By the time you read this, the ICHA Futurity & Aged Event will be just days away from starting. We are very excited about the show this year and what Idaho has to offer the cutters that will be competing here!

Our Futurity Coordinator, Sue Marostica, has worked very hard to put together a great show with many fun, evening events. You won’t want to miss the Welcome to Idaho Party on Thursday, 9/2; the Bridleless Calcutta & Cutting Event on Friday, 9/3; the Welcome Home Party on Saturday, 9/4; and the Open Futurity Finals on Sunday, 9/4. All of this, in addition to great cutting action during the days! When you see Sue at the show, please tell her Thank You for all of her efforts.

Congratulations to all of you who won awards in the UCHA Saddle Series this year!
Please be sure to mark your calendars for the BVCHA Aged Event & 3-day Weekend Show October 8th – 10th. It will be held at Heritage Park Equine Center in Caldwell, Idaho. It will be the final show from which earnings will be counted toward the 2010 Idaho Champion Series standings. We have some very nice awards planned and will be presenting those early in 2011.

Safe travels to each of you during the Aged Event season & I look forward to seeing you soon.

Preston Skaar
ICHA President

One of the things horse people look forward to all year… besides the ICHA Futurity & Aged Event… is the sale of the (2) 120′ practice pens that Don & Pat Noble bring to the show in Nampa.

These are a fabulous price to begin with, just $5,500 each, and the rumor is that steel will go up another 7% right away.  These are heavy duty, and are “Rodeo” tough.  Call Don or Pat at 800-437-3966 if you are interested.

They will be available immediately after the show on September 7th.  Don’t wait, they won’t last long at this price.

It’s hard to believe that it is already August and aged event season. Time sure does fly.

ICHA Futurity & Aged Event entries are now open! Go to http://www.idahocha.com/futurity-aged/ for the Show Schedule, Entry Forms and all of the information about the show. We are very excited about the 1,000 head of Mexican steers that will be used for the futurity horses. As always, we have many fun evening events planned that will be going on in addition to the cutting. We are thrilled to be hosting the 3rd Annual ICHA Bridleless Cutting- it will be by entry this year with a maximum of 15 horses. You won’t want to miss it!

Be sure to mark your calendars for the remaining Summer 2010 Idaho Champion Series shows: Oakley, UT August 5 – 7 and Henry’s Lake, ID August 26 - 29. Both of these shows are ICHA-Approved and earnings from each of them will be counted toward the 2010 Idaho Champion Series standings.

Safe travels during the aged event season & I look forward to seeing each of you soon,

Preston Skaar
ICHA President

We are excited to announce that we will have 1,000 head of Mexican Cattle available for the Futurity horses.  Our cattle are always good, but these will be exceptional!

Entries are now open!  Click Here for Entries, Schedules, Fees, Rules, and Contact Information.

This year promises to be as much fun as all the year’s past combined!

See you at the show!

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

I would like to send out a big THANK YOU to everyone who “Rode For Idaho” at Western Nationals in Ogden! Congratulations to each of you that qualified to show there, and also to those of you who were finalists! With everyone’s help, ICHA came home with 5th place in the AQHA/NCHA Affiliate Challenge!

We are excited about NCHA Weekend show being held at Skaar Feedlot in Lewisville, Idaho on Friday & Saturday, June 4th – 5th. I hope to see many of you there!

Be sure to also mark your calendars for the Winnemucca Summer Cutting (Friday, July 2nd through Sunday, July 4th) in Winnemucca, Nevada. This show is ICHA-approved and is part of the 2010 Idaho Champion Series.

I would like to welcome Ryan Hutchinson as the new ICHA Youth Scholarship Coordinator! Ryan is excited about this opportunity to assist with our youth program and we are glad to have him as part of the ICHA team.

The 2010 ICHA Futurity & Aged Event will be held September 1-7, 2010 at the Idaho Horse Park in Nampa, Idaho. There will be $84,000 added, and we are making plans for it to be a really great show.

I hope now that summer seems to finally be here, that it has found each of you well. I wish you all safe travels and look forward to seeing each of you down the road somewhere soon.

Preston Skaar
ICHA President

Spring is officially upon us and hallelujah for that! 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”!

ICHA is proud to be the host of NCHA Weekend this year. The show will be held on Friday & Saturday, June 4th -5th at Skaar Feedlot in Lewisville, Idaho. You won’t want to miss it! Be sure to get your stall reservations made early if you are planning to join us.

In conjunction with the NCHA Weekend show, the ICHA will be hosting a Cutting Clinic presented by Brian Anderson & Scott Martin on Thursday, June 3rd (the day prior to the show). The cost of the clinic will be $200 per person and will include lunch. To register for the clinic, contact Darcy Skaar at (208) 709-3544 or darcy@idahocha.com

Last but not least, be sure to mark your calendars for the ICHA Futurity & Aged Event which will be held September 1st – 8th at the Idaho Horse Park in Nampa, Idaho.

Preston Skaar
ICHA President

Our 1st Annual ICHA Spring Aged Event was a huge success, and we would like to say Thank You to all of those who supported it. We heard a lot of good feedback about the change in structure of having three separate shows with the total added money divided equally between them. The total payout of the three-day aged event was over $60,000!

I would like to say Thank You to our Spring Aged Event sponsors- Big Iron Ranch & Nurse N Cat, Figge Farms, Little Creek Ranch, Riverbend Ranch and Commercial Tire. We appreciate their generous support of our show!

I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the wonderful show staff that worked so diligently to put on a great show—John & Lennie Uhrig, Kathryn Webb, Cathy Carpenter, Sue Marostica, Corey Fagen, Darcy Skaar, Hitchiker Productions and Scootemnshootem Photography. A special thank you goes out to our judges- Todd Bimat, Dave Costello and Andy Adams. As always, the Idaho Horse Park staff (Rod, Gary, Pat, Sally, Marty and their crew) did a wonderful job for us at a great facility!

ICHA is proud to be the host of NCHA Weekend this year. The show will be held on Friday & Saturday, June 4th -5th at Skaar Feedlot in Lewisville, Idaho. We will be hosting a Cutting Clinic presented by Brian Anderson & Scott Martin the day prior to the show (Thursday, June 3rd). The cost of the clinic will be $200 per person (maximum of 20 participants) and will include lunch. To register for the clinic, contact Darcy Skaar at (208) 709-3544 or darcy@idahocha.com

The ICHA is in need of a Youth Scholarship Coordinator. If you are interested in helping us with this important position, please contact me at (208) 709-3543.

Last but not least, Good Luck to each of you that will be competing at Western Nationals later this month!

Preston Skaar
ICHA President