The Horse For Everyone! ™
NEW EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR 2025
President: Sheryl Peterson
Vice President: Harry Elder
Secretary: Jerred Bridges
Treasurer: Ailene Tarap
Director-At-Large: Kristina Slobody
Rule Change Proposal Voting Results:
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#2423 - withdrawn
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#2425 - failed
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#2401 - passed
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#2402 - passed
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#2403 - failed
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#2404a - passed
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#2404b - failed
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#2405 - passed
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#2406 - passed
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#2407 - passed
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#2408 - passed
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#2409 - passed
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#2410 - passed
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#2413 - passed
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#2414 - is non-rated, (failed), but will be offered at '25 World Show
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#2415 - passed
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#2416 - passed
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#2418 - passed
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#2420 - passed
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#2421 - passed
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#2422 - failed
PERFORMANCE FUTURITY NEWS
The Performance Futurities are being discontinued. This was decided by the Performance Committee at the 2023 Annual Meeting. They will continue until they run out. Please see the Performance Futurity page for more details and updated nominations forms. They will most likely be replaced with Jackpot Classes at the World Show where a percentage of the entry fee is given out to the top finishers.
Important Accounts Receivable Policies Effective July 1, 2023
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A $20.00 fee will be added to all work that is not accompanied with payment in full or a payment method indicated. For example, "PayPal, Use CC On File, Use ACH On File, QuickBooks Invoice." Failure to pay within 14 days will result in the $20 surcharge.
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Declined credit cards will get one contact from the AMHA office and given 14 days to pay or a $20 surcharge will be added to the invoice.
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A 1.5%/month late fee will be assessed on all invoices that are 30 days or more past due.
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Returned check fee is $50. Three returned checks will result in being put on a cash, money order, or credit card only basis.
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Payment in full must accompany Regional and World Show entries. Trainers are responsible for having client credit cards sent in with their paperwork or trainers will be charged and can then collect the fees from their clients. Trainers are responsible to ensure that their clients have paid in full at the end of the show or the trainer will be responsible for the client's bill.
From the AMHA Office -
2024 RULE BOOK IS AVAILABLE ONLINE
Printed rule books are sold out
2025 Rule Book is in production and will be printed in it's entirety
NEWS FROM USPS: Due to the postal strike in Canada, AMHA is holding on to all Canada-bound mail until further notice. We encourage our Canadian customers to use email as much as possible and to contact the AMHA with any questions you have. Waiver of late fees will be on a case-by-case basis.
Make sure your paperwork is in order - leases, owner transfers, temp to perms, and stallion changes must be done before you show. DNA kits are now being emailed directly from the lab at UC Davis. The sending email address is amha-kit-reply@vgl.ucdavis.edu P. If we have to send the kit additional times, the sending email address changes to support@vgl.ucdavis.edu. Please put these email addresses in your contacts, so they don't get rejected or go to spam. If you need your kit mailed instead of emailed, please let us know when you order your kit. We are emailing Membership and Amateur cards, so please add our email address, memberservices@amha.org to your email contacts so our emails don't end up in your Junk/Spam folders. Remember, we do NOT need photos for Transfers unless the horse is also going Permanent or being registered for the first time. We have put a place for an Owner Transfer on the back, so you do not need to send us an Owner Transfer form. If you have any questions at all, please email info@amha.org.
In order to receive your membership cards, DNA kits, and notices from AMHA,
please add @amha.org as an email contact!!
CURRENT AMHA NEWS & INFORMATION
ALL MEMBERSHIPS RUN FROM JANUARY 1ST THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST
IMPORTANT DATES:
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Dec 31st - All memberships, Judge's Cards, Amateur, Stewards, and Open Cards expire
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Jan 15th - Northern Hemisphere Stallion Breeding reports due, or late fee is incurred
IMPORTANT REMINDERS:
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Make sure your membership is current! Make sure we have your email address.
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Trainers: Order your Open Cards now!
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Keep up with your paperwork - send in your transfers, temp to perms, gelding status and registrations so you are ready for the 2024 show season!
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Do you want a Permanent Height Card? Be sure to send in your completed application.
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Show managers - send in your Show Date Reservations and Show Approvals for 2025 asap.
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Annual Membership now includes a subscription to the Stud Book Online. If you don't already have an account, please contact the office to set one up.
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Watch for your emailed membership renewals. We are emailing all renewals except for those that do not have an email address on file or upon request.
PEOPLE NOT IN GOOD STANDING
Per Rule 133 Non-Payment of Obligation: No member owing in excess of $100 beyond ninety (90) days in arrears may conduct any business with AMHA. This includes registration, showing, or any other business within the Association. Such person is given notice per this rule. This also includes owing money to any AMHA approved show, not just to AMHA. Suspension and denial of privileges under this section shall terminate upon full payment of the obligation due the Association.
Per Rule 174 Publication: When a member is disciplined, suspended, or expelled, or a nonmember is denied membership privileges, notice of the imposition of any penalties against such person, including duration of the action taken will be published in the Miniature Horse World. As the MHW is no longer being published, the AMHA website is the official current publication.
Suspended Per Rule 133:
Suspended/Expelled/Denied Membership Per Hearing Board/BOD, fines may also be assessed. If eligible, reinstatement will not occur until all fines are paid as well as the suspension period having elapsed.
Carey Campbell, Canton, TX - Until October 12, 2025 + fine paid
Marketplace Spotlight
AMHA
YOUR CONNECTION TO THE MINIATURE HORSE COMMUNITY
Through our online STALLION, FARM, TRAINER and BUSINESS Listings!
MORTON BUILDINGS
The legacy of Morton Buildings, Inc. consists of a long history of innovation. The roots of the company go back to 1903, when Interlocking Fence Company was formed by John Getz, Sr., who was at the helm until his sudden death in 1925. He was succeeded by his son Joe A. Getz, president from 1925 to 1963. Under the guidance of Joe A. Getz and John Getz, Sr., a single hardware store located in Morton, Illinois was transformed into a fence manufacturing company.
The company then began manufacturing grain handling and storage products that made the task of increasing farm productivity easier for their customers. As farm machinery began to grow in size and utilization, the need to house and protect the farm machinery and provide livestock shelter began to grow exponentially.
In the late 1940’s, Henry A. Getz, at the age of 28, while working for his father as a sales consultant, had the foresight to add simple farm buildings to the business, which set the foundation of the company we know today as Morton Buildings.
For more information:
Website: mortonbuildings.com
Call: 800-447-7436
Email: mortonbuildingsonline@gmail.com
Check out the AMHA Marketplace for more Stallion, Farm, Trainer and Business Listings!
DevelopmentSponsors
Click the button above to learn more about Development Sponsorship Platinum, Gold, Silver, & Bronze Level opportunities
Thank You! .....to all of our sponsors from 2020-2022 listed below. With your help we have almost reached our goal! We still have money we need to raise to reach our $100k goal. Please consider donating to this very special cause!!
Platinum Sponsors:
Jon and Charmayne Zucker of Rockin' Z Miniature Horses
Silver Sponsors:
Joanne and Larry Ross of Scott Creek Farm
Debra Hopkins of Hopkins Heavensent Miniatures
Julie Good of Azariah Miniatures/Meadowind Farm
Bronze Sponsors:
The Whitt Family of JSW Farm
Sheryl Peterson of Oak Bay Acres
Rebecca Kelley Larrison of B & D Ranch
Tony, Carol, and Lauren Greaves of Little America Miniature Horses
Dawn Henrich of Association Management And Accounting Solutions
Nicole & Boomer Pearsall of DVM Miniatures
Deanna & Lennox Scott of Wingate Training Center
Click here to donate ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY to our Development Drive