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Region 2
The Golden Empire Arabian Horse Society, GEAHS, is sponsoring an open CDS Dressage Show in Bakersfield Ca. Show premium list will be available on our website, after February 1. For more information contact [email protected].
The Rancho California Arabian Horse Association along with AHA San Joaquin Valley is sponsoring their Annual Spring Show at LAEC in Burbank, Ca. This show will also host the Region 2 Offsite Sport Horse and Dressage Championships. Dates of the show are March 24-27, 2016.
Region 2 and Regional Clubs will be sponsoring two shows coming up at the Earl Warren Showgrounds in Santa Barbara. The first will be over Mother's Day weekend May 6-8, and the Pre show and Championship Show will be June 21 - 26. Volunteers are always needed to make the shows run smoothly. If you can assist in any way for any session, please contact Penny Wardlaw or Joyce Schroeder. Planning a Family Day on Saturday during the Championship classes with Youth support providing games, pop corn, ice cream social and Saturday night with a surprise evening of events.
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Region 3
Plans for Region 3 Show are proceeding rapidly. We are all looking forward to the new location , Murieta Equestrian Complex, in Rancho Murieta, California. This is just 20 minutes southeast of Sacramento. Region 3 Last Chance Qualifying Show, July 11-12, 2016. Judges: Jessica Bein and Jill Lochner - Halter/Performance, LaRae Fletcher-Powell - Trail/Working Cow. Region 3 Championship Show: July 13-16 ,2016: Judges: Vicki Humphrey, Liz Bentley & LaRae Fletcher-Powell - Halter/Performance, Jessica Bein - Trail/Working Cow. The patron program will be revamped and lots of fun Youth Activities. For additional information, please contact show secretary Sharon Richards. Region 3 is coming home to California.
The Golden Gate Arabian Horse Association is busy making final arrangements for their 58th annual Spring show to be held April 1-3rd, 2016 at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa, CA. The premium is available online, our Facebook page (Golden Gate AHA) and website. The main ring judge this year will be Kelly Elm. The show will offer special classes including a Pro/Am and Liberty. Silver belt buckles, garlands and ribbons will also be part of the prizes. This Region 3 based show is a qualifier for Region 3, Youth Nationals, U.S. and Canadian Nationals. A small, covered warm up area will be available this year in case of inclement weather. Patron opportunities available for preferred stabling, show program ad and other goodies. Come get qualified at our exhibitor friendly show!
UC Davis is holding an Equine Preventative Health Care Symposium on February 27, 2016. Speakers will discuss lameness, disaster preparedness, colic prevention, foal care, and disease prevention. Join them for a full day of lectures on preventative health horse care with UC Davis veterinarians, hands on dry labs, demos, raffle, breakfast and lunch included and free swag gabs to all attendees register online.This will be held at Gladys Valley Hall, Davis ,California Registration is $40.00.
 Youth Corner
I hope that everyone is excited about show season as we are, especially for the Region 3 Championship Show which will now be held in the beautiful Rancho Murieta, California! We as youth have a really amazing opportunity to set the bar for our new regional show this year! Our youth board is working hard to come up with fun new activities, fundraisers and possibly even some youth hang-out areas throughout the show!
Our region just held our Budget and Show Committee meetings on the 16th where we discussed the events that will be happening at the Regional show! We have some exciting activities planned for both the youth and their families, as well as the other exhibitors, so make sure you attend our championship show!
Don't forget that we will be holding our first youth meeting at the adult Region 3 Meeting in January. At this meeting the youth board will discuss important topics regarding the youth of our region and continue planning activities for the regionals show, as well as decide on our contributions to Youth Nationals. Our youth board would like invite any youth who are at all interested in becoming more involved in AHYA to join us for this meeting! We would love to have you and your input on youth activities there!
Below are important dates and locations of upcoming Events:
- January 29, 2016, 8PM- Youth Board Meeting held at the Holiday Inn Express in Vacaville, California.
- June 11-16- Region 3 Last Chance Qualifier/ Region 3 Championship held at the Murieta Equestrian Center in Rancho Murieta, California.
If you have any questions about the upcoming youth activities, please feel free to email Kailey Wessel! Happy New Year from the Youth Board of Region 3!
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Region 5
AHA Region 5 Northwest Equefest
Region 5 has been holding mini conventions for years. The last one was in 2006, however this year, after nearly a ten year hiatus, we put a spin on it. For 2015 we called it Northwest EquestFest. It was held in Bellevue on January 9th at the Courtyard By Marriott. This event brought 10 lectures on various equine topics to the community for free. Speakers included LMF feed, two veterinarians and a farrier who discussed lameness, understanding the hoof and dentistry, local trainers/judges who discussed equitation, equine insurance, equine law, sport horse trends, the art of clipping, how to become a judge with our state B system as well as how to become judge/steward with AHA which was presented by Stan Morey, and much more!
Multiple sponsors, including a goody bag by Reber Ranch and vendor room sponsor Crescita Capital. Lunch brought a fashion show sponsored by local realtor Rich Watson, featured attire from many of our vendors including fun ideas of what to wear to the barn for practice along with trends in all the Arabian classes. We pulled in not only Arabian members but other breed competitors,4-H members, Pony Club, and people just starting out with horses. We had an AHA booth displaying pictures of our versatile horses competing in all the classes. Tables of donated silent auction items from local and national businesses.
We wrapped this event up with our inaugural Region 5 awards banquet. Initially hoping to sell 90 tickets to the event, we ended up having to open a second room with a total of 140 attendees. Awards were given out to the winners of the Arabian Region 5 High Point Program. Each Champion received a perpetual trophy, blanket bag donated by Schneidrs and Champion ribbon, Reserve Champion received a garment bag, ribbon and then we gave awards out through eight place. The winners of the Open High Point Program also received their awards that night. The open program recognizes people that show their Arabians in open shows. We also have two special awards: a Youth and an Adult Volunteer of the Year award; Recipients were McKenzie Miller and Lenora Callahan and Sportsmanship awards recipients were Cristi Knittle and Maddy Knittle. We had a wonderful Master of Ceremonies to keep the night going. In addition we were able to get Cynthia Richardson to attend and discuss "The State of the Association," and Stan Morey give a report on the Judges and Stewart Commission.
The highlight of the night might have been Ron Copple Jr. talking about his involvement with the Arabian Horsemen's Distress Fund. This introduced the organization to everyone and gave our attendees the chance raise money for a wonderful cause. Our AHDF Cake Auction raised $3,359.01. Additionally our silent auction items raised $1,420 for the Region 5 Youth and $1,581 that will be split between the AHDF, Region 5 Youth, and a local therapeutic riding center Little Bit.
A huge thanks to all those who attended, sponsored, and presented. And our amazing master of ceremonies Ian Sage!
This event would not have been possible without the wonderful committee of: Michelle Pease-Paulsen, Carrie Olson, Shannon, Bedell, Erika Snell, Joyce Thomas, and Pat Hough.
We also want to thank Coral Link Photography for taking such wonderful photos. Coral is in the process of editing photos and will post them to her site when completed. We will be sure to update everyone via the Region 5 website and Facebook when these images are up.
What a wonderful start to the 2016 season. We ask that you save a tentative date of January 7, 2017 for the next event.
The region 5 website and Facebook will be updated shortly with highlights of the evening.
Who's going to Scottsdale?
In order to create more press and photo opportunities for the Region, I would like to know who is going to Scottsdale. Shannon or I will work with Coral to shoot some pics, and do a short interview in order to highlight our riders on the Region 5 website. We are looking for Youth and Amateurs.
Youth Corner
Youth Judging team tryouts are tentatively scheduled for March 20th at Carleton Farms in Lake Stevens WA. Participants will have to judge 4 classes and give one oral presentation regarding reasoning to their placings. The top 4 highest scores will move forward to the 2016 Youth Judging Team. Once you qualify to be on the judging team it is required that you must do the following:
- Attend all Judging Team practices
- Volunteer at one local show and the regional championship show. We encourage the local show to be the Cascade Youth Benefit show and the Regional show can either be the Sport Horse Show or the Main Ring show. Please ensure to work these details out with your youth director.
- Assist with fund raising efforts and sponsorships for the cascade youth benefit show
- Attend 2 local youth meetings
- If you are not a member of AHA you will have to join through one of the local clubs.
Jan. 17: Regional Youth Meeting at the Bellevue Regional Library, begins at 3:00 p.m. in room 6.
Lastly, Team Tournament entries are due February 1 this year, please get them to Kari Amundson
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Region 7
Region 7 is coming -- with a new and expanded show. We have increased the Equidome & Working Western schedule a day to add leveling classes in our AATR & JTR divisions and to spread out the show a bit to allow more down time to most evenings.
The premium will be on line within the month but we can't wait to announce our judges:
ASHO4U, Pre-show
Equidome: Deborah Johnson and Ann Judge
Working Western: Bill Melendez
Hunter, Jumper & Sport Horse: Maryne Langer
Dressage & Sport Horse: Heidi Gaian
REGION 7 CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW
Equidome: Vicki Humphrey, Bruce McCrea and Bill Melendez
Working Western: Deborah Johnson and Ann Judge
Hunter, Jumper & Sport Horse: Diane Morgan-Stasiak
Dressage & Sport Horse: Fran Kehr
Mark your calendars and plan on making a trip to beautiful Scottsdale, Arizona. It's going to be a good time, hope to see you all there.
CALLING ALL YOUTH! Region 7 is now accepting applications for our Region 7 Scholarship program. Scholarships are awarded on basis of financial need, academic ability, leadership and equine involvement. Scholarships may be used for undergraduate or graduate studies at an accredited college or university. Proof of enrollment as a full-time student required. The application is online: Deadline is April 1st, 2016.
East Valley Arabian Horse Association
EVAHA recently held its election of officers for 2016 at its annual Chili Cook Off and Trail Ride held at Tyler Arabian Farms in Mesa. New officers elected are Jon Lauterbach-President, Barbara Patterson-Vice President, Vicki Grady- Secretary, and Diane Lauterbach-Treasurer. The Board of Directors includes Margo Saum, Rowena King, Laura Metcalfe, Glynis Gelman and Jamie Ikemoto. Yearend High Point Awards for the 2015 Miniciruit Show series were awarded, with total points based on the horse and rider combination. A silver belt buckle and Champion trophy for High Point went to Keely Urbanski riding Ssting. Reserve Champion trophy and belt buckle went to Madison Officer riding SHA Sobiwon Kenobi, and rounding off the Top Five with trophy awards were: Tatum Stangle riding Way Magical Loper, Kendra Morris riding Felicity, and Regan Quam riding Tolano. Congratulations to all!
EVAHA Shows Return for 2016
EVAHA is starting the 27th year of its All Breed Mini circuit Horse Shows. These shows are open to any breed of horse, grade or registered. The shows are held at Queen Creek's Horseshoe Park & Equestrian Centre. The park has a big covered arena, plenty of space for parking and barn stalls if exhibitors want to rent one. Maintenance is great and there is excellent footing in the arenas.
EVAHA Minicircuit shows offers classes in Halter, Showmanship, Western Pleasure, Hunter Pleasure, Saddle Seat, Sport Horse and Equitation. But our biggest Division is the Walk/Trot Classes. Many first time exhibitors enter this division and these classes are huge. A Championship Walk/Trot has been added to accommodate those beginners. Show dates for 2016 are as follows: Jan 9, Feb 6 , April 9, May 14, Sept 17 and Oct 8. All shows start at 10 A.M. with the registration desk opening at 9 A.M. In addition to our Mini circuit shows, EVAHA will hold the "Beat the Heat" All Arabian Horse Show on March 24-26. This show is a rated show for Pure or Half Arabians. This year the show expands to a 3 day event. Trail Rides
EVAHA is not only a show club, EVAHA has local rides at San Tan Regional Park, Usury Mountain Park, and McDowell Mountain Park most weekends. These rides are open to all. Our annual summer camping ride at Groom Creek has been a favorite for over 25 years. For more information on these rides call Diane at 480-963-2621 or check our Facebook page. Southern Arizona Arabian Horse Association (SAAHA) SAAHA is pleased to announce the 2015 Year End High Point Winners! Congratulations go to: Purebred Arabian Horse of the Year - Magnitude VA owned by Kaitlin Renner Half-Arabian Horse of the Year - SF Passionate Kisses owned by Mary Campbell Amateur Rider of the Year - Nan Walden Youth Rider of the Year - Kaitlin Renner Great Job!
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Region 8
Rewarding Member Accomplishments
Several Region 8 clubs have had, or are about to have, awards ceremonies to recognize the 2015 accomplishments of their members. The Arabian Horse Association of New Mexico has an awards banquet on January 9 and distributed dozens of awards in Purebred, Half-Arabian/Anglo Arabian, Open, and Youth categories. They also honored horses who have earned Achievement Awards during the year. The Eastern Kansas Arabian Horse Association will hold their high point banquet on January 30. The APAHA Horseman's Awards will be held February 21. Other Region 8 clubs are invited to send information about awards ceremonies or other news here.
Website Calendar Lists Shows
The 2016 calendar of Region 8 events on the website is being added to frequently. There are currently over 20 shows at which you can qualify for Region 8 Championships. Those shows are in New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Utah, Oklahoma, and Missouri. The first one is coming up soon!
January 31 Winter Fiesta ODS A & B, Expo NM, Albuquerque, NM. Arabian/Half-Arabian and all-breed open classes. Judge A: Karen Root, Orem, UT. Judge B: Patricia Romeo, Las Vegas, NV. Premium at the new AHANM website.
Plan now to attend the Region 8 Championship Shows!
May 21-22 Sport Horse Championships, Expo NM, Albuquerque, NM
June 9-11 Main Ring Championships, National Western Event Center, Denver, CO
September 18 Working Western cattle classes, Douglas County Fairgrounds, Castle Rock, CO
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Region 9
NORTH TEXAS ARABIAN HORSE CLUB NEWS
NTAHC Shootout 2015 Recap
High Point Awards
- Adult: Kara Powell and TA Kholibrie
- Youth 14-18: Ethan Hupp and Goodness Im Gold
- Youth 13 & Under: No entries, so award to 2nd in 14-18 category: Brooklyn Jensen and Tiarra de Oro
Special Dressage, Sport Horse in Hand and Trail Awards
Sponsored by Larry and Adrienne Jacobson, in loving memory of Ansata Mara+/, Scandia Farm, Richmond, TX
- Arabian Dressage High Score Winner: TA Marceau
- HA/AA Dressage High Score Winner: Black Chayton CTA
- Arabian Western Dressage High Score: KMA Angelo
- HA/AA Western Dressage High Score: Black Chayton CTA
- Arabian Sport Horse in Hand High Score Winner: VA Crusader
- HA/AA Sport Horse in Hand High Score Winner: Fiona GI
- Trail High Score Winner: Truly Undeniable
- Trail High Score Winner: PKAMpossible Dream
Thanks for coming to 2015 Shootout. Mark your calendars for this year's show, Dec 1-4, 2016.
2016 MayFest Challenge
April 29 - May 1, 2016
Come show in the Region 9 Championship facility and fine-tune your ride!
Details will be posted at online.
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Region 10
MAHA club starts 2016 strong with stall giveaway and clinic
The Minnesota Arabian Horse Association (MAHA) is starting 2016 strong with 1,000 members of its Facebook group. To say thanks for the support, the club is giving one lucky Facebook group member a free stall at one of its two 2016 shows at the Minnesota Equestrian Center. The random winner will be announced on Facebeook and at its January 23 clinic at Conway Arabians. The clinic and open house will feature Dr. Paul Weitz, DVM, Equine Sports Medicine, Jolene Bertrand of Avalon Photography, and Conway Arabians trainers Tom Theisen and Katie Garland. These are just two ways that the MAHA club gives back to its members. Join the MAHA Facebook for news, updates and classifieds or check out its website.
WAHA club continues lesson contest
The Wisconsin Arabian Horse Association (WAHA) to continue its lesson giveaway program in 2016. More details soon. In the mean time, like and follow them on Facebook, Instagram and SnapChat.
For a full calendar of the Region's happenings, go online.
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Region 11
- February 1, 2016 - RYTT entries due to AHA. This year's deadline is earlier than in the past, so please get your clubs' teams together and entered as soon as possible. For more information please contact Region 11 RYTT secretary April Nickelson or Region 11 Youth Advisor Kathryn Lewis.
- February 6, 2016 - Region XI Winter Meeting. This will be held at Tony's II Restaurant in the Holiday Inn Express, Quincy, Illinois. We hope to see representatives from every club in the region there. See the meeting notice for more details.
- March 3-6, 2016 - Missouri AHA Show - Lake St. Louis, MO.
- April 1-3, 2016 - Arabian Springfest A&B - Gifford, IL
- April 16-17, 2016 -Ringside Sport Extravaganza - Lake St. Louis, MO
- April 16-17, 2016 - Iowa AHA Spring Show A&B - Cedar Rapids, IA
Youth Corner
The Region 11 Winter meeting will be held on Saturday, February 6 from 11am - 3 pm in Quincy Illinois at the Holiday Inn.
Submit Youth Teams for the Regional Youth Team Tournament to April Nickelson by January 31. Region 11 congratulates the Regional Youth Teams that participated in 2015: Recognized Division
- Champions: MAHA Masters 293 points- Claire Nickelson, Libby Montgomery, Kaleb Erwin, Brett Rigdon, Rebecca Thornhill, Lacie Schwanter
- Reserve Champions: MAHA Cardinals 221 points - Hannah Cole, Kate Lewis, Karoline Lewis, Lauren Bishop, Madelyn Williams, Ashley Meyer
- Top Five: MAHA Marauders 219 points-Caroline Dickinson, Libby Montgomery, Hollie Bryant, Rebecca Thornhill, Claire Nickelson, Karoline Lewis
- Top Five: MAHA Tigers 136 points - Madelyn Williams, Lauren Bishop, Demie Darian, Hannah Cole, Karoline Lewis, Kate Lewis
March 4-6 Kicks off the first recognized show in Region 11 with the Missouri All Arabian in St. Louis it will also host the Region 11 Championships for Trail and Western Riding
The Region 11 Sport Horse Championships for 2016 will be held May 19-22 in Springfield, Illinois All other Region 11 Championship classes will be July 7-10 in Springfield, Illinois
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January 22, 2016 DEADLINE to submit nominee's for the 2016 Region 14 Awards Banquet!
To all Region 14 club presidents; I hope you have met the deadline to submit your clubs nominee's for the Region 14 Banquet. Also please ask your members to correct their contact information, email, phone #, mailing address. This will help with getting things done more efficiently.
NEWS FROM the OVAHA C.O.M.M.I.T. Scholarship Program
This is Sydney Rose, and I told you I would be sending you a promo piece for the C.O.M.M.I.T. scholarship program, so here it is:
My dream always was to show horses, however expenses made the chances of achieving that dream very dim. Thanks to OVAHA offering the C.O.M.M.I.T. scholarship, I was able to achieve this dream of mine. Last summer I was able to attend Class A shows for the first time and it was an experience I'll never forget! The Summer Sizzler put on by OVAHA was also a wonderful experience. Volunteering to work allowed me to meet new people and learn a lot!
Thanks to the scholarship, I was able to show two extra classes, coming home with Western Dressage champion and Unanimous first place Purebred Hunter Pleasure JTR and lots of ribbons with the amazing mare that I had the pleasure of showing and bonding with, Katy (AM Shining Capella+). I wouldn't have been able to achieve any of this without the help of OVAHA and the C.O.M.M.I.T. scholarship, my trainer, Mary Loden, and her wonderful clients for allowing me to show their talented horses. I would suggest this scholarship opportunity to any youth dreaming to get into the show industry! OVAHA is kind enough to really work with the youth and teach them the ways of the Arabian showing industry.
 And I've also attached two pictures from my showing experience, the first is of Katy and me at SAHIBA where we won Supreme champion PB SHIH overall. And the second is my winning ride at the Sizzler on Katy in the PB Hunter Pleasure JTR, winning first unanimously. Thank you very much for this opportunity and all the help!
Sydney Rose
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Region 16 is offering a new program to anyone who shows in our region; The Region 16 Jackpot Series for 2016. This is open to anyone who shows in Region 16 whether they are Region 16 members or not. Come and exhibit at our shows and accumulate points towards a jackpot purse.
The cost for participating: $100 to enter your horse prior to your first Region 16 horse show; Forms for entry are available on the Region 16 webpage and must be returned and paid before exhibiting in the first Region 16 horse show. Submitted with your verification form, $5.00 per class ridden or shown; this form is also available on the Region 16 webpage. Only classes that have been paid will count toward total cumulative points. Check must be sent with verification form for classes that exhibitor wants included in cumulative points.
All Region 16 rated shows count, horses may be owned or leased, and horses may be shown by an amateur or professional. All money will be paid out after the last show of the season. Show secretary or official office staff can initial exhibitor's placing in classes their horse was shown (Verification of results).
Points awarded based on placings: First place - 30 points; second place 25 points; third place 20 points; fourth place 15 points; fifth place 10 points and sixth place 5 points.
Jackpot payout total purse will be determined at the end of the show season. All participants will be awarded money based on points with the highest point total receiving the highest percentage of the purse.
For more information and entry forms visit the Region 16 webpage or contact: Mary Beth Smith or by phone: 716-773-3933. This is a new program and you gotta be in it to win it!
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 DEVASTATING BARN FIRE DESTROYS ARABIAN HORSES A quiet winter's night on January 14th was interrupted by an explosion and fire at the farm owned by Doris & Rob Woolner of Mount Forest in Ontario, Canada. Despite efforts by the owners, a total of twelve horses owned by the Woolners and Derek Jones were victims, only one gelding owned by Derek was rescued and is currently under veterinary care. Horses include their multi-champions as well as all broodmares and 2015 foals sired by Trussardi. Over 50 firefighters from the local communities were onsite, however, by the time they arrived the barn was fully engulfed and had partially collapsed. They continued to work throughout the night to contain the flames from spreading to the house and other buildings on the property. The Woolners suffered health issues, one was hospitalized and released the following day. The fire is currently under investigation.
 All members of the Arabian horse community are saddened and shocked by this tragedy. To financially assist the owners, a Fire Relief Fund is in the process of being established through the TD Bank. In the meantime, anyone wanting to donate may contact Allan Ehrlick: 905-854-0762
On behalf of Doris, Rob & Derek - thank you very much for caring, and assisting your fellow Arabian horse owners in their time of need.
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