06/01/2026
Hereโs a good way to get your voices heard!
I know a lot of people have spent the last year arguing on Facebook about the "Two-Year Rule"; the inability to register foals from a mare or stallion two years after their death if born after 2015.
No matter which side youโre on, whether you support it or oppose it, Facebook comments unfortunately DO NOT count as votes.
๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฏ-๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ก๐๐ช ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ก ๐ญ๐ญ.
Itโs easy to say โAQHA does whatever they wantโ from the outside.
Itโs much harder, and much more meaningful, to participate in the process that actually shapes those decisions.
Many of you have also said you want to change how voting itself is done.
The way to do that is not online debate.
Itโs by attending convention, getting in front of the appropriate committees, and formally proposing rule changes.
I can also tell you this: simply attending the AQHA Convention will teach you more about how this organization operates than any social media thread ever could.
Governance isnโt glamorous, but it matters, and this is your opportunity to be part of it.
If AQHA is important to you, this is where your voice actually counts. Please show up and participate.
-Melanie
๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ก๐ง ๐ง๐ข ๐๐ข๐ฆ::
Renew your membership by Jan 11: https://bit.ly/aqhamembership
Register for Convention: https://bit.ly/aqhaconvreg
View Schedule: https://bit.ly/convschedule
(I recommend being there Saturday morning thru Monday afternoon)
Book Hotel: https://bit.ly/bookhotelconv
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๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐ก'๐ง ๐๐ข๐ ๐:
Please send your letter to [email protected] about whether you are for or against the rule, either way. ALL letters will be printed by my team as given to the members of stud book committee and EC at the convention.
