W.T. Waggoner Estate and King Ranch: One Hundred-Year Breeders

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Photo by AQHA Press Release by Bee Silva

The W.T. Waggoner Estate and King Ranch have been breeding American Quarter Horses for 100 years.

The American Quarter Horse Association is proud to recognize two historic Texas ranches that have been breeding American Quarter Horses for 100 consecutive years: W.T. Waggoner Estate and the King Ranch. Even though the Association and its registry were founded in 1940, these two ranches already had horse herds, several of which were inspected and admitted for registration with AQHA.

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Horst Geier, Known as “Mr. Americana,” This European Visionary Died the Week of September 16, 2022.

By AQHA Press Release
By AQHA Press Release

The western riding scene has reacted with great sadness to the death of Horst Geier. The initiator and longtime manager of Americana passed away this week at the age of 79. Horst was one of the great visionaries of European western riding and western horse breeding, who, among other things, made Americana what it is today. "We were saddened to learn of the death of our longtime business partner and companion Horst Geier," said AFAG management. "Our thoughts are with his family and all his friends!"

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DQHA Takes Steps Toward Realignment with AQHA

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Photo by ©AQHA.com

Under new leadership, the Deutsche Quarter Horse Association makes realignment with AQHA a top priority.

In a series of meetings and votes between March and August 2020, the Deutsche Quarter Horse Association (DQHA) membership made clear its intention to take the necessary steps to realign as an affiliate of the American Quarter Horse Association, the world’s largest equine breed organization.

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2020 Built Ford Tough AQHYA World Championship Show

Today's the day! The 2020 Built Ford Tough AQHYA World Championship Show begins at 8 a.m. CST.

The Built Ford Tough AQHYA World Championship Show is the pinnacle event for American Quarter Horse exhibitors ages 18 and under around the world competing in classes representing halter, English and western disciplines. More than 5,075 entries from the United States and Canada are competing for 42 world championships, 33 Adequan®Level 2 and 39 Nutrena Level 1 championship titles at this year’s event, July 29 -August 8 at OKC Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City.

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2020 AQHA Standing Committee Reports Approved April 16

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Photo by © AQHA

All rules are effective January 1, 2021, unless noted otherwise.

The AQHA Executive Committee recently reviewed and took action on recommendations from four AQHA standing committees.
The American Quarter Horse Association Executive Committee met April 16 via conference call to review the rule-change recommendations from the amateur, judges, ranching and show committees.
Careful consideration, discussion and debate were devoted to each item. Below are the highlights of approved agenda items.

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New Multilingual AQHA Resources

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American Quarter Horse Association has members in more than 100 countries around the world. For that reason, it’s necessary that key forms are translated to languages beyond English and Spanish. AQHA is proud to introduce a new multilingual resource library of essential forms for international and domestic members to utilize in their language.

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European Commission Clarifies Studbook of Origin with AQHA and DQHA

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Photo Courtesy AQHA

The American Quarter Horse Association and its German affiliate, DQHA, get clarification from the European Commission on studbook of origin.

On January 27, leaders and staff from the American Quarter Horse Association met with representatives of the German affiliate (DQHA), the German agricultural ministry and Bavarian competent authority at the European Commission offices in Brussels. The goal of the meeting was to close the contested topic of studbook of origin for the American Quarter Horse.

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