Our board of directors met at our 2019 Convention this last week and passed our motions for dates and locations for the 2020 and 2021 locations. For 2020 we will be going to La Pine, OR to the Lava Cast Forest Site with the dates of September 25-27th and for our 2021 location we will..
2020 AT Grading Tour Announcement!
?Attention all Akhal-Teke owners in N. America! The Akhal-Teke Association of America is currently working on a 2020 VNIIK Grading Tour for late spring. We will be bringing Nadezdha Abramova, Nadja Tarasova, and Artur Baboev for approximately 2 weeks. We are specifically wanting at least 8-10 horses per location. If there are several farms within..
2019 ATAA Conference Raffle Items– Buy Tickets now!
You do not need to be there to win- but you do need to pay for shipping! Katrina will send you a PayPal invoice for payment and then email them a picture of their numbers. Several items are pictured below, but not all. Watch the ATAA Facebook page for more items. Contact Katrina Ardiel at:..
DEADLINE FOR VNIIK REGISTRATION SOON!
Attention everyone!!VNIIK wants to stop accepting purebred AT registration for older non-VNIIK registered horses soon (older horses that not have been VNIIK registered yet). This means that the day is coming that if your horses are NOT in the closed VNIIK studbook, they will NOT be considered Purebred Akhal-Tekes.They want current year foals registered..
2019 AHA/ATAA National Championship Endurance Ride!
The 2019 Akhal-Teke National Championship Endurance Ride will be held in conjunction with the Arabian Horse Association Distance Nationals in Vinita, OK on Friday October 25, 2019 at the “Owl Hoot Spook” ride. The ride is located at the Franks Ranch and is an AERC-sanctioned 50-mile ride. Please let us know ASAP if you are planning on attending with your AT or AT cross..
2019 ATAA Conference, Akhal Valley Farms, Clarksburg, ON Canada
This year’s ATAA Conference looks like it will be educational and FUN! Click on the link for details, payment info is below link. https://www.akhalvalleyfarms.ca/ataa-2019-conference Payment: Click on which registration you are interested in. ATAA Members Early registration (by August 31st) ATAA Members Conference registration (September 1st and beyond) Non ATAA Member Day Pass Saturday..
Incentive Fund Update!
New email for Incentive Fund entries: ?incentiveawards.ataa@gmail.com Remember, the Incentive Fund is $5000 to share this year!!!?Get your piece of the pot! For details and rules, click HERE
2019 ATAA Annual General Membership Meeting
?Our 2019 ATAA Conference will be hosted by Giles and Katrina Ardiel of Akhal Valley Farms, in Clarksburg, Ontario, Canada! Working Itinerary Friday Oct 4. – 3:00-4:00 ATAA board meeting 4:30- 6:00 ATAA AGM 7:30 8:30- Kick off Conference with Meet and greet cocktails in the barn. Saturday Oct 5. – open to general public..
Photos from the recent SANA West Rare Breeds Show, all taken by Mattie Tucker (who did an awesome job!)
Alajoz. Akhal-Teke mare, owned by Deb Bowker, ridden by Brandi Estevez, during (I think) a Western Dressage test Another Whisper, Irish Draught Horse Cross gelding with owner Tami Beach Brough Hill Hadrian’s Wall, Fell Pony Stallion, owned by Rene Bender. Galadrielle, Akhal-Teke mare (foreground), ridden by Monica Bretherton and Arzuw, Akhal-Teke cross gelding, ridden by..
The SANA West Rare Breeds Show was a big success!
We had 38 horses come to sunny Sacramento during the Western States Horse Expo, May 9-12th, 2019. I’m pretty sure it was a big hit from the comments, most which seemed to be to the tune of ‘When we do this next year’. Everyone looked like they were having a good time, horses all behaved..