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AQHA News ..........................19 OQHA News ..........................20 EOQHA News........................21 CQHA News ..........................22 Horse Heroes..........................22 QROOI News.........................23


AQHA Director’s Report


By Kathy M. Patterson AQHA Director


Commission on AQHA Competitive Events During the 2021 AQHA


Convention, AQHA President Norman K. Luba announced that the AQHA Executive Committee was implementing the Commission on AQHA Competitive Events. AQHA’s competitive events directly and indirectly impact more than 137,000 AQHA mem- bers worldwide. This is an ambitious and comprehensive analysis, review, dialogue, de-


velopment and enactment of policies, procedures and actions necessary and appropriate to ensure the continuous improvement of AQHA’s competitive events across all disciplines. The Commission on AQHA Competitive Events is anticipated to be a three- year project, which will include re- view and initial dialogue; continued dialogue and initial development; and final development and enactment through the AQHA rule-change process. The goal is to implement ap- proved changes January 1, 2025. “AQHA shows represent the single- largest program area of AQHA with an annual business center budget of approximately $11 million, and AQHA races also represent a sizable annual business center budget of ap- proximately $2 million,” said Luba. “While there have been substantial changes in AQHA competitive events the past five decades, there has never been an all-encompassing review of AQHA shows, races, speed events and ranch-horse competitions. The Executive Committee, Commission on AQHA Competitive Events and AQHA staff are committed to grow- ing our industry and making decisions to improve AQHA events, programs and services for our members world- wide.” The Commission on AQHA Competitive Events consists of 21 leaders within the Association from across all disciplines. This initiative will also require the involvement of each AQHA Standing Committee that touches AQHA competitive events in any way. More information will be re- leased on AQHA.com as the Com-


mission on AQHA Competitive Events moves forward with its en- deavors to continue to improve AQHA’s competitive events.


2022 AQHA Leveling Point Ranges The 2022 AQHA leveling pro-


gram point ranges are now available online, and exhibitors and horse own- ers can begin to determine their eligi- bility for the 2022 show season. “The AQHA Executive Com-


mittee, Show Committee and Coun- cil, Board of Directors and AQHA membership approved the convention rule-change proposal to exclude 2020 points from the leveling range calcu- lations, due to the impact of the pan- demic


on sanctioned show


participation,” said Justin Billings, AQHA chief show officer. “The lev- eling ranges utilize statistical meas- urements – such as means and standard deviations – to set the point thresholds. The result is an objective handicapping system that assigns ex- hibitors and horses to competition levels, which levels the playing field for all AQHA competitors. While this change affects the ranges, individual points earned by exhibitors and horses in 2020 will still count toward their own eligibility.” Point ranges identify the levels that exhibitors and horses are eligible for when com- peting at AQHA shows. Owners and exhibitors can view the 2022 point ranges and compare their show record for an approximation of the levels they will be eligible for in the 2022 show season. Points earned through October 31, 2021,


AQHA News Bits


have the opportunity to welcome all AQHYA exhibitors to compete at the 2021 Ford Youth World since the AQHA Executive Com- mittee waived traditional qualify- ing requirements due to the


vited to enter the 2021 Built Ford Tough AQHYA World Champi- onship Show, slated for July 28 - August 8 at the OKC Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City. “We are excited to once again


Calling all AQHYA Exhibitors All AQHYA exhibitors are in-


continued impacts of the pan- demic,” said Justin Billings, AQHA chief show officer.


May 21, 2021 - The AQHA Exec- utive Committee recently re- viewed and approved rule changes from the AQHA Show Committee, which were approved by the AQHA membership and the AQHA Board of Directors at the 2021 AQHA Convention in March. All committee recommenda-


Show Rule Changes


https://www.aqha.com/committee- reports. All rules are effective January 1, 2022, unless noted otherwise.


tions were reviewed for feasibility based on a variety of criteria, in- cluding but not limited to available resources, budget constraints and necessary computer programming. Careful consideration, discussion and debate were devoted to each item. Read the full standing-com- mittee


reports -


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


Choose “Affiliates” to link to provincial Quarter Horse & Racing Association sites. Contact: CQHA President,


Gilles Seguin, ph: 613-293-6176, email: president@cqha.ca


will be used to determine the level at which an individual competitor or horse will fall within for the 2022 show season. The online level verifi- cation system for exhibitors and horse owners to look up their class-by-class level eligibility, will be updated prior to January 1, 2022, for the 2022 show year. Points are tabulated from No- vember 1 through October 31 in ac- cordance with SHW250 so that level eligibility will be available for shows starting in January. Level eligibility is effective Jan-


uary 1 of each year, and exhibitors and horses maintain eligibility through December 31, regardless of the number of points earned during the year. In the future, the three-year leveling point ranges will continue to exclude 2020 from the equation to de- termine the point thresholds for the year. AQHA points earned are not the only factor taken into consideration when determining level eligibility; awards won are also taken into ac- count, including alliance partner points and earnings. Money won in other equine organizations or associ- ations also affects eligibility. It is the responsibility of the exhibitor to up- date their Level 1 eligibility annually. Exhibitors who win classes at the AQHA Level 1 Championships


are no longer eligible to compete in that class at any future Level 1 Cham- pionships. However, if an exhibitor is Level 1-eligible, he or she can con- tinue to show in that class in Level 1 competition. Refer


“Membership” section.


to Rule


SHW245.3 in the AQHA Official Handbook of Rules and Regulations for more information. Rules SHW245 and 250-252 further address level el- igibility and how it is affected by awards won. Visit www.aqha.com/ leveling


to learn more about how level eligi- bility is determined and for more in- sight on AQHA levels, which range from Rookie for beginning competi- tors to Level 1 for the minimally ac- complished, Level 2 for


Championships guidelines for the Farnam AQHA World Championship Show can be found under Resources at www.aqha.com/worldshow.


Till next time, remember to visit


the OQHA, AQHA, and CQHA web- sites for Quarter Horse news! If I can be of assistance, please


contact me at: Ph: (519) 949-4956 or by e-mail at: tbrkathy@hsfx.ca.


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