30/ MAY 2010 THE RIDER INSIDE
AQHA Trends ..................30 AQHA Youth World Cup Team.................30
OQHA News....................31 AQHA $3 Million Gift.....32 EOQHA News..................33
AQHA Professionals........33 Ryan Gingerich ................34 AREA 3 News..................35 QROOI News...................36 Tracability Project............37
The Canadian Quarter Horse Association is an affiliate of the AQHA. Annual membership is free to current members of AQHA. To enroll on-line, visit the CQHA web site:
www.cqha.ca, and choose
“Membership” section. Choose “Affiliates” to link to provincial Quarter Horse & Racing Association sites. Contact: Marnie Somers, President (204) 834-2479 or email:
marnie@horsescoops.com
American Quarter Horse Association Data Reveals Registration Trends
The American Quarter Horse Journal, April 6, 2010 - In analyzing 30 years of American Quarter Horse Associa- tion registration data, AQHA discov- ered some trends that could help breed- ers and owners of American Quarter Horses make business decisions for the future. These trends, which are based on foal registration numbers - not all horses registered in a calendar year - were shared with AQHA members at the 2010 AQHA Convention in Kissimmee, Florida.
for trends, we looked at the number of registered foals by foaling year in hope of giving our members more informa- tion to make decisions.
“This is the first time we have reported our stallion breeding numbers in this nature,” said AQHA Executive Vice President Don Treadway Jr. “His- torically, we have reported registra- tions completed during the year. That includes weanlings to 4-year-olds. To gain a different perspective and look
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“Our purpose in doing this is to provide as much information as possi- ble, in a timely manner, so our mem- bers can make knowledgeable breeding decisions based on accurate statistics,” Treadway added. “After reviewing these reports, breeders have the oppor- tunity to analyze future markets for prospective foals with more informa- tion than they have previously had available.”
In early 2008, when it was obvi- ous that the United States economy was beginning to tank, business own- ers began taking a good, hard look at their numbers. AQHA was no differ- ent. The AQHA Executive Committee,
along with the AQHA Investment Oversight Committee and members of the AQHA staff looked at past Ameri- can Quarter Horse industry trends, hoping those examples would help them predict when the economy might start climbing back out of the hole it fell into.
The 30 years of AQHA registra- tion data they reviewed showed a clas- sic Economics 101 supply-demand curve, said Trent Taylor, AQHA trea- surer and executive director of opera- tions.
Interpreting these trends also becomes somewhat of a history lesson, as Taylor pointed out that the supply- demand inclines and declines can be directly attributed to the repeal of the favorable equine tax law in the 1980s; oil prices that hit highs in 1981 and
2007, and lows in 1988, 1994 and 1998; stock market record highs from the late 1990s to 2007; and the closing of horse slaughter plants in 2007. There are also other factors that affected the supply and demand of our horses, Taylor adds, including imple- mentation of the AQHA Incentive Fund and the Racing Challenge, alliances formed with other equine organizations, pari-mutuel wagering, and registration rule changes such as embryo transfers, the use of cooled and frozen semen, the registration of multi- ple embryo transfer foals and the repeal of the white rule.
Treadway and Taylor also believe that the trends also point out that members of the industry must uphold quality selective breeding stan- dards.
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“There are opportunities to the thoughtful breeder who can look to the future,” Taylor adds. “We must accept the changing world we are all living in. And yes, we face many challenges as an industry, but there are also many opportunities for the organization and the individual that is willing to invest in a horse that has brought us to this point and will take us into the future.” For a closer look at the AQHA trends, go to
www.aqha.com/press- room/pdf/Breeders_PowerPoint_web_ 2010.pptm.
In 2009, AQHA’s completed registrations for American Quarter Horses of any age totaled 112,005. To see the 2009 AQHA Annual Report with more statistical data, visit
www.aqha.com/association/who/statis- tics.html. You can also find the 2008 and 2007 Annual Reports at the link. In the April 2010 issue of The American Quarter Horse Journal, Andrea Caudill takes a closer look at horse business numbers from the past 30 years in “By the Numbers.” To subscribe or to purchase a single issue of The Journal, call 1-800-291-7323. AQHA news and information is a service of AQHA publications. For more information on The American Quarter Horse Journal, The American Quarter Horse Racing Journal or America’s Horse, visit
www.aqha.com/magazines.
Amanda Thompson Elizabeth Priest Morgan Shipka Rianna Storey
Notice to the Industry: ORC licenses Fort Erie for 78 race dates
The Executive Director of the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) has issued the 2010 Licence to Operate a Racetrack to Fort Erie Live Racing Consortium (FELRC) for Fort Erie Race Track. The issuance of the licence includes approval of a 78 race date schedule to begin May 1 and run- ning through October 26.
Danielle Olafson Jasmyn Rivait Paige Carter-Fleetwood Sarah Connors
From January to March this year, Fort Erie Racetrack had continued to operate for the purposes of the simul- cast facilities on an extension of the 2009 licence granted to Nordic Gam- ing Corporation. A management agreement between Nordic and FELRC was filed as part of the ORC application process, which will ensure the operation of the facility until a new management structure is put in place. Similarly all documents have now been filed with the Canadian Pari- Mutuel Agency, which will mean no disruption of customer service during this period of transition.
The ORC congratulates all the parties on successfully negotiating the necessary details surrounding this tran- sition – the patience and perseverance exhibited by everyone involved bodes well for the future of Fort Erie Race Track.
Deejay Reid Kennedy Almas Team Manager, Karen Lobb Team Coach, Scott Neuman
John L. Blakney Executive Director
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