Youth winners in the following categories: Youth 13 & Under; Youth 14–18; and Novice Youth. The All-Around Youth awards are calculated based on the number of points earned by a horse-and-exhibitor combo in at least three categories of classes—if you’ve got a versatile Paint, plan to try your hand at these great incentives.

Your input is requested in this survey, which relates to only one aspect of increasing participation – the appropriateness of offering a Level 2 title in each class for eligible exhibitors and horses.

As of March 31, there are 2,102 qualifiers – 1,058 amateur and 1,044 open – for more than 90 events at what’s considered the American Quarter Horse industry’s most prestigious event.

New for 2014, LubriSyn has funded two new scholarships for AjPHA members. Two lucky recipients—one male and one female AjPHA member—will each receive a $1,000 college scholarship courtesy of LubriSyn. Additional details about these new scholarships will be released soon.

The National Snaffle Bit Association is excited to unveil a new program that will allow participating NSBA members to compete for an estimated $100,000 purse this fall. In its first year, the NSBA Riders Cup will be held October 4-5 at Roberts Arena in Wilmington, Ohio, just prior to the 2014 All American Quarter Horse Congress.

Shawn Flarida is no stranger to winning the Kentucky Reining Cup, having won here the last three years, and this year he took the top spot again, by scoring 452.5 aboard Michell Kimball’s Spooks Gotta Whiz.

Joining Shawn and Jordan on the United States team are Mandy McCutcheon with Yellow Jersey (QH), Andrea Fappani with Smoking Whiz (QH) and Custom Cash Advance (QH), Troy Heikes with Lil Gun Dunit, and Tom McCutcheon with Dun Git A Nicadual (QH).

Judges for the show will be Brian Ellsworth, Brent Maxwell, Rob Meneely, Jeffrey Pait, Nancy Sue Ryan, and Carla Wennberg.