American = Morgan Horse Association Newsletter

April=20 2009 Region 10 report:

Hello AMHA Region 10 Members and Friends,

This year's Annual Meeting and = Convention was=20 just great. My daughter, Amanda, and I went to Sacramento = together=20 to attend the meetings and the Convention.

We had our = pick of=20 many excellent seminars and had two fantastic farm tours to = choose=20 from. We had so much fun socializing, seeing our friends, = and=20 admiring the Morgans on the farm tour we chose. Many thanks = to=20 Dragonfire Farm, Futurity Farm, Garn Walker Stables, and = Woodland=20 Stallion Station who were our gracious hosts. The programs = were=20 informative and entertaining, the food was outstanding. = There were=20 free drawings for prizes of riding lessons, training, = reduced=20 stallion services, and rides on World Champions. Thank you = very=20 much, Ann Taylor and Bill Pettis and the Sacramento Valley = Morgan=20 Club for all your work putting together the convention for = us to=20 enjoy!

The Morgan Marketplace had many interesting = items for=20 sale and on display. There were lovely pieces of Morgan = horse art=20 for sale and to admire. We had a good time bidding in the = silent=20 auction, and found lots of nice horsey gifts, = too.

Big thank=20 you's to the generous Stallion Service donors and generous = stallion=20 auction bidders! Approximately $106,000 was raised that will = benefit=20 Morgans shows, the World Morgan Futurity, and our Morgan = marketing=20 efforts.

The Awards Luncheon and Awards Banquet were = a lot of=20 fun. It is always nice to see the award winners and hear = their=20 biographies. You may want to check out the AMHA's wonderful = Open=20 Competition Program. Registration for your horse's Lifetime=20 Membership is just $40, or you can pay just $15 for a=20 year.
Obtain Forms and Guidelines at: www.morganhorse.com/resources =

The fund=20 raising drive by AMHI has begun for the new Morgan Horse = Pavilion at=20 the Kentucky Horse Park. Yum Kee Fu has beautifully designed = The=20 Morgan Pavilion. Models of the new building were on display = at the=20 convention, and they were beautiful.

The Morgan = Horse=20 magazine staff did a fantastic job in making our Breed = Journal even=20 more beautiful, more interesting and representative of our = wonderful=20 Morgans =E2=80=93 and they did all this while seeing that = the magazine=20 showed a profit of nearly $10,000. Every year, the United = States=20 Equestrian Federation honors equine media with Pegasus = Awards. The=20 2008 Reserve USEF Pegasus Media Award to a USEF Affiliate=20 Publication went to our wonderful breed journal, The = Morgan=20 Horse. Congratulations to our magazine staff!

If = you=20 haven't subscribed in a while, please do check out this = award=20 winning bred journal. You can go to the website: http://www.morganhorse.com/ and click on = "Breed=20 Magazine." Be sure to scroll all the way down the pages so = you don't=20 miss anything.

If you haven't checked out the new = Morgan=20 merchandise with the new branding logo, please do =E2=80=93 = there are nice=20 bumper stickers (removable), mugs, casual wear, and = more!

Is=20 your horse a star? The AMHA World Equestrian Games Committee = is=20 looking for a suitable Morgan Horse performance that will = wow the=20 crowd. Each Morgan Regional Show in 2009 will have a = competition =E2=80=93=20 the winners may be invited to compete at the 2009 Grand = National.=20 The winner there will have the potential of performing at = the 2010=20 World Equestrian Games in Lexington, KY. Please visit the = website=20 for more information.

For more information from the = board=20 meeting =E2=80=93 including audiotapes and committee reports = please visit=20 the website at: http://www.morganhorse.com/ on the = Member's Only=20 section.

Registrations were down for the 2008 year, = in line=20 with the horse industry as a whole, but better than many = other=20 registries.

The American Horse Council's 2009 Horse = Industry=20 Directory is now available for purchase at $25. This = publication is=20 an annual, national directory of breed and sport = organizations,=20 equine publications, state resources and racing and gaming=20 organizations. It is now available for purchase. You can = join the=20 AHC or order the 2009 Horse Industry Directory by visiting = the AHC=20 web site at http://www.horsecouncil.org/ or by phone = at=20 202-296-4031.

=E2=80=A2 The 2010 Convention will be = in Lexington,=20 KY.

=E2=80=A2 Southern States Regional will be the = site of one of the=20 2009 AMHA Judging Schools.

=E2=80=A2 As of the = February meeting, the=20 cost of the derivative action lawsuit brought by Marjorie = Hazelwood,=20 et al, was just under $24,000.

=E2=80=A2 Are you a = Youth? Would you=20 like to win a Morgan Horse? Enter and you could be the=20 Winner!
For details, go to: http://www.morganhorse.com/news_events/latest_news/09essa= ycontest_1/

The=20 days are getting longer, the days are warming up, the horses = are=20 shedding, the grass is growing and I hope you are all having = fun=20 with your Morgans!

As always, I seek and welcome your = input,=20 ideas and comments.

Happy trails and rails to each of = you,

Barbara

Barbara@morganhorse.com
RadianceMorgans@aol.com
Re= gion=20 10 Director
Fredericksburg, VA

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