Premier Mount N Trail - Cynthia Bauman
OQHA Queen - Ellexxah Maxwell, 2022 OQHA Queen
PMT is looking forward to the 2022 show season! Be sure to check out all 29 shows to pick from this year. They have 5 Mt Trail parks that are participating in the program this year. Your top 5 will earn you high point with PMT and OQHA. All info on the events and parks are listed on Premiermountntrail.com. There are 28 classes to choose from in the program along with other classes at each facility.
A new year and a new journey. Representing the Ohio Quarter Horse Association as the 2022 queen is an adventure that I cannot wait to partake in. I have been involved with OQHA since I was four years old. I served on the OQHYA Board and currently serve on the OAQHA board. It is an honor to represent an association that has given me so much, and also helped me become the person I am today. I look forward to seeing what this year brings for us all. I hope to make all of you proud and will represent our association to the highest standard to the best of my ability. I can’t wait to see you all during our 2022 show season. Please don’t hesitate to stop and chat! Best of luck this year!
Mountain Trail Parks are: Creek Side Horse Park, Ohio. Double C Farm, Maryland, Spencer Lake Farm, Ohio, Holland Western Horse Park, Michigan. Kal-Val, Michigan. Also, if you are a part of PMT you can track your riding hours for even more awards!
The Ohio Quarter Horse Association 6325 Quarter Horse Drive Columbus, OH 43229 (614) 505-7200
Spring 2022
2022 All American Quarter Horse Congress Futurities & Sweepstakes Released The All American Quarter Horse Congress is an unmatched destination for equestrians from across the globe. The Ohio Quarter Horse Association has created a legacy by maintaining the largest single-breed horse show in the world, the All American Quarter Horse Congress. The 2022 All American Quarter Horse Congress is scheduled for September 27 October 23 at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus, Ohio.
Eastern Ohio Quarter Horse Association - Heather Davis EOQHA is kicking off 2022 with a total revamp and overhaul of their shows and website. The new website is now mobile friendly and up to date with information for the 2022 show season. The EOQHA has developed their April shows into a 2-show series at the Champion Center in Springfield, Ohio. The Spring It On Series will include High Point All-Around awards and Friday night exhibitor parties. The shows will be held April 9-10 and 23-24. For the most recent information and schedule, visit www.eoqha.us. The Fall Classic at the Ohio Expo Center will be September 9-10-11, 2022. Join us for “The Last Chance Before the Big Dance!” for a huge show right before Congress. A live band will be playing at the Exhibitor Party so come prepared to kick off the show weekend! Sponsorships for all 3 shows are still being collected with marketing and vendor opportunities for sponsors. For more information on sponsorship opportunities, contact EOQHA at eoqha.us@gmail.com.
OMI Quarter Horse Association - Sue and Dan Klaus Is it getting warmer? It is if you’re attending the OMIQHA Warm-Up show! This event will be held at the Champion Center in Springfield, Ohio March 25-27th. OMI is excited to be getting back into the show season and being able to again hold this great show. There will be a social hour on Thursday evening, a pizza party on Friday and of course morning donuts! We are also bringing back the money added Easter Egg toss that was such a hit last year!! And new this year is Ranch Riding and Ranch Rail classes! Thank you to all of their illustrious sponsors who help them in making this show happen and to all of their members and exhibitors, we appreciate you! Complete your memberships online via PayPal or at the show to be eligible for year-end awards. OMI is looking forward to seeing you!
Ohio Amateur Quarter Horse Association - Heather Duer The Ohio Amateur Quarter Horse Association closed out 2021, and started 2022 with a bang. On February 5th, they held their annual meeting at the OQHA banquet where the 2022 Officers and Directors were introduced. OAQHA is excited to welcome new faces with various areas of experience onto the board and look forward to their support.
To view or download the 2022 Congress Futurities & Sweepstakes Book visit: www.quarterhorsecongress.com/futurities-sweepstakes.
They discussed plans for the Little Buckeye and are excited to announce that they will be again providing over $40,000 worth of cash and prizes. This includes free arena photos, swag bags, T-shirts and cups to all exhibitors in addition to cash paybacks for amateur classes, random prizes for all classes, and 1st through 6th place items. Their amazing sponsors help make the show and all the goodies possible and a new venue, Garwood Arena, allowed them to reduce the cost of your stalls and camping! On April 1st, please visit their website to snag your stalls and camping spots and join them at this amazing 4 day, 4 judge show!
2022 AQHA Executive Committee
At the banquet, it was time to celebrate this past year where 2021 and 2022 President Heather Duer gave a speech to all OQHA, thanking and reminding members of all the activities that made it such a great year and introduced their new 2022 board. OAQHA looks forward to an amazing 2022 and they hope to see you at the Little Buckeye in July!
Ohio Quarter Horse Youth Association - Lilly Ehrman OQHYA will be doing a service project at the L1 Eastern Championship at WEC. The youth members will be helping with the show AND helping exhibitors as they pull into the grounds finding their stalls, helping them unload and showing them around the facility if they need it! OQHYA will also be kicking off their fundraiser at that show, so look for more details about the event on our social media pages. The OQHYA kick off meeting for 2022 was well attended with over 50 members present at the meeting and most of those youth also attended the banquet to celebrate a great 2021!
March 25-27 OMIQHA Warm Up Show
April 9-10 EOQHA
April 23-24 EOQHA
May 6-15 SOQHA Madness
May 21-22 Buckskin Memorial Classic
May 22 Premier Mount N Trail
June 10-12 OMIQHA Summer Sunsation
Champion Center 4122 Laybourne Rd Springfield, OH 45505
Champion Center 4122 Laybourne Rd Springfield, OH 45505
Champion Center 4122 Laybourne Rd Springfield, OH 45505
World Equestrian Center 4095 Ohio 730 Wilmington, OH 45177
May 26-29 Buckeye Reining Spectacular
May 27-29 NOQHA Memorial Day Weekend
May 28-29 Mid-Ohio Dressage Spring
June 4-5 Fulton County Saddle Club
Findlay Western Farm 14700 State Route 68 Findlay, OH 45840
London, OH
May 30 NOQHA Level 1 Extravaganza
Findlay Western Farm 14700 State Route 68 Findlay, OH 45840
June 15-19 NOQHA Summer Six Pack
June 16-18 Premier Mount N Trail
June 29-July 3 SOQHA Summer Finale World Equestrian Center 4095 Ohio 730 Wilmington, OH 45177
July 7-10 Little Buckeye
Champion Center 4122 Laybourne Rd Springfield, OH 45505
July 9-10 Red, White, & Buckskin Champion Center 4122 Laybourne Rd Springfield, OH 45505
Brave Horse 1029 South County Line Road Johnstown, Ohio 43031
July 15-17 BWHA Classic
August 7 Premier Mount N Trail
August 27-28 Fall NOQHA
September 9-11 EOQHA
September 10-11 Mid Ohio Dressage East Meets West
September 17-19 Premier Mount N Trail
Champion Center 4122 Laybourne Rd Springfield, OH 45505
Findlay Western Farm 14700 State Route 68 Findlay, OH 45840
Findlay Western Farm 14700 State Route 68 Findlay, OH 45840
Creek Side Horse Park 7369 Mottice Dr SE, Waynesburg, OH 44688
Creek Side Horse Park 7369 Mottice Dr SE, Waynesburg, OH 44688
Pickaway Agriculture and Event Center 415 Lancaster Pike, Circleville, OH 43113
Champion Center 4122 Laybourne Rd Springfield, OH 45505
Preble County Fairgrounds *Covered Arena* 722 S. Franklin Street, Eaton, Ohio 45320
Fulton County Fairgrounds 8514 State Route 108 Wauseon, OH 43567
Delaware County Fairgrounds 236 Pennsylvania Ave, Delaware, OH 43015
Creek Side Horse Park 7369 Mottice Dr SE, Waynesburg, OH 44688
Champion Center 4122 Laybourne Rd Springfield, OH 45505
July 15-17 Mid-Ohio Classic
The 2022-2023 American Quarter Horse Association Executive Committee was elected at the 2022 AQHA Convention in Las Vegas. Though AQHA operates primarily upon the decisions of its members through the board of directors, the five-person Executive Committee is responsible for implementing important decisions and governing AQHA between the annual meetings of the membership and the board. The Executive Committee convenes throughout the year to conduct and manage the business of AQHA. The AQHA Executive Committee – consisting of a president, first vice president, second vice president and two additional members – is elected each year by the board at the convention. Each member serves a term of one year until the selection of his/her successor. Members are eligible for re-election and may serve on the Executive Committee for up to five years. The 2022-2023 AQHA Executive Committee is: • President Dr. Scott Myers of Sharon Center, Ohio • First Vice President Kenneth Banks of Schulenburg, Texas • Second Vice President James “Jim” Hunt of Faith, South Dakota • Member Jeff Tebow of Piedmont, Oklahoma • Member Jim Brinkman of Ericson, Nebraska
Creek Side Horse Park 7369 Mottice Dr SE, Waynesburg, OH 44688
oqha.com
Buckeye Reining - Jaime Nelson The 2022 Buckeye Reining Spectacular is May 26-29 Springfield, Ohio! $100,000+ Added Money. $74,000 Added Money McGee Farms Open and Non Pro Derby $4,000 Added Sterling Distribution Non Pro Maturity $2,500 Added Jackpot Ranch Riding Class in memory of Clark Bradley No Youth Entry Fees 2 slates AQHA Reining 1 slate AQHA Ranch Riding Jackpot Non Pro and Open Ranch Rail Classes Tons of food and family fun!
Mid-Ohio Dressage Association - Vicki Milliron The American Quarter Horse Association once again added dressage and western dressage stakes classes to the 2021 Farnam AQHA World Championship Show in Oklahoma City. The competition was held November 3-6. Awards for the champions included custom belt buckles, neck ribbons, and trophies. Ohio was well represented by having two horse and rider combinations win a total of seven world championships and one reserve. Mid-Ohio Dressage Association (MODA) member Kristin Patton and her versatile stallion Smokin Custom Crome (pictured) were World Champions in both Amateur First and Second Level Classical Dressage as well as World Champions in Amateur Western Dressage Level 1 and Level 2. Crome and Kristin competed in four full days of dressage tests while also putting in great performances, during the same four day time period, in ranch riding, ranch rail, and ranch trail. To top off their year, Smokin Custom Crome and Kristin (Four Star Quarter Horses in Ostrander, OH) were named the United State Dressage Federation 2021 Reserve Champion AQHA dressage Open and Amateur Horse of the Year in First Level. Fellow Ohioan, Stacy Westfall, also was a World Champion in OKC. Stacy riding her buckskin mare I Can Can I were World Champions in Open Classical Dressage Third Level and higher as well as Reserve Champions in Open Classical Dressage Second Level. Coming back strong on day three and four of the competition 14-hand I Can Can I won both the Western Open Third Level and higher and the Open Western Second Level. Both levels featured world champions from 2020 and the competition was exceptional. MODA continues to offer opportunities for exhibitors and their quarter horses. They invite you to join them in 2022. Information on clinics and shows can be found at https://www.midohiodressage.com/
Southern Ohio Quarter Horse Assocation - Cami Claypool The Challenge, put on by the SOQHA Youth, kicked off the 2022 Ohio show season. With the addition of a L1 Youth WT division, $11,000 was given away to youth competing in the Scholarship Challenge. There were fun classes and free photos by Ryan Geiger Photography. Show high points can be found on SOQHA.com/shows. Exhibitors new to AQHA were welcomed with a gift. We hope to see them at more shows this year. Challenge Winners included: Small Fry Champion - $1000 - Starched Rockies & Gwen Toth Reserve - $500 – Image Of You & Marley Tincher L1 Youth Walk Trot Champion - $1000 – Hes A Lazy Lover & Anna Webb Reserve - $500 – Interesting Lady & Meghan Kaser L1 Youth Champion - $1000 – KM Vested In Bo & Abbey Zawisza Reserve - $500 – Dontkissthismachine & Serrin Whitt 13 & under Champion - $1500 – KM Genuinely Best & Emma Gore Reserve - $1000 – Chips Favorite Invite & Lauren Hoover 14-18 Champion - $1500 – Too Blazin Cool & Alexia Tordoff Reserve - $1000 – If It Aint Southern & Bella D’Onofrio Second Chance Champion - $1000 – Its A Southern Dream & Chase Summerville Reserve - $500 – Sleepnmarriedwhoknew & Tianna Cooper
Clark was a two time National Reining Horse Association Futurity champion and has achieved numerous AllAmerican Quarter Horse Congress wins in western pleasure, reining, roping, cutting and versatility. He was an American Quarter Horse Association, National Reining Horse Association, and National Snaffle Bit Association judge. He showed at every single Congress since it began in 1967. In 2001, Clark was awarded the distinction as the American Quarter Horse Association Professional Horseman of the Year. He is also an inductee of the National Reining Horse Association Hall of Fame and the All American Quarter Horse Congress Hall of Fame. It was a privilege to know Clark Bradley. He left a lasting mark on the Ohio Quarter Horse Association and the All American Quarter Horse Congress. - Michelle Trimble-Ceschan
Northern Ohio Quarter Horse was thrilled to offer their members, new & old, a hospitality room at the recent OQHA banquet. The generosity of attendees for our NOQHYA Benefit auction raised over $2,200 for their kids! They also handed out many top awards for Members in a variety of categories & classes. They are thankful to the sponsors who provided support through money & awards to honor the recipients. NOQHA is looking forward to opening their stall & camping reservations March 1st for their shows online for the 2022 season. As always, keep watch of their Facebook & Instagram for information & updates, too!
The Ohio Quarter Horse Association is saddened to announce the passing of Clark Bradley. Bradley of Findlay, Ohio came from a family dedicated to the Ohio Quarter Horse Association. Clark Bradley was an instructor at the University of Findlay for 26 years. He became an active coach with the University of Findlay’s western equestrian team in 1996. He has helped coached several national championship teams and two reserve national championship squads. Clark has also held prestigious positions such as President of the Ohio Quarter Horse Association, President of the National Reining Horse Association, and National Director for the American Quarter Horse Association.
New for SOQHA this year is a L1 Walk Trot Year End High Point for the Youth & Amateur. The year end point system is converting to a 30-point scale to align with Ohio. Upcoming SOQHA meetings will be at The Rusty Bucket in New Albany. Wednesday March 9 & Monday April 11. Youth meeting will be at 6 followed by the adult meeting at 7.
Northern Ohio Quarter Horse Assn
Remembering Clark Bradley