The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP), the world's largest professional association of equine veterinarians, is pleased to announce the addition of the Arabian Horse Association (AHA) to the AAEP's Alliance Partner Program. Through this alliance the organizations will educate horse owners about quality health care for the Arabian breed. The partnership will focus on the presentation of health information to AHA members through publications such as Arabian Horse Magazine as well as through veterinary speakers at selected AHA national shows. The AHA will exhibit at the AAEP's upcoming Horseman's Day educational event in Denver, Colo., on December 5.
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Plan on being in the Denver area on December 5, 2004? As part of their annual convention, American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) is sponsoring Horseman's Day, December 5, 2004 at the Marriott City Center in Denver, Colo. This event will feature five educational seminars on equine health topics specifically focused on the interests of horse owners. Horseman's Day also offers a trade fair showcasing many of the AAEP Educational and Alliance Partners - including AHA. The fee to attend this special event is $55 per person (lunch included) if submitted before November 8, 2004. To find out more, or register for this event, visit the AAEP Website.

Congratulations to the 2004 VIP Trip winner, Jackie Zito, from Billings, Montana. As the grand champion prize winner, Zito won a 4 day/3 night trip for herself and a guest to the 38th Annual U.S. National Arabian & Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show in Louisville, Kentucky. The package included roundtrip airfare, three nights hotel accommodation, souvenir show program and two VIP admission tickets to all show performances Thursday, October 14 through Saturday, October 16, 2004.

Mechele Albright from Tucson, Arizona, won the reserve grand prize, a full page four color ad in Arabian Horse Magazine. The remaining top ten winners will receive a stainless steel coffee tumbler with the Arabian Horse Association logo.
Top Ten winners are:
Fred Hempstead, Chillicothe, OH
Nancye McCowan, Little Rock, AR
Julia LaFleur, Rushford, MN
Tracy Lynch Sanderson, Cross Plains, WI
Manny or Christy Ambrosio, Pleasanton, CA
Harold Bishop, Karnes City, TX
Raymond Ellis, Nampa, ID
Paula Therrien, Three Rivers, MA

For those of you attending the AHA Convention in Anchorage, Alaska, November 16-21, 2004 the delegate packets were mailed Friday, October 1st to all attendees, committee chairs, club presidents and Board of Directors. Click here to see a complete list of Resolutions and the convention delegate packet. (Note: If you registered for convention and selected to download your convention delegate packet, you were not mailed one. Please download your packet now.)

AHYA member Amanda Purdin, of Baton Rouge, LA, leads the hunt for a $5,000 MD Barns Gift Certificate in the AHA Amateur Achievement High-Point Award standings with 575 points. Soleya++++//, an Anglo-Arabian mare owned by Lisa Chovin, currently tops the 2004 Horse Achievement Award High-Point listings with 362 points. If you've ridden your share of winners this season, or your horse has had a great year, it's not too late to sign up for Amateur or Horse Achievement Awards and be eligible for the year-end high-point awards.
Click here for the current Horse Achievement Award High-Point top ten standings.
Find the current Amateur Achievement Award High-Point top ten standings here.

The American Horse Council (AHC) has sent out 160,000 postcard-invitations asking people to participate in the national economic impact study of the horse industry, including Arabian horse owners. The study has been extremely helpful to the industry's efforts in documenting its size, diversity and economic importance to public officials, the press and other media. Horse owners were randomly selected and should receive the invitation in mid-October. If you receive this invitation, please take the time to contribute to this study.

Visit the Arabian Horse Association and other local breed representatives in the Breed Pavilion in support of the Arabian horse at Equine Affaire, the largest horse expo on the East Coast, in West Springfield, MA November 11-14, 2004 at the Eastern States Exposition complex. Expand your horsemanship skills with an elite roster of horse trainers from all backgrounds including Monty Roberts, Pat & Linda Parelli, Richard Shrake, Jane Savoie, and many others. Take advantage of one of the largest equine shopping expos in North America to shop for last minute Christmas gifts for all your equine friends.
For more information on the show, visit www.EquineAffaire.com.
For more information on the Arabian presence, email info@ArabianHorses.org.
And don't forget to wear your Arabian horse merchandise! Click on www.ZiaGraphics.com to order yours today!

Voice your opinion, and take the Member Survey. AHA needs your help to evaluate its membership structure to better serve your specific needs Let AHA know your membership preferences by taking a few minutes to fill out this brief survey. To complete the survey you will need your AHA member number, name and e-mail address. For your time we will enter you into several drawings for AHA merchandise. Watch the website for drawing winners.

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