3% Convenience Fee to be Added to AHA Credit Card Payments
Effective June 1, 2019, a 3% Convenience Fee will be added by AHA to payments made by Credit Card. The Convenience Fee charge does not apply if the customer submits payment by cash, check or money order.
The 3% convenience fee for credit card transactions was voted on and approved by the AHA Board of Directors on March 8, 2019, as part of the budget planning for Fiscal Year 2020. A steady growth in credit card processing fees has occurred over the past 10 years and has elevated to a point of significant impact on AHA’s budget in an amount exceeding $250,000 per year. The 3% convenience fee will cover the cost of rising credit card fees that is applied by the vendor who processes credit card payments for AHA.
A 3% convenience fee will not be applied to payments made by cash, check or money order for AHA business transactions.
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Arabian Horse Month
Are you hosting an open house/barn or meet the breed event in which the public can come and experience the beauty of the Arabian horse? If so, please share!
No event is too small or too big.
Send us your event details (date, time and location) and contact information (phone, email and website).
Submissions will be entered into a drawing to win prizes from Montana Silversmiths.
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New for Sweepstakes
ABS will offer the following new Jackpot classes that will have $15,000 in prize money available for each class:
- Arabian English Pleasure AAOTR
- Arabian Reining AAOTR
- HA/AA English Pleasure AAOTR
- HA/AA Reining AAOTR
Payout for the Arabian Yearling Sweepstakes Classes at U.S. Nationals will be $25,000 per class:
- Champion - $5,000
- Reserve Champion - $3,200
- Top Ten - $2,100
Arabian Yearling Sweepstakes Classes at the Regional level will be held as open and not AAOTH. These classes will still be restricted to Breeding Entries only.
- There will be no Open Arabian Yearling Breeding/In-Hand Classes for non-Sweepstakes horses in 2019.
- The 2-Year-Old Arabian and HA/AA In-Hand Classes at U.S. Nationals will be discontinued as Sweepstakes designated classes in 2020.
- The HA/AA Sweepstakes Yearling In-Hand Open Classes at U.S. Nationals will be discontinued as Sweepstakes designated classes in 2021.
- The Sweepstakes Yearling Classes and 2-Year-Old classes at Canadian Nationals and Sport Horse Nationals have not changed and payout will remain the same.
To qualify for the U.S. National Yearling Open Sweepstakes Classes, the Breeding Entry must have placed as a Top Ten from one of the corresponding 18 Regional Yearling Sweepstakes Classes.
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Last Chance Buy-In for Sweepstakes
Enrollment is available until October 15, 2019 for the Last Chance Buy-In for Sweepstakes. This program is for any horse(s) that were not entered into the Sweepstakes Program.
This one-time nomination makes your horse eligible to compete at the 18 Regional Championship Shows, Canadian Nationals, Sport Horse Nationals and U.S. Nationals in Sweepstakes-designated classes and Jackpot classes (qualifications may be required in some classes). The only classes not eligible to the Original Entry category are the Sweepstakes Yearling Halter classes which are reserved for Breeding Entries only.
The Original Entry category is open to any horse that is registered with the Arabian Horse Association or the Canadian Registries. Your horse does not have to be by a Sweepstakes Nominated Sire or out of a Sweepstakes Nominated Dam to enroll.
This is your last chance to buy-in to the Sweepstakes Program for those not previously enrolled!
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IMPORTANT: Cutting Horse Performance Futurity Enrollment Fee Change
The enrollment fee for the Arabian and Half-Arabian/Anglo-Arabian Cutting Horse Futurity has been reduced from $1,040 to $740 if paid by June 1 in full (or by June 1, July 1 and August 1 if enrollment is being made with payments). Late fees may apply.
A horse that is co-owned by the two distinct non-family members cannot be shown in Maturity and Jackpot classes at any AHA National Championship Show.
Upcoming Performance Futurity/Maturity Deadline
The enrollment deadline for the first payment (or payment in full) for the U.S. Performance Futurity/Maturity is June 1, 2019.
In order to avoid late fees, the entry can be paid in full ($740 per class or $1,040 for Reining) or the first payment ($340 or $440 for Reining) must be postmarked/electronic transaction dated June 1, 2019.
If you choose the payment option, the second payment must be submitted on or before July 1, 2019 and the third payment must be submitted on or before August 1, 2019 (postmarked/electronic transaction dated to the AHA office). Payments postmarked/electronic transaction dated after the first of each month will be assessed late fees.
All Performance Futurity/Maturity horses must be enrolled and total fees paid no later than the close of entries of the U.S. National Championship Horse Show.
Nominations submitted after the original close of entries for U.S. Nationals will be assessed an additional $750 late fee or an additional $1,000 late fee for Reining.
Nomination fee does not include show entry fees, post entry fees, drug fees, stall fees, etc.
NOTE: All entries into the Performance Futurity/Maturity program must also be entered into U.S. Nationals Championship Show via an official entry form.
Forms can also be found in the U.S. Nationals portion of the
2019 Omnibus.
Competition Services
303-696-4500, option #4
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Become a Qualifier T-Shirt Sponsor
Support youth programs by becoming a Qualifier T-shirt Sponsor! $250 and your name will be included on the back of all the Youth Nationals Qualifier T-shirts as well as in the show program.
Contact Brenna Whitlock
303.696.4505
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This year the
Arabian Horse Foundation
awarded $30,000 through their general scholarship fund. The Foundation would like to congratulate the following scholarship recipients:
Mary Baker Mackenna Basteyns
Leah Blanchard Lacie Cruise
Caden Cruise Haley Freeman
Lillian Gramling Emma Hiland
Audra Homanberg Sophia Janssen-Madden
Hannah Jones Jenna Kerkaet
Grace Kueker Taylor Latham
Karoline Lewis Aidan Love
Alexa McVoy Ryan Melendez
Lauren Miller Madison Officer
Laurel Pollock Katherine Roche
Amy Sager Jaime Serier
Lorena Sistig Katherine (Katie) Treadwell
Vienna Volpe Kristina Wigren
Margaret Willis Annaliese Wood
Interested in helping support these scholarships? Learn more:
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Arabian Horse Life Magazine
Have you ever heard of the genetic conditions HYPP and HERDA?
Did you know that it is possible for a Half-Arabian to be a carrier or show symptoms of either one?
Learn more about them in Issue 2 of Arabian Horse Life.
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Member Benefit
Creating show ring fashion for 35 years,
Show Season
is the "benchmark" for attire in the Arabian breed. English, Western and Hunt, all custom designed and coordinated for each and every rider.
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AHA Calendar of Events
May 15-19
Del Mar, CA
May 29 - June 1
Fort Worth, TX
*Live stream available!
Illinois Arabian Classic
June 1-2
Springfield, IL
June 5-9
Denver, CO
June 11-16
St. Paul, MN
June 17-22
Nampa, ID
June 18-23
Santa Barbara, CA
June 19-23
Wilmington, OH
June 24-29
Douglas, WY
Region 14 Championship
June 27-30
Lexington, KY
July 3-7
Lexington, VA
July 4-7
Springfield, IL
July 9-13
Monroe, WA
Region 3 Championship
July 10-13
Reno, NV
July 11-15
Syracuse, NY
July 25-28
Jerseyville, ON
July 20-27
Oklahoma City, OK
August 11-17
Brandon, MB
September 2-7
Crete, IL
October 25-27
Vinita, OK
October 18-26
Tulsa, OK
for upcoming dates.
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