We appreciate the interest among ApHC members who would like the opportunity to view committee and board meetings via live webcast. The ApHC Planning & Review Committee is in the process of developing policies relating to this option as well as some general Internet usage guidelines for social media, email and other interactions for full consideration by the Board of directors. These proposed policies will be on the agenda for the March board meeting. Once the specifics have been established and approved by the Board of Directors, the ApHC will be able to provide appropriate notice of any future webcasts and ensure that procedures and schedules are publicized well in advance of meetings or events. For the March, 2012 meeting, committee and board agenda items will be posted on the appaloosa.com website and members are encouraged to visit with their respective directors to discuss specific recommendations or ideas.
For those of you who need to reference specific rules, study up on the details of a new discipline or maybe you just enjoy reading… the 2012 ApHC Official Handbook is now live on the appaloosa.com Web site (there’s a button link at the top of the home page).
The Appaloosa Horse Club (ApHC) Board of Directors would like to invite members to join them for the annual spring meeting. The meeting will take place in Moscow, Idaho, and will be held March 9–11, 2012.
Information regarding the meeting, including the schedule, agendas, suggested accommodations and directions will be posted on the ApHC’s website as they become available. Any ApHC member who wishes to submit topics for discussion may contact a director in their territory or a committee chair. Directors and committees may be found online as well.
Please visit www.appaloosa.com to check for updates regarding the 2012 spring meeting. Questions, comments or concerns regarding the Board of Directors meeting may be directed to (208) 882-5578, ext. 274, or via e-mail to executiveassistant@appaloosa.com.
The Appaloosa Horse Club (ApHC) has partnered with Capital One to launch our newest program designed to benefit ApHC members as well as supporting your breed of choice. By switching to the Appaloosa Capitol One Visa card you can help us earn money doing what you do every day! Just use our custom credit card and valuable cash donations for every purchase you make will be donated to the ApHC. Plus, we’ll get a $50 bonus donation when you make your first purchase. The card comes with a competitive rate, so sharing your passion—and your support—is easy and automatic.
Some of the unique features of this program include:
• Ability to choose from the Appaloosa creative card designs
• $50 initial donation to the Appaloosa Horse Club
• Earn 2% Cash rewards at most major Gas and Grocery merchants
• Earn 1% Cash rewards on all other purchases
• Earn up to 10% Cash rewards at select merchants
Share your Appaloosa passion—carry our custom card. As you support the association, you’ll be spreading the word with every purchase.
Apply today online at https://www.cardlabconnect.com/Appaloosa Horse Club.
Credit approval required. Terms and conditions apply. Offered by Capital One, N.A. © 2010 Capital One.
Thanks to Carla Peacock for providing this good-news PR story from the Dal-Worth Club:
The Dal-Worth ApHC tried a new marketing approach to try to get new youth into our breed and shows. Much like the “bring your kid to work” program, we tried “bring your barn buddy to the show.” There are plenty of youth and non-pro horses that are “packers” at the shows and whose owners agreed to make available for the “guest” riders to utilize for the show.
We offered an iTunes gift card to the person bringing the barn buddy IF the barn buddy joined the ApHC. If they joined the ApHC, we gave them a free Dal Worth membership and allowed them to ride in the youth classes for $5 per class. We figured we would accomplish several things with this: the guest rider would join the ApHC (revenue for the ApHC) and they would be an additional entry in the class. Although they would not earn national points because they would not own the horse, they would count for entries and points for those youth chasing points.
The purpose of the entire deal was to get the kids that rode (either in a lesson program or in another breed) to our shows and competing in our events. We wanted them to experience the fun family atmosphere that is present at the ApHC shows (you have to admit that you won’t find a nicer group of people that the ApHC people!) and get hooked on the friendly and fun competition there. That would hopefully lead to a possible lease of an Appaloosa or even better yet the purchase of an Appaloosa!
Well, it was only one person, but this story has come full circle. There was a young girl named Brooked Dryden that was riding at the barn where Debbie Ryan keeps her horse. Debbie decided to use this program to introduce Brooke to the wonderful Appaloosa people. She arranged for Brooke to utilize her seasoned show horse, JB Fine N Dandy at the Dal Worth Spring Spectacular held in April in Glen Rose, Texas. Brooke joined the ApHC and we gave her a free Dal Worth membership. She showed in several classes for only $5 per class. Brooke had a great time and was in love with JB! Almost as if it was perfectly choreographed, Brooke leased JB and actually went to the Nationals! She had so much fun and was making so many new friends that her family bought her their own Appaloosa while they were in Tulsa!
It was only one new youth member, but it led to a purchase of an Appaloosa and what will hopefully be a long time relationship with our breed. If every club could generate just one new youth per year, think about how many new youth that would bring into our industry! The Dal Worth club liked the response so much that we are going to continue to offer the incentives and run the promotion in the hope of introducing more new youth to our wonderful Appaloosa every year!
A personal call from the Tournament of Roses offering congratulations and acceptance in the upcoming 2012 Rose Parade was received by Group Marshal, Leslie Foxvog. This is the second time that the CZ Parade group will appear in the parade with their first appearance January 2010.
The 2012 Rose Parade in Pasadena, California is themed “Just Imagine” and will be held Monday, January 2 (not January 1st in a tradition every seven or so years to not hold the parade on a Sunday). The CZ group consists of 12 mounted riders dressed in the traditions of the Nez Perce and northern plateau and plains region heritage costume and regalia.
To quote the opening on their application, “Just Imagine … an animal so deeply embedded in the way of life of one culture that it almost became lost but over time, developed and changed because of the hearts and desires of a second people. Close your eyes and let your imagination take hold. Listen for the faint sound of hooves and see in the distance images of spotted horses, manes and tails floating on the breeze, as they run carefree across the vast open landscape of the western northern plains. Listen more closely as the air is filled with the faint sweet sound of tingling bells and cones as their music joins the sound of hooves on the hard ground growing ever closer. Open your eyes to see that sometimes what is just imagined … has come to life! Look for the Calizona Appaloosa Horse Club equestrian group to follow in the footsteps of their forefathers in the time honored horse parade tradition to celebrate in the Tournament of Rose Parade and promote the spirit of the Appaloosa Horse with the thousands of Appaloosa owners that enjoy the horse today.
Dear ApHC Members,
With reported cases of Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1) in some Western states, it is appropriate to be vigilant for symptoms of this disease which is contagious among horses (but not transmittable to humans).The Equine Herpes Virus can affect the respiratory, reproductive, and nervous systems causing a wide variety of diseases.
You may have heard about facilities being quarantined and events cancelled. The ApHC does not currently intend to issue any directive to regional clubs that would compel you to cancel approved shows, nor is there any consideration of cancelling the National Show/Youth World Show in Tulsa at this time. Along with other equine groups, we urge caution and extra care when introducing new horses to your facility, traveling to equine events and in observing the health condition of horses at home.
Visit the American Association of Equine Practitioners website for “infectious disease control” guidelines (www.aaep.org). There are also useful updates and resources available on the National Cutting Horse Association site, www.nchacutting.com . You may also want to monitor information coming from your State Veterinarian. We received an update/advisory from the State of Idaho with advice and precautions, so we’ll assume that most states are doing the same.
The Color Incentive Fund is designed to offer recognition and cash to owners of characteristic Appaloosas earning points in shows, racing and distance programs. Prize money is divided among ApHC zones. The payout this year is $35,550. Checks are being processed this week and will be on the way soon.
Thank you to NAPA Auto Parts of Ithaca, New York for sponsoring the non-pro 35 & over and the non-pro masters versatility awards. These new awards will be presented in 2011 through 2015. Points are calculated on a one-horse/one-rider basis using the regular national point system scale. Points must have been earned in both showmanship and performance with a minimum of 5 points being earned in the lowest division. The non-pro with the highest number of points in these respective divisions with one horse will receive a custom-made sterling silver belt buckle compliments of Napa Auto Parts. Please visit the ApHC web site periodically for current standings throughout the 2011 show year. If you have any questions, please contact the ApHC performance department at 208.882.5578 ext. 400.
World Show invitations and premium books were mailed from the ApHC office yesterday. Watch for them to arrive in your mailbox. The pre-entry and stall reservation deadline is September 27! If you want to check on your horse’s qualification status or on your non-pro qualification status, please go to www.appaloosa.com. Click on the World Show logo and then on the button titled “Click here to see if you have qualified for the World Show”. Enter your membership number to check your non-pro qualifications. Or enter the customer number of the first listed owner of the horse to see the qualification status of horses you own. If you have questions, you can always call the ApHC performance department at 208.882.5578 ext. 400.
North Carolina Appaloosa Horse Club and Palmetto Appaloosa Horse Club are proud to present the Tri-State Zone Show on September 4-5 at the T. Ed Garrison Arena in Clemson, South Carolina. The Tri-State Zone Show is one of three shows approved for the Regional Appaloosa Experience Grant. The show has received funding from the Appaloosa Horse Club (ApHC) to be able to offer all youth classes free of charge. The Tri-State Show is open to all breeds with most non youth classes offered at $8.00 or a flat fee of $100 per a horse for the two judge, two day show.
If you are interested in experiencing Appaloosas at their finest, consider the Tri-State Zone Show.
For more information regarding the Tri-State Zone Show please go to the show flyer and bill respectively; http://www.ncaha.org/Cleminfo.pdf and http://www.ncaha.org/Clembill.pdf. To learn more about the Regional Appaloosa Experience Grant and apply go to: http://www.appaloosa.com/pdfs/RegionalAppaloosaExperienceGrantApplication.pdf.
The Performance Department is currently processing show results for the month of August. Results are completed through the end of July except for three shows for which the results have to be corrected.
Because the deadline for regional show managers to submit results from August shows is Sept 10th, we are currently only uploading or entering open and non-pro class results for August shows in order to meet that deadline. Once World Show invitations have been processed, we will upload youth class results. So if you’re checking results for horses and/or competitors, there will be a slight delay in accessing current youth points.
Two amendments to the Appaloosa Horse Club Bylaws have been approved by a vote of the members. The first involves adjusting the election schedule for directors so that voting each year will take place in September, October and/or November, with newly elected directors being seated at the spring meeting (usually March). Beginning in 2011, the nomination deadline will be shifted to July. Directors whose terms would normally expire in July of 2011 will continue to serve until the “regular” meeting in March, 2012.
The second amendment outlines a formal process for board member conduct, the review of such conduct and a board procedure for filing complaints, notice of hearing and potential removal from office of a director.
To review the full text of the amendments, visit the “association” link from appaloosa.com, then click on Board of Directors.
These are the winners in this year’s director election:
Territory I – Lori Ann Richards, Parker, SD
Territory II – Sandra Matthews, Colorado Springs, CO
Territory III – Diane Rushing, Decatur, IL (uncontested)
Territory IV – Jack Zuidema, Alachua, FL (uncontested)
Territory V – Tracy Meisenbach, Brookneal, VA (uncontested)
Territory VI – Chuck McWhirter, Newton, NJ
Results from voting on proposed bylaw amendments will be available next week (June 15th). The deadline was set later to allow for returns from Europe and beyond.
The Appaloosa Horse Club, our exhibitors and their Appaloosas will soon begin preparations for the 64th National Appaloosa Show & 2011 World Championship Appaloosa Youth Show to be held in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We’re pleased to announce that we’ve finalized an agreement with the Tulsa County Public Facilities Authority and the Tulsa Convention and Visitors Bureau to host our 2011 and 2012 events at the Built Ford Tough Livestock Complex at the Tulsa Expo Square. The shows will be held July 4–July 16, 2011 and July 9–21, 2012.
See the full news release in the “News Spots” section of the website.
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