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Welcome to the Texas Appaloosa
Horse Club home page!
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Organized in 1954, the Texas Appaloosa Horse Club
is one of the country's first four regional affiliates of the Appaloosa Horse
Club. The TAHC's purpose is to promote the Appaloosa horse at the state
level.
The TAHC has been a pioneer in many areas. It had a
point system, an approved judges list, and drug testing in effect several years
before the National or most regional clubs began such efforts. The TAHC has
long been a leader in the promotion of the Appaloosa horse and will strive to
continue this tradition in the future.
Read more about
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| 2010 Summer Fun Circuit Sponsors |
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The Texas Appaloosa Horse Club would
like to thank the sponsors of this year's Summer Fun Circuit show in June.
Thanks for making it another great show!
See the
Sponsor Page for a list of sponsors who helped out.
If you would like to join the list
of sponsors for next year, please
contact us!
We would be happy to add your name and website to the 2011
Texas Summer Fun Circuit Sponsor Page. |
| 2010 Reichert Celebration |
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
REICHERT CELEBRATION SPOTLIGHTS
APPALOOSAS
Williamsburg, Iowa… The Reichert Celebration
returns to Tulsa, Oklahoma August 6-15, 2010, including the 3rd Annual
Appaloosa Celebration, with the Sooner Appaloosa Horse Club as the sponsoring
regional, August 6-8. The Appaloosa breed show has continued to grow in size
and scope and 2010 promises to be even bigger and better. Circuit Awards will
be presented in the Walk-Trot Youth, Novice Youth, Youth 13-Under, Youth 14-18,
Novice Non-Pro, Non-Pro 19+, Non-Pro 35+, Non-Pro 50+ and Open Divisions.
The Appaloosa Show is co-pointed by several ApHC Clubs, offering the
exhibitors even more benefit: Shaun-Gae Appaloosa Horse Club, Kansas Appaloosa
Horse Club, Mo-Ark Appaloosa Horse Club, Shenandoah-Blue Ridge Appaloosa Assn,
and Texas Appaloosa Horse Club. All ApHC Clubs are invited and encouraged to
co-point these shows and to come join the fun. The Celebration, known for great
horses and great fun, always has lots of prizes, games and giveaways throughout
the week.
The Reichert Celebration features several shows during the
week: ApHC, APHA, AQHA, POA and a full NSBA Futurity Show. The Celebration
Premiere Signature Classes heat up the evenings, providing entertainment for
spectators as well, including the Equine Chronicle Two Year Old Color Classic
Western Pleasure for color breed horses and riders on Friday night, August 13.
Returning to the Celebration this year is the All Breed Youth Team
Tournament, sponsored by Cinch and Cruel Girl, open to all youth competing on
any breed of horse. 2009 was the first year for this event and it was a huge
success! Each member of the winning team received a $1,000 scholarship and
reserve team members received a $500 scholarship. The Reichert Equine
Foundation also awards scholarships to one youth exhibitor from each breed show
– ApHC, APHA, AQHA and NSBA. There is no fee to compete in the Youth Team
Tournament. All team members will receive a team shirt, jacket and jeans from
the sponsors. Teams are drawn during a Youth Reception on Sunday evening, prior
to the start of the Youth Team Tournament. Youth showing in the Tournament do
not have to show in any other show during the Celebration.
For more
information on the ApHC Show, the Youth Team Tournament or the Reichert
Celebration, please visit the website at
www.ReichertCelebration.com. You can also find them on
Facebook – become a fan and get updates!
PO Box 380 · Williamsburg, IA
52361 · (319) 668-2699
www.ReichertCelebration.com
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| Texas ApHC Mailing List |
The Texas ApHC is happy to announce
that we now have a mailing list to help keep the members and exhibitors
informed about happenings in the Club! We will use this list to announce shows,
events, and other information important to the members and exhibitors of the
Texas ApHC.
To sign up for the mailing list, send a blank email
to:
clubinfo-join@texasaphc.com
or
just visit this
webpage and fill in the form.
You will receive a confirmation email
with further instructions.
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| 2010 ApHC Membership Information |
Per ApHC rules, everyone, both owner
and exhibitor must show proof of 2010 ApHC membership to show at an ApHC
pointed show. We understand many of our members and exhibitors will not have
received their cards before the Winternational Show. Please go to the following
website and print out your membership verification and bring it to the show
with you. Also, the ApHC is not sending out Novice stickers as of 2010. The
Novice eligibility information is also available on this webpage. Anyone
wishing to show in a Novice class will need to furnish the show office with
this information.
http://www.appaloosa.com/asna2007/mbrverify.aspx
Unfortunately
due to the ApHC rules, anyone unable to furnish proof of 2010 membership will
have to purchase one at the show.
This is an ApHC rule, not a Texas ApHC
rule. |
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Have Any Unused Airline
Miles? |
You can help the club by
donating any unused airline miles to help offset the cost of airline tickets
for our judges.
Please contact Dawna Harwell for more information to
donate your unused airline miles!
972-672-3457 |
Attention
Hunter/Jumpers! |
We are working on a plan
for getting more of our ApHC friends to get involved with the ApHC Hunters,
whether it is Working Hunter, Eq Over Fences or Hunter Hack.
Read this
letter from the "TAHC Hunter Team" and get involved in these exciting
classes!
[ Hunter/Jumper
Letter ]
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Texas Equine Incentive Program
Meeting
Jim Corrigan |
I went to the meeting as planned yesterday. I
don’t have my notes with me, but here’s a short recap of what I can
recall.
Lonnie Ledbetter and a lady from the Dallas area whose name,
I’m embarrassed to admit escapes me right now, also flew down for the
meeting, and a lady (I think it was Merida, but I’m not sure) from the
ApHC office attended by phone. Rep. Sid Miller, who sponsored the legislation,
HB 1881, was also in attendance, as were reps from AQHA, APHA,
ATB and a couple north Texas quarter horse ranchers.
As envisioned by
Representative Miller, this will be a Texas-bred, Texas-born program, with
points being earned at accredited events in Texas eligible for payback from the
program. AQHA, ApHC and APHA stallions that breed six or more mares are
automatically in the program by submission of their stallion report, unless
they elect to opt-out of the program 30 days before their stallion report is
due to the breed association. Stallions who breed less than six mares may
opt-in by payment of the required fees, set in the legislation at $30 per mare
bred, whether the stallion bred more or less than six mares.
Rep.
Miller’s intent was that the program would be an all-or-none deal for the
stallion - pay for each mare bred, or don’t pay for any. I entered into
the discussion that I thought that more participants could be induced to join
the program if stallion owners were able to exclude from payment those mares
whose foals would have no chance of participating in the Texas Equine Incentive
Program, i.e., those mares for whom semen was shipped out-of-state. I think
that suggestion was well-received by all. The Texas Department of Agriculture
will be responsible for establishing the rules and administering the program,
with the law to come into effect on September 1st. Payouts under the program
won’t happen for a couple years at best.
There will be follow-on
meetings to get the rules written and published. There are still many questions
and areas to be fleshed out, many related to documentation and how information
will be exchanged. There was no discussion regarding nominating foals, for
instance. If a review of the meager notes I took at the meeting have any other
nuggets, I’ll try to pass them along. I think I may be a captive audience
for these folks who will be writing the rules and procedures involved in the
administration of this program, working in such close proximity to them as I
do.
You can review or download Rep. Miller’s bill. It’s
not very long.
If you have any ideas you would like me to pass along,
you can send them to me at my other e-mail address:
jimaloosa@cs.com. Thanks. |
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