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If I have already posted this information on RC and or AERCMembersForum, I
apologize.  If I have not then I apologize for not doing it.  Either way,
below are the rules as of today for the AHA Region XII Endurance
Challenge.

AHA Region XII
Endurance Challenge

In an effort to induce the Arabian / Half-Arabian Endurance community to
join and participate in the organization which protects and governs the
heritage of the very horses that they ride, Region XII of the Arabian
Horse Association (www.AHARegion12.com ) is presenting the following
challenge to the Arabian / Half-Arabian Endurance community.

Join an AHA Region XII ?local? club (www.aharegion12.com/clubs/index.html)
as a ?Competition? member, ride a registered Arabian / Half-Arabian in a
Endurance Ride (LD?s included) in three (3) Region XII states (FL, SC, NC,
TN, MS, AL, GA) and receive a Region XII Endurance Challenge Bronze Level
Polo Shirt.  Ride in four (4) states and receive a Region XII Endurance
Challenge Silver Level Jacket.  Ride in five (5) states and receive a
Region XII Endurance Challenge Gold Level Fly Sheet.  Ride in six states
and receive a Region XII Endurance Challenge Platinum Level Rain Sheet.  A
Region XII Endurance Challenge Championship Blanket will be awarded to the
rider with the highest mileage occurring within the region, which has
ridden in at least five (5) states.  There will be one high mileage award
for endurance and one high mileage award for limited distance.  The miles
track with the rider.

Sound easy?  That is how it should sound.  This is Region XII?s way of
asking for your support in promoting Arabian / Half-Arabian horses as the
world?s most lovable, and versatile breed.  QUESTIONS:  Call Eric Rueter
865.599.3594 or Cheryl Van Deusen 386.566.4820 or eMAIL
(R12Endurance@xxxxxxxxx).

The Arabian / Half-Arabian Endurance community has complained long and
hard that AHA does not do anything for them.  Well now is your chance! 
Become an AHA member through your local AHA affiliate club, load up your
horse and RIDE!  There will be local club AHA membership forms available
or you can join through Arabian Distance Riders Club (AHA # 12277) by
filling out a form or joining on line through www.ArabianHorses.org ? a
one year membership costs $45 for adults.

Official Rules:

1.      Horse MUST be a registered Pure Bred, Half-Arabian or Anglo-Arabian.
2.      Current horse registration owner MUST be an AHA competition member in
good standing for this year.
3.      Rider MUST hold a current AHA Competition Card and be a recognized
member of a Region XII affiliated club (i.e. be counted as member through
the AHA) prior to June 1st of the current Challenge year.
4.      For a ride to count the competitor must only earn a completion. 
Placements have no meaning in this challenge.
5.      The period of the challenge will coincide with the AERC ride year
(December 1 through November 30).
6.      High Mileage award miles are attached to the rider by type, either
Limited Distance or Endurance, but can come from multiple horses.

OK, I?m in, How Do I get my ?Stuff?:

When you have completed AERC rides in three / four / five / six states,
and the results of those rides have been posted on www.AERC.org; contact
either Cheryl or Eric at the above contacts.  Be prepared to answer a
couple of questions, like:

·       What size shirt / jacket / rain sheet / flysheet do you need?
·       Were you already an AHA member?
·       IF yes, then will this effort help keep you a member?
·       IF no, did you join because of the challenge?
·       Have you been an AHA member before?
·       IF yes, why did you leave AHA?
·       Are you aware of the following AHA Programs?
1.      Frequent Rider program
2.      Achievement Awards
3.      Distance Horse of the Year
4.      Open Event Incentive Program
5.      Competitive Distance Program
6.      International Arabian Breeders Sweepstakes
7.      AHA Pleasure Trail Ride (New for 2007 - Leatherwood Retreat in NC)

thanx eric
Eric Rueter
865-599-3594(C)
865-986-5966(H)
865-988-4134(W/F)




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