{"id":2302,"date":"2009-05-22T10:16:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-22T03:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/?p=2302"},"modified":"2009-05-22T10:16:16","modified_gmt":"2009-05-22T03:16:16","slug":"get-rewarded-for-the-time-you-spend-in-the-saddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/industry\/get-rewarded-for-the-time-you-spend-in-the-saddle\/","title":{"rendered":"GET REWARDED FOR THE TIME YOU SPEND IN THE SADDLE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><em>America<\/em><em>\u2019s Horse, May 19, 2009 &#8212;<\/em> Winning at a horse show isn\u2019t the only way to earn a big, shiny Montana Silversmiths buckle. Through the American Quarter Horse Association Horseback Riding Program, thousands of AQHA and American Quarter Horse Youth Association members have discovered another way to enjoy their time horseback, while still having the opportunity to set goals and earn awards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">The program was started in 1991 and is open to all members. Participants keep track of the time they spend in the saddle, using the hourly log sheet available at\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aqha.com\/recreation\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span>www<\/span><span>.<\/span><span>aqha.com\/recreation<\/span><\/span><\/a>,<\/em> and send in their logs to AQHA. Rewards begin at the 25-hour level and go up to the 5,000-hour point, which is the highest level of recognition and is rewarded with a Montana Silversmiths buckle.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aqha.com\/recreation\/500-Hour%20Achievers\/500hourachievers.html\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span><span>http:\/\/www.aqha.com\/recreation\/500-Hour%20Achievers\/500hourachievers.html<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">, to recognize the 500-hour riders. Riders who reach the 5,000-hour level will be featured in an article in\u00a0<em>America\u2019s Horse<\/em>, AQHA\u2019s official member publication.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">The All-Breeds division of the Horseback Riding Program recognizes and rewards AQHA or AQHYA members for time spent riding any breed of horse. Sponsored by AQHA Corporate Partner Drysdales Western Store, this program allows riders to log the hours on official log sheets to earn a patch and rocker bars. The awards series culminates at 2,000 hours with a certificate of completion<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span><span class=\"normal1\"><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"normal1\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"normal1\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">The one-time enrollment fee for the program is $35.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">AQHA news and information is a service of AQHA publications. For more information on\u00a0<em>The American Quarter Horse Journal, The American Quarter Horse Racing Journal <\/em>or<em> America\u2019s Horse<\/em>, visit\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aqha.com\/magazines\"><span><span style=\"color: #003300;\">www.aqha.com\/magazines<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>America\u2019s Horse, May 19, 2009 &#8212; Winning at a horse show isn\u2019t the only way to earn a big, shiny Montana Silversmiths buckle. Through the American Quarter Horse Association Horseback Riding Program, thousands of AQHA and American Quarter Horse Youth Association members have discovered another way to enjoy their time horseback, while still having the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aqha","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2302"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2304,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302\/revisions\/2304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}