Arabian Horse Association Newsletter
April 2017
In This Issue
AHA Video Corner
Show season has already started for many and that means getting your Arabian horse show-ring ready! Watch this running mane braid and tail braid tutorial to ensure your horse looks their best before they step into the arena.  


What's The Buzz
Read the monthly dish in the Arabian horse industry.

Many of us know the power of the horse and their ability to help in therapy situations. Hollywood star Ben Affleck received first-hand experience on the power of horses and healing while in recovery for alcohol addiction. The program Affleck check into, has used horses before to help people with addiction and said," Horses have the ability to sense what a person is feeling and the sympathetic animals can react favorably to people who are in distress brought about by trauma or a mental illness." 




Want to be a part of the rule decision process? The resolution process is how items in the AHA Handbook are determined. Learn about the resolution and Convention process and how you can be involved!


AHA Corporate Partners & Sponsors
Sponsorship Webpage

Corporate Partners
 

Corporate Sponsors
Dates & Deadlines
April 6 - 9, 2017
Equine Affaire
West Springfield, OH
Equine Canada Convention

April 21 - 23, 2017
Midwest Horse Fair

June 1, 2017
Performance Futurity/Maturity Nominations
Club Nominations For Board-Elected Positions Due

June 30, 2017
Final Club Membership Count To Annual Convention Due

July 1, 2017
Performance Futurity/Maturity Nominations

August 1, 2017
Performance Futurity/Maturity Nominations

August 4 - 5, 2017
AHA Board Of Directors Meeting
Aurora, CO

August 15, 2017
Convention Resolutions Submission Deadline
Club Excellence Awards, Awarded At AHA Convention

August 31, 2017
Regional Volunteer Service Award Nominations Due

September 1, 2017
Deadline For Submission Of Nominations For Ambassador Award
Deadline For Submission Of Nominations For Open Competition
List Of Certified Convention Delegates And Alternates

September 15, 2017
Nominations For AHA Convention-Elected Positions Deadline
Club Level Volunteer Service Award Nominations Due

For a full list of dates and deadlines click here.

Employee Spotlight
Every month, the AHA Insider showcases one of our employees. We want to give our readers an insight as to who works for AHA and what they do for the association. 

Tanya McCoy

I have had a love of all animals for as long as I can remember; but horses have always been my favorite. My immediate family are not horse people at all but luckily my Godfather and his family breed and show Peruvians in Honduras. My mom is from the small island of Roatan in Honduras so I spent my summers and holidays with the beautiful gated horses. 

During the school year, I lived in Tampa, Fla. and thankfully my neighbor managed a very large jumping facility and I quickly fell in love with jumping. I would go to work with my neighbor on days off from school and at the end of the day she would teach me to ride.
 
My passion for horses continued and in 2011 I graduated from Colorado State University (CSU) with my Bachelors in Equine Science. While at CSU I played Polo and began working at a Dressage barn in Windsor, Colo. Shortly after graduating I moved into the Dressage barn as a live-in barn assistant. After the barn sold in 2013 I began working at AHA on the Registry Services team. I have loved my time with AHA and enjoy meeting people I help in the office at shows.



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Do you like to ride or drive your Arabian or Half-Arabian horse? Now you can get rewarded for your hours in the saddle or buggy. Log your non-competitive hours you are riding or driving and when you reach hour milestones, AHA will ship YOU rewards! 


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May is Arabian Horse Month - You Don't Want to Be Left Out

May is the month of the Arabian horse and the Arabian Horse Association is CHALLENGING YOU to get involved in an outreach event that showcases and brings awareness to the Arabian horse breed. If you, your club or you and a group of Arabian horse enthusiasts need outreach ideas, take a look at our  Marketing Toolkit. Make sure to use #ArabianHorseMonth so we can see what you are up to for 'Arabian Horse Month'!

Not only can you be involved in a NATION WIDE effort, but you can win a $50 Visa gift card, be showcased in Arabian Horse Life magazine and on AHA's social media platforms by participating in the Arabian Horse Month Challenge. Check out challenge details by clicking here.

Want to win even more cash and prizes? Sign up for the Time to Ride Challenge and start earning that $$$!

To learn more about Arabian Horse Month, the challenge and Time To Ride, visit  www.arabianhorses.org/arabianhorsemonth



Time to Ride Challenge Registration is Open!
The  Time to Ride Challenge through the American Horse Council is back for 2017 and it is your chance to share the Arabian horse with newcomers, and to win cash and prizes at the same time! Challenge registration began March 1, 2017 and is free to join. The Challenge begins May 1, 2017 and continues through September 30, 2017. Arabian Horse Association (AHA) members can win additional cash by participating in the Association Challenge portion too. Just remember to sign up as an AHA member when registering for the Challenge, and you will automatically be eligible for a portion of the $5,000 cash prize.

The 2016 AHA Challenge winners, Rushlow's Arabians of Romulus, Mich., brought a total of 807 newcomers and received prize money of $3,500 from AHA. The AHA Challenge runner-up, Rusty Bar Ranch of Roy, Wash., attracted 232 newcomers and received prize money of $1,500 from AHA. For more information about the Time To Ride Challenge and how to sign up, visit  www.timetoridechallenge.com.



If you would like to share what your Discovery Farm is doing to spread the word about the breed, have a fun story, or would like to know more about the program, email DiscoveryFarm@arabianhorses.org or visit www.arabianhorses.org/discoveryfarms

CHA Seeking Host Sites for Equine Facility Manager Certification Clinics

The Certified Horsemanship Association (CHA) is currently seeking equine facilities that are willing to host an Equine Facility Manager Certification Clinic. The CHA Equine Facility Management (EFM) Program is a 20-hour certification clinic that is run over three days. Participants are evaluated on their skills and knowledge of equine facility management through demonstrations and through written tests at each of four levels of certification: Stable Worker (Level 1), Stable Manager (Level 2), Herd Manager (Level 3), and Equine Facility Manager (Level 4). Participants start at level 1 and can complete all four levels within one clinic. 

Host sites must be a commercial equine operation that offer a range of functions so that the CHA program content can be tested through all four levels. If you are a boarding, lesson, or training operation; a trail or dude ranch operation, a college facility, a competition center, or a breeding farm, CHA invites you to apply to become a host site for these clinics, which can be very beneficial in a variety of ways for the host site and its staff. 

"By hosting an EFM Clinic, your facility can get its staff certified, either free or at a greatly reduced cost," said Christy Landwehr, CHA's CEO. Many equine facilities prefer to have a private clinic for the benefit of their own staff. However, for those that wish to open the clinic to the public, this can help offset the costs of the clinic and can also serve as a fundraiser or an additional source of income. "It's also very good to help decrease overall facility insurance, equine professional liability insurance, and other types of insurance that are needed when you run an equine business," added Landwehr. 

"It's also a relatively easy clinic to do, because no arena time is necessary, so it doesn't interrupt normal day-to-day business at your barn." 

All host sites for CHA Certification Clinics are pre-approved before a certification clinic can be held at the facility. As a clinic host, the facility becomes the event organizer while the actual clinic is run by two CHA Certified Clinicians. Host sites have the following responsibilities as the event manager: send registration information to participants and collect fees, to distribute CHA-provided course materials to participants, to contract with CHA Clinic Staff, and to pay any applicable certification fees from participants to CHA. 

If you have already been previously approved as a host site, please contact CHA Program Director Polly Barger at pbarger@CHA-ahse.org to sign up to host an EFM Certification Clinic and to receive your Materials Order Form and Clinic Request Form. 

If your facility would like to become a new host site for CHA, please visit http://chaahse.org/store/pages/37/How_to_Host.html. To learn more about the Equine Facility Manager Certification, please visit http://chaahse.org/store/pages/30/Certifications.html#equine. 

For further questions, please contact CHA at info@CHA-ahse.org or call 859-259-3399.

American Youth Horse Council Symposium

Learn and share what is happening in the youth horse industry through networking, workshops, tours, round table discussions and demonstrations.

Why Should You Attend The Symposium:
  • Internationally and nationally respected presenters
  • Keys to successful youth horse programming
  • Non-breed specific curriculum
  • Knowledge that transfers from the book to the barn
  • Take-home tools to teach safe, effective horsemanship
  • Connect with resources and referrals
Don't miss out on this amazing networking experience! Find out more at ayhc.com.