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| The judges for the 2025 World's Championship Horse Show have been selected. Over the course of the eight-day show, the panel will judge 236 classes, culminating with the Five-Gaited World's Grand Champion. |
2/24/2025 |
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2/24/2025 |
| The ASHBA resumed their annual meeting today with the sole purpose of announcing the results of the election for the two seats from the membership on the nominating committee for the board. There were more than 100 nominations made with Betsy Boone receiving the most votes at 303. Scott Hagan followed in second with 175. |
2/24/2025 |
| In the February 13th board of directors meeting, the directors voted unanimously to extend the deadline for nominations for the Bill Wise Four-Year-Old Sweepstakes to March 31st and to extend the buy-in deadline for the National Three-Year-Old Futurity to March 31st. This follows the December decision to extend the 2025 deadline for nominations from January 31 to March 31. |
2/21/2025 |
| Thank you to everyone who participated in last week’s annual meeting of the American Saddlebred Horse and Breeders Association. The passion shown by our membership demonstrates just how deeply we all care about the future of the American Saddlebred. |
2/19/2025 |
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2/17/2025 |
| The annual meeting of the American Saddlebred Horse and Breeders Association saw a substantial turnout of membership. More than half of the active, eligible members at the time of the vote let their voices be heard either in person or by proxy on two topics: a bylaw amendment proposal and the vote to elect two people to represent the membership on the nominating committee for the board of directors. |
2/14/2025 |
| The New England Regional Morgan Horse Show and Association along with the United Breeders Committee announces a date change for the upcoming Morgan Stallion Sweeps drawing to March 15th. |
2/12/2025 |
| The results are in and the AHHS would like to congratulate the five successful candidates on their election to the AHHS Board! The five candidates elected are Chris Gantley, Maureen Quackenbush, Bryan Earehart, Amber Kildow, and Melissa Moore. |
2/12/2025 |
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2/7/2025 |
| Earlier today, we noticed that the server that supports the ASHBA database was experiencing a lot of activity. After a brief investigation, we discovered that certain parts of the system were being hit almost constantly and slowing down the server. This was leading to performance issues across the board. We pulled server logs and saw more than 77,000 requests for show results for this morning alone. |
2/5/2025 |
| It was a new year and a new committee for the New York Morgan Stallion Service Auction. With committee members emeriti Ivan Beattie and Lynn Peeples, Chairperson Jennifer Peek focused on the young trainers in the New York area, tapping Anna Kufs, Chris Bernard, Keith Friday, Lindsay Perry Atkinson, Rebecca Arotsky and Will Vidler, and Tuffy Owens to fill out the revamped team. |
2/4/2025 |
| The Annual Membership Meeting of the American Saddlebred Horse and Breeders Association, Inc. will be held on Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 2 pm EST at the Lexington Marriott City Center, 121 West Vine Street, in Lexington, KY. |
1/30/2025 |
| The Michigan Morgan Horse Breeders Futurity (MMHBF) will host its annual stallion service auction on Saturday, March 1, with a full day of activities on Friday, February 28. The events will be held in the Middlebury, Indiana area with the Hampton Inn serving as the host hotel. |
1/28/2025 |
| The Kentucky State Fair Board, the proud organizer and host of the World's Championship Horse Show, reaffirmed its commitment to the Saddlebred industry through several important actions. |
1/27/2025 |