Quarter Horse
SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT
While not transferring your horse isn't a federal offense, we’re offering a limited-time amnesty program: Have your American Quarter Horse’s ownership paperwork updated for only $15 per horse, regardless of how many times he or she has been sold.
Normally, there would be a $15 charge for every time the horse changed hands and the transfer paperwork wasn’t completed. That charge would be $50 for nonmembers.
With this limited-time offer, completed and signed transfer forms from each previous owner are still needed, but the fee is a one-time charge of $15 for members. Nonmembers can take advantage of the $15 transfer offer by joining AQHA for only $35.
Properly updated ownership papers benefit both owner and horse in a variety of ways.
Properly updated registration papers:
• Provide verification of ownership
• Help preserve the breed
• Increase a horse’s value
• Make horses eligible to compete in various events
• Demonstrate pride in a horse
Sometimes, members forget or get busy and their paperwork simply gets out of hand. By offering a flat $15 fee for a limited time, AQHA is helping owners get their records straight. If you need help researching unrecorded owners, or if you’ve lost contact with a previous owner, contact AQHA to receive assistance. Here are some tips to get you started:
• The transfer report requires the names of the buyer and seller, along with the seller’s signature and the date of the sale. You also need to include basic information about the horse, such as the horse’s name, to ensure that the correct horse is being transferred. This, along with the original registration certificate and the fee, is all that needs to be sent to AQHA.
• When buying a horse from an individual, make sure you get the original registration certificate with the signed transfer at the time of payment or be certain the seller mails them to AQHA. Make sure that the horse’s age, color and markings match those on the certificate.
• If you buy a horse from someone who recently died and you haven’t sent in the transfer form, be sure the date of sale was prior to the person’s death. Otherwise, AQHA can advise the buyer on what documents are needed to accept an executor’s or heir’s signature on behalf of the deceased person. These situations can cause lengthy delays in the process.
• The only way you can show a horse in amateur and youth competition is if the horse is in your name or a family member’s name.
• If you own a mare and use her for breeding, it’s important to transfer the mare into your name because the owner’s name on the mare’s certificate at the time of foaling is also considered the owner of the foal. If the mare isn’t transferred at the time of foaling, you’ll need to get the signature of the previous owner to register the foal.
• The recorded owner or her authorized agent or lessee is the only person AQHA can recognize when conducting business with regard to any American Quarter Horse.
Transferring a horse doesn’t have to be a hassle. Without it, you can’t brag that you own an American Quarter Horse and have the papers to prove it.
Call AQHA’s customer service department at (806) 376-4811 for assistance in transferring your horse. Click here to download a transfer report.
FIGURE OUT THE FUNDAMENTALS
"AQHA's Fundamentals of Horsemanship, Step 1 and Step 2," are the Association's first comprehensive books that focus on the basics of horsemanship and training techniques developed to bring horses and their owners closer.
An educational partnership with La Cense Montana, each book contains more than 100 step-by-step photographs to demonstrate 30 exercises, and a 90-minute DVD on which each exercise is demonstrated, using the scenic La Cense Montana ranch as a backdrop.
Each book-DVD combo sells for $24.95, and AQHA members receive a $5 discount per book. Click here to order.
IT’S ALL IN THE FAMILY
Rita, Clyde and Jessica McMullen of Spring Run, Pennsylvania, are counted among the ranks of the American Quarter Horse Foundation’s new Leadership Society. The Leadership Society is a group of individuals who give to the Foundation’s Annual Fund at a level of $1,000 or more each year.
Rita has been involved with American Quarter Horses her entire life. She and Clyde raised their daughter, Jessica, with American Quarter Horses as well.
“Our family has always believed in the importance of supporting a variety of local causes. However, when I learned about the work the Foundation does to continually benefit our industry – an industry we love – there was just no question about our decision to get involved as donors,” Rita says. “We have a great deal of confidence in the Foundation and its leadership, and know they will utilize our gifts in the best way possible.”
People like the McMullens who give to the Annual Fund every year come from all backgrounds. They are people who care about preserving and improving the future of our horses and the people who share their lives with them. There is a giving level for everyone to make a difference.
“We hope you agree and will join us as one donor who makes a difference,” Rita says.
Click here to learn more about donating to the Foundation.
BENEFIT CLINIC TO HELP
COWBOY ARTIST JUSTIN WELLS
Cowboy artist Justin Wells is renowned for giving back to his community. But on February 29, a fire destroyed his home and art gallery in Amarillo – and now it’s time for his community to give back to him.
Justin's artwork has been featured in The American Quarter Horse Journal and America’s Horse. His pieces, which include pencil, watercolor, oils and acrylics, are realistic depictions of a cowboy’s life. He also has painted several life-size Fiberglas horses that are part of the “Hoof Prints of the American Quarter Horse” public art display in Amarillo.
Sadly, all of the art in his private collection was destroyed in the fire, along with his art supplies and personal belongings. In the “cowboy circle” of friends, that kind of devastation can’t go unanswered.
Horsemanship clinician Brent Graef of Canyon, Texas, and legendary reining-horse man Jack Brainard of Tioga, Texas, have joined forces to put on a benefit clinic May 17-18 at the Cowboy Church arena in Amarillo.
Fees to ride both days (with one clinician) are a minimum donation of $150. Auditors are also welcome, for a donation. The benefit clinic will also feature a silent auction, with 100 percent of the proceeds going directly to Wells.
Both clincians have a lot to offer – so this is a chance to help yourself, as well as helping a good cause.
Jack's clinic, which will be held in the afternoons, will focus on lead changes. As he says, “If you can’t change leads, you don’t know Jack!” … and this is your chance to change that.
Brent's clinic, which will be during the morning sessions, is geared toward helping riders come to a better understanding of their horses. He always looks at things from the horse’s perspective and tries to teach his students to do the same. His classes will explore soft feel, softness through transitions, cadence, controlling the hindquarters and forehand, and lateral moves. It’s about helping your horse to become more supple, softer and better balanced.
For more on the clinicians, visit their Web sites, www.jackbrainard.com and www.brentgraef.com. For more on Wells, and to see a gallery of his art, visit www.justinwellscowboyart.com.
For more information on the clinic or to reserve your rider spot, e-mail or call Brent at (806) 499-3239.
If you can’t make it to Amarillo in May but would still like to help out, a fund has been set up at Wells Fargo under the name “Justin Wells Catastrophe Fund.” Any Wells Fargo location nationwide will accept donations. Visit www.wellsfargo.com to find a branch near you.
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