Farnam All-Around Amateur Award

There seems to be more and more interest in more all around type horses and horse events. I really enjoyed the Cowboy-Up Challenge at the Calgary Stampede – that was a pretty demanding test for the all around horse. Some of them could spin well enough to be good reining horses. I’m sure many of them could hold their own in various individual events.  But the thing that was most interesting was the trust that some of the riders had developed with their horses to enable them to overcome their instinctive need to keep themselves safe and to just do what the rider asked, trusting that this was a better decision than it appeared to be from the horse’s perspective in most cases.

We received the following information about the Farnam All-around Amateur Award from the AQHA:

The Farnam All-Around Amateur Award goes to the top Select amateur exhibitor-and-horse team earning the most points in three or more events in two categories during the Adequan Select World Show. The winner of this award receives $10,000 cash, plus $1,000 of Farnam product and a WeatherBeeta blanket; the reserve all-around amateur receives $2,500 cash, plus $500 of Farnam product; and the third- through fifth-place finishers each receive $1,000 cash and $250 of Farnam product.

The 2010 Adequan Select World Show entry deadline is August 1, 2010, and with prize packages like this, the chance to compete for $10,000 in cash is fading fast.

“Farnam has been an overall contributor to horse care in our industry and the company has taken its support a step further in rewarding equine athletes at their highest level of competition,” said Leman Wall, AQHA director of corporate and affiliate partnerships.

Farnam is also sponsoring the Farnam All-Around Award presented during the Bank of America Amateur week at the 2010 AQHA World Championship Show in November in Oklahoma City. Farnam is the title sponsor of the Farnam Superhorse Award, which is presented during FedEx Open Week at the AQHA World Show.

“We are honored to be the title sponsor for awards presented to horses that exemplify the versatility of the American Quarter Horse,” said Chris Jacobi, Farnam senior vice president for equine products. “And if along the way, we can raise awareness of the importance of horse care, then it makes it that much better.”

Farnam has had industry-wide support and has joined with The American Quarter Horse Foundation in offeringAmerica’s Horse Cares, a special program to support therapeutic riding facilities.  America’s Horse Cares is dedicated to creating an ongoing funding base to support special-needs individuals and organizations that benefit from equine experiences. Farman’s contribution is just another example of its care and support of American Quarter Horses and the people who love them.

The American Quarter Horse Journal – AQHA Corporate Partner Farnam, a company dedicated to horse care, has teamed up with AQHA as the title sponsor of the Farnam All-Around Amateur Award this year’s Adequan Select World Championship Show. The Adequan Select World Show is August 29 – September 4 in Amarillo.

AQHA news and information is a service of AQHA publications. For more information on The American Quarter Horse Journal or America’s Horse, visit www.aqha.com/magazines.

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