Category: AQHA

PHBA has adopted a new horse registration system that will improve turnaround and processing times for members and Palomino owners.  This new system will provide PHBA members a faster and more convenient way to register horses, at a cost savings for the association. PHBA maintains records on more than 88,000 horses and owners, more than 250,000 horse show entries and more than five hundred horse shows. This system will provide unprecedented customer service for these members. Access the new registration system through the PHBA website.Palomino horses registered with the American Quarter Horse Association, American Paint Horse Association, American Holsteiner Horse Association,

Through Labor Day, members of the military and their families get in free at the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum in Amarillo, Texas. America’s Horse, August 6, 2010  – If you are a member of the military, you and your family are eligible for free admission to the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum in Amarillo, Texas, through Labor Day. The American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum educates the public about the origins of the American Quarter Horse breed and features exhibits for each of the Hall of Fame members – horses,

The American Quarter Horse Association offers a $15 fee for multiple transfers and extends a reduced rate on registrations for American Quarter Horses 3 years and older. America’s Horse – If you’ve had the paperwork laying around for a couple of years on your American Quarter Horse and just never got around to getting it registered or transferred into your name, now is the time to preserve the pedigree of your treasured equine friend. The American Quarter Horse Association is extending its offer of reduced registration fees for horses 3 and older. Normally, the fee for registering a 3-year-old

The American Quarter Horse Journal – Wimpy P-1, the horse that holds the No. 1 spot in the American Quarter Horse Association registry, earned that designation when he was named grand champion stallion in March 1941 at the Southwestern Exposition in Fort Worth, Texas. Wimpy was bred by the renowned King Ranch of South Texas. That’s just one example of the critical role ranchers and stock shows have played in the formation and growth of the American Quarter Horse industry. To spur the Quarter Horse market, the AQHA Executive Committee and staff went back to it roots in July

AQHA announces the beta launch of the redesigned aqha.com. We want your feedback! The American Quarter Horse Journal – AQHA’s Web team is pleased to launch the public beta release of the new-and-improved aqha.com, located at beta.aqha.com.  This is only a preview of the future site and is in the public testing phase. Please note that much of the functionality is still in progress. To conduct regular AQHA business, please continue to use aqha.com. AQHA members and users are encouraged to take a moment to visit the beta site at beta.aqha.com, and use the comment feature at the bottom to tell us

The American Quarter Horse Journal – AQHA Corporate Partner Farnam, a company dedicated to horse care, has teamed up with AQHA as the title sponsor of the Farnam All-Around Amateur Award this year’s Adequan Select World Championship Show. The Adequan Select World Show is August 29 – September 4 in Amarillo. The Farnam All-Around Amateur Award goes to the top Select amateur exhibitor-and-horse team earning the most points in three or more events in two categories during the Adequan Select World Show. The winner of this award receives $10,000 cash, plus $1,000 of Farnam product and a WeatherBeeta blanket; the

The American Quarter Horse Journal, July 14, 2010 – Imagine being the grandmother of two horse-loving teenagers – one in the United States and the other in the United Kingdom – and having the opportunity to watch both of them show at the same event. This was Donna Cocks’ story at the 2010 American Quarter Horse Youth World Show in July in Oklahoma City. The Youth World Cup, which started in 1986, is an educational and leadership-based event for youth members from around the world that is held every other year. The culmination of the event is a

All breeds are welcome to attend the weekend that combines equine fun and education. America’s Horse, January 4, 2010 – The popular American Quarter Horse party known as QuarterFest is returning to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in 2010, and tickets are now on sale. The Tennessee Miller Coliseum at Middle Tennessee State University will host QuarterFest April 30-May 2. QuarterFest gives equine enthusiasts the opportunity to connect with other people who share their passion. Participants can bring their horses for great clinics (limited availability), watch exciting equine entertainment and shop at the trade show. Tickets are on sale now. This

The American Quarter Horse Journal, December 29, 2009 – The qualifying season for the 2010 Bank of America Amateur and FedEx Open World Championship Show is under way, and the recommendations for qualifying points have been approved by the American Quarter Horse Association Executive Committee. AQHA’s in-house World Show Committee uses a formula to determine the qualifying points that includes information on entries for the previous World Show. The committee then presents the recommendations to the Executive Committee for approval. Qualifying points for the 2010 AQHA World Show will remain the same as in 2009, with the

The American Quarter Horse Journal, – In July 2009, an AQHA task force recommended changes to several versatility ranch horse rules. Approved by the AQHA Executive Committee, the rule changes will more closely align versatility ranch horse classes with AQHA Alliance Partner Ranch Horse Association of America and other ranch horse associations like the American Ranch Horse Association and the Stock Horse of Texas. These changes will make it easier for exhibitors to compete in multiple associations with a single set of rules and will make it easier for show management to have classes that are dual-approved

The American Quarter Horse Journal, December 21, 2009 – New American Quarter Horse competition rules will be in effect with the New Year. Several rule changes involve team penning and ranch sorting, two of AQHA’s most popular classes. “At AQHA, nothing is more paramount than ensuring the welfare of the American Quarter Horse during competition,” said Don Treadway Jr., AQHA executive vice president. “For more than 40 years, AQHA’s welfare and competition policies have been set in place to protect the horse, and for the past year we have spent a lot of time reviewing and fine-tuning

The American Quarter Horse Racing Journal, December17, 2009 – Vertical Vision, who has placed against Grade 1 stakes competition, is well spotted for his first stakes win in the $100,000-added Hialeah Derby on Saturday afternoon at Hialeah Park. Owned by Brian Muse’s Blurred Vision Partnership, Vertical Vision (Visionarian-Vertical Horizon by Strawfly Special) showed his class at age 2 with a close third-place run in the Dash For Cash Futurity (G1) at Lone Star Park, then finishing third behind champion Brenda Beautiful in the $305,000 Southwest Juvenile Championship (G1) at Zia Park. Trainer Brian Muse might have Vertical

The American Quarter Horse Racing Journal, December 16, 2009 – Freaky’s dominating performance in last Saturday’s Champion of Champions (G1) secured his position as the undisputed No. 1-rated performer in the season’s final AQHA Racing-HorseplayerPRO.com Weekly Top 10 Poll. Meanwhile, juvenile filly Runnning Brook Gal closed the 2009 polling season atop the national 2-year-old rankings, a position she maintained since winning the All American Futurity (G1) on Labor Day. The Champion of Champions certainly had a major impact on the season-ending poll for older horses, even with its odds-on winner in Freaky. Chasing the second-fastest Champion of

The American Quarter Horse Racing Journal, December 14, 2009 – Bank of America Racing Challenge enrollment numbers have remained strong in 2009, despite a downturn in the racing industry and the overall U.S. economy. With slightly more than two weeks remaining in 2009, owners have enrolled 2,476 horses, down only 240 from 2008. “We are extremely pleased that the Challenge enrollments for 2009 are comparable to the final 2008 numbers,” said Darrell Hare, director of AQHA’s Racing Challenge. “In view of the current economy, the uncertainty of the future for racing at some tracks that have traditionally

The American Quarter Horse Journal, November 2009 – The 2009 American Quarter Horse Association World Championship Show came to a close in Oklahoma City November 21, following 16 full days of competition. As the dust settled in Jim Norick State Fair Arena, 100 world champion trophies had been distributed among 3,464 entries, which came from 46 states, six Canadian provinces, Brazil, France, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Exhibitors and owners competed for more than $2.7 million in cash and awards. Among the world champions, many other star exhibitors and horses were recognized with special awards. The