2015 QH Congress Futurities and Sweepstakes Entry Book Now Online- BIG CHANGES
OQHA News
Entry materials for the 49th Annual All American Quarter Horse Congress Futurities and Sweepstakes are now available online! The 2015 Congress Futurities & Sweepstakes Entry Book will be hitting mailboxes this week, but it is also available online at www.oqha.com/aaqhc.
Big Changes
The Congress Futurity and Stakes classes will now be open to the following breeds/registries: American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA), American Paint Horse Association (APHA), Appaloosa Horse Club (ApHC), American Buckskin Registry Association (ABRA), International Buckskin Horse Association (IBHA), Palomino Horse Breeders of America (PHBA) and the Jockey Club.
There have also been BIG CHANGES to the Congress Master’s Program:
Congress Masters Western Pleasure Futurity- Guaranteed $30,000 to winner
• Ran as a futurity class instead of a slot class with no limit on entries
• Open to AQHA, APHA, ApHA, ABRA, IBHA, PHBA and Jockey Club
• 2 year-old maiden
• 100% of the entry fee is paid back
• $3,500 entry fee
Congress Masters Hunter Under Saddle Futurity- Guaranteed $15,000 to winner
• Ran as a futurity class instead of a slot class with no limit on entries
• Open to AQHA, APHA, ApHA, ABRA, IBHA, PHBA and Jockey Club
• 2 year-old maiden
• 100% of the entry fee is paid back
• $2,500 entry fee
Included Classes
The 2015 Quarter Horse Congress will be held this year October 1-25, 2015 at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus, OH. The 2015 Congress Futurities & Sweepstakes Entry Book contains information for the following classes:
• Congress Two-Year-Old Masters Western Pleasure Futurity
• Coughlin NSBA Two-Year-Old Open Western Pleasure Futurity
• Three-Year-Old Open Western Pleasure Futurity
• Congress Southern Belle Breeder’s Three-Year-Old Western Pleasure Futurity
• Three-Year-Old Non-Pro Western Pleasure Futurity
• Markel Maturity Open Western Pleasure Futurity
• Congress Two-Year-Old Masters Hunter Under Saddle Futurity
• Three-Year-Old Open Hunter Under Saddle Futurity
• Congress Barrel Racing Sweepstakes Presented By: Universal Media
• Congress Pole Bending Sweepstakes
• NRHA Open Reining Futurity
• Congress Stallion Challenge Open Weanling Futurity
• Congress Stallion Challenge Non-Pro Weanling Futurity
• Congress Stallion Challenge Open Yearling Futurity
• Congress Stallion Challenge Non-Pro Yearling Futurity
Nominations for performance futurities and sweepstakes are due April 1st, 2015.
