Hello Cutters, By the time you read this, the ICHA Futurity & Aged Event will be going on in full force. We are very excited about the show this year and what Idaho has to offer the cutters that will be competing here! Please be sure to mark your calendars for the remaining 2011 ICHA-approved weekend shows of the year: UCHA show in Farmington, UT September 16 & 17; BVCHA show in Caldwell, ID October 1 & 2; BVCHA show in Caldwell, ID...

Hello Cutters, It’s hard to believe that it is already August and aged event season is upon us.  Time sure does fly!  It is nice to finally be getting back to “business as usual” after the EHV-1 outbreak earlier this season. Be sure to mark your calendars for the remaining summer 2011 Idaho Champion Series shows:  Oakley, UT  August 5 & 6;  Corvallis, MT August 20 & 21;  and Henry’s Lake, ID  August 27 & 28.  All of...

Hello Cutters, Congratulations to each of you that qualified to show at Western Nationals in Ogden, and kudos to those of you who were finalists there! Idaho was definitely well represented. As most of you are aware, the recent outbreak of Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1) is affecting the entire equine industry extensively. On behalf of the ICHA, I would like to extend our thoughts and prayers to each of you who have been personally impacted by...

Idaho Equine Hospital is participating in an investigation of an outbreak of Equine Herpes Virus 1 (EHV-1) infection in some of our local horses that were exposed at a show in Utah. This outbreak has extended to horses in California, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Washington, and Arizona. Any horse that was at the show in Ogden is potentially exposed. EHV-1 is a common viral infection of horses that is highly contagious. Symptoms can range...

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Hello All, Spring is officially upon us and all I can say is Its About Time! By the time you read this, the NCHA Western National Championships will be well under way in Ogden, Utah. I wish everyone that is competing there the best of luck, especially those of you who are “Riding for Idaho”! Please help us support our youth cutters by purchasing raffle tickets for a pair of Dave Hack custom chaps (valued at $2,500.00). 100% of the...

The ICHA/UCHA Youth Scholarship Auction that was held in conjunction with the ICHA Spring Aged Event & Weekend Show raised $2,525 !! ** The ICHA would like to extend a very heartfelt Thank You to Ray & Janet Goffin, Darcy Skaar and Chris Smith for all of their hard work in making the auction a success! ** Many Thanks to each of you that donated items and bid on items, for the many contributions that you continue to make to benefit of...

Hello All, Happy Easter to each of you! It’s great to finally have spring upon us. Our 2nd Annual ICHA Spring Aged Event & Weekend Show was a huge success, and we would like to say Thank You to all of those who supported it. Entries were up from last year for both the Aged Event and the Weekend Show, and we appreciate each and every person who attended. Once again, we heard a lot of good feedback about the change in structure of having...

CONGRATULATIONS to Susan Lucchesi, who won the  2011 ICHA Early-Bird Membership Drawing! Susan made sure that her ICHA membership was in by March 1st. She will receive a $100 gift certificate to use with her choice of one of the valuable ICHA Sponsors & Vendors.

Hello All, As we start to get a little glimmer of hope that spring is actually on its way, I hope that it finds each of you well! Weekend show season is in full swing, and I encourage you to head to Farmington, Utah for the ICHA-approved weekend show produced by UCHA on March 4 & 5. ICHA is very excited about our 2nd Annual ICHA Spring Aged Event, which will be held March 16th, 17th and 18th at the Idaho Horse Park in Nampa, Idaho. We will...