November 2, 2022

The 2022 Arabian Horse Foundation National Judging and Hippology Contest welcomed teams from across the United States to compete at the U.S. National Show in Tulsa, OK!

Greetings from our "Member Spotlight," where each week, your regional director can nominate you for a chance to be recognized for your energized presence in the Arabian Horse community!

Derek Jones has ring-mastered all the National shows over the last 30 years and has been a major support to the Arabian Horse Community. We are so thankful for his dedication!

2022 Convention Events Register now for Convention and be sure to attend the Convention Events offered this year. If you have already registered as a Delegate/Alternate/Member/Guest, it’s not too late to add the following events:

Trivia Night - New this year, we’re putting the FUN in FUNdraising. Join us on Wednesday, November 9^th for our first ever Trivia Night benefitting the Arabian Horsemen’s Distress Fund (AHDF). Have fun and benefit an all-important cause!

LUNCHEON - Join us during the luncheon on Thursday, November 10^th to hear and learn from the various members of the EEC and the Judges and Stewards Commissioner.

Topics to be included:

• Class specifications- with respect to the importance of the order of them
• Quality of gaits – methods utilized to evaluate the quality of gaits
• Ethics and Social media issues
• Introduction of school – It is for everyone interested in what judges are taught, evaluated on, and expected to know
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AHA PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS BANQUET — Deborah Johnson welcomes all convention attendees to the buffet style Banquet on Friday, November 11^th to celebrate the breed and one another. We will save the most prestigious AHA member and club awards for last to be presented at the banquet.

Resolutions

The Agenda & Resolutions Committee have reviewed the resolutions submitted to the AHA office and will be placing 16 resolutions forward to convention for consideration. To view the resolutions click on the resolution number next to each of the resolution titles.

REMINDER: If you have registered or plan on registering for the Exhibitors/Judges School, the cutoff date to take advantage of the special rate at the Embassy Suites has been extended to November 8^th!

Registration for both the Exhibitors/Judges School has been extended to November 12^th

If you are a licensed judge due to at the Judges’ Seminar this year and have not yet registered, email reminders were sent November 1^st. If you are not sure when you are due, go through your USEF portal for continuing education information. The date due will be listed by competition year, NOT calendar year.  So, if the USEF information says you are due in 2023 (or earlier) you are due to participate in the virtual Seminar Dec. 1-2, 2022. Deadline to register for the Seminar has been extended to November 12^th. 

IN-UTERO FOAL APPLICATION DEADLINE

The deadline to enroll your in-utero as a Breeding Entry or in the US and/or Canadian Halter Futurity Program is December 31, 2022. Enrollments can be processed on-line click here or you can complete and submit the application click here.

Remember, in order for a foal to be eligible to be enrolled as a Breeding Entry, either the sire must be enrolled as a Nominated Sire or the mare must be enrolled as a Nominated Dam. A sire or dam that is only enrolled as a Breeding Entry does not qualify the horse as being eligible to be enrolled in-utero as a Breeding Entry.

Every fourth Breeding Entry enrolled in the same year by the same owner by be enrolled at one half price. The discount applies to each submission of at least four entries submitted at the same time by the exact same breeder/nominator.

Sweepstakes enrollments can be paid in full or placed on a Deferred Billing Agreement. AHA charges a 10% administrative fee for entries that are placed on a Deferred Billing Agreement. The first payment must accompany the application at the time of submission. Halter Futurity enrollments cannot be placed on a Deferred Billing Agreement and must be paid in full at the time of enrollment.

A Breeding Entry is the only way to earn prize money in the Arabian Breeders Sweepstakes Program.

For additional information regarding Sweepstakes enrollment information, see Sweepstakes Made Simple here.

Foals that are enrolled in-utero in the US and/or Canadian Halter Futurity Program will need to pay a renomination fee for the weanling, yearling and two-year-old year. When the horse is 3 years old and all requirements have been met, the horse will be eligible to show in the US and/or Canadian Halter Futurity Class, depending on enrollment.

NOTE: All Half-Arabians showing in the Halter Futurity Program must have parentage DNA verified to the purebred Arabian parent on file at the AHA office before they will be allowed to compete.

For complete rules regarding the Halter Futurity Program, refer to Chapter 19 of the AHA Handbook Chapter 19 and for the rules regarding the Sweepstakes Program, refer to Chapter 18.

DEAD FOAL CREDIT VOUCER

If for any reason a mare does not produce a live foal or a foal dies within the first 30 days, you can be eligible to receive a Dead Foal Credit Voucher. You will need to submit a signed vet statement (on vet letterhead or official documentation), that identifies the mare by registration number, registered name, and the year she was to foal. If a foal is born, the date of foaling and date of death must also be provided. 

Sweepstakes - AHA can then issue a Sweepstakes Dead Foal Credit Voucher for $400. If a foal is born but dies prior to December 31^st of the year of foaling, a half Credit Voucher ($200) can be issued. This credit can be used for any future Sweepstakes Entry. It can also be used towards the initial enrollment of horses that are placed on a Deferred Billing Agreement. The Voucher cannot be used in lieu of a down payment but will be evenly distributed towards the number of payments indicated and granted on the Deferred Billing Agreement.

If a dead foal entry is on a Deferred Billing Agreement, the payments must be completed in full before consideration of a credit will be made.

Halter Futurity - If the foal was enrolled in the Halter Futurity Program, a Halter Futurity Dead Foal Credit Voucher can be issued. This credit must be used the consecutive year. Foals that are born and die after 30 days are not eligible for a Halter Futurity Credit Voucher.

A new In-Utero Foal Application and the Dead Foal Credit Voucher(s) must be submitted to the AHA office by December 31 of the year the mare was bred. Dead Foal Credits for both programs DO NOT automatically rollover to the next year or future years. A new In-Utero Application must be submitted in order for a Dead Foal Credit to be used.

NOMINIATED SIRE BREEDING REPORTS

Nominated Sire Breeding Reports need to be submitted by November 15^, 2022. These reports can be completed on-line here or you can complete and submit the Breeding Report to the AHA office here.

COURTESY RENEWAL NOTICES

The AHA horse program courtesy renewal notices were sent out via email (to those that have a valid email address on file) on Thursday, October 13, 2022. Be sure to enroll/renominate your horse(s) into the program before the entry deadlines. 

For the Halter Futurity Program, it is the responsibility of the owner to renominate their horses prior to the stated deadlines even if the owner does not receive the renomination form from AHA for any reason.

Contact the AHA office at 303-696-4500, option # regarding any questions regarding these programs.

CHECK YOUR EMAIL FOR AHA COURTESY PROGRAM RENEWALS

Renominations will be sent to the current owner of record. It is the responsibility of the owner to renominate their horse(s) prior to the stated deadlines even if the owner does not receive the renomination forms from AHA for any reason. If an owner does not receive the renomination form, please call AHA to renew. Take advantage of lower fees and postmark/transact your renewals on or before December 31, 2022. Renewals postmarked after December 31, 2022 may be subject to late fees or additional fees.

For Achievement Award and Amateur Achievement Award renewals, please submit your request or renew online into the programs prior to your first competition of 2023.

You can renew on-line or by submitting the completed form with payment to AHA via fax, US Mail or email (pdf format) to info.comp@arabianhorses.org You may also contact the AHA office at 303-696-4500, option #4 and renew over the phone. 

Click the button below for instructions on how to renew online.