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AQHA Director’s Report INSIDE


AQHA Director’s Report....37 OQHA News.......................38 Home Hardware..................39 Tanya Patterson ..................39 AREA 3 News ....................40 EOQHA News....................41 An Awesome Mister...........41


QROOI News .....................42 Value 4 Money ...................42 Check Your Facts ...............43 Area 1 35th .........................45 QHRIDP Update.................43 Groom One .........................47


From Kathy Patterson


There are, as usual, many positive things happening in the ‘Quarter Horse world’.


AWARDS


The Canadian Quarter Horse Association has announced New Annual High Point Awards.


For 2010 the recipients are: There Goes My Zipper, a 2001 sorrel gelding bred by Kelly and Ruby Stuart of Eriks- dale, Manitoba and owned by Lexi Nicole Demel, Hoisington, Kansas was the High Point Canadian Bred Quarter Horse. Honours for High Point Canadian-owned Open Division Horse went to My Bowtie Affair. The 2003 bay mare is owned by Debbie Salmon of Lancombe, Alberta.


Hot Roddin Minute, a 2005 bay gelding, owned by Anita Newbigging of Ingersoll, Ontario, was declared The High Point Canadian-owned Amateur Division Horse.


The High Point Canadian- owned Select Amateur Division


Horse was a 2007 bay gelding, Mr Made Good, owned by Sher- ry Newbigging of Cambridge, Ontario.


Rianna Storey of Cam- bridge, Ontario owned The High Point Canadian-owned Youth Division Horse, a 1999 bay gelding, Lopin In The Sky. CQHA Certificates of Achievement will be awarded all five winners and they will be acknowledged on the CQHA website.


The CQHA will be simi- larly recognizing the 2011 High Point Canadian Quarter Horse owners and the High Point Canadian-bred Quarter Horse based on results provided by AQHA.


LEVELING PROGRAM All reports are that the test runs of the new Leveling Pro- gram are going very well and it’s expected that the program will be fully implemented in 2013.


AQHA INCENTIVE FUND More than $2.7 million will be divided among nominat- ed foals that earned a total of


130,066.5 points - making the AQHA Incentive Fund payout for the 2011 show season $21.14 per point.


While the Incentive Fund has been the gold standard for showing incentive programs, it has not incurred any major changes of fee increases since its inception, despite a decrease in the number of nominated stal- lions and an increase in the number of classes in which points are awarded.


In 2012 several changes were made to the Incentive Fund to help boost the point value.


..Increase the percentage paid to stallion and foal nomina- tors to 15%.


..Owners will need to pur- chase a $50.00 license fee in open and amateur each year, 100% of which goes back into the fund.


..Horses earning more than 200 points annually will receive 50% of the point value for any points above 200.


..Foal nominations will increase to $125 in 2013. All of these changes are being made to add more money


to the Incentive Fund, which in turn, puts more money in own- ers’ pockets.


To redeem every Incentive Fund dollar your horse earns, call AQHA today at (806) 376- 4811 to purchase the license. For complete information regarding the Incentive Fund modifications, visit www.aqha.com/showing.


ANIMAL WELFARE COMMISSION


Recognizing that animal welfare is the single-most important issue facing the equine industry today, the American Quarter Horse Asso- ciation Executive Committee has appointed a 12 member AQHA Animal Welfare Com- mission.


Its mission ‘is to provide a framework for its members to 1) identify issues negatively affect- ing the welfare of the American Quarter Horse, 2) discuss issues, and 3) recommend actions that will help to protect the Ameri- can Quarter Horse from inhu- mane practices, and AQHA and its members from the negative impacts associated with those


practices.


The Commission is chaired by Jim Heird, executive profes- sor and coordinator of the equine sciences initiative at Texas A&M University and consists of George Phillips, AQHA Executive Committee member, Sandy Arledge, Dr. Glenn Blodgett, Kevin Dukes, Dr. Eleanor Green, Carol Harris, Paul Jones, Dr. Tom Lenz, Clark Parker, Sam Rose and Sandy Vaughn.


There was a meeting, in February, in Dallas regarding these important issues. Besides representatives from the AQHA Commission the Alliance Part- ner Animal Welfare Meeting included representative from the Palomino Horse Breeders of America, United States Eques- trian Federation, the National Cutting Horse, National Reining Horse, United States Team Pen- ning, National Snaffle Bit, American Paint Horse and the World Conformation Horse associations.


After presenting its actions and ideas for improvement to the AQHA Show and Profes- sional Horsemen’s Committee


Kathy Patterson


at the 2012 AQHA Convention a report on the commission’s activity will be presented to the directors and also to the general membership.


I will be attending the Convention and hope to report on it in the next issue of The Rider.


If I can be of any assis- tance, please contact me at: Phone: (519) 345-2861, Fax: (519) 345-2742 or by e-mail at tbrkathy@hsfx.ca.


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


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