OQHA February Show: 

The OQHA February show is coming up!  Check out the show flyer for new classes: Rookie classes, Amateur & Youth cowhorse boxing, Amateur Stake Race and Ranch Horse Pleasure.   Same fees as 2011!! 

OQHA is offering all-day fees for the show. The all-day fees are as follows:
All day fees:
Novice Amateur 121.00
Amateur 129.00
Novice Youth 97.00
Youth 105.00
**Cattle charges not included in all day fee. Exhibitor would also pay applicable cattle fees in addition to the all day fee.
The way the all day fee works is that you can enter as many novice amateur classes as you would like and only pay $121.00 for each set of shows (ie: Friday show pay $121.00 & Saturday/Sunday show pay $121.00).
 

The OQHA Amateur Division is once again holding their annual Sweetheart Classic consignment sale at the February show. So if you have some items that may be looking for a new home, please bring them along. They ask that the items be clearly marked with price, name and phone number. Also if you have a saddle, a
rack would be nice!
 

Dont forget to stay at the OQHA Corporate sponsors: Red Lion Hotel, Eugene, Oregon.
The Red Lion Hotel in Eugene, Oregon is the official host hotel for the Oregon Quarter Horse shows in Eugene. Members can help to keep show costs down by supporting the show sponsors and staying at the host hotels. The host hotel provides rooms for the judges and staff, based on the number of rooms rented by exhibitors. Come do your part and help the club with expense!!! They are offering a rate of $74.95 per room to exhibitors. To make reservations, please call: 541-342-5201 and tell them you are with Oregon Quarter Horse.
 

See you all at the show!!

AQHA Novice Championship Show:

AQHA has announced a Novice Championship show to be held in Las Vegas, NV on September 21-23, 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