Left to right: Bug Burcham, Aminah Strand, Rachel Vaughn

At the 2023 Youth Convention held in Oklahoma City, the passionate and driven youth members cast their votes to elect the executive board for the upcoming 2023-2024 term. Please join us in welcoming:

President - Carli Marasco, Region 12

Vice President - Aminah Strand, Region 11

Secretary - Bug Burcham, Region 11

Treasurer - Rachel Vaughn, Region 14

AHA is available to provide services at the 2023 Youth and Mid Summer Nationals. Visit the AHA booth located in the Norick Arena on the west concourse by the Awards Room!

AHA is there to help you:

• Register or transfer your horse
• Submit your program entries or renewals.
• Purchase or renew your AHA membership and receive a free gift (while supplies last)
• Check out the AHA merchandise for sale
• Look up pedigree, progeny, and accomplishment information on DATASOURCE—get a FREE pedigree printout of a registered Arabian, Half-Arabian or Anglo-Arabian
• Get assistance with your pending transactions
• Take advantage of this opportunity to get the personal assistance you need to submit or complete your pending work.

Three important points to the co-owner rules:

• Two distinct nonfamily owners may co-own a horse and show that horse in a Junior Owner or Amateur Owner class except that no family member of a professional may enter into this relationship.
• Co-ownership must be listed as an "and" ownership, an "or" ownership does not enable two distinct non-family owners to show in Owner classes.
• The right to show horses in Owner classes when there are two distinct non-family owners, does not extend to the family of these distinct family owners.

To view co-ownership rules in its entirety click the button below

IMPORTANT - The AHA Equitation Manual has been updated with the legal Hunt Seat patterns – all non-compliant patterns have been removed. Access the legal patterns below.

ATTENTION: OWNERS OF HALF-ARABIANS

Half-Arabians that are to be shown in the following classes at AHA National Shows must have DNA on file:

• US and Canadian Halter Futurity
• Performance Futurity/Maturity/Derby
• AWPA
• AEPA
• AHPA

DNA type of the horse and the horse's Purebred Arabian parent must be placed on permanent record with the AHA Registry and the horse has been shown to qualify as an offspring of the stated purebred sire or purebred dam through DNA type testing. DNA testing will be at the owner's expense and must be on file with the AHA office before the horse will be eligible to compete. If the DNA is not on file prior to that National Show, the horse is ineligible to be shown and all nomination fees will be forfeited. 

To obtain a DNA testing kit for Half-Arabians, please contact Registry Services at 303.696.4500 option 2.

The Half-Arabian DNA Frequently Asked Questions can be found below.

BREEDING ENTRY AND HALTER FUTURITY DEAD FOAL CREDIT INFORMATION

In the event that a Breeding Entry does not result in a live foal (i.e., abortion, death of mare, etc.) the fee paid may be transferred to another unborn foal in any following year, provided a signed vet statement (on vet letterhead or official documentation) must be submitted to the AHA office. The vet statement must include the registration number and registered name of the mare and year of foaling. If a foal is born, the

date of foaling and date of death must also be included in the vet statement. Upon receipt of the requested information, AHA can issue a Dead Foal Credit Voucher.

SWEEPSTAKES: A $400 Credit Voucher can be issued in the event the mare does not produce a foal or if a foal is born, but dies within 30 days of foaling. A $200 Dead Foal Credit Voucher can be issued if the death of the foal occurs more than 30 days after parturition but before December 31 of the foaling year. The Credit Voucher can be used towards any future Sweepstakes enrollment.

If the Breeding Entry was placed on a Deferred Billing Agreement, the outstanding balance for that Agreement must be satisfied in full before any consideration of a credit will be made.

Late enrollments are accepted from January 1 to February 15 th of the foaling year. This includes a $150 late fee per Breeding Entry.

US HALTER FUTURITY: A Dead Foal Credit Voucher can be issued for horses enrolled in the US Halter Futurity Program. The Credit must be used the consecutive year. The AHA In-Utero Foal Application, Credit Voucher and $30 processing fee must be submitted by December 31 st of the year the mare is bred.

Late enrollments are accepted from January 1 to February 15 th of the foaling year. This includes $100 late fee per foal for US Halter Futurities.

For additional information regarding Dead Foal Credits, contact AHA at 303-696-4500, option 1.

U.S. NATIONALS PERFORMANCE FUTURITY/MATURITY/DERBY ENROLLMENT 

Planning to show your horse in a Performance Futurity/Maturity/Derby Class? Be sure your horse is enrolled in the U.S. Nationals Performance Futurity/Maturity/Derby Program. Enrollment into the program is required in order to show in these classes.

If you choose the payment option, the third payments must be submitted on or before August 1, 2023 (postmarked/electronic transaction dated to the AHA office). Payments that are postmarked/electronic transactions dated after the first of each month will be assessed late fees.

All Performance Futurity/Maturity/Derby horses must be enrolled in the program and the total fees paid. Nominations are allowed with an additional $750 late fee or an additional $1,000 late fee for Reining up until the Final Post Entry Close date for US Nationals. Nomination fees do not include the show entry fees, drug fees, stalls, etc.

All entries into the Performance Futurity/Maturity/Derby Program must also be entered into the corresponding class for the U.S. National Championship Show via an official show entry form. 

CLASS SPLIT FOR US NATIONAL PERFORMANCE FUTURITY/MATURITY PROGRAM

Due to the increasing participation of the Ranch Horse Riding Futurity at U.S. Nationals, the class has been split. Beginning in 2023, there will be two classes, Arabian Ranch Horse Riding Futurity, and HA/AA Ranch Horse Riding Futurity.

Note: Half-Arabians competing in the Maturity Classes must have parentage DNA verified to the purebred Arabian parent on file at the AHA office before they are allowed to compete.

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