Calling all overachievers! You know who you are: the good student, the volunteer, the role model, the die-hard Arabian horse lover… All rolled into one totally fab package!

Apply for the honor of becoming the 2007 Youth of the Year! The winning youth will be honored at the AHYA and AHA Conventions as well as during Youth Nationals. This person may also be featured on the cover of Modern Arabian Horse magazine.

Download a nomination form today. Be sure to have your Regional Director or Director at Large sign the application before submitting it to AHA. Forms must be postmarked by September 1. Don't miss out on a great opportunity. We know you're out there!

Here is your chance to get your Youth Nationals '07 Emerson Drive Commemorative T-Shirt for 50% off! We have a limited quantity left, so get yours now. Buying shirts in bulk will get you a greater discount. Bulk prices are as follows:

• Between 5 and 9 shirts - 10% off the total price
• Between 10 and 19 shirts - 20% off the total price
• 20 shirts or more - 25% off total price
• You can place your orders online. Click Here

2007-2008 AHYA Officers
President: Kim Luebcke, Peoria, Illinois
Vice President: Annalise Himmel, Schriever, Louisiana
Secretary: Brittany Butterworth, Dinwiddle, Virginia
Treasurer: Maral Otabachian, Basalt, Colorado

Sundowner Trailers, Inc. is donating two bumper-pull horse trailers to benefit AHYA. Winning tickets will be drawn October 27th at the 2007 US Nationals in Albuquerque, NM. Need not be present to win. Tickets available from the AHA booth throughout US Nationals. Donate $5 per ticket or three tickets for $10. All proceeds benefit the Arabian Horse Youth Association.

AHA Corporate Partner Sundowner Trailers, Inc. is a proud supporter of Arabian horse youth programs.

October 26th Arabian Horse Youth Judging Contest, US Nationals, Albuquerque, NM
October 27th Arabian Horse Youth Judging Contest Awards Breakfast, Albuquerque, NM
October 28th AHYA Board of Directors Meeting, Albuquerque, NM
November 1st AHYA Silent Auction donated items due to AHA
November 30th Regional Youth Team Tournament results close

The first-ever Flying Pigs Fundraiser was a complete success! Many avid piggy buyers lined up to purchase their pigs at Youth Nationals this year. The target was set, the piggies were ready, and on the count of three, pigs began flying in Tingley! Four pig buyers on Tuesday and three buyers on Thursday were High on the Hog and rollin' in loot as the dust settled. Abby Burger, Carol Bemis, Alex Desederio, and Silver Aspen Farms, Austin Boggs, Steve Corwin, and Ryan Pullara all picked up their fat little checks from the Youth Office so they could oink-oink-oink all the way to their Piggy Banks.

By popular demand, you can bet you'll be seeing these little piggies next year at Youth Nationals! Only next year, Farmer AHYA will have more piggies available, and more piggies mean more money!

I like that one! No, wait-THAT one! OK, well, hmmm…. I dunno. How can I figure out why that horse just won her class? Learn to judge and you'll answer your own questions- and everyone else's. Find out about Arabian Horse Judging

The Arabian Horse Judging Contest will be October 26th in Albuquerque, New Mexico. AHA offers winners approximately $7,000 in scholarships and incredible prizes like saddles! Entries are due September 22nd. Download a form here

Tell us about your fave activity held during Youth Nationals, and you'll be entered to win a beautiful Arabian horse poster from AHA! Spill the beans on why you love the AHYA Convention, the Emerson Drive Concert, Hippology Contest, Flying Pigs, Stick Horse Workshop, Novice Judging Contest, Parade of Regions, Daily Hoof Print, Dog Costume Contest, Dog Races, or Ice Cream Social.

Send your comments to youth@ArabianHorses.org by September 10th.

During Convention every year in November, the Arabian Horse Youth Association hosts their annual Silent Auction to raise proceeds to benefit Youth Programs. This year we are hoping to surpass our goals from 2006 by raising more money than ever for our youth. The Silent Auction is the number one fundraiser for all youth programs.

The AHYA is looking for contributions both large and small to display during Annual Convention in Tulsa, OK in November. For more information contact AHA Youth Programs at 303-696-4503 or send donations Attn: Youth Programs, Silent Auction 10805 E Bethany Dr, Aurora, CO 80014

• Horses like classical music.
• The oldest horse was named Old Billy. He was a cross breed, he was born in 1760 and he lived to be 62.
• The world's largest horse was a Shire gelding named Samson, bred by Thomas Cleaver of Toddington Mills, England. Foaled in 1846, this horse measured 21.2 1/2 hands high in 1850, and weighed 3,360 pounds.

• Horseshoes are supposed to be lucky.
• The luckiest horse shoe of all is one off the hind leg of a gray mare.
• If you hang a horseshoe upside down, the luck runs out.
• Gray horses are supposed to be lucky, while piebalds are unlucky.
• According to superstition in Lincolnshire, England, if you see a white dog, you should stay silent until you see a white horse.