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2021 Year End High Points results are Verified!

The final Year End High Point standings are posted. A big congratulations to everyone who participated!

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Region 5 Youth win the 2021 AHA Youth of the Year and First Runner Up!

 

Ms. Grace Smith from Region 5 is the first runner-up for Youth of the Year. She receives a $1000 scholarship sponsored by The Arabian Horse Association. 

 

Grace has been a big part of AHYA in and out of the show ring. She has served as the Region 5 Co-Director, leading her fellow youth in multiple fundraisers and prides herself in making sure all the youth of her region are encouraged and feel included. She now serves as the AHYA Vice-President and cannot wait to do everything she can to make a positive impact. Beyond this Grace is very active in her school clubs, being an officer in the Future Business Leaders of America club at her school. She has helped lead numerous community service projects and volunteers weekly in a kindergarten classroom to help a student with special needs. Along with all of Grace’s service activities and horse activities Grace also plays on a club Softball team and has shown her leadership as a team captain numerous years.

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From the desk of Carrie Olson - Region 5 Director

August 9, 2021

Dear Region 5 Arabian horse enthusiasts,

As most of you are aware, the AHA BOD passed some new qualifications which go into effect in the 2022 competition year. Since there is some discontent and angst over this action, I would like to make a few points of order:

1) The motion to put new qualifications into play was actually passed at the November 2020 board meeting (see Motion#27-11/1/20-BOD), with the fact that the qualification chart, however amended, would be voted on by the BOD at the August 6, 2021 meeting. 

2) The AHA survey that was sent out on August 2, 2021, immediately after the Town Hall meeting, was responded to by 928 members, or only 8% of the current AHA membership. The question that asked - Do you support eliminating all qualification requirements?, was virtually a 50/50 split. Unfortunately, the survey was a given too short a time period.

3)  Also keep in mind that any shows that you went to this year, still do count for qualifications going forward. And they still allow the open show qualifications for dressage classes.

Once the CAC (Competition Advisory Committee) began working on revising the qualification chart in March, they did bounce it to the BOD a few times, we gave input and they revised again. Then once it got out “onto the street” and shared - they did take many things into consideration, such as: the welfare of the horse, the amount of time/money people can spend to get qualified and the fact that we are coming out of a pandemic. 

Is it all perfect? No. Does it still need some re-working? Yes. That’s where I ask for your input. Let’s go forward and make some positive suggestions and/or comments about what you want to see changed or offer up a solution. 

Please send me an email or give me a call. I would be happy to listen and chat.

Lastly, I also want to encourage all of you to opt-in to AHA emails, to ensure that you are included in future important emails and surveys. 

The link to do that is here: https://www.arabianhorses.org/additional/news/

Thank you for your time and being a lover of the Arabian breed!

Sincerely,

Carrie

Region 5 director

carrie.olson@q.com

253.740.8042