Welcome to the North Superior Quarter Horse Association website.
We invite you to come to our horse shows and see what great fun we have.
Update
The 2012 annual meeting was held on Saturday,
January 14, 2012 at the Royal Canadian Legion in Dryden. Please click on Annual Meeting and Banquet for more information
on the event.
SHOW DATES ~ All AQHA Approved Shows
Northern Lights Classic
Dryden Fairgrounds
Dryden, Ontario
June
29, 30 & July 1/12
Borderland Quarter Horse Show
Emo
Fairgrounds
Emo, Ontario
August 3-5/12
Wadena Quarter Horse Show
Red Horse Ranch Arena
Fergus Falls, Minnesota
May 10-13/12 and July 27-29/12 ABOUT NSQHA
The
NSQHA was formed to encourage participation in all the shows held within the area known as Northwestern Ontario/Northern Minnesota.
This demographic area is described as east to Nipigon, west to the Manitoba border, south to the U.S. including Northern Minnesota
and all other areas of northern Ontario. All exhibitors are eligible for membership and with participation in the sanctioned
shows, will earn points toward the year end awards.
Participating
clubs include:
Borderland Quarter Horse Club (Rainy River District)
Northern Lights Quarter Horse Club (Dryden Area)
NSQHA MEMBERSHIP
Proof
of membership in NSQHA is required to be eligible for the current year high point awards. Membership can be purchased directly
through NSQHA. Mail $38 CDN for family membership or $20 CDN individual membership to NSQHA, c/o Site 132, Box 85, RR#1, Dryden,
ON P8N 2Y4. Please make cheque out to NSQHA.
To be eligible
for the year end awards, you can compete in up to 6 available shows. Points are calculated from date of membersip purchase
to end of year.
Points are awarded in accordance to AQHA's rule
# 432. A condensed version is outlined below.
A class award
will only be given if the winner has competed against 3 or more horses in that class, at least 2 times during the season.
A high point certificate will be given for every class as well as an award for
the high point and reserve in the following categories:
Halter
Stallion
Halter Mare
Halter Gelding
All Around Novice Youth
All Around Youth 13 & under
All Around
Youth 14 - 18 years
All Around Novice Amateur
All Around Amateur
All Around Select
All Around Junior Horse
All Around Senior Horse
Prizes for these classes:
Junior
Hunter Under Saddle
Senior Hunter Under Saddle
Green Hunter Under Saddle
Junior Western Pleasure
Senior
Western Pleasure
Green Western Pleasure
Junior Trail Horse
Senior Trail Horse
Green Trail Horse
YEAR END AWARD POINT CALCULATION
As per motion at 2001 annual
meeting, the points for the annual awards for all-around open, amateur and youth are calculated in accordance with rule #
432 in the aqha rule book.
Following is a condensed version of the rules as they would apply. Refer to the AQHA rule
book for the full and complete text:
432
(a) A year-end All-Around Award and Reserve All-Around Award will be given
to the horse in the open division, and the amateur and youth with any one horse in their respective divisions earning the
most points in halter and performance classes at AQHA approved shows.
(b) Points must be earned in halter and at least
two of the performance categories listed below, with a minimum of five points earned in the lowest category.
Category I ~ Halter
Category II ~ Reining , Western Riding, Trail
Category
III ~ Barrel Racing, Pole Bending,
Category IV ~ Not applicable
Category V ~ Western Pleasure, Hunter Under Saddle,
Category VI ~ Not applicable
Category VII ~ Showmanship at Halter, Western Horsemanship, Hunt Seat Equitation
NOTE: Novice winners are determined by the highest number of points accumulated
by a horse and rider combination in the novice classes.
BORDER
CROSSING EXPLAINED
You will need the following:
1. International
Coggins Test - Good for 6 months.
2. Health Certificate - Good for 30 days.
3. There is no vet check necessary at
the border.
In order to bring your horse into Canada, you must
have a current health certificate and negative Coggins report.
When
entering Canada, a Customs Inspector will check the health certificate and negative Coggins, inspect the horse, and if he
is satisfied that all is in order, will stamp the certificate and send you on your way. The health certificate is good for
a 30 day stay in Canada.
On returning to the US, you may be
requested to produce your papers again and a similar scrutiny will occur in order to return to the US.
These particulars could be subject to change at any time. In order to ensure ease
of movement over the international border, call ahead to see if there have been any changes.
RELATED WEBSITE LINKS (copy & paste to your web browser):
Manitoba Quarter Horse Association ~ http://www.mqha.ca/
Quarter Horse Association of Alberta ~ http://www.qhaa.com/
Saskatchewan Quarter Horse Association ~ http://www.sqha.org/
Ontario Quarter Horse Association ~ http://www.oqha.on.ca/
Minnesota Quarter Horse Association ~ http://www.mnqha.com/
North Dakota Quarter Horse Association ~ http://www.ndqha.com/
Wisconsin Quarter Horse Association ~ http://www.wqha.com/
Canadian Quarter Horse Association ~ http://www.cqha.ca/
American Quarter Horse Association ~ http://www.aqha.com/
This website
was last updated on February 11, 2012.
