2016 Miniature Horse WORLD Issues April/May 2016 - Volume 32, Number 2 | Page 12

association news WORLD SHOW NEWS Updates for the World Show which were voted on and approved at the 2016 Annual Meeting are as follows: n I t was confirmed that the 2016 AMHA World Show will be an 8-day event (one day shorter) running from September 24 – October 1. The Youth Show will be Saturday & Sunday (September 24-25), the Amateur Show, Futurity & a few specialty classes will run from Monday – Wednesday (September 26-28) and the Open Show will run Thursday – Saturday (September 29 – October 1). n T  he AMHA World Show will be changing to the 3-judge system we use at Regionals. There will be three teams of three judges (one panel for youth, one panel for amateur and one panel for open). n A  new point qualification system was passed and implemented for 2016. (Details of this point system are in your December 2015 issue of Miniature Horse World). This new system should offer a more attainable number of required points, thereby reducing the need for alternative qualifying forms and possibly allowing members opportunity to qualify more than one horse in a particular class so that they have a “backup” in case that horse should fall ill, be sold, etc. n T  he Stock-Type Division was passed and will be considered rated classes for 2016. Eight stock-type classes will be offered at the 2016 AMHA World and Regional Shows. Those classes are: Youth Stock-Type Geldings, Youth Stock-Type Mares, Amateur Stock-Type Stallions, Amateur Stock-Type Mares, Amateur Stock-Type Geldings, Open Stock-Type Stallions, Open Stock-Type Mares and Open Stock-Type Geldings. n T  he Mare & Foal class was removed from the AMHA World & Regional class offerings and put in moratorium due to lack of entries. n A  dult Special Needs Exhibiting A Stallion or Gelding and Adult Special Needs Exhibiting A Mare were removed from the AMHA World & Regional class offerings and put in moratorium due to lack of entries. Adult Special Needs Exhibiting A Mare Or Gelding was released from moratorium and will be offered at the 2016 AMHA World and Regional Shows. 10 Miniature Horse World A P R I L / M AY 2016 WORLD SHOW COMMITTEE REPORT by Kim Sweatt The World Show Committee was formed several months ago to seek alternative sites for the World Show. Under the expertise and guidance of Chair Laura Mullen, the seven members represent all three regions of the U.S.—Sami Scheuring and Kim Sweatt (West), Lisa Hawkins and Lonnie Perdue (Central), Sid Hutchcraft and Sherry Crowe (East). The committee would like to take this opportunity to share the “process” we employed to evaluate potential alternative sites for the World Show. It’s our hope that AMHA members will gain a better understanding of general facility costs and how they compare with our current venue in Fort Worth, Texas. Laura Mullen has the complete results of the site search. If you have more specific questions after reading this report, please contact Laura at