President’s Message- July 2010

Happy 4th of July!

I would like to personally thank each of you who attended Area 3 NCHA Weekend hosted by ICHA, held at Skaar Feedlot in Lewisville, Idaho last month. We had a great show (in spite of a “little” wind) and we truly appreciate everyone’s support of the show!
A big thank you goes out to each and every contestant, as well as a wonderful show staff that worked so diligently to put on a fantastic show—Todd Williamson, Kathryn Webb, Kent & Sarah Skaar, Skaar Feedlot, Hitchiker Productions and Scootemnshootem Photography. A special thank you goes out to Angela Larson & Shilo Inn Suites Hotel of Idaho Falls for their generous sponsorship and great contestant room rate; Brian Anderson and Scott Martin for doing such a great job on our clinic; and Denise Shewmaker for all of her help! Thanks too to the “cookie fairies” for adding some extra fun to the show!

ICHA has added an additional show to our Idaho Champion Series Show Schedule. We are very excited about this newly-approved show, which will be held July 24-25 in Whitehall, Montana. Information about this show can be found in this issue of Horse Sports, on our website www.idahocha.com and on the MontanaCHA website at www.montanacha.com

The 2010 ICHA Futurity & Aged Event will be held September 1-7 in Nampa, ID. Entries open July 1st so check out our website www.idahocha.com for all of the show information. We have a lot of fun things planned, and we hope to see many of you there with your aged event horses!

Safe travels and a happy 4th of July to each of you,

Preston Skaar
ICHA President