Hanson grew up with horses her entire life, learning from her father, Don Blazer. She competed as a youth and fell in love with the American Quarter Horse. She was drawn to their athleticism and heart. Hanson showed in the open division as a youth, and earned the title of AQHA reserve world champion in western riding in 1988 aboard the mare Lo Lindo.

Owners of American Quarter Horse Association Incentive Fund-enrolled horses, as well as foal and stallion nominators, should start seeing their checks arrive for points earned during the 2017 show season. More than $1.26 million was paid to owners and nominators that earned Incentive Fund points in 2017.

Finally, the Competition sector supports more than 241,000 direct jobs, and adds $11.8 billion in direct value to the U.S. economy. These direct impacts drive a further $16.5 billion in added value to the economy, and create more than 175,000 jobs from indirect and induced effects. Additionally, USEF, AQHA, NRHA and UPHA licensed approximately 6,313 competitions throughout 2016, utilizing 1,654 competition managers.

If you have a foal sired by one of the stallions listed below that is one year old in 2017, you are eligible to do a paid nomination for the Two-Year-Old Incentive class for the 2018 World Championship Appaloosa Show.

The TCU Horned Frogs earn two NCEA monthly honors for February. Jayme Omand, a Senior from Sacramento, CA earns Equifit Equitation on the Flat Rider of the Month after posting a 4-0-1 record and bringing home one MOP honor. Sophomore Laska Anderson picks up another monthly accolade with Shorty’s Horsemanship Rider of the Month after posting a 4-0-1 record and two MOP honors. This is Anderson’s second consecutive NCEA Rider of the Month award.

President: Craig Wood, Ph.D., Owenton, Kentucky
President-Elect: Mike Short, Shiner, Texas
Vice President: Casey West, Abilene, Kansas
Senior Committee Member: Karen Thomas, Morganton, North Carolina
Fifth Committee Member: Alison Umberger, Broad Run, Virginia
Sixth Committee Member: Melanie Cox-Dayhuff, Knightstown, Indiana
Immediate Past President: Travis Titlow, Lincoln, California

“At the 2017 AQHA Convention, I challenged our members to figure out what we need to work on as an Association and to work together to enhance AQHA,” wrote Seekins. “Your individual commitment is what makes our team work. You are a representative of the Association everywhere you go. You accepted my challenge, and I am proud of the work we’ve done over the past year to improve AQHA.”

The American Quarter Horse Association Executive Committee was elected at the 2018 AQHA Convention in Jacksonville, Florida.Though AQHA operates primarily upon the decisions of its members through the board of directors, the five-person Executive Committee is responsible for implementing these important decisions and governing AQHA between the annual meetings of the membership and the board.