Walking On Volume 6, Issue 2, February 2019 | Page 4

WHOA Dispatch
WHOA Board of Directors
and General Membership Meetings
This year the annual Board of
Directors and General Memberhsip
meetings were held in conjuction
with one and other. This gave board
members the opportunity to hear
from members prior to voting on
items. It also gave members the op-
portunity to hear what was discussed
by the board.
Executive Director Tommy Hall
provided the financial report stating
that he was pleased to announce
that all bills from 2018 were paid
by the end of the year. In years past,
bills were often paid with the next
year’s memberships. Total revenue
for 2018 was $401,225 compared to
$388,000 for 2017. Total expenses for
2018 were $397,670.67 compared to
$388,719.56 in 2017. Net income for
2018 was $3,555 compared to a loss
of -$719.39 in 2017.
The horse show report was also
positive. It was reported that over the
past 11 years, WHOA has put on or
affiliated 637 shows which attraacted
119,410 entries, an average of 187
entries per show. For perspective on
positive show trends, in 2014 WHOA
hosted and/or affiliated 89 shows that
averaged 211 entries per show and in
2018 they hosted and/or affiliated 54
shows that averaged 212 entries per
show.
During the horse show report it
was annouced that the Versatility and
Flat Shod rule books were posted on
the WHOA website. All rule changes
and new rules appear in red in the
book. Additionally, there is a new
chart in the rule book that contains
all the rules pertaining to trainers’
families.
Among the rule changes and new
rules, communication devices are
allowed except in versatility classes,
showmanship, and equitation and
announcers, ringmasters, and ribbon
girls, and their families, can now
show. Everyone was reminded that all
11 and under exhibitors, regardless
of class, are required to wear helmets
and no whips are permitted in west-
ern classes.
There was a long discussion
concerning non-registered horses
in All Day Pleasure. The rule book
currently states that they are allowed.
Since rules can only be changed once
a years, they will continue to be al-
lowed during the 2019 show season.
WHOA President Rhonda Mar-
tocci announced that judges would
only have to come to a judges’ clinic
and take an open book exam once
every three years to maintain their
WHOA license.
To close out the meeting, Maggie
Moore expressed her appreciation
for the hard work of Tommy Hall,
Rhonda Martocci, and Sis Osborne
in putting on WHOA shows week
after week.
2019 WHOA Judges’ Clinics
The 2019 WHOA Judges Clinic
dates are March 16th and March
30th. The judges clinic will be held
in conjunction with two shows.
This will allow new judges to get
one apprenticeship directly after
the classroom portion. The March
16th Clinic and Show will be held
at Pleasant Valley Farm in Shel-
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byville, TN. The March 30th Clinic
and Show will be held in Murfrees-
boro, TN at the MTSU livestock
pavilion. Judges clinics will begin at
11:00 both days. For more infor-
mation call the WHOA Office at
615-494-8822.