Show schedule change:

Please take a look at the show schedule & dates for the OQHA shows.  The October show was changed due to the AQHA Novice Championship show being the same dates.  The new dates are: September 13-16, 2012 in Eugene with 6 judges in 4 days!  Make sure to print out the most current show schedule.

OQHA Trail Ride:

Information for the OQHA Beach Trail Ride has been posted under the Trail Ride section.  Check it out and come ride the Oregon Beach with us!!!

Don't forget to stay at the OQHA Corporate sponsors:  Quality Inn & Rogue Regency, Medford, OR.

Both of these hotels are the official host hotel for the Oregon Quarter Horse  & NCQHA shows in Medford, Oregon.  The Quality Inn is offering a rate of $70.00.  To make reservations, please call:  541-779-0050 for Quality Inn or 541-770-1234 for Rogue Regency.  Make sure to mention that you are with Oregon Quarter Horse Association!

AQHA Novice Championship Show:

AQHA has announced a Novice Championship show to be held in Las Vegas, NV on October 5-7, 2012. The Novice Championships will offer 40 classes each which include novice amateur and novice youth. The following classes will be offered: reining, showmanship, horsemanship, equitation, halter (all age breakdowns), western pleasure, hunter under saddle, trail, western riding, barrels and poles. The qualifying period is from May 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012. AQHA has set the national invitation guidelines as follows: An exhibitor can qualify for the Novice Championships by placing in the top ten at a regional championship show or by participating in 20 AQHA shows (aka “showing to 20 judges”) or through the State qualifying program. Invitations through this qualifying system will not be by class. As long as the exhibitor does one or the other, he or she will be eligible to enter any novice championship class. Once an exhibitor has won the class in a novice championship (in a particular class/skill set) he or she will graduate out of novice in that skill set.

The OQHA novice championship qualifying program will be as follows:
STATE POINT SYSTEM – Any novice member planning to attend the Novice Championship Show will need fill out a declaration form by March 1 of the qualifying year and be an OQHA member by February 1st. The declaration is for the novice member. Multiple horses may be declared on one form. The three (3) contestants in each novice class who accumulates the most points from the OQHA approved shows within the State of Oregon from January 1 through June 30 of each year shall be eligible to represent Oregon at the Novice Championship show. The classes to be represented are the classes listed specifically as Novice classes: Halter, Western Riding, Showmanship, Horsemanship, Western Pleasure, Hunter under Saddle, Hunt Seat Equitation, Trail, Barrel Racing, Pole Bending and Reining classes. Anyone wishing to participate at the Novice Championship show in any classes not listed here, must petition the OQHA Board of Directors.
All forms can be found on the OQHA website: Oregon-qha.com