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AQHA Ranching Heritage
Breeders & Challenge
Programs

All Return to the Remuda Consignors are
AQHA Ranching Heritage Breeders.

The American Quarter Horse Association is committed to the promotion of
the ranch horse. There are programs to help ranchers to market their ranch-bred
American Quarter Horses and opportunities for ranch-bred horses to be show-
cased in competition.
Ranching Heritage Breeders Program
Ranching Heritage Breeders are AQHA member-owned ranches and individ-
uals who represent longevity, honesty and integrity in raising quality American
Quarter Horses and uphold ranching heritage traditions.
Ranching Heritage Breeders must breed and register at least five foals annu-
ally and must maintain a remuda of horses used to operate a working cattle
operation. The ranch also must have received an AQHA 10-year breeder award
to be eligible for the program.
Ranching Heritage Breeders support the Young Horse Development program
by donating weanlings and/or offering for sale to members of the American
Quarter Horse Youth Association. Youth train and keep these horses, which
builds a lifelong passion for the American Quarter Horse.
Ranching Heritage Breeders also can earn cash awards and recognition for
their horses competing in 20 events across the country with the Top RHB Horse
Award. Owners also are presented a cash award.
The horses that come from Ranching Heritage Breeders uphold the tradition
and heritage of the working cattle ranch and when horses are purchased from a
Ranching Heritage Breeder, that great tradition continues.
AQHA Ranching Heritage Challenge
An exclusive opportunity for Ranching Heritage bred-horses, the AQHA Ranch-
ing Heritage Challenge is a way to showcase ranch-bred American Quarter Horses.
The Challenges offer multiple divisions for various ages and skill levels for
both horse and rider. Classes include working ranch horse, ranch riding, team
roping and barrel racing.
To be eligible, horses must have been bred by a Ranching Heritage Breed-
er, plus all payments – weanling, yearling, 2-year-old and 3-year-old – must
be complete in order to compete. Those payments also generate the purses for
Ranching Heritage Challenge events. Horses that compete in a Ranching Heri-
tage Challenge qualify for the RHC Finals.
For more information about AQHA’s ranching programs, including a list
of Ranching Heritage Breeders, an application to become Ranching Heritage
Breeder, Top RHB Horse Award winners and Ranching Heritage Challenge in-
formation, visit aqha.com/ranching.

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