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The newsletter of the Virginia Quarter Horse Association
May 2023
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Yeti cooler raffle at the Virginia National Stock Horse Show
Buy a raffle ticket for a Yeti Cooler. The Virginia Amateur Quarter Horse Association is selling only 75 tickets at $20 each. The cooler will be full of your favorite beverages iced down and ready to enjoy, snacks included. Tickets available at the hospitality table.
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Save time, pre-enter for the Virginia Stock Horse Show
Fill out your entries and send them in with a copy of your current papers and membership card to Linda Geyer at wpqhapoints @ yahoo.com. Forms available here. Please put VQHA entries on header. Any questions call or text Mark Miller 301-751-3386
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Buckles, Google ear buds, and other great awards
The Virginia National Stock Horse Show, May 19 to 21, offers a lot of great prizes, thanks to our generous sponsors. All sponsorship money is used to meet show expenses and provide awards for our exhibitors.
Novice Day (Friday):
- High Point Nov Am/Youth - black stall bags with VQHA logo
- High Point Level 1 Am/Youth Walk/Trot - black saddle pad covers with VQHA logo
- High Point All breed Am/Youth - black garment bags with VQHA logo
- High Point Rookie Am/Youth - black groom bags with VQHA logo
The Virginia National Stock Horse Show (Saturday and Sunday)
- 18 buckles will be awarded
- High Point All Breed Horse will win a Yeti Tundra 45 Hard Cooler
- Reserve will win a pair of Google ear buds
- Plus hats with VQHA logo
All Novice day awards are sponsored by the Virginia Amateur Quarter Horse Association.
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The Legends Class: 2 chances to win a saddle from CP Custom Saddles
The 2nd annual Legends Class will be held May 20, at the Virginia National Stock Horse show in Doswell, VA. Each entry comes with a raffle ticket for the saddle drawings.
What it is: All breed walk trot/ jog. In the preliminary round, horses in US, WP, and Ranch show separately. For the finals, the top 5 from each discipline show together.
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Virginia-bred payouts
The Virginia-bred program is designed for Virginia Quarter Horse breeders and stallion owners to promote foals born in Virginia and create a broad market.
It has been supported in part by a grant from the Virginia Horse Industry
Board. At the Spring Breakout, a total purse of $5,900 was paid out to 12 entries in open and amateur ranch riding, all-age mares, and all-age stallions and geldings.
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New dates for the 2024 Spring Breakout and a shout out to a record-breaking 2023 show
The 2024 Spring Breakout will be held April 16-20. Thanks to all the exhibitors who made the 2023 show such a success, with more than 6,000 entries, compared with 4,000 in 2022. Topline Event Management, Meghan Tierney, and Cameron VanSickle did a great job in making the show run smoothly. And we couldn't have done it without our sponsors. Many thanks!
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2023 VQHA Horseback Riding Program
Take advantage of this program to earn awards for the hours you have ridden or ground-exercised either your American Quarter Horse or other breed horse. This is a unique opportunity to earn awards outside of traditional competitions and is available to VQHA, VAQHA and VQHYA members. If you are not a member, you only need to join VQHA and the Horseback Riding Program. Click for more information.
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See below for our officers, board members, committee chairs. Want to provide a sponsorship for VQHA? Contact Tod Hulings, chair of the Ways and Mean Committee. Have information you want included in the next newsletter? Contact Cathy Herbert, chair of the Communication Committee.
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PRESIDENT
SUZANNE GONZALES
703-201-2915
SUZANNEGONZALES228@GMAIL.COM
VICE PRESIDENT
TIM COHILL
804-389-8127
TIMCOHILL@YAHOO.COM
EXECUTIVE V.P.
CONNIE CHRISTOPHER
703-283-1410
SCRAPPIEDOGG@GMAIL.COM
SECRETARY
CAROL MERRITT
336-312-4149
CAROLYNKMERRITT@GMAIL.COM
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
SHAY NICELY
540-294-2327
BSNICELY@GMAIL.COM
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TREASURER
LAURA BOARDWINE
276-628-3274
LAURA.BOARDWINE@YAHOO.COM
PAST PRESIDENT
STEVE MEADOWS
540-294-8282
WPHORSEMAN@AOL.COM
MEMBERSHIP OFFICER
CORY BALSIS
540-347-9581
CJBALSIS@GMAIL.COM
POINTS OFFICER
DEBBIE STEINER
DSTEINER05@GMAIL.COM
YOUTH
KYLE & AMANDA HUGHES
276-451-0018(KYLE)
901-481-5760(AMANDA)
BETH GOUTHRO
540-460-5278
BMGSHOWHORSES@GMAIL.COM
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VQHA Directors
DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE
SAMANTHA GROVES
703-963-0987
SAMGONZALES216@GMAIL.COM
DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE
MATT GOUTHRO
540-460-5278
BMGSHOWHORSES@GMAIL.COM
DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE
MIKE JENNINGS
703-346-8133
MIKE@PROHORSESERVICES.COM
DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE
GEORGE HAROCOPOS
804-349-5081
GEORGEHAROCOPOS@GMAIL.COM\\
AMATEUR DIRECTOR
LORETTA TOZER
804-832-4138
LORETTATOZER@YAHOO.COM
DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE
VQHA/AQHA RECREATION ADVISOR
CATHETTE B. PLUMER
802-370-8631
CATHETTE@AOL.COM
VAQHA PRESIDENT
LORETTA TOZER
804-832-4138
LORETTATOZER@YAHOO.COM
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HONORARY DIRECTOR
CLARENCE GREEN
540-788-4138
WILDBIRDQUARTERHORSES@MSN.COM
NORTHERN REGION
KEVIN BABCOCK
703-283-4815
KBABCOCK67@GMAIL.COM
GREATER RICHMOND
KRISTY DREW
804-337-5560
KDREW2063@GMAIL.COM
SOUTH CENTRAL REGION
CHARLIE ROGERS
434-944-4289
CBROGERS309@GMAIL.COM,
JULIEROGERS309@GMAIL.COM
CENTRAL REGION
JEANENNE GRIFFIN
540-841-0240
JEANENNE.GRIFFIN@GMAIL.COM
SHENANDOAH REGION
BECKY MEADOWS
540-448-2526
WPHORSEMAN@AOL.COM
SOUTHWEST REGION
KYLE HUGHES
276-451-0018
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VQHA Committee Chairs
AUDITING COMMITTEE
AQHA PROGRAMS
CATHETTE PLUMER 804-370-8631
CATHETTE@AOL.COM
BANQUET COMMITTEE
PAM TROUTMAN
VIRGINIA BRED
Ashley Kloske
804-712-2497
BY-LAWS COMMITTEE
SHAY NICELY
540-294-2327
BSNICELY@GMAIL.COM
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AWARDS COMMITTEE
JESSICA HENRICKSON
804-873-7223
SPENCERJL03@HOTMAIL.COM
COMMUNICATIONS COMM.
CATHY HERBERT
845-325-8274
CHERBERT87@GMAIL.COM
WAYS AND MEANS
TODD HULINGS
804-712-1612
TODDHULINGS@MSN.COM
QUEEN COMMITTEE
KELLY WAYMAN
wolfview35@aol.com
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