Party Like It’s 1974 – The AQHA World Championship Show is Celebrating its 50th Anniversary!
All images courtesy of AQHA
From AQHA:
It’s the pinnacle event for the American Quarter Horse industry, and we hope you’ll be there! The AQHA World Championship Show is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Join us as we party like it’s 1974. November 1-20 at OKC Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City is going to be one heck of a golden anniversary.
Enter by 5 p.m. Central Time on September 16. You can enter online and plan your trip at www.aqha.com/worldshow.
Details:
- The 2024 Nutrena AQHA and Adequan® Select World Championship Shows is November 1-20 at OKC Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City.
- The first AQHA World Show was first held in 1974 in Louisville, Kentucky.
- After two years in Louisville, the AQHA World Show moved to Oklahoma City, where it has been held every year since.
- This is your last chance to show in the historic Jim Norick Arena! The OKC Fairgrounds new coliseum will be used for the 2025 AQHA Word Show.
- The 50th Anniversary of the AQHA World Championship Show will award more than $4.3 million in purse, prizes and exhibitor appreciation.
- Globe trophies, jackets, vests and buckles are presented to top finishers.
- The Adequan® AQHA Level 2 Championships and AQHA Level 1 Champion of Champions are held in conjunction.
- American Quarter Horses and their exhibitors qualified for this world championship event: by earning the required number of points for their class, participating in four AQHA-approved events, qualifying as an affiliate invitee or as a direct qualifying invitee (barrel racing).
- Enter by 5 p.m. Central on September 16
Watch the anniversary video:
