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The Little Buckeye and YEDA Classic

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DOC Little buckeye _ YEDA classic showbill
PDF Little buckeye _ YEDA classic showbill
NOQHA Little Buckeye Show Bill / List of Classes and Info

July 12-14: Sunbury, Ohio
YEDA will be partnering with the Ohio Amateur Quarter Horse Association (OAQHA) to host The Little Buckeye and YEDA Classic.  

Not only do you get to show at an AQHA show but there are $100 guaranteed paybacks for the YEDA classes. They will pay out 1st through 4th place. Sounds like a win-win to me!

The Little Buckeye is one of the nation’s largest and most prestigious Quarter Horse shows and has had a tradition of innovation and giving back. The concept of this year’s show is to connect middle and high school students who enjoy riding Quarter Horses in YEDA competition with other Quarter Horse exhibitors, trainers and AQHA Professional Horsemen and Horsewomen. In addition to payback classes and scholarship awards, 50% of the profits from the show will be given to YEDA programs. There will also be great awards including medallions, gift cards and other merchandise.”   The show offers both AQHA and YEDA classes including several introductory AQHA Level 1 (Novice) and Youth Walk-Trot classes. Members of the Ohio Quarter Horse Youth Association (OQHYA) and the American Quarter Horse Youth Association (AQHYA) will be represented at the show to meet YEDA riders and answer any questions about what OQHYA and AQHYA can offer in terms of showing, leadership, scholarships, horse judging competition, the All-American Quarter Horse Congress team tournament and the Congress Queen contest.   You are welcome to ride in and/or attend a clinic on Thursday, July 11 with multiple World Champion trainer and judge Brent Tincher. Also, our main event will be on Friday, July 12 where YEDA and OQHYA riders will compete head-to-head in a special Diamond Elite event. Then on Saturday, July 13 please plan on attending the exhibitor’s party and dog races.   The Diamond Elite class will be a head to head class. There will be an open and novice division. The first round will be on a horse of the rider’s choice (their own or borrowed). The remaining rounds will be by draw on YEDA horses. There will be paybacks on these classes as well! This class will offer Level 1 and open scholarship awards!

Questions, please feel free to contact
Terri Rafield terrirafeld@yahoo.com
Tammy Rath trath@showyeda.com.

DOC Little buckeye _ YEDA classic showbill
PDF Little buckeye _ YEDA classic showbill
OQHA Little Buckeye Show Bill / List of Classes and Info

National Championship Weekend Patterns

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All Invitational classes Pattern #8
All Individual classes on Friday Night (Ranch Riding) and Saturday are going to be Pattern #10
All Team classes are Pattern #11
On Sunday the Diamond Elite Pattern is #12
Note: All Reining Patterns will be NRHA Patterns 

Update of Class Schedules
Individual Schedule
Team Order of Classes
Invitational Order of Classes

Pattern Book can be found at https://showyeda.com/rules-forms/patterns/ 

Try It Program

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This program is exclusively for approved YEDA shows to allow first time team, riders, and coach that would like to experience YEDA without a full commitment of membership. A discounted team membership of $25, coach membership $10 and individual membership of $10. For more information please download the Try It Membership Program Guidelines.

Try it Membership Program Rules and Guidelines
Try It Joining Members Form
Try It YEDA Coach Registration Form Update 5.4.18
Try It YEDA Team Registration Form Update 5.4.18
Try It YEDA Individual Membership & Placement Form 2018-2019

  • Teams and riders need to use above membership forms and include these membership forms with your show entries.
  • Include your Try It Membership fee with your entries and the show management will send this to YEDA Home office.
  • Coaches, Teams, and Riders have 30 days from the date of the Try It Show to upgrade to a regular membership. If they choose to do this their Try It membership fee will be applied to their total membership cost.

YEDA National Championship Invitational

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YEDA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP INVITATIONAL
THURSDAY APRIL 16, 2020
ILLINOIS STATE FAIRGROUNDS 
SPRINGFIELD, IL 

Judge Pete McAlister


The YEDA National Championship Invitational gives student/riders nationwide the opportunity to qualify for the YEDA National Championship Show.

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  1. An invitation to compete will be offered to the highest ranked rider in each class from each state that they are not already qualified for nationals.
  2. The winner of each individual class at the invitational will be allowed to compete on Saturday April 27, 2019 as an individual at the YEDA National Championship show.
  3. The student rider must be residing and attending school in the state they qualified as an individual student rider and be in good standing with YEDA.
  4. The student rider can be a member of any team located in any state and be in good standing. The rider’s home address will be used to determine their qualifying state.
  5. Invitations will be sent out via email to both the rider and their coach the first week of April, 2019. The rider and coach will have 48 hours to accept the invitation or pass it along to the next highest ranked rider from the state which they reside.
  6. Entry fees will be $70 per class
  7. Coaches must either bring horses to cover their rides for the invitational or pay the $20 rented ride fee.
  8. The winner of each invitational class will be entered as an individual in the corresponding class at the National Championship show on Saturday April 27, 2019 for the entry fee of $50.
  9. For the advancing riders the rented ride fee of $20 still applies if their coach did not bring horses to be used in Saturdays show.
  10. All YEDA rules and regulations apply to the invitational as they would the National Championship show.
  11. The invitational will be judged by one qualified judge not judging the YEDA National Championship Show.
  12. The National Steward will make any ruling on extenuating circumstances to do with student rider qualifications
  13. Patterns for the invitational will be different from those patterns used at the National Championship Show

Patterns: All Classes Pattern # 8

Pattern Book can be found at https://showyeda.com/rules-forms/patterns/ 


SPONSOR A CLASS AT NATIONALS:

Interested in sponsoring a class? Sponsoring a class is a great way to show your support to your favorite YEDA rider! Contact Ric Weitzel. 
Forms Coming Soon. 

For more information please contact Jenna Kingery

Thank You to all of our Sponsors

Partner Colleges and Universities

Scholarship Sponsors