The American Quarter Horse Journal, August 20, 2010 — Exhibitors competing at the 2010 Adequan Select World Championship Show August 29 – September 4 in Amarillo, Texas, will have the chance to earn extra cash this year. In a nutshell, here’s how:
- The AQHA all-around award has a new sponsor and some big cash prizes
- The addition of an all-new AQHA Incentive Fund Bonus
- 2009 foals not nominated to the Incentive Fund? Stallions miss a year? Check out our special!
- Don’t worry; we haven’t forgotten AQHA World Show exhibitors!
Read on for details.
SERIOUS CASH
This year, Farnam is taking title sponsorship of the prestigious AQHA all-around award, and with the company’s name comes some serious cash for those vying for the title. The 2010 Farnam All-Around Amateur at the Adequan Select World will earn $10,000 cash plus $1,000 in Farnam product and a WeatherBeetablanket. The reserve Farnam All-Around at the Adequan Select World will be awarded $2,500 cash plus $500 in Farnam product; and third- through fifth-place finishers each will receive $1,000 cash plus $250 in Farnam product.
“We are honored to be the title sponsor for awards presented to exhibitors and horses that exemplify the versatility of the American Quarter Horse,” said Chris Jacobi, Farnam senior vice president for equine products. “And if along the way, we can raise awareness of the importance of horse care, then it makes it that much better.”
To be eligible to compete for the Farnam All-Around Award, an amateur must enter and show one horse in a minimum of three events in two categories at the Adequan Select World. For complete rules, please refer to the 2010 Adequan Select World Championship Show Handbook
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MORE REASONS TO RIDE AQHA INCENTIVE FUND HORSES
In addition to the lucrative Farnam All-Around Award, exhibitors of AQHA Incentive Fund-enrolled horses could earn some extra cash. In each Adequan Select World finals class, AQHA will recognize one Incentive Fund-enrolled horse with a $500 bonus. There’s nothing to do other than show up, make the finals and wait to see if your Incentive Fund-enrolled horse’s name is drawn. If so, you’ll receive $500 – it’s that easy.
The AQHA Incentive Fund,a multimillion-dollar program that started in 1984, pays people for showing their American Quarter Horses. The Incentive Fund payments are based on the most familiar and proven concept in the American Quarter Horse show industry: points won at AQHA shows.
Each year, points earned at AQHA-approved shows in the open and/or amateur divisions by an Incentive Fund-nominated horse are worth a specific dollar amount. The exact amount of each point depends on total money in the Fund for that show year and the total number of points earned in that year by Incentive Fund-nominated horses.Learn more about the Incentive Fund, including how to enroll stallions and their offspring.
IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO ENROLL
Is your horse eligible for the AQHA Incentive Fund but not enrolled? For a limited time, AQHA is offering the chance to enroll eligible horses into the horse show world’s most lucrative program.
For eligible foals born in 2009, AQHA is offering a “last-chance” special to enroll in the Incentive Fund at $500. Normally, the fee for 2009 foals would be as much as $2,500 for late enrollment. However, if you enroll your Incentive Fund-eligible horse by September 30, 2010, the fee will only be $500. If you have a foal born in 2010 and haven’t nominated it yet, do so by September 30, 2010, and you’ll receive a $25 gift card good at Quarter Horse Outfitters.
“The Incentive Fund is a great program for people who want to show and get paid for doing so,” said AQHA Executive Vice President Don Treadway Jr. “For whatever reasons, people might have skipped enrolling their eligible horses, and we hope this last-chance special will encourage them to get their horses in the program. It really does pay to own and show Incentive Fund horses.”
MISSED LAST YEAR – STALLION OWNERS HAVE A CHANCE
In addition to limited-time discounts to offspring, AQHA is offering an opportunity to enroll stallions that weren’t in the program for the 2010 season (stallions that did not enroll by November 30, 2009). This will make their resulting offspring eligible to nominate into the Incentive Fund. To take advantage of this offer, stallion owners who were not in the fund as of November 30, 2009, must nominate their stallions for both the 2010 and upcoming 2011 breeding seasons, and AQHA will waive the penalty for the 2010 season nomination. This offer is for a limited time only, expiring on September 30, 2010.
THE AWARDS GET BETTER!
These new cash awards don’t end at the Adequan Select World. If you’re showing at the Bank of America and FedEx Open World Championship Show in November, you could also benefit from Farnam’s partnership with AQHA.
Effective with the 2010 Bank of America Amateur and FedExOpen World Championship Show, the all-around award becomes the Farnam All-Around Award and pays $15,000 cash to the winner plus $1,000 in Farnam product and a WeatherBeeta blanket. Runner up in the all-around competition will get $5,000 cash plus $500 in Farnam product; and third- through fifth-place finishers each will take home $1,500 cash plus $250 in Farnam product.
Also, Farnam is taking title sponsorship of the AQHA Superhorse Award and will present $25,000 cash plus $2,000 in Farnam product and a WeatherBeeta blanket to the American Quarter Horse that is the 2010 Farnam Superhorse – the equivalent of World Show’s Most Valuable Player. The Farnam Reserve Superhorse will ride off with $10,000 cash plus $1,000 in Farnam product; and third through fifth in the Farnam Superhorse contest each pockets $2,500 cash plus $500 in Farnam product.
“Exhibitors work hard to make it to this level of competition,” said Treadway. “We are thankful to have a company like Farnam reward them for their accomplishments with these great cash awards.”
To learn more about the Adequan Select and the Bank of America Amateur and the FedEx Open world championship shows,
