American Royal information!
The
American Royal Arabian horse show will be
held September 27th & 28th, 2008 at Hale Arena. Pam Zimmerman will
be the judge this year. Save those dates on your calendars!
GKCAHA Pony Express show wrap-up
Coming soon!!
Border Bonanza photos and wrap-up!!!!
We have pictures that were provided by Avalon
Photography, the Border Bonanza photographer. They provided us
with some pictures that are fantastic! They have a lot of
wonderful pictures from the show that you can find at their website
Avalon Photography. You will
need to create an account to view the photos.
Here is some of the pictures they took at the
show. You can find more in the
photo gallery.
(photos courtesy of Avalon Photography)
The 2nd annual MO-KAN Border Bonanza is now
history, and as usual, the weather played a big part in
the show, with rain showing up often during the four days. Exhibitor
numbers were slightly down from 2007, but the show ran smoothly and
everyone understood and dealt with the mud and adverse weather
conditions. The pizza party and barn party during Show I and the ice
cream social during Show II were well-attended and everyone appreciated
the free food after a long day of working and showing. Final
exhibitor numbers and finances will be announced in later updates on the
GKCAHA website. The show staffs for both events are to be
congratulated for well-run sessions. A huge debt of gratitude goes to
the volunteers who helped throughout the four days, especially: Glen
True and Dave Copas-show managers, all the center ring help, Carol
Baker, Angela O'Neill, J.R. Kendall, Pam Payne, Ken McDonald, Chris
Fahrenholz, Ray Breit, Robin Copas, Melissa Owens, Linda Early, John
Simmons, Al Wilke, Kristi Kanorek, Christie Schell and many, many others
who pitched in when help was needed.
' A special thanks goes to the H.O.R.S.E. group which volunteered their
time during the weekend to help at the gate. It was great to meet them
and learn about their organization, one of the charities for EKAHA.
GKCAHA donates part of their proceeds from the show to the HELP Humane
Society, a no-kill small animal rescue group, located in Belton, MO.
The biggest thanks goes to our many exhibitors at the Border Bonanza,
who support us every year and are a great group of friends and horse
lovers. Best wishes for a successful show season!
(submitted by Mary Dobson)
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AHA Youth Nationals
Youth Nationals just finished up in Albuquerque,
New Mexico on Saturday August 2nd 2008. Click
here to read a wrap up of the show. You can click
here to see the show results!
Mid-Winter date announced!
The mid-winter classic is Jan. 24th 2009 in the
Lions Bldg in Peculiar. Time will be announced later.
Stolen Tack near Kearney
Missouri
Sarah Dickerson writes:
Hello, I am writing to notify everyone I can in
the horse community of a tack theft that occurred near Kearney, MO (92
Hwy./Cameron Rd. area) on Friday, June 6th. 5 saddles (1 dressage, one
close contact, 3 western) and numerous bridles and other pieces of
equipment were stolen. Please find attached a flyer with images of some
of this equipment. It is by no means a complete list.
If everyone could keep a lookout when looking at used tack for sale,
especially auctions, I would greatly appreciate it. The dressage saddle
and close contact in particular are going to stand out at any auction
most likely. If anyone sees anything suspect on consignment at a tack or
feed store, please contact me. I will come look! We are in the process
of contacting auction houses, as many as possible, in Kansas and
Missouri - but we have no way if we're hitting them all.
Please feel free to forward this on to other horse people who may be
able to help or who may be in the Northland area, so they know to keep
their own equipment secure. Thanks in advance for your help, and be
careful with your equipment,
Sarah Dickerson
rydenfly@aol.com
Click
here for a list of Stolen Tack
Presidents Message Updated!
Read the latest
newsletter from our president.
Photo Gallery updated!
We have pictures from the 2007 American Royal
and the Mid-Winter Celebration now available on the photo gallery page!
Click
here to view archived news.
Glen True chosen for multiple
National Volunteer
of the Year awards
Glen True was honored as the National
Volunteer
of the Year by AHA. The recipient is chosen by the AHA Board of
Directors. It is truly a great and deserving award.
Glen was
also selected as the AHA Region 11 Volunteer of the Year, an award each
region chooses.
Glen was also selected as the American
Professional Horsemans Association (APHA) Volunteer of the year.
And to add one more to his list, Glen was choosen
as the club volunteer of the year!
We know that GKCAHA is lucky to have Glen as a member of our group and
we already realized how much he does on behalf of our shows each year.
Congratulations to you Glen and thank you for all of your hard work and
dedication.
AHA Broadcast News
Click
here to view the May edition of
AHA Broadcast news on the
AHA official website. There
is lots of interesting tidbits of information and articles.
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