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Year of the Horse
Sport Horse Photos
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Arabian Jockey Club
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February 2014
Dates and Deadlines 
  • Feb. 15: Deadline for in-utero entries with additional late fee ($100 Breeding Entry/$100 per horse/per country for Halter Futurity nominations)
  • March 7-8: AERC Convention, Atlanta, Ga
  • March 14-15: AHA Board of Directors meeting, Aurora, Colo.
  • March 15-16: AHYA Board of Directors meeting, Aurora, Colo.
  • March 31: Halter Futurities (re-nominations only) due with $100 late fee per horse, per country
For more dates and deadlines click here.

AHA will be in Scottsdale 

AHA will be available to provide services at the 2014 Annual Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show, Feb. 13-23. Visit the AHA booth located in the main entrance of the North Hall. AHA is there to help you:

  • Register or transfer your horse
  • Submit your late in-utero nominations to the Sweepstakes Program and Halter Futurities (deadline Feb. 15)
  • Purchase or renew your AHA membership and be entered to win one of eight gifts 
    • You could win the grand prize: iPad or a WeatherBeeta Blanket for your Arabian Horse, courtesy of AHA Corporate Sponsor WeatherBeeta
  • Purchase a subscription of award winning Modern Arabian Horse magazine
  • Look up pedigree, progeny and ownership information on DataSource and get a free printout of the pedigree of a registered Arabian, Half-Arabian, or Anglo-Arabian
  • View/print the accomplishment record of any registered Arabian, Half-Arabian, or Anglo-Arabian
  • Get assistance with your pending transactions. Please bring your work to the show
  • Submit your enrollment to the many AHA programs
  • Choose from a wide variety of blank forms for registration and enrollment to our many programs

This is your opportunity to get personal assistance with your paperwork and have many of your questions answered. Let us help and we will see you in Scottsdale!

January 31 Galloped in "The Year of the Horse!"

Jan. 31, 2014 marked the beginning of year 4711 of the Chinese calendar and the official start to the Year of the (Wooden) Horse. What a lucky coincidence for us equine lovers!

 

To celebrate, we want to hear how you are celebrating the 'Year of the (Arabian) Horse' all year long. Submit your photo and a brief summary of how you are celebrating with your Arabian, equine friend to [email protected]. Or, post on your social media with #myyearofthehorse.

 

You could see your submission featured on our AHA and AHYA social media pages or in our monthly AHA Insiders and Modern Arabian Horse magazine.

 

We can't wait to hear how you are making the most of "The Year of the Horse" throughout 2014!

Call for Sport Horse Photos 

If you have either a purebred or half-Arabian Sport Horse, you can now submit his or her photos for a conformation evaluation and the chance to be featured in an upcoming issue of Modern Arabian Horse magazine.

 

Submit photos of the following three stances

  • standing front 
  • standing side
  • standing rear

to [email protected] by March 1. 

 

An Arabian Sport Horse judge will evaluate each set of photos and select a few for comments regarding the horse's suitability as a sport horse prospect. 

The Buzz: Be Social with AHA and AHYA!

AHA and AHYA are now #trending on social media! If you haven't already connected, followed, tweeted or posted with us, then the time is now!

 

Find Arabian Horse Association on Facebook, Twitter @AHAArabian, Instagram @arabianhorseassoc, YouTube, and Pinterest 

 

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Check out Arabian Horse Youth Association on Facebook, Twitter @AHYneigh, and Instagram @arabianhorseyouth

 

   

 

Coming Soon: Modern Arabian Horse magazine LinkedIn page and AHA Google+ page.  

Riders, Ride Hosts, Sponsors, Horses - Working Together for One Vision: 1,000 Rides - $1 Million Dollars 

The American Competitive Trail Horse Association (ACTHA), with a lot of help from you and industry partners is working to hold 1,000 rides and raise at least $1,000,000 for PATH Intl. centers throughout North America.  The big objective is to bring more national awareness to the work of PATH International. Operating for over 40 years they have now certified over 850 professional c enters and over 4,200 instructors into mainstream America. More than 7,400 PATH, Intl members help 56,000 children and adults with physical, mental and emotional challenges find strength and independence through the power of the horse, each year.

 

ACTHA is in need of event hosts, volunteers, riders, and sponsors. We're asking everyone, near and far, to help spread the word by using your professional and personal network of friends and business contacts. Help give recognition to this national effort. Chances are good that there's a local PATH Intl. center in your hometown. Virtually everyone has a friend or family member that could, or has benefited from their work. So please, tell your friends, post it everywhere on social media, use all your resources to spread the word. We need your help to make it happen!    

 

There are many other specific ways to get involved - help where you can:

 

SPONSOR - Some wonderful sponsors have been serving PATH Intl. for years. They can't do it alone, as great as they are.  Join us and them! Already ACTHA partners are stepping up to help promote the event - some are providing prizes, others are providing networking and publicity.  We're asking everyone in the equine industry to do what they can to help make these events for PATH Intl. and their centers to get everything they need.  There's no effort that is too small or that will go unappreciated.

Be creative! There's always ways to help your company while helping a wonderful cause. Cavallo is donating $7,500 to PATH Intl. on behalf of the first 500 riders who sign up for the events, stating they will be wearing their wonderful Cavallo boots! 

 

RIDE - Visit our Events page and find a Trail Challenge or an Arena Obstacle Challenge near you and join in on the fun. You'll enjoy the day, help your local therapeutic riding center, and help with ACTHA's mission of putting horses back to work.   Remember, you don't have to be a member in order to ride!  Check out the calendar (www.actha.us/events) to find a ride, find a friend, and we'll see you both there! Did you know PATH Int'l. employs over 8,000 horses!? Talk about equine employment...and don't you know everyone of them is proud of their service.

 

HOST- Consider hosting an event. Hosts across the country are stepping up to hold events in support of the Shamrock Path 2014 effort. Whether it's one of our Arena Obstacle Challenges held in any arena, ring or field, or our Competitive Trail Challenge, stretching over a 6 mile course, we've got the resources to help bring riders, volunteers and prizes to your event.  We provide the liability insurance, and you are given personal assistance by one of our dedicated Ride Coordinators. If you can host a party, you can host an ACTHA event!  We provide you with all the resources, special prize boxes, training, and the knowledge gained by putting on almost 2,000 events just like yours.

 

You provide the local boots on the ground, a few volunteers and some time planning and organizing. You'll need a location to hold your event, on public or private land, and a place to park 15-25 trailers. To learn more about the benefits of hosting an event, click (www.actha.us/hostaride) or email [email protected].  Hundreds of PATH Intl. centers are signing up. They can use your help, host or volunteer...there are so many ways you can help. Contact Robin, Director of Marketing for ACTHA and Ride Hosts at [email protected] or [email protected] for general information.
Sponsor. If you can't sponsor, Host. If you can't Host, Ride. If you can't Ride, Volunteer or donate.... Just get involved! 
 
(Photos reprinted with permission from PATH Int'l) 

Arabian Jockey Club News

Upcoming Events

On Feb. 22, the Gr 2 Texas Six Shooter for 4 year old colt/geldings and the Gr 2 Texas Yellow Rose for 4 year old fillies will be held. Both of which are going 7 furlongs and will be run at Sam Houston Race Track. The estimated pure for each race is $30,000.

 

On March 8, the Global Festival of HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan for Arabian Flat horse racing, is coming to Texas and the Sam Houston Race Track. The newly upgraded Gr 1 HH Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup, for 4 year olds and up going 7 furlongs will now carry the increased purse of approximately $47,000 USD. Along with this the Her Highness Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship (IFAHR) for lady amateur jockeys will once again be running that same evening. This race also carries a newly announced upgrade to the purse of  approx $40,000 USD for this 7 furlong race. 

For further info on these races click here

 

The Arabian Jockey Club will hold its Annual Race Committee Meeting on Saturday, March 8, at the JW Marriott Hotel/Galleria in Houston Texas at 9 a.m. The meeting room will be at the hotel and will be noted on the hotel information board.  
 
USA Darley Nominnees Announced 

The Arabian Racing Cup is pleased to announce the nominees for the 27th annual Darley Awards, sponsored by HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Flat Racing Festival.  Honoring the best in the US in Arabian flat racing in 2013, the US champions will be named at the Her Highness Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Darley Awards Hollywood 2014 celebration to be held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on the evening of April 4, 2014. Read more here


AHA is a major equine association serving 27,000 members across North America. It registers and maintains a database of more than one million Arabian, Half-Arabian and Anglo-Arabian horses and administers approximately $3 million in annual prize money. AHA produces championship events, recognizes close to 6400 Arabian horse shows and distance rides and provides activities and programs that promote breeding and ownership. For information about Arabian, Half-Arabian and Anglo-Arabian horses, call 303-696-4500, e-mail [email protected] or visit ArabianHorses.org. 

 
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