For the 2010 Youth World
Cup to be a success, the American Quarter Horse Association is seeking
volunteers, tack donations and sponsors.
Scheduled for July 3-11, the
2010 Youth World Cup will be held at State Fair Park in Oklahoma City.
What began as a competition between Australian and American youths more
than two decades ago has evolved to include kids from a number of
countries – 17 countries are expected for the 2010 Youth World Cup.
Each Youth World Cup team
consists of five American Quarter Horse Youth Association members plus a
coach. The youth take part in eight days of educational seminars,
riding and showmanship clinics, leadership training and competition.
Alternate members of the teams attend the educational and leadership
seminars. Each team draws a pool of six volunteered horses to use
throughout the two-day competition. Each horse is ridden at least once
in each class.
Competing team members do not show their own horses. The
host country provides each team’s horses and tack for clinics and
competition, and AQHA relies on horse owners to supply this event with
the best American Quarter Horses around. American Quarter Horses are
needed for cutting, reining, showmanship, trail, western pleasure,
horsemanship, western riding, hunter under saddle and hunt seat
equitation.
To outfit the horses with the proper gear, organizers are
also looking for tack to be loaned for the event. Saddles and bridles,
both English and western are needed for the youth to use in clinics and
the competition. Donated tack is returned at the end of the competition.
Also needed are human volunteers to
help feed the horses, assist with team meals, work the gate, set trail
obstacles, work as ring stewards and assist in other areas of the event.
If you would like to volunteer your
time, have tack that you would like to loan or have a horse that could
be used for the event, please visit www.aqha.com/youth/activities/ywc/youthworldcup.html
to find out more information.
Sponsorships
for the western pleasure, western riding, cutting, reining,
showmanship, hunt seat equitation, hunter under saddle, trail and
western horsemanship classes and clinics are also available. To learn
about the sponsorship packages, visit www.aqha.com/youth/activities/pdf/YWCsponosrshipflyer.pdf
or contact Gary Conway at (806)378-4327 or
[email protected]
