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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


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Gilles Seguin, ph: 613-293-6176, email: president@cqha.ca 2023 AQHA Youth World Cup


June 29th, 2023 - Our Travel Day!


By Emily Firth - BC l arrived at the airport at


12:15 AM, around 12:45 AM Jessica and Jodi came to grab me from the Toronto Pearson airport. We waited roughly 30 minutes for a shuttle to go to our hotel room to get roughly 3 hours of sleep. Jessica and I woke up at 4 AM to get ready for our 4:30 shuttle while the other girls woke up at 4:30 to get ready for their 5 AM shuttle. The reason why Jess and I


had to leave half an hour early


was because there was no room on the 5 o’clock shuttle. Once both teams had got there, we checked our bags, headed through security, and then went to get our Timmys. Once we got our breakfast, we headed to our gate. The girls and I talked for hours and hours longer as our flight got delayed an hour passed the time we were supposed to fly out.


The girls and I adapted


quickly, and persevered through our situation. We eventually got on the plane which lucky for us - the wind was in our favour, and


it only took around 3 1/2 hours to get there. I watched one of my favourite movies Scream VI from the movie series Scream, the one that features Ghost Face! Once we have landed, we


grabbed our bags and headed on our shuttle to our hotel. On the way there, our crew (Jess, Aliera, Tylar, Lauren and I did a little Karaoke! Getting to our hotel was long, but once we got there, we met our travel family! Which I have to say, they seem so sweet! We settled, unloaded We


settled, unloaded the trailer, met the rest of the girls, and then headed out for dinner. We went to this cute little Mexican restau- rant across the street; which was so cute and perfect! The food was to die for! Finishing our food, we


came back to the hotel to practice our little sick battle for tomorrow night, and headed off to bed! Overall. I would have to say it was a very good day, and a fan- tastic start to the Youth World Cup!


Our First Day! By Lauren Irwin - ON A Today was the first offi-


cial day of the Youth World Cup! We started the day at 6:30 before hopping on a bus to the expo for breakfast with all the teams. Following breakfast we


made our way to the show ring where we proudly held our na- tional flag in the opening cere- mony. There, Ali had the exciting opportunity to draw our lot of horses and she picked number 17. We are super excited to intro- duce the newest members of Team Canada, Waylon, Pumpkin, MJ, Hotshot and Tushka! The riders had their first


rides on each horse to get famil- iar with them; We are happy to say we got a whole lot of sweet- hearts under the saddle! Once we finished in the barn we popped back to the hotel to grab our lip sync costumes, we munched down some dinner quickly, be- fore heading on stage to perform 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton.


Very proud to say we placed


8th! Now we are heading back to the hotel for a good nights sleep before we get up at 4:30 AM to- morrow! Team Canada was wel-


comed at their stalls by one of our horse donors along with their new fan club! Wannabeabigstar


aka


“Pumpkin” is happy to be a member of team Canada!! Emily Firth being inter-


viewed by a local Texas News Channel about what it means to be at the 2023 AQHA Youth World Cup.


July 1st, 2023 - HAPPY CANADA DAY!!! By Abigail Parker Spratt-Dun- levy - ON We woke up bright and


early! We boarded the bus at 5:30 am and headed straight to break- fast.


Today was a special day be-


cause we had a group of alternate horses to look after as well! As we were cleaning out stalls and doing our chores, a lovely group of girls from Ireland came and offered us help! It was a great way to meet new people. Throughout the day we met more wonderful people as we handed out some Canadian cookies for Canada Day!


We watched some clinics


which were very helpful. Once we were all finished our barn chores, we boarded another bus and took a 1 hour trip ( there may have been some snoozing along the way) to the South Texas tack shop to get some goodies! As we head back to the hotel for the night, I feel accomplished and ready to start all over tomorrow!


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