New this year!

We will be offering new, completely custom trophies designed by Judy Nordquist this year to Gold and Silver placings (top two) as well as newly designed high quality neck ribbons to the top ten for each class.

The Entry Deadline is Tuesday, June 1 at Midnight (MDT)
No post entries will be accepted after July 11 at 5pm

The AHPA Hunter Pleasure AOTR Jackpot Classes and AWPA Western Pleasure AATOR Maturity Classes will be held at Mid Summer Nationals

New Class! “It’s All Relative Western Pleasure Jackpot Challenge”The youth will ride the first way of the ring and an adult amateur relative will ride the second way of the ring.

Other new classes
A/HA/AA Western Dressage Level 1 JTR Championship

Arabian and HA/AA Reining Junior Horse Championship

Arabian and HA/AA Performance Halter JTR in the Mares and Geldings

A/HA/AA Herd Work Open and AATR

Arabian and HA/AA Reined Cow Horse Open

Arabian and HA/AA Limited Reined Cow horse AATR Championship

In the Hunter Pleasure and Western Pleasure Junior Horse Divisions there will be championships for 3 & 4 Year Old’s and 5 Year Old’s

The Canadian National Commission would like to invite you to join us at the Canadian Nationals this year in Brandon, MB. Westman Place will use a rotating panel of four judges this year to include: Cathy Vescey, Katie Hart, John Lambert and Mitch Sperte. 

The Working Western Judge will be Beth Hora. The Hunter Jumper judge this year will be Christine Reupke and the Dressage Judge is Vivian Hemsley.

It was a glorious evening under the colorful Scottsdale skies when a sold-out crowd of 300 guests gathered at the prestigious private airport Hangar One, with beautiful views of the private airport field.

All were given the celebrity treatment with photos upon arrival, then mingled during cocktail hour until the red room doors opened for dinner. Upon being seated, the night’s activities began with the evening’s speakers, including Kameron Kicklighter from Lightfeather Media; Glen Mason, former University of Minnesota Gophers Football Coach and now a Game Analyst for the Big Ten Network; and Dr. Mark Spangehl, Orthopedic surgeon at Mayo Clinic Arizona.

Two great causes for many of the guests at hand, it wasn’t difficult to be enthusiastic for the evening’s live and silent auctions; multiple bidders vying for every lot, from breedings to National Champion-siring stallions and a Goldendoodle puppy, to a trip to the Kentucky Derby, Fund-A-Need and everything in-between.

The night’s event continued with the 2021 Arabian Horse Times’ Readers’ Choice Awards, acknowledging peer favorites within the Arabian horse industry, and wrapped up with the ever interactive and highly engaging Dueling Pianos performance.

Through online participants and those present for the evening’s festivities, The Ames Foundation Gala raised over $300K to benefit the Mayo Clinic and Arabian Horse Promotional Fund.

A special thanks of gratitude goes to sponsors of the event: Ames Construction, LL Holdings, C. Jarvis Insurance, Hagale Family Arabians, Royal Arabians, PCF Arabians, PerformAir, Signature Oak, Stone Ridge Arabians, Orrion Farms, The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Debray Mode, and The Palmeraie.