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aQHa Director’s report INSIDE
AQHA Director’s Report....27 ORC News..........................27 OQHA News.......................28 AREA 3 News ....................30
EOQHA News ....................30 QROOI News .....................31 One Famous Glass ..............31
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By Kathy Patterson AQHA Director
can Quarter Horse Journal and America’s Horse apps for tablets and smart phones, and enjoy your magazines on the go. Whether in the barn, at home or on the road, American Quarter Horse enthusiasts can access their favorite magazines, The American Quarter Horse Journal and America’s Horse, via the free AQHA Publications apps. The free Journal and America’s Horse apps are iOS and Android compatible, so tablet and smart phone users can enjoy the maga- zines on the go. Users can download the free apps through their respective app stores, or visit
www.aqha.com/journalapp and
www.aqha.com/americas- horseapp for instructions.
bred Corderoy Road earning the Canadian champion for owners and breeders Gary and Marlene McNichol of Coburg, Ontario. The 3-year-old gelding won four of seven starts, with two second-place finishes and earn- ings of $57,693 in the year. He won the Picov Derby and Ontario-Bred and -Foaled Derby (R), was second in the Maple Leaf Derby and fourth in the Ontario Jackpot Derby. The gelding by Rock Solid Jess and out of the Reckless Dash mare Reckless Wish was trained by David Ward and Michelle Woodley and ridden by John
2013 AQHA Racing Interna- tional Champion Congratulations to home-
AQHA Launches New Apps Download the free Ameri-
McInerney.
March 20-22 - John Deere AQHA Cowboy Mounted Shooting World Championships in Houston March 20-22 - Zoetis Versatili- ty Ranch Horse World Champi- onships in Houston August 1-9 - Built Ford Tough AQHYA World Championship Show in Oklahoma City August 22-30 - Adequan Select World Championship Show in Amarillo November 7-22 - Bank of America Amateur and AQHA Open World Championship Show in Oklahoma City
April 17-19 - Zoetis Cattle AQHA Novice Championship Show in Oklahoma City September 30 - October 5 - SmartPak AQHA West Novice Championship Show in Las Vegas September 30 - October 5 - Nutrena AQHA East Novice Championship Show in Murfreesboro, Tennessee American Quarter Horse Youth Association July 3-13 - American Quarter Horse Youth World Cup in Col- lege Station, Texas July 7-10 - Bank of America Youth Excellence Seminar in
AQHA Novice Championship Shows
Horse Association has an excit- ing schedule of events planned for 2014. Mark your calendars today with the tentative dates. AQHA World Championship Shows
AQHA Unveils 2014 Events The American Quarter
College Station
www.aqha.com.
February 18 - April 30 - The Buffalo Soldier: An American Horseman May 20 - July 26 - War Horse: Bred to Serve Exhibit July 26 - National Day of the Cowboy August 16 - November 8 - America’s Horse in Art December 9 - January 24, 2015 - 2014 Youth Art Show For more information on AQHA events
in 2014, visit
Horse Youth Association, in conjunction with the American Quarter Horse Foundation, become “Heroes for Horses” by embarking on a nationally pro- moted community service and fundraising project to support the important equine research studies that take place at veteri- nary schools across the country. The American Quarter Horse Foundation equine research pro- jects cover a diverse range of research related to the health, welfare and utility of the horse, such as controlling and treating laminitis, the study of immu- nizations and vaccinations for infectious diseases, as well as genetic and musculoskeletal injury treatment. Current AQHYA are encouraged to join and raise funds for equine research and provide local com- munity service hours. Cash awards to support education are
Provincial approach to purses essential to providing attractive product
ORC issued a Notice of Order to Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) to re-direct approximately $500,000 of the purse funds held in trust by WEG to the Standardbred
tions – in an effort to provide customers with the most attrac- tive product possible – the Panel acknowledged that the optimal use of purse money is essential to attract full, competi- tive fields. In December 2013 the
mission (ORC) is moving for- ward to implement a provincial approach to purses, consistent with the 5 year Horse Racing Partnership Plan, and as recom- mended by the Horse Racing Industry Transition Panel. Among its recommenda-
The Ontario Racing Com-
Canadian Gaming Corporation submitted an application to re- direct purse monies from Geor- gian Downs to Flamboro Downs. This request to move approximately $1.6 million to fund Signature-level purses in the first quarter of 2014 has been approved by the Director. In addition, the ORC announced
were earned through licences issued for Telephone Account Betting and Teletheatre opera- tions to service areas of the province that were vacated or underserviced. Also in December, Great
Horsepeople’s Trust Account held by the ORC. This re-direc- tion was necessary to fund Sig- nature-level purses at The Race- way at Western Fair District. The monies held by WEG
aggrieved party has the right to appeal the Director’s decision to the Commission. Steve Lehman Executive Direc- tor
are still to be reconciled, Dres- den and Kawartha will maintain the purse account until March 31, 2014 in order to deal with any outstanding payments. Please be advised that any
racetracks are no longer licensed, and to ensure that the interests of horsepeople are pro- tected, the ORC has ordered that purses held must be re- directed to the Standardbred Horsepeople’s Trust Account on or before January 31, 2014. While the total amounts
that Dresden Racetrack and Kawartha Downs did not apply for 2014 licenses. As
these
ORC orders re-direction of Purse Account monies
Heroes for Horses The American Quarter
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum Events and Exhibits
offered to AQHYA members at the state, regional and national levels. The top individual National winners receive trips to the 2014 Bank of America Youth Excellence Seminar and Built Ford Tough AQHYA World Championship Show and will be interviewed for a story in The American Quarter Horse Journal.
evening for me as I was hon- oured by being inducted into the OQHA Hall of Fame. I would like to congratulate my fellow recipients Paul Straus and the Howe family and their great horse General Mito for their many accomplishments and contributions to our indus- try.
thank for helping me along the way to this recognition. First, I would like to
There are many people to
Ontario Quarter Horse Associa- tion Award winners at the OQHA Annual meeting and Awards Banquet held on Jan- uary 18th 2014 at the Holiday Inn Guelph Ontario. It was a very special
OQHA Awards Banquet Congratulations to the
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
deep thanks and appreciation to all of the friends I have made and the people I have met on my journey with the Ontario Quar- ter Horse Association. You have played a huge part in helping me fill my life with wonderful memories of events and horses and the hope of many more in the future. I have been very blessed to have always had horses in my life. I was raised with them, learned to care for them, ride them, raise them, train them, show them, and teach with them and best of all just enjoy them. So thanks be to God for giving all of us this great animal to enrich our lives! Now, thank you to my
family. To my Dad and Mom for starting me out in this busi- ness. To Dan my husband and partner for 35 years for always being there and helping me give
thank the Carter family for their nomination. Pat & Joe and Patti & Paige have always been an inspiration and a great support to my family and myself. Thank you to Chair Val Love and to the entire Hall of Fame Com- mittee for selecting me to receive this award. I would like to express my
Kathy Patterson
say if we’re lucky in life, we get a handful of moments when we don’t have to wonder if we made our parents proud. We don’t have to ask them; we just know. I want to thank OQHA for giving me one of those moments! Till next time, if I can be
thrkathy@hsfx.ca.
of any assistance, please contact me at: Phone: (519) 345-2861, or
by e-mail at:
back to the horse industry that sustains us and to our daughter Megan who always steps up and helps when Mom volunteers. In closing, I would like to
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