Welcome to the Kentucky Quarter Horse Association. KyQHA
serves as Kentucky's AQHA Affiliate Association to bring
all Quarter Horse owners and associations together throughout
the state.
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Official List of Approved 2012 KyBIF Stallions «Click Here For More Information« Queen Candidates for 2012 We are seeking queen candidates for the upcoming horse show season. Interested candidates please send in an application. Questions call Lynette Davidson - 502-298-2672. «Click Here For Application Form«
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AQHA Showing News Roundup Here are the latest news items that you as an AQHA show competitor need to know:
The first issue of The American Quarter Horse Journal for 2012 yields great fodder for insightful quotes. The 2012 AQHA Official Handbook of Rules and Regulations is now available online and in print. AQHA is now accepting bids for management of the 2012 AQHA World Championship Show Sale. National
Collegiate Equestrian Association The entity formally known as Varsity Equestrian has established an association to become the voice for the sport of equestrian within college athletics. AQHA
Launches Trail Challenges Starting in 2012, Trail Challenges will become a new competition for recreational riders. Register online for the 2012 AQHA Convention today. The AQHA Incentive Fund stallion enrollment deadline is extended to January 16. AQHA news and information is a service of AQHA publications. For more information on The American Quarter Horse Journal or America's Horse, visit AQHA Publications. Norm Luba Named 2011 Friend of the UK Equine Initiative By Holly Wiemers LEXINGTON, Ky., (Dec. 15, 2011) - Norm Luba was named 2011 Friend of the University of Kentucky's Equine Initiative during the Kentucky Quarter Horse Association's annual meeting and banquet Dec. 10 in Lexington. Luba, executive director of the North American Equine Ranching Information Council, was recognized for his leadership, vision and work on behalf of the Equine Initiative. Luba currently serves as the chair of the UK College of Agriculture Equine Advisory Committee and has been involved in the Equine Initiative since early in its formation and in college equine programming before that. "Norm brings his interest and knowledge of the horse and the horse industry, plus a strong desire to make our equine programs the best they can be," said Bob Coleman, extension horse specialist and associate director for undergraduate education in Equine Science and Management. "This award was created to recognize our stakeholders for contributions that elevate what we offer and challenge us to provide the best possible programs," said Nancy Cox, associate dean for research in UK's College of Agriculture, Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station director and administrative leader for UK's Equine Initiative. "Norm has provided valuable leadership in developing our undergraduate program, and he led theprocess to create the college's Equine Advisory Committee, and then agreed when we asked him to serve as its initial chair. In that post he has created lively, relevant and provocative discussions. He represents stakeholder leadership and engagement at its very best." «Click Here For More Information«Upcoming Horse Sales in Your Area Consign your horses now! West Kentucky Horse Sales, Inc Upcoming Sales Information
Dixie National Southern Classic Horse Sale Check out the flyer for upcoming West Kentucky Horse Sales! Agricultural Educators: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (Kansas) and U.S. Senator Ben Nelson (Nebraska) have prepared a "Dear Colleague" letter regarding the proposed rulemaking on the child labor laws. It is important that you contact your U.S. senators' offices immediately and ask them to sign on to the Moran/Nelson Dear Colleague letter regarding the child labor laws pertaining to agricultural labor. A copy of the Dear Colleague letter may be accessed here and a copy of a 12-page letter that the senators submitted to the Department of Labor is here. Please do not delay … contact your two U.S. senators (not your U.S. Representative, just your two senators … a Dear Colleague letter for the U.S. House of Representatives may be forthcoming) and ask them to sign on to the Moran/Nelson Dear Colleague letter regarding the child labor laws pertaining to agricultural labor. «Click Here For More Information«Renew Your 2012 Memberships! «2012 Membership Application Here« The American Quarter Horse Foundation Scholarship Application and guidelines are now available. The deadline for submitting an application is December 1, 2011. Please help spread the word to all our youth members so this wonderful opportunity doesn't slip by! KY - Piro Testing Amended Click below to get a document detailing revisions to the directive issued this past December requiring horses entering Kentucky race tracks to be tested negative for equine piroplasmosis prior to their entry.The document also describes the current piroplasmosis testing requirements to qualify horses originating from Texas for entry into Kentucky. Feel free to contact E.S. Rusty Ford, Equine Programs Manager, Office of State Veterinarian, 502/564-3956, Rusty1.ford@ky.gov or Dr. Robert Stout if you have questions, comments or concerns relative to this information. KY - Piro Testing Amended Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kentucky Quarter Horse Breeders' Incentive Fund Continues to Rank Among Nation's Most Effective(August 1, 2011) - A record total of 2010 award recipients indicates that the Kentucky Quarter Horse Association Breeders' Incentive Fund (KyQHA BIF) continues to rank among the nation's most effective horse-breeder development programs. The announcement of payouts by the KyQHA for the last completed year of competition revealed that more than 700 owners and nominators of foals and stallions were eligible for checks resulting from official AQHA points earned by successfully shown or raced Kentucky-breds during 2010. "The demand for Kentucky-bred Quarter Horses has gone up year by year," said Cheryllee Sargent, KyQHA President, "and that is in spite of a severely depressed economy. We need to consider that when our program began in 2006, there were only 671 Kentucky-bred horses in the entire world that year even entered in a race or a show, let along earned points for sustained success. Our Association is proud of the fact that our Fund has been able to fulfill the intent of the Legislature; namely, to stimulate real economic activity." Payouts are based upon points earned in any race or show sanctioned by the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). Because these points are calculated differently, two pools are created - one for show and one for race - so that the funds will average the same for all the horses competing in each category. The pools are then divided by the number of points earned. For 2010, the value of every AQHA point for showing worked out to be $67.73 while the value of every AQHA point for racing worked out to be $61.50. Norm Luba, KyQHA BIF Committee chairman, pointed out that a challenge for the BIF has been that the decline in stallion services due to the poor economy has reduced the amount of money available for the Fund. "The increased number of points earned, combined with the decrease in the number of dollars available, have prevented us from having even greater impact," he said. "Our best year was 2007 when there was $446,629 available for Quarter Horses. For 2010, the total was $223,412, which is about as close to 50% as it's possible to get." The list of award winners can be viewed on the website of the Kentucky Quarter Horse Association at www.kyqha.com. In keeping with the protocol established over previous years, information regarding the horses, the points earned, the award amounts, etc., will be posted on KyQHA's website for no less than thirty days to enable public review. There is an automated response mechanism available for comments. "An exhaustive review has been accomplished prior to the posting of these results, and with tens of thousands of additional eyes now reviewing the data, any known or suspected improprieties, as well as any inaccuracies concerning the posted winners, can be reported to the KyQHA easily and anonymously," stated Terry Barrow, KyQHA Vice President and member of the KyQHA BIF Committee. Comments can also be made by calling toll-free (888) 367-5742 and leaving a message on the BIF Fraud Hotline (option #2). All records receiving an "inquiry" are highlighted in red on the website so that interested parties can closely examine them. They will remain highlighted until follow-up investigations are completed. Payouts will be reported to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission after the comment period ends. Any new investigations that may result during the comment period will not delay the scheduled award payouts for other participants. Award winners must be current year (2011) AQHA and KyQHA members. Those winners that are not members will be notified via regular mail as well as highlighted in yellow on the web site so that their memberships can be updated. The Kentucky Quarter Horse Association is the official affiliate of the American Quarter Horse Association. More information about the KyQHA BIF, membership forms, as well as other programs of the KyQHA can be found by visiting the web site at: www.kyqha.com.
TEXAS EQUINE ENTERING KENTUCKY Kentucky Department of Agriculture requirements have been revised to require all Texas resident horses entering Kentucky to be accompanied with a negative test for Equine Piroplasmosis (EP) (cELISA for T.equi) and to have an Entry Permit issued by the KY Department of Agriculture. The Kentucky Department of Agriculture is continuing to allow the EP test to be valid for up to 12 months for entry and are qualifying that horses that have been in Texas less than 30 days are not considered Texas resident equine and can enter or reenter Kentucky without testing. These revised entry requirements are subject to change as the investigation(s) continues to mature. REMINDERS:
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