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KENTUCKY QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATION, INC. P.O. Box 23917 Lexington, KY 40523-3917 info@kyqha.com www.kyqha.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

AQHA Novice Championship State Qualifying in Kentucky

(March 1, 2013) - Several qualifying methods exist for competitors seeking an invitation to the 2013 AQHA Novice Championship shows. These include showing at 20 shows in a Novice Class, placing in the top 10 in a Novice class at an AQHA Regional Championship Show, and "state qualifying" through the Kentucky Quarter Horse Association's Novice Championship State Qualifying process.

Paul Coffey, KyQHA President, said "the state qualifying process established by the KyQHA is meant to supplement the opportunity to qualify via those established by the AQHA." He went on to say, "Kentucky residents must be members of the KyQHA, and nominate for the Year-End High Point Awards Program. The recent announcement that there is no longer a fee for the Awards Program gives Kentucky residents a 'one-stop' process of not only gaining a no cost access to the Awards Program, but also ensuring that they will be considered for state qualifying for the Novice Championships if you qualify and are interested in attending the Novice Championship shows either in Murfreesboro, Tennessee or Las Vegas, Nevada."

Click on the links below for specific information that you may need:

• AQHA Qualifying for Novice Championships
• Kentucky State Qualifying for the Novice Championships
• KyQHA Year-End High Point Information and Nomination Form
• KyQHA Membership Form

The Kentucky Quarter Horse Association is the state's only official Affiliate of the American Quarter Horse Association. More information about the KyQHA, approved horse shows, the Year-End Awards Program, membership forms, nomination forms and other information can be found by visiting the web site at: www.kyqha.com.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Kentucky Quarter Horse Association Board of Directors Approve Major Change to the Year-End Awards Program

All Nomination Fees Eliminated as a Benefit of Membership!

(February 28, 2013) - Membership in the Kentucky Quarter Horse Association (KyQHA) has its benefits. The most recently approved benefit is the popular Year-End Awards Program will no longer require nomination fees as a pre-requisite of participation in 2013.

Paul Coffey, KyQHA President, announced recently that at the February board meeting the directors approved the elimination of the fees as a value-added opportunity for members of the KyQHA. Coffey said, "The flat entry fee model that we adopted at our KyQHA Affiliate horse shows a couple of years ago led to the improved financial success of our horse shows. As a result, we are able to eliminate the nomination fees for our Year-End Awards Program. It is our hope that more owners/exhibitors will nominate to the program and support all of the KyQHA approved horse shows by attending these shows in Kentucky."

Bennie Sargent, KyQHA Horse Show Committee Chairman, reminds owners and exhibitors, "All that is required will be a current membership and the completion of the Year-End Awards Nomination Form. Points will not count retroactively, so all owners/exhibitors are encouraged to get those two items completed and submitted as soon as possible." Click on the following links for the KyQHA Membership Form and the KyQHA Year-End High Point Rules & Nomination Form.

The Kentucky Quarter Horse Association is the state's only official Affiliate of the American Quarter Horse Association. More information about the KyQHA, approved horse shows, the Year-End Awards Program, membership forms, nomination forms and other information can be found by visiting the web site at: www.kyqha.com.

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IMPORTANT NEWS FOR KENTUCKY QUARTER HORSE INDUSTRY

Read below the comments from an industry panel familiar with the project

Kentucky Quarter Horsemen Help, and Laud, New Sprint Track

For immediate release	Contact: Rich Wilcke (502) 494-0972
February 15, 2013	wilcke@att.net

The plans of the Keeneland Association to establish a new pari-mutuel racetrack in Kentucky expressly for sprint (Quarter Horse) racing have been formulated with advice of a special panel recommended by the American Quarter Horse Association's (AQHA) office in Texas. The advisory group, consisting of four Kentucky breed representatives, has been consulting with officials of Keeneland for several months on the market feasibility, as well as the most appropriate design, of the proposed new facility.

Members of the group include Dick Connelley of Magoffin County, Norm Luba of Jefferson County, Bennie Sargent of Scott County and Rich Wilcke of Henry County. Luba and Sargent are national AQHA directors from Kentucky; Wilcke is a member of AQHA's national Racing Committee. All three are past presidents of the Kentucky Quarter Horse Association, while Connelley, who has been involved in sprint racing for over 30 years, is president of the Kentucky Quarter Horse Racing Association.

According to the group, while Quarter Horse-type racing is better established in western states, there has long been significant national interest in having a major sprint-racing track east of the Mississippi. Kentucky, they believe, is a logical location, given its sprint-racing history (modern and colonial), its unparalleled Thoroughbred breeding industry (whose horses can be used in crossbreeding), and the fact that the owners of at least 40,000 Quarter Horses may be found in all 120 counties.

Records show that pari-mutuel Quarter Horse racing was popular in Kentucky in the 1980s. The pinnacle was 1988, with an 81-day Quarter Horse meet run at Bluegrass Downs in Paducah, and a 59-day Quarter Horse meet at Riverside Downs in Henderson. Changes in track ownership and the regulation of horse racing in the early 1990s ended all Kentucky Quarter Horse racing until a token two-day meet in 2004 in Lexington in a response to recent legalization of Quarter Horse simulcasting.

"The enthusiasm of the record crowds drawn by just two days of races limited to 330 yards caused us to begin dreaming of a track that would showcase our sport more effectively than anywhere else," says Rich Wilcke, an advisory-group member. "We went so far a half-dozen years ago as to visit with Keeneland officials about its not-for-profit structure and its unique approach to racing. Needless to say, never did we dare to ask or envision that Keeneland itself might establish such a facility."

Sprint horse racing is as different from Thoroughbred racing as is the drag racing of hot-rod automobiles from a NASCAR event, argue the members of the group advising Keeneland. Their sport, they contend, is like the exciting start and the thrilling finish of a Kentucky Derby - only! In regard to the regional market for the facility, AQHA's records show that within a 300-mile radius of south central Kentucky there reside proud owners of just under 550,000 registered "American Quarter Horses."

The Kentucky Thoroughbred by Kent Hollingsworth, late editor and publisher of The Blood-Horse magazine, described the very first horse racing (1780s) in the "territory of Kentucke" (now the Kentucky Commonwealth) as follows:

"These were not Thoroughbreds but they were raced, for the character of the people who came to be called Kentuckians, second sons from Virginia and Carolina seeking adventure, action, fortune in free lands, was such that when there were no Indians to chase and no stumps to be cleared, there were arguments to be settled; in Kentucky, arguments usually were settled by a horse race…These usually were quarter-mile dash races on straight paths or town thoroughfares, if the stumps had been cleared."

The eventual facility envisioned may include not only a racetrack with all that that entails, but also other features to host events and to attract stock-horse aficionados from coast to coast. These could include professional arenas for the other disciplines in which Quarter Horses excel, sale facilities, accommodations for out-of-the-region advocates of trail riding, and perhaps even a museum, which could focus attention on the well-known Quarter Horse foundation sires that started out in Kentucky.

The advisory group, representative of national and local associations, is dedicated to helping Keeneland develop a venue that will not only serve the sport and the breed - "as they were meant to be" - but that will also become a significant factor in the economic growth and cultural attractiveness of the area. It should have a positive impact on tourism in the area and help it to develop into a nationally important racing center for the world's most populous breed of horse - the American Quarter Horse.

READ THE LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER EXCLUSIVE

Exclusive: Keeneland aims to build prime Quarter Horse racetrack near Corbin

Published: February 14, 2013

By Janet Patton — jpatton1@herald-leader.com

Imagine a top-flight racetrack in Eastern Kentucky with all the glamour and prestige of a premier entertainment venue married to the speed and electricity of Quarter Horse racing.

Keeneland is envisioning just that.The Lexington Thoroughbred racetrack and sales company is teaming with Nevada-based Full House Resorts to buy the Thunder Ridge harness track in Prestonsburg for an undisclosed price and reinvent it as a Quarter Horse racetrack in the Corbin area.

Click here for the whole article

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LEVELING PROGRAM

Because leveled AQHA shows were developed based on programming with the new AQHA system, and because AQHA announced that it is NOT in the best interest of AQHA members to implement the new computer system at this time, no leveled shows/classes will be offered. Show managers who were planning to offer leveled classes are being instructed to please reconfigure their show bills to reflect conventional AQHA classes. Those shows that held leveled classes will be worked by hand to ensure exhibitors receive the proper number of points based on the rules of leveling.

CLICK FOR MORE INFORMATION

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REMINDER: YOUR 2013 KyQHA BIF STALLION NOMINATION IS DUE BY FEBRUARY 1. AVOID LATE FEES AND NOMINATE NOW. CLICK (STALLION NOMINATION) FORM TO DOWNLOAD.

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January 22, 2013
For immediate release

Kentucky Equine Survey Releases Initial Findings

By Holly Wiemers

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 22, 2013) - Kentucky is home to 242,400 horses and the total value of the state's equine and equine-related assets is estimated at $23.4 billion, according to the 2012 Kentucky Equine Survey.

The comprehensive statewide survey of all breeds of horses, ponies, donkeys and mules was the first such study since 1977. Conducted between June and October 2012 by the Kentucky field office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, with support and assistance by the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture and the Kentucky Horse Council, the survey's results identified 35,000 equine operations and 1.1 million acres devoted to equine use. The results are a snapshot of the 2011 calendar year.

"The value of Kentucky's equine and equine-related assets, such as land and buildings, is significantly larger than other states for which we have data, and it serves to underscore that Kentucky is the Horse Capital of the World," said Jill Stowe, UK associate professor in agricultural economics and project lead. "Upcoming economic impact analysis results will provide even more details regarding the importance of the industry to the state's economy."

Phase 1 of the study was a statewide survey of equine operations that included an inventory of all breeds of equine, including horses, ponies, donkeys and mules. It included a look at sales, income, expenses and assets of those operations. County-level results from Phase 1 are expected soon. Phase 2 of the project will entail an economic impact analysis of Kentucky's equine industry. Phase 2 information will be available mid-2013.

With regard to the inventory of Kentucky's equine operations, the study determined that 56 percent are farms or ranches and 30 percent are for personal use, while 3 percent are boarding, training or riding facilities. Breeding operations accounted for 2 percent. The vast majority of horses inventoried were light horses (216,300), followed by donkeys and mules (14,000), ponies (7,000) and draft horses (5,100). Thoroughbreds are the most prevalent breed in the state (54,000), followed by Quarter Horses (42,000), Tennessee Walking Horses (36,000), Saddlebreds (14,000), donkeys, mules and burros, Mountain Horse breeds (12,500) and Standardbreds (9,500).

"The University of Kentucky study objectively and scientifically validates the importance of the horse industry to our state. This may well be the most significant body of work ever undertaken to estimate the economic significance of horses to Kentucky," said Norman K. Luba, executive director of the North American Equine Ranching Information Council. "As horse industry enthusiasts, we are indebted to the University of Kentucky, the Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund and the Kentucky Horse Council."

The primary use of the majority of Kentucky's equines is trail riding/pleasure (79,500), followed by broodmares (38,000), horses currently idle/not working (33,000), competition/show (24,500), horses currently growing, including yearlings, weanlings and foals (23,000), racing (15,000), work/transportation (12,500), breeding stallions (3,900) and other activities (13,000).

"Kentucky's horse industry is important to a diverse set of people across the Commonwealth, from the 9-year-old 4-H member with her pony to the retired school teacher who just took up trail riding," said Anna Zinkhon, Kentucky Horse Council Board president. "It is the Kentucky Horse Council's goal to keep this industry alive and growing. The Kentucky Equine Survey provides us with the numbers, so we'll know how to develop programs to emphasize strengths as well as work on improving areas of need. It is an important window into the future."

According to the study, the estimated value of the 242,400 equines in Kentucky is about $6.3 billion. In addition, the estimated value of equine-related assets, including land and buildings, vehicles and equipment, feed and supplies and tack and equestrian clothing, is $17.1 billion, bringing the total value of Kentucky's equine and equine-related assets to $23.4 billion.

The total of all equine-related sales and income for equine operations in 2011 was about $1.1 billion. That total came from sales of all equines, estimated to be $521.1 million, and $491 million in income from services provided, including both breeding and non-breeding services such as training, lessons, boarding, farrier, transportation, purses, incentives, etc.

The study found that total equine-related expenditures by equine operations in 2011 totaled about $1.2 billion. Capital expenditures by equine operations, including the purchase of equines, real estate and improvements and equipment, were estimated to be $337 million. Operating expenditures, including expenses paid for boarding, feed, bedding, veterinary, supplies, farrier services, breeding, maintenance and repair, insurance premiums, utilities and fuel, taxes, rent and/or lease, fees and payments, shipping and travel, training and other fees, totaled $839 million. Notably, 77 percent of these operating expenses were spent in Kentucky.

"We are pleased that this Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund investment made by the Kentucky Agricultural Development Board will provide benefits to one of our state's signature industries," said Roger Thomas, executive director of the Governor's Office of Agricultural Policy. "The results of this survey will validate the economic benefits of all breeds of equine to Kentucky's overall economy."

"The College of Agriculture is proud of this project because first and foremost, it represents the best available methods of surveying that universities and government can provide. But the most compelling aspect of this study is that our future policy discussions can be guided by solid numbers. We thank the Kentucky Horse Council and the Governor's Office of Ag Policy as well as our numerous donors, for recognizing how much the Horse Capital of the World needs a sound foundation for policy decisions," said Nancy Cox, associate dean for research in UK's College of Agriculture, Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station director and administrative leader for UK Ag Equine Programs.

Funding for the project was provided by the Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund, along with the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, the Kentucky Horse Council and numerous other industry organizations and individuals, a complete listing of which can be found on the project's website.

More information about the 2012 Kentucky Equine Survey can be found on the UK Ag Equine Programs website at http://www2.ca.uky.edu/equine/kyequinesurvey or on Kentucky Horse Council's website at http://www.kentuckyhorse.org/. A copy of the complete Phase 1 results, including county-level breakdowns, will also be posted on both of these websites when they become available.

http://news.ca.uky.edu/article/kentucky-equine-survey-releases-initial-findings

Writer: Holly Wiemers, 859-257-2226

UK College of Agriculture, through its land-grant mission, reaches across the commonwealth with teaching, research and extension to enhance the lives of Kentuckians.

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Kentucky Quarter Horse Association and Kentucky Quarter Horse Youth Association Silent and Live Auctions Were A Huge Success!

Happy 2013! My apologies for the tardiness of this email blast and web post. What great associations and members we have! Not only did we once again meet the goal for the Silent and Live Auction, we exceeded it by an additional $3,000 over last year! Thanks to the donors and bidders, we raised $9,831! By vote of the KyQHA Board of Directors this will be divided as follows: 80% to the Brittany Prewitt Memorial Scholarship Fund ($7,864.80) and 20% ($1,966.20) to KyQHYA for their operating expense. Thank you to everyone who participated either by donating items and/or bidding on items! Our high auction items were three KyQHA Polo Shirts. Two of these shirts were purchased by Mr. Rob Longwell for $1,700 each and one was purchased by Mr. Evan Trommer for $1,700. We give extra special thanks to these gentlemen!!!

A few other highlights of the auction were the UK Corn Hole Board sets specially made by the Givens Family from our 2012 Youth World Show decorations. We had a beautiful 16x20 photograph taken and donated by Robin Gollehon and purchased by Dr. Nancy Cox. And of course UK tickets donated by Wallace Anderson and family were hot items.

Some other donors/contributors were: Murtco, Inc., UK Ag Equine Program, Kentucky Horse Council, Davin Smith, KyQHA (keepsake boxes and polos), Cindy McWilliams, Jay and Amy Cloud, Cotton Pickin Boutique, Dunn's Outdoors, Wallace and Sissy Anderson, Fennel's, Cindy's Flowers and Gifts, Folcke Insurance, Jason Lasby, Robin Custom Creations, Givens Quarter Horses, Violet Becraft, Paul and Melody Coffey, Unique Designs, Claire and Elizabeth Lonneman, Mansfield's Auto Parts, Headlines, Kyle Wilson, Bird's Bakery, Henson's H-Bar Western Store, Missy Jo Hollingsworth, The Jerrell's, Ed Squires, Rachelle Sharar, Rhonda Graves, Ruth Bowles, Crowne Plaza, Maddie Paul, Dr. Tony Hicks, The Cunningham's, Metalworx, Robin Gollehon, Tim Sparks and Kelly Salmon, Barrow Quarter Horses, Bennie and Cheryllee Sargent, Bob Coleman, Rich Wilke, The Winn's, Wagner Wine and Spirits, The Horning's, The Mallory's, Anonymous, others that we didn't get names with the items. I hesitate to make lists like this, so please feel free to let me know if I missed someone!

It was the effort of many to make this fundraiser a success. As always Shane Watson did a great job with the auctioneering. I want to thank Kendra Cunningham , Misty Horning and Rhonda Graves for working with me on the auction making the slips, displaying items and collecting money. Thank you to our youth members who caught bids, showcased items and collected money during the live auction. And thank you everyone that helped set up and take down the auction displays.

Thank you to Chuck Winn who gave his half of the Split The Pot winnings back to KyQHYA! We want to keep the momentum going for next year, so be thinking of ideas and gather some great items off and on throughout the year. With your help we will soon meet the $100,000 goal for the Brittany Prewitt Memorial Foundation Scholarship.

Many thanks,

Paula Jerrell, Silent and Live Auction Chairperson

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Dear Stallion Owners/Managers and Attending Veterinarians:

Below is a reminder of several year-end requirements pertaining to the Kentucky Quarter Horse Association's Breeders' Incentive Fund (KyQHA BIF). Please feel free to contact me if you have questions. Attached as pdf files of all the reports you will need. If you prefer, you can forward this email directly to your clients.

Also be reminded that 2013 KyQHA memberships begin January 1, 2013, and MUST be received by July 1, 2013 for KyQHA BIF points earned in 2012.

ATTENTION STALLION OWNERS AND/OR MANAGERS/ATTENDING VETERINARIANS
KyQHA Breeders' Incentive Fund Notification/Reminder/Requirements

This is a reminder of several items that must be completed to avoid late fees.

1. A copy of your AQHA Stallion Breeding Report (SBR) for 2012 should be sent to the KyQHA postmarked no later than December 31, 2012. Ten ($10) dollars for each eligible mare bred will be due and payable to the KyQHA, and should be sent with the copy. Indicate on the SBR which mares are covered by the payment submitted. The SBR must be postmarked by December 31 to avoid late fees.

Please be reminded if you select on your Stallion Breeding Report, either hard copy or electronic copy submission, any of the following: a) transported semen; b) cooled semen; c) frozen semen; the Certificate of Registration (COR) for the resulting foal will indicate "Transported Semen". This requires you filing a KyQHA Insemination Certificate (IC) detailing where the insemination occurred. BY FAR THE MOST PREDOMINANT REASON WHY VERIFICATIONS DO NOT OCCUR IN A TIMELY MANNER IS THE FAILURE TO SUBMIT THE IC. To prevent later delays of the verification of your client's foals, make sure to submit the KyQHA IC. NOTE AQHA NO LONGER REQUIRES A CIC TO BE FILED WITH AQHA; HOWEVER KYQHA DOES REQUIRE THE INSEMINATION CERTIFICATE TO BE FILED WITH KYQHA. A pdf copy of the form is attached to this email.

2. Remind your mare owners a Foaling Verification/Registration Form (Part 1 & 2) must be submitted to the KyQHA office with a fee of $50 to be paid no later than December 31 of the year foaled. A late fee is due thereafter. These forms will verify that the foaling occurred in Kentucky, and upon the successful completion of the COR, and verification of information, the foal will be listed on the KyQHA web site as KyQHA BIF verified. A pdg copy of the form is attached to this email.

All information received to date can be viewed by going to www.kyqha.com and then Check Your BIF Submitted Foals in Process. Once all information has been received and verified, your horse will be posted to: Check Your BIF Horse Verification. You can print a verification certificate from that site.

3. All Quarter Horse stallions participating in the KyQHA BIF must have been tested and vaccinated for Equine Viral Arteritis (EVA) previously. KYQHA DOES NOT REQUIRE AN ANNUAL VERIFICATION OF VACCINATION - JUST THAT THE STALLION HAS BEEN TESTED AND VACCINATED PREVIOUSLY. Stallions standing the 2013 breeding season in Kentucky will not be listed on the KyQHA web site until proof of testing and vaccination has been received. Foals of 2013 sired by Kentucky stallions will not be eligible for verification until the sire is confirmed as having been tested and vaccinated for EVA. PREVENT YOUR CLIENTS FROM BEING NOTIFIED THAT THE REASON THEIR FOALS ARE NOT VERIFIED IS BECAUSE THE SIRE HAS NOT MET THIS REQUIREMENT - PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SENT TO US VERIFICATION OF PREVIOUS TESTING AND VACCINATION.

4. Stallion owners/agents must nominate their stallions for the 2013 breeding season. Use the Stallion Nomination Form attached to this email, or found on the web site at www.kyqha.com. The fee is $300; avoid late fees by postmarking by February 1, 2013. A pdf of the form is attached to this email.

If you have questions call KyQHA at (888) 367-5742 and leave a message. Your call will be returned. Email your question(s) to: info@kyqha.com.

KyQHA Membership Form 2013	KyQHA BIF Stallion Nomination Form 2013
KyQHA BIF Reminders Year End 2012	KyQHA BIF Insemination Certificate 2012

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KENTUCKY QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATION, INC. P.O. Box 23917 Lexington, KY 40523-3917 info@kyqha.com - www.kyqha.com   2011 KyBIF Race Results 2011 KyBIF Show Results

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Kentucky Quarter Horse Breeders' Incentive Fund Marks Six Years of Economic-Development Success

(July 15, 2012) - The Kentucky Quarter Horse Association's Breeders' Incentive Fund (KyQHA BIF) has continued its unbroken record of six consecutive years of positive success as an economic-development program. The announcement of BIF awards for 2011, the most recent year of competition, revealed that a record total of over 800 owners and nominators of Kentucky-bred foals and stallions qualified for incentive program checks. Qualification is based on official AQHA points earned for successfully showing or racing Kentucky-breds in 2011.

"The market demand for Kentucky-bred Quarter Horses has gone up year by year," says Terry Barrow, KyQHA President, "in spite of a continued sagging economy. When we launched our program in 2006, there were only 671 Kentucky-breds in the entire world entered in races or shows, let alone earning points for their success. By 2011, the number of Kentucky-bred horses entered in AQHA-sanctioned races or shows was 979, an increase approaching 50 percent. Our Association is proud of the fact that our Quarter Horse incentive fund has been able to fulfill the intent of the Legislature; namely, to stimulate legitimate economic development."

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 2011, the value of every AQHA point for showing worked out to be $66.39 while the value of every AQHA point for racing worked out to be $52.96 (official point values will be determined after the end of the thirty (30) day comment period.)

Norm Luba, Chairman of the KyQHA BIF Committee, points out that one 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 increasing number of points earned, combined with the decrease in the number of dollars available, has prevented us from having even greater impact," he said. "Our best year was 2007 when there was $446,629 available for Quarter Horses. For 2011, the total was $219,815, which is less than half of 2007."

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 thirty (30) days to enable public review. There is an automated response mechanism available online for comments to be made.

"We make every effort to ensure that these results are accurate, but our public review period allows thousands of additional eyes to review the data. That uncovers any suspected or known improprieties, as well as any possible inaccuracies concerning the posted winners. They can be reported, if they exist, to the KyQHA easily and anonymously," stated Bennie Sargent, AQHA Director 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 have been current year (2012) AQHA and KyQHA members as of July 1, 2012. Non-members as of July 1, 2012, according to AQHA and KyQHA records, are indicated in yellow. If award winners believe membership information is not correct, they will need to document to KyQHA their membership status as of July 1, 2012. This documentation must be received by KyQHA within the thirty (30) day comment period. Non-members are ineligible for awards.

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.

2011 KyBIF Race Results

2011 KyBIF Show Results

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"Important Reminder for Breeders' Incentive Fund"

In order to be eligible for an award, all owners, breeders, foal nominators, sire owners, and sire nominators of KyQHA BIF eligible horses must be members in good standing of the American Quarter Horse Association and the Kentucky Quarter Horse Association as of July 1 of the payout year (example: by July 1, 2013 you must be an AQHA and KyQHA member in good standing for awards earned in program year 2012).

NO MEMBERSHIP NOTIFICATIONS WILL BE POSTED, MAILED OR OTHERWISE COMMUNICATED; ALL RESPONSIBILITY TO HOLD REQUIRED MEMBERSHIPS RESTS WITH THOSE ANTICIPATING AN AWARD.

To check your 2013 membership status required for 2012 KyQHA BIF awards, please click (HERE).

To access a 2013 membership form, please click (HERE).

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The online version of the AQHA Official Handbook of Rules and Regulations is the default version.

Dear AQHA members,

Please remember that the online version of the AQHA Official Handbook of Rules and Regulations is the default version. After changes are approved by the AQHA Executive Committee, the rules will be updated in the online version of the AQHA Handbook.

For the most current version of the AQHA Handbook, please be sure to refer to the online version, which can be found at www.aqha.com. The AQHA Handbook answers all your questions regarding AQHA rules, showing patterns, horse markings, equipment guidelines and more. You can also download the free AQHA Handbook app for your smart phone or tablet device, such as your iBook, Nook or Kindle.

If you haven't received your AQHA Handbook, you can request a copy here, or download a PDF version of the Handbook here.

Sincerely, Patti Carter-Pratt
AQHA Executive Director of Shows

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ATTENTION OWNERS/EXHIBITORS OF KyQHA BIF HORSES

Be aware of the new AQHA Incentive Fund rule as it pertains to the requirement of a "Competition License" for 2012 and beyond. Because KyQHA Breeders' Incentive Fund mirrors AQHA Incentive Fund rules, you will need to make sure your AQHA IF/KyQHA BIF horse is compliant. Click Here to go to the AQHA IF information regarding the "Competition License" beginning in 2012. Note the requirement for the license is for the competing horse. Stallion nominators and foal nominators will continue to receive their payouts regardless if the competing horse secures a "Competition License." Note this rule is for competitions beginning in 2012, and DOES NOT affect the 2011 competition year.

«Click Here For More Information«

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Check Out the AQHA Rookie Class Schedule

You won't want to miss the chance to compete in these new classes!

AQHA invites you to try something new this summer - take your horse and show in an AQHA Rookie class! We were so pleased with the 2011 pilot-Rookie shows that we decided to offer these classes at other AQHA shows this summer.

The purpose of the Rookie level class is to offer an entry-level showing experience for AQHA members of all ages and riding levels. Rookie-level classes are offered in all three AQHA divisions - open, amateur and youth.

Eligibility for a Rookie-level class depends on both your show record and your horse's record:

• For a horse to be eligible to compete in a Rookie-level class, that horse must have earned fewer than 10 lifetime points in that class in any division.
• For an exhibitor to be eligible to compete in a Rookie-level class, that exhibitor must have earned fewer than 10 lifetime points in that class in any division.
• Thus, to compete in a Rookie level class, the horse and rider must each have earned fewer than 10 points in that particular class.

Open, amateur, Novice amateur, youth, Novice youth and Rookie-level points all count toward Rookie-level eligibility. For more information on Rookie eligibility and point information on Rookie shows take a look at this AQHA news release.

We hope to see you at an AQHA show this summer!

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