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		<title>ARHA Announces Rookie of the Year Winners Jennifer Strange and Austin Meador</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 02:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roberta Johnston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Ranch Horse Association has announced Jennifer Strange of Daleville, Ind., and Phantom Yankee and Austin Meador of Florissant, Mo., and Te Topsy Turvee as winners of the ARHA Amateur and Youth Rookie of the Year awards, respectively. The Rookie of the Year title is awarded to the first-year ARHA Amateur and Youth members who have no prior breed association points and who have the most ARHA points accumulated on one horse in 2009. Jennifer Strange and Phantom Yankee: 2009 ARHA Amateur Rookie of the Year Strange has owned Phantom Yankee (&#8220;Boo&#8221;) since October 2008. Having purchased Boo with the intent of showing in reining competitions, she was introduced to ARHA by trainer Bill Black and began showing in just about every event except cutting. &#8220;The ARHA is a wonderful association that lets people just show their horses,&#8221; Strange said. &#8220;The people are friendly, and everyone helps everyone out.&#8221; A therapy supervisor by occupation, Strange said she hadn&#8217;t started the 2009 show season with Rookie of the Year intentions, but after the ARHA World Show in June, she realized the title was in sight and continued working for it. She and Boo are also 2009 ARHA High Point Amateur [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ARHA Announces Year-End Versatility Champion Kammi Kern Norton and Reserve Champion Wendy Bink</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 02:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roberta Johnston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kammi Kern Norton of Bloomfield, Ind., and THF Hollywood Chrome have earned the 2009 American Ranch Horse Association Ranch Horse Versatility Champion title, and Wendy Bink of Argyle, N.Y., and Dustys Jackinthebox took home the Ranch Horse Versatility Reserve Champion title. Lia Savas, of Huntington, N.Y., and Yo Quiero Cat came in third place overall. A program formed in 2009, the ARHA Ranch Horse Versatility competition comprises five events-ranch riding, ranch trail, ranch cutting, working ranch horse and ranch conformation-that are hosted at shows throughout the year. Kammi Kern Norton and THF Hollywood Chrome: Ranch Horse Versatility Champion Norton purchased &#8220;Woody,&#8221; now a 7-year-old Palomino gelding, as a 3-year-old. She showed him in the trail, ranch riding and confirmation portions of the Versatility competitions, and her trainer, Ben Bowman of Sanborn, Ind., rode him in the ranch cutting and working ranch horse classes. Of the classes, Norton says ranch riding is Woody&#8217;s strongest because he&#8217;s very correct and consistent. &#8220;Even though we were both learning at the same time, he was the best horse for me to start reining and cow work. He is not one of those horses that requires a lot of training or riding to get ready [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ARHA Announces High Point Award Winners Lindsey Conti and Jennifer Strange</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roberta Johnston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lindsey Conti of Wentzville, Mo., and her horse, Rose Deelivery, and Jennifer Strange of Daleville, Ind., and her horse, Phantom Yankee, have been named High Point Award winners for the 2009 American Ranch Horse Association competition year. Lindsey Conti and Rose Deelivery: Open and Youth High Point Award Conti and &#8220;Rosey&#8221; took home the honor in two divisions, Open and Youth. Now an 8-year-old Paint mare, Conti first rode and &#8220;fell in love with Rosey&#8221; at a cattle round up in Iowa and purchased her in November 2007. &#8220;I committed to work hard with Rosey so that the two of us could excel in every event we entered,&#8221; Conti said, and the work paid off. In 2008, they were ARHA Reserve High Point Youth Award winners. In 2009, the pair traveled more than 15,000 miles to shows in Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Wisconsin and Georgia. &#8220;One thing that I love about showing in the American Ranch Horse Association and that I love about Rosey is that I can show in everything! I cannot decide which is her very best. She is fantastic in trail, ranch riding, ranch reining, conformation, showmanship, and pretty darn good in reining, ranch cutting, working cow horse, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ARHA Ranch Horse Versatility Expands with More Charter-level Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roberta Johnston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Ranch Horse Association developed the 100-percent payback Ranch Horse Versatility Program in 2009 and is now offering more recognition at each show hosting the program. In addition to 50 percent of the Versatility entry fees awarded at local competitions, in 2010, each show&#8217;s Versatility winner will receive a custom-made Skyline Vaquero buckle. A minimum of five Versatility Program entries at the show are necessary for the buckle to be awarded. The first Skyline Vaquero buckle will be offered at the South Kentucky Ranch Horse Association show, January 23 and 24, 2010, in Bowling Green, Ky. The next show to offer the buckle is the Volunteer Ranch Horse Association show, February 6 and 7 in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Find additional shows online at www.americanranchhorse.net/eventscalendar.htm. The new buckle will be showcased at the ARHA National Convention on February 20 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Lexington, Ky. The ARHA Ranch Horse Versatility competition comprises five events-ranch riding, ranch trail, ranch cutting, working ranch horse and ranch conformation-that are held and placed individually, but overall performance is considered in the competition program. In addition to the buckle and payback at the local level, 50 percent of Versatility entry fees are awarded year-end [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Ranch Horse Association Stallion Stakes Program Slides into its Fourth Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roberta Johnston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since its inception in 2006, the American Ranch Horse Association Stallion Stakes and Three-Year-Old Ranch Horse Challenge program has awarded horse owners and breeders with thousands of dollars in cash plus awards. The Three-Year-Old Challenge is held during the ARHA World Show each year-in 2010, June 21 to 26 in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Approximately 140 stallions and young horses have competed for top overall ranch horse honors through four events designed to test a horse&#8217;s versatility and ranch suitability: conformation, ranch riding, ranch cutting and working cow horse. Winners from past years are: 2009 Three-Year-Old Challenge: Hancocks Moonwalk, owned and shown by Sean Prater of Burbank, Okla. 2009 Stallion Stakes: Bubbas Short Stroke, owned by Brady and Wendi Rinehart of Highmore, S.D. 2008 Three-Year-Old Challenge: Ali Zack, shown by Dennis Cappel and owned by Dennis and Cindy Cappel of Silex, Mo. 2008 Stallion Stakes: Poco Mr Blue, owned by Lewis Eastwood of Boswell, Okla. 2007 Three-Year-Old Challenge: Blondies Little Rio, shown by Terry Allen of Cookeville, Tenn., and owned by Rondal Reed of Cookeville, Tenn. 2007 Stallion Stakes: Rio Band Joe, owned by Terry Allen of Cookeville, Tenn. Set up much like a breeders&#8217; classic or futurity, the ARHA Stallions Stakes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AQHA Announces Versatility Ranch Horse Competition Changes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roberta Johnston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[    In July 2009, an AQHA task force recommended changes to several versatility ranch horse rules. Approved by the AQHA Executive Committee, the rule changes will more closely align versatility ranch horse classes with AQHA Alliance Partner Ranch Horse Association of America and other ranch horse associations like the American Ranch Horse Association and the Stock Horse of Texas. These changes will make it easier for exhibitors to compete in multiple associations with a single set of rules and will make it easier for show management to have classes that are dual-approved by multiple associations. The task force also recognized the need to decrease the time needed to conduct the class, which has limited the number of exhibitors able to participate. Highlights of the changes that will go into effect January 1, 2010, include: * Separate novice amateur and youth classes, and allow these classes to conduct a reining pattern, then box and drive the cow to the middle of the arena. * Develop patterns for novice amateur and youth that can also be used for dual-approved classes. * Combine ranch riding and trail. The exhibitor will complete the trail course and then perform a ranch riding pattern along [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ARHA Tests Horsemanship, Communication Skills for Inaugural Queen Contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roberta Johnston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Female ranch-horse riders with good communication skills, excellent horsemanship knowledge and abilities, and a passion for horses are invited to apply for the inaugural American Ranch Horse Association Queen contest, which will be held at the ARHA World Show in Murfreesboro, Tenn., June 21 &#8211; 26, 2010. The Queen title will provide one ARHA member with a host of prizes from ARHA sponsors, excellent exposure in the equine industry and the chance for her to help promote the organization. During her year-long tenure, the ARHA Queen will serve as an ambassador of the association, encouraging membership in ARHA, making appearances at state and regional ranch-horse functions, and visiting related competitions and events to raise awareness about ARHA. The ARHA Queen will be selected as a result of her performance in four categories: &#8211; Horsemanship based on the Working Ranch Horse class as decided by four judges (30 percent). The contestant will ride her own horse for the cattle-work element of Working Ranch Horse; for the dry-work element (reining pattern), contestants will draw to ride a different horse. &#8211; An interview with a panel of judges about her knowledge of and involvement in horses and ARHA (30 percent) &#8211; A three- [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Ranch Horse Association Scholarship Deadline: December 31</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roberta Johnston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Ranch Horse Association Scholarship Deadline: December 31 American Ranch Horse Association youth members who plan to attend a college or trade school next year are invited to apply for a $500 academic-based scholarship for the 2010-2011 school year. Applications will be accepted in the ARHA office until December 31, 2009. To qualify for an ARHA scholarship, an applicant must be a current ARHA member in good standing, have been an ARHA member for a minimum of two years, and verify their intention to attend college or a post-secondary educational program. Scholarship applications consist of: &#8211; A completed ARHA application form &#8211; Current school transcripts containing the applicant&#8217;s current scholastic average &#8211; A letter of recommendation from the secondary-school principal, advisor or faculty member &#8211; A letter of recommendation from an active member of the applicant&#8217;s regional ARHA charter club (A letter from a club officer or board member is preferable.) &#8211; A brief essay indicating the importance of higher education, career goals and personal insights about the need for the scholarship &#8211; An in-person or telephone interview during the ARHA National Convention in February 2010 &#8211; A photo of the applicant An application form and further application details are [...]]]></description>
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