Hello Everyone, As we approach the final few months of this year, I would like to say thank you to each and every one of you who has helped make 2011 another very successful year for the ICHA. Congratulations to each of you that placed in the top four of each class of the 2011 Idaho Champion Series!  The final standings are listed in this issue of Horse Sports, as well as on our website http://www.idahocha.com/images/ICHA_Standings_20114.pdf ...

Hello Everyone, The aged event season is now well under way, and our 2011 ICHA Futurity & Aged Event was a great show! We had an excellent turnout of cutters and we would like to thank everyone who supported the show. We would also like to thank everyone who supported our sponsors, vendors and activities outside of the cutting pen. The Mercuria World Series of Cutting event presented by 3K Ranch that was held in conjunction with our show was...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Hello Cutters, As I am writing this, we just got home from a wonderful weekend in Ketchum, Idaho for the ICHA General Membership Meeting and 2010 Idaho Champion Series Year-end Awards Party.  WOW- what a phenomenal event!  Thanks a million to Jim & Sandy Figge, who graciously hosted our evening at their beautiful Party Barn.  Sandy went all out to take wonderful care of us and we greatly appreciate it.  We had a huge turnout of ICHA...

Happy New Year! I hope that each of you had a wonderful holiday season! As we begin 2011, Let’s Party! I would like to extend a personal invitation to each of you to join us at our ICHA Year-end Awards Party on Saturday, January 22nd at 5:30pm at Jim & Sandy Figge’s Party Barn in Ketchum, Idaho. *All ICHA members are invited to attend* ICHA General Membership Meeting will be held at 5:30pm, followed by a Hosted Bar at 6pm, Dinner at...