32/ OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2011 THE RIDER INSIDE
AQHA Director’s Report ..32 Youth World Cup...................32 OQHA News..........................33 AREA 3 News........................34 Congress Results....................34
EOQHA News........................35 QROOI News.........................36 Longshot Cup.........................36 Lidocaine................................36 Breeding the Fastest Horse ....37
AQHA Director’s Report
By Kathy Patterson SHOW LEVELS
As many of you are aware, there will be some significant changes coming to AQHA Shows over the next few years with the new program of ‘Show Levels’.
The AQHA competition leveling plan is ready for test- ing, next year, followed by full implementation in 2013. The plan was developed and recom- mended by the AQHA Blue- Ribbon Task Force and was approved by the AQHA Execu- tive Committee at their July meeting.
Basically, the leveling pro- gram is a handicapping system
which includes some new divi- sions. There will be more and different awards plus two novice championship shows for amateur and youth exhibitors. Leveling involves these new divisions: Rookie (based on the exhibitor and horse’s experi- ence points combined and designed to be the true entry into AQHA competition). Novice (based on the exhibitor’s experience). Green (based on the horse’s experience). Inter- mediate ( based on the exhibitor’s experience). Pro- gressive (based on the horse’s experience) and Open.
including a very successful one at Carp, Ontario. Next year the Rookie horse and exhibitor level will officially be implemented. Rookie classes within shows will also be another option for the open, amateur and youth divisions next year.
Throughout 2012 AQHA will test the leveling program by running scenarios on shows that have been held and in some instance, testing both the exhibitor and horse leveling at various shows.
This year AQHA has effectively tested Rookie classes at 10 AQHA-approved shows,
The testing will allow the competition department to make any needed modifications before full implementation. A testing period was the primary reason the Executive Committee opted
for the phased-in approach rather than full introduction in 2012. The plan is to conduct six or seven test-pilot leveling shows and analyze them to make sure the system works the way it’s intended and to allow show managers the chance to become familiar with the new formats.
It is expected that the two other new levels will be imple- mented in 2013 and their points will count toward AQHA world show qualification, year-end high-point awards and the AQHA Incentive Fund.
Quarter Horses and drive the showing market in a strong direction. The AQHA Execu- tive Committee and staff are extremely excited about this new program.
SHOW MANAGEMENT WORKSHOPS
The overall goal of the new show leveling program is to get more new people involved in showing their American
AQHA is scheduling a number of show manager work- shops throughout the fall and into 2012. Patti Carter-Pratt, AQHA executive director of shows, and Melynda Ackley, AQHA director of competition administration, will teach this in depth seminar. Myself and other Ontario participants will be attending one slated for October 15, in Columbus, Ohio,
in conjunction with the All American Quarter Horse Congress. The seminar will
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CQHA seeks Team Canada Youth Members for 2012 AQHA Youth World Cup
(Carberry, MB - A major initiative of the Canadian Quarter Horse Association (CQHA) is to co-ordinate and field a team to repre- sent Canada at biennial American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) Youth World Cup competi- tions. Each participating country may select up to five youth team competing
riders, two alternate riders and three non-competing youth to represent their country.
The host country pro- vides a pool of horses of various ability levels and the teams draw to deter- mine the horses to be rid- den. Two to three members of each team compete in Western Horsemanship,
Western Pleasure, Western Riding, Hunter Under Sad- dle, Hunt Seat Equitation, Showmanship, Trail, Rein- ing and Cutting classes. Funding for travel expenses for Team Canada is cost- shared by AQHA/CQHA, provincial/regional Quarter Horse Associations, corpo- rate and/or individual spon- sors, and team members’
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Our 2010 Team Cana- da youth members were: Kennedy Almas, Hagerville, ON;Sarah Con- nors, Fredricton, NB; Paige Carter Fleetwood, St. George, ON; Danielle Olafson, Edmonton, AB; Elizabeth Priest, St. Pierre, MB; Deejay Reid, Sher-
wood Park, AB; Jasmyn Rivait, Orillia, ON; Rianna Storey, Cambridge, ON; Morgan Shipka, St. Albert, AB; and Amanda Thom- son, Oil Springs, ON. The 2010 Team Canada Coach and Team Manager were Scott Neuman, Billings, MT and Karen Lobb, Edmonton, AB, respective- ly.
The next AQHA Youth World Cup is sched- uled to be held from July 21 to July 29, 2012 in Kreuth, Germany. The CQHA is actively seeking qualified youth from all across Canada, who are Canadian citizens, Canadi- an residents, members-in- good-standing of the Amer-
ican Quarter Horse Youth Association (AQHYA), Canadian Quarter Horse Association (CQHA), and the provincial/regional Quarter Horse Association where they reside.
Youth who are inter- ested in applying as poten- tial candidates (as riders and/or non-competing members) for the 2012 Youth World Cup Team Canada must apply by October 31, 2011 (post- mark). To obtain the 2012 team selection criteria and application package, please visit the CQHA web site or contact the CQHA presi- dent (contact information at top of this page).
Remember, if you are
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a current AQHA or AQHYA member-in-good- standing, you are eligible to be a CQHA member for NO extra membership fee in 2011. However, you must identify yourself to CQHA. You may do so by logging on to the CQHA web site and submit your membership information on-line, or by contacting the CQHA President (con- tact information below) to request the membership form be sent to you by Canada Post or by fax. To view all CQHA- circulated media releases, please visit the CQHA news archives on their website
www.cqha.com. The mandate of the CQHA, a national affiliate of the AQHA, is to address issues of concern to Cana- dian owners of American Quarter Horses; to be a communications vehicle for and with Canadian owners of American Quar- ter Horses; and to promote and market, both globally and within Canada, Cana- dian-bred and/or Canadian- owned American Quarter Horses. The Canadian Quarter Horse Association is an Affiliate of the AQHA. Annual member- ship is FREE to current AQHA members. For more information, or to enroll as a member on-line, visit the CQHA website -
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