. Summer Slide News .

Thanks to everyone who attended the 25th annual Summer Slide this year. We couldn’t have such a successful event without you! Congratulations to  the Open futurity winners: Randy Paul riding Pale Face Dunit for Shari Jaster in the Open; Craig Schmersal and Tidal Chexalena owned by Charles Schmersal in the Stallion Stakes Open; Mike Berg on Gangsters Hitman for Everett & Karen Wiggins in the Intermediate Open; Haley Dake who was riding her own horse, Spookability in the Limited Open division. In the Non Pro futurity divisions, Tricia Hamilton won the Non Pro and Stallion Stakes Non Pro on her horse, Iz A Whiz. Cori Timm won the Limited Non Pro futurity division on her Roosters Surprise.

Josh Hattig was the big winner in the Derby classes.  He won the Open, Stallion Stakes Open, Non Pro and Stallion Stakes Non Pro riding Dudes Whippersnapper who is owned by his father, Brad. Co-Reserve Champions of the Ltd. Open Derby were Aaron Ralston on Spendin Peptos Money owned by Rheta Strong and Randy Dooley on Conquistador Star for owner George Shifrin.  The Champion in the Limited Non Pro Derby was Leslie Weibel riding her mare Twilight Spook.

Complete results from the show can be found here: Futurity Go 1 :: Futurity Finals :: Derby :: Tues/Wed :: Friday :: Saturday :: Sunday

. Upcoming Events.
Mountain Region Affiliate Finals: The Mountain Affiliate Finals are scheduled for September 8-12, 2010 in Salina, Utah. Show information, entry forms, and show conditions are available here or on the IRHA website. Contact Betty Mayer at 435-528-3971 for more information. The RMRHA Affiliate standings are now final.  Please see the Standings page for the final affiliate qualifying standings

World Equestian Games: After four years in planning, over two years in construction, and a year in selection trials (for some countries), the 2010 Alltech®  FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) is set to take place September 25- October 10 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. The Reining portion is scheduled for September 25–30. At this time, 112 riders from 29 countries are expected to compete in Reining with Medals being awarded in both team and individual competition. Not all countries will field full teams of four riders plus an alternate. Several countries will have anywhere from one to three riders representing them in individual competition. Click here for a breakdown of the various teams and individual riders and horses expected to show up in Kentucky as featured in the September NRHA Reiner magazine.

Affiliate/Year-End Qualifying Shows: Show information for all RMRHA sanctioned shows have been posted on the Qualifying Shows. The standings are now current through the Summer Slide.

The WSRHA will offer four NRHA approved shows again this year in April, June, August and October. All of these shows are held in Rifle, CO. You may visit their website to get more information on these shows.

NRHA Announces World Championship Shootout: Reining enthusiasts – make plans to be in Oklahoma City on Thursday, December 2 for the $100,000 added National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) World Championship Shootout. The Shootout is the largest added money NRHA-approved class in the world and is scheduled during the NRHA Futurity & Adequan® North American Affiliate Championship Show. In addition to crowning the Shootout champion, NRHA will honor the 2010 NRHA Open World Champion at the show in front of the largest live Reining audience in the world.

. General Interest News.
Added Money Doubles At NAAC: Good news for 2010 Adequan® North American Affiliate Championship (NAAC) qualifiers – you’ll have more than twice as much money to run at this year!  The National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Board of Directors approved a 111% increase in added money in eight NAAC classes. There will now be nearly $30,000 in added money at the event. Please see the NRHA website for individual class added money.

Year-End Awards Qualifying Changes: RMRHA has instituted a program whereby members who wish to qualify for year-end awards are required to volunteer a minimum of 4 hours in support of the association.  This volunteer program was developed in an effort to get members more involved in RMRHA.

In order to be eligible for a year-end award, each rider will need to:

1. Volunteer at least 4 hours at a RMRHA sanctioned activity or event.
2. Complete a Volunteer Form and submit it to the program administrator.
3. Riders who have not met the volunteer hours requirement may become eligible for year-end awards in exchange for a contribution of $100.
4. For youth riders to be eligible for year-end awards in any division, he/she must meet the requirements outlined in the Youth Year-End Awards program.

RMRHA Sponsorship: A primary focus of the board this year and last year has been generating more sponsorships. In 2009 Linda Hitt chaired the sponsorship committee and was very successful with several of the programs she championed. Even with this great effort there has been a shortage of sponsors. Last October your board voted to contract with Mecate Group to represent RMRHA in generating a corporate level sponsorship program as well as providing a contact for building strong positive relations with our sponsors. Our Mecate representative is Jim Gordon, and he will be working closely with the RMRHA board and Sponsorship committee to achieve these goals.

RMRHA Committees: The board has established a set of committees to oversee various aspects of the day-to-day operations of RMRHA. Please see the Committee List for a complete listing of these committees. They can always use more help. If you are interested in serving on one of these committees, please contact the committee chairperson.

Applications/Transfers Processed At NRHA Shows: Beginning this year, NRHA approved shows can process competition license applications and transfers. NRHA membership and Non Pro applications can also be processed at NRHA shows. Visit the NRHA website for complete information about these new services.

WSRHA Shows - Youth Classes: The organizers of the WSRHA shows offer two slates of youth classes. For affiliate and year-end qualifying purposes for RMRHA, only the first slate of classes will count for points for RMRHA.

NRHA Service: RMRHA member Guy Vernon is one of your elected regional directors serving on the Board of Directors for NRHA. Shane Brown is Vice-Chairman of the NRHA Professionals Commitee. Cathy Irvin is serving on the NRHA Affiliate Committee. Gary Pipkin is a member of the Bylaws Committee and Dori Schwartzenberger is Vice-Chairman of the Judges Committee. RMRHA members are encouraged to contact Guy, Shane, Cathy, Gary or Dori with any comments or suggestions you have for NRHA.

Go e-Newsletter! Each RMRHA member receives a copy of the Rocky Mountain Reins! newsletter as part of their membership. Starting with the September/October 2010 issue, the newsletter will be delivered to all members electronically. This will save RMRHA over $1,000.00 annually.

If you have previously received your newsletter via the mail, you will receive the next issue via email. Please make sure that we have your current email so that you don't miss an issue! Contact Kim Nordby at kimnordby@yahoo.com with your current email address.

. Newletters .
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