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Youth
Roundup is adding: Class 20A, HA/AA Park JTR 
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2008 Region 10 Youth Roundup
May 10-11, Winona, MN
Click here for details: General Info,
Class List, Fees, Entry Form
2008 Region 10 Championship Show & Preshow
St. Paul, MN
Click here for details: Class List, Entry
Form. Fees & more info coming soon.
Preshow:
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Championship Show: June 12-15
2008 Region 10 Championship
Sport Horse and Dressage Show
Click here for details: General Info,
Fees, Class List, Entry Form
Waukesha, WI
June 28-29 |
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New on the site: the
2007-2008 Directory of Members
provided in pdf by the Arabian Horse Times.
Click "Directory" to the left. |
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Minnesota AHA wins Tri-State
Horsemen's Award
See What's New |
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Region 10 launches new Point
System
for horse/rider combinations at Open Shows.
See What's New for details. |
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* * * See the Youth page * * *
2007 Youth Nationals News |
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Ever wonder what past scholarship recipients are doing
now?
See the Scholarship page for a 2004 recipient's progress! |
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For links to
important AHA Website
pages
--including qualification points--
See the Links page.
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Congratulations to
MHAHA ! ! --Winner of the 2005 AHA Club Excellence Award for Breed Promotion and Community
Involvement. MHAHA was also one of three finalists for the AHA Club
of the Year Award.
MHAHA YOUTH
CELEBRATION June 18, 2005
ROCKS Minnesota horse lovers
Read all about it on the Youth page! |
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Director's Message
Welcome to the Region 10 website. Please browse through our website and review the opportunities for you to get involved with a local club, horse show, competitive and endurance rides, and the Arabian horse owners who share your love for this wonderful breed. A voting membership with any of the local clubs will provide you with membership in Region 10 as well as the national Arabian Horse Association (AHA). For more information about club membership, contact the club officers listed on the website for the club nearest you.
I am proud to serve as your regional director, and I invite anyone with questions or concerns about Region 10 or AHA to contact me at meier@wisonline.net. Welcome again, and I hope you enjoy our website. Dean Meier
A Touch of History, a Sense of Personality
Region 10 is comprised primarily of the Arabian Horse Association clubs in the Upper Midwestern states of
Minnesota and Wisconsin, although the Region also is glad to have a club in
Upper Michigan and one in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Region 10 prides itself on being one of the most harmonious of the eighteen
regions which comprise the Arabian Horse Association, although the
cohesiveness we enjoy now was not always the case.
Former International Arabian Horse Association President and longtime Region 10 member Mary Anne Grimmell recalled in 2000,
"Once upon a time, the officers of IAHA were chosen by their
friends. My husband John became IAHA Secretary, when the sitting Secretary
asked him if he would replace him. We had a family pow wow and decided
that John had something to offer IAHA so we would sell a horse a year to pay the
costs; it almost worked.
"Then Yale Freed came to the Boston convention with these incredible,
democratic concepts of Regions, delegates, and elections.
The people in
attendance approved this concept and voted it in. The sitting officers
said
they would take this back to their first meeting and decide how to
proceed.
A near riot ensued, and the 'people' said 'no way;' they
wanted it done now.
Well, suddenly the old regions were gone, and the new regions were in
place
with no one to run them. At that point, IAHA was without a
Board of
Directors for about six weeks while everyone tried to sort themselves out and elect a Director and board of delegates.
"Minnesota had been a part of Region 3 (Minnesota, North Dakota,
South
Dakota, Nebraska, Montana and Wyoming), and we liked it that way.
I am not
certain where Wisconsin was, but I believe they were with Iowa, Illinois, and
Ohio at least. They liked their region also. One problem we did not
have
was worry over what to do with our Regional money. None of us had any.
"The new Region 10 met immediately--Wisconsin on one side of the table,
Minnesota on the other. For some reason, and I can't remember why,
we
didn't much like one another, and I know we were not happy about this
state
of affairs. Our leaders, Bill Trapp (WI) and John Hay (MN), were there, but
obviously our first order of business was to elect a Director. Both men
were
nominated and of course there was a tie vote. Another vote was
taken, and
Bill Trapp was elected by a majority of one vote. John Hay admitted later
that he changed his vote, and we hated him for it.
"I clearly remember our first discussions which always started with
'Minnesota
does this' or 'Wisconsin does that,' which didn't help our intolerance
level at all. Suddenly we got smart. We decided that no one could
say Wisconsin or Minnesota, we could only say Region 10.
It worked, and we
became one of the strongest and best Regions in the country, and we still
are." |
Indeed, we are! Compromise and mutual support are the hallmarks of
Region 10's clubs addressing issues of show dates, member benefits, regional
championship show location, class lists, budget issues, and on, and
on.
In a typical year, Region 10 clubs put on fourteen or fifteen rated shows,
usually holding a full complement of classes, although a couple of shows are
dedicated entirely to dressage. In addition, clubs offer open shows,
clinics, workshops, farm visits, youth programs, and a wide range of member
opportunities in the form of futurities, high point systems, and awards programs
for competitive and non-competitive equine activities.
Region 10 itself supports a competitive and endurance championship and, of
course, the Region 10 Championship show, which is sometimes preceded by a
qualifying show. In addition, the Region offers a special youth show, the
Roundup, and a very active youth program including support for scholarships and
judging teams. Finally, the Region provides lovely President's awards and Gelding awards for recipients selected by member clubs. See the individual clubs and Heads Up for details.
We invite you to get to know us better by browsing our pages and contacting
people who are involved with interests similar to yours. Welcome to
Region 10!
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May 11, 2008
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