The American Quarter Horse Association is soliciting host-site bids for the 2016 Zoetis AQHA Versatility Ranch Horse and John Deere AQHA Cowboy Mounted Shooting World Championships, to be held in spring 2017. The inaugural Zoetis VRH World was held in 2008 in Denver, during the National Western Stock Show and then relocated in 2011 to Houston, during the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo.

The APHA Executive Committee recently approved a motion that will allow solid Paint-bred horses with two Regular Registry parents the opportunity to compete in most non-world championship classes alongside their Regular Registry counterparts, based on feedback from the World Show Advisory Committee.

The event is scheduled for July 27-30, 2016 at the C Bar C Expo Center in Cloverdale, Indiana. The event is triple judged offering triple points and a one-day, four judge warmup show on July 26th, plus an IBHA approved triple judged show on July 25th.

From now on, the Breeders’ Trust will pay the owners’ share of earnings to the horse’s recorded owner as of December 31, so long as the horse has been enrolled or re-enrolled in the program following any transfers since January 1, 2015. The modification eliminates the “one free transfer” policy and no longer accounts for show leases.

Jeffrey Gibbs started Hesa Good Ride for owner Tracey Hoffman, and when it came time for a rider for the Premier Paint Sires Three Year Old Limited Horse Limited Rider Western Pleasure, Gibbs didn’t have to look very far – Colten Andrews lives just a mile or so away.

4-Star Trailers, Sundowner, Trails West, Royal T, Maverick, Charmac, Exiss, Sooner, Bison, Featherlite, Cimarron, Equi-Trek Portland, Titan, Elite, Logan, CM Trailers, Hart, Lakota, Big Tex, Big Bend, and Double D

A new section of the APHF website—apha.com/foundation—has been developed to answer questions about World Show scholarships, give instruction on how to redeem scholarship funds and most importantly, display each exhibitor’s scholarship earnings to date.

50-Year Legacy Breeders:
Drummond Land and Cattle Co. of Pawhuska, Oklahoma
J-D Inc. of Geneva, Nebraska
Dennis H. Crain of Winnsboro, Louisiana
Lanier Hereford Farm of Jachin, Alabama
Donald E. Smith of Wauchula, Florida

There are generally six to 16 obstacles in any given trail challenge, depending on the land and terrain of the host location. A judge or judges (determined by the amount of obstacles) are located throughout the course evaluating a rider’s ability to maneuver his horse through the obstacle. Each horse-and-rider team starts out with a value of 70 and then gains or loses points, depending on their ability to navigate the course. The horse and rider (partnership) with the highest overall value is declared the trail challenge winner in each division.