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The 2010 Reichert Celebration will be held August 6-15, 2010 at Tulsa Expo Square in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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The dates of the show are August 18-22, 2010

1st entry deadline: July 1

2nd entry deadline: July 15

3rd entry deadline: 5:00 pm day before the class

4th entry deadline: After 5:00 pm day before the class

The American Quarter Horse Youth World Cup, an international leadership event that includes educational horsemanship clinics and a friendly Olympic-style competition, is hosting youth from 16 countries July 3-11 in Oklahoma City.

Each of the 16 teams consist of five competing American Quarter Horse Youth Association members. Additionally, teams can bring leadership participants.

This year’s Youth World Cup will include teams from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States. The host country provides the American Quarter Horses used in the competition.

During the Youth World Cup, American Quarter Horse experts from North America will conduct clinics and one-on-one instruction for the youth competitors. Clinicians include AQHA Professional Horsemen and horsewomen Charlie Cole, Terry Cross, David Dellin, Casey Hinton, Vicky Holt, Patti Carter Pratt and Carla Wennberg along with top professionals Shawn Flarida, Gil Galyean, Holly Hover, Robin Frid and many more.

“These kids from around the world are the future of the American Quarter Horse Association,” said David Avery, AQHA director of international affairs. “The horses don’t have language barriers these kids can watch and imitate the clinicians and learn so much from their Youth World Cup experience.”

The Youth World Cup started in 1986 with support from Skip Parker of Carrollton, Texas and members of the Australian Quarter Horse Association as a way to connect youth from around the world for friendly competition, educational camaraderie and international experience for American Quarter Horse Youth Association members. Since then, the Youth World Cup has been held in Canada; Italy, Australia; Germany; and in the United States, Texas and Arizona. This is the first year the Youth World Cup will be held in Oklahoma.

Only Blue Sky is a 2000, 16.3H Gray Stallion by Skys Blue Boy and out of Pop Tort.

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Open 3 Yr Old HUS Futurity Champion
"Dances My Blues Away"
Shown by Kristin Pokluda
Owned by Pam Hall
Photo courtesy K.C. Montgomery

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Limited 3 Yr Old HUS Reserve Champion
"Sum Fun"
Shown by Jeff Burley
Owned by Kelley Simonsen
Photo courtesy K.C. Montgomery

Congratulations to the Kaplow family on the birth of their 3rd boy, Brady Nathaniel Kaplow.  Brady was born on June 3rd and weighs 7 pounds, 10 ounces.  Meg, Brady and Evan are doing great.

Jennifer Horton, of bar H Photography in Grundy Center, Iowa, has earned the Certified Professional Photographer (CPP) designation from the Professional Photographic Certification Commission. Bar H Photography, owned by Jennifer and Bill Horton, specializes in equine photography, serving as official photographer for several show circuits and affiliate futurities each year. Jennifer also creates advertising for her many equine clients.

Horton earned this designation after meeting rigorous requirements measuring her artistic and technical competence. The Professional Photographic Certification Commission currently recognizes less than 2,000 Certified Professional Photographers out of all the photographers, including portrait/wedding/commercial, across the country.

The Professional Photographic Certification Commission is the leading body for certifying imaging professionals. Certified Professional Photographers must complete a written examination, an image evaluation, and adhere to a stringent code of conduct. Certification must be renewed on a periodic basis, ensuring continuing confidence in the professionalism of Certified Professional Photographers.

For more information contact: Jennifer Horton, bar H Photography, 319-240-3520, [email protected]

The WCHA Judges Applicant Exam will be held just prior to the AQHYA World Championship Show in Oklahoma City, OK on July 29^th. The host hotel is the Biltmore in Oklahoma City. Their phone number is 405-947-7681. There will be a seminar at the Biltmore starting at 9:00 am on July 29^th. Anyone is welcome to come, just contact the WCHA office for details and cost.

The WCHA Applicants Exam will begin at 1:30 pm at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds, Arena 3 with the live judging portion of the exam. The oral reasons portion will immediately follow. Depending on the number of applicants, the interviews may be conducted after the oral reasons that afternoon or at 8:00 am at the Biltmore Hotel on July 30^th. The schedule is posted on the WCHA website at www.conformationhorse.com. 

WCHA Judges Applicant Exam

Tentative Schedule

July 29^th

Biltmore Hotel

9:00 am W elcome to all WCHA Judges and WCHA Judges Applicants

9:15 – 12:00 pm WCHA Judges & Judges Applicant Seminar

9:15 – 10:30 am

· WCHA Standard

· WCHA Judging of Conformation Horses

10:30 – 10:45 am

· Break

11:30 – 12:00 pm

· WCHA Reasons

(WCHA Judges are dismissed/WCHA Judges Applicants

return 1:30 pm to Fairgrounds – Arena 3)

Fairgrounds – Arena 3

12:00 – 1:30 pm Lunch on your own

1:30 – 3:30 pm Live judging

3:30 – completion Oral Reasons

July 30^th

Biltmore Hotel

8:00 am WCHA Judges Applicants Interviews

(WCHA Judges Applicants are dismissed after their interview,

depending on the number of applicants, the interviews may

be conducted immediately following Oral Reasons testing)

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].