AQHA Inaugural Novice Championships
AQHA recently announced the classes that will be offered at the inaugural AQHA national Novice championship shows, which will be held October 5-7 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and Las Vegas. Also, state qualifying methods for the Novice championships have been determined.
Novice amateur and Novice youth competitors may qualify for the Novice championships in the following classes:
- Halter: yearling, 2-year-old, 3-year-old, aged and performance halter geldings and mares
- Showmanship
- Horsemanship
- Hunt seat equitation
- Western pleasure
- Hunter under saddle
- Trail
- Western riding
- Reining
- Barrel racing
- Pole bending
- Stake race
Several opportunities exist for Novice competitors to qualify for the Novice Championship Show Weekend.