YES Facts:

All youth, ages 10 to 18, are welcome – current AQHYA members and non-members. 
Youth will attend interactive sessions designed to develop and teach leadership skills.
Each day features new speakers, presenting topics related to leadership and the equine industry.
Five AQHYA officers will be elected. (president, first vice president, second vice president and two members)
Regional directors will also be elected. AQHYA has 11 regions, and each region has the opportunity to elect three AQHYA members to be directors. Learn about becoming a voting delegate by contacting your youth adviser.

The following two AQHA events have been postponed, due to Hurricane Florence:
– District 1 Special Cattle Event in Lenoir, North Carolina, will be rescheduled. New show dates to be determined. For more information, contact Susan Daniels, 919-894-0600 or visit www.ncqha.com.
– End of Summer Showdown in Culpepper, Virginia, has been postponed and rescheduled for September 21-23. Contact Suzanne Gonzales at 703-201-2915 for more information or visit www.myvqha.com for updates.

The dirt flew and the red, white and blue waved proudly as elite reiners for Team USA clinched the country’s fifth-consecutive gold medal at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina.

Auburn, which won the 2018 NCEA Overall National Championship, is the preseason No. 1 team. The Tigers also took home the 2018 Western and Hunt Seat Discipline Championship as well as the Horsemanship and Equitation Over Fences Event Championships.

Pre-Entry Deadline-
September 27 (for entries submitted in writing using official forms)
October 1 (for entries submitted using the ApHC online entry system)
Entries received after these dates will be accepted until 6 p.m. the day prior to the class at post-entry fees.
 

Attendees of the AQHA Awards Celebration will have the opportunity to enjoy hors d’oeuvres and beverages, courtesy of Oklahoma Convention and Visitors Bureau and State Fair Park; watch the “Oscar-style” awards presentation; and listen to live entertainment, presented by Michael Murphy’s Dueling Pianos. This is sure to be a night you won’t want to miss!

This is an increase of $45,390 over the 2017 Platinum division purse, with 32 horses (as of September 10) entered to compete in 2018 World Show Platinum classes.

This year’s pattern book can be accessed on the World Show website at http://apha.com/oawcs/forms/. Printed pattern books will also be available in the APHA Horse Show Office at the Will Rogers Memorial Center during the show.

“All points earned by all horses and all exhibitors in all classes at all AQHA shows in the past three years are tabulated to calculate the level point ranges. From there, commonly used statistical measurements – such as means and standard deviations – are applied to point-earning horses and exhibitors,” said AQHA Chief Show Officer Pete Kyle. “The result is an objective handicapping system that assigns exhibitors and horses to competition levels.”