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MQHYA Membership Benefits:
If you are interested in Quarter Horses, ride, show or just plain "lov'em", and are 18 years of age or younger, the MQHYA is for you! (You need not own a Quarter Horse to participate.) The 2011 annual membership fee is $10 per youth member. MQHYA activities include:
- Rider Skill Development Clinics
- Grassroots Show Program (all horses & ponies - grade or registered breeds of horses may participate)
- Meetings & Leadership Conventions
- Fund raising for Youth World Show trips (see Youth Bylaws Item #10), race experience, and local fun events
- Trail rides and Horseback Riding Program
- Horse Shows - futurities - lead line & walk-trot classes
- Year End Awards such as: Individual Classes; All-Arounds; Most Improved; Most Sportsmanlike Youth; Parent Volunteer; All-Around 4-H Quarter Horse; All-Around High School Rodeo Quarter Horse; Grassroots Show Program Individual Classes.
- Eligibility for various AQHYA programs including: AQHA website access; "America's Horse bi-monthly magazine; Horse Bowl; Racing Challenge; Wrangler All-Star Program; Black Stallion Grade Four Literacy Program; Rising Star Program; Art, Essay and Photography contests; World Show Talent Show; Judging and Speech contests; and College or University scholarships
- 4-H Speech & Judging Recognition
- Eligibility to apply for MQHA scholarships. The MQHA has an MQHA Scholarship Program for one annual $500 scholarship award to be used for university, college or other post-secondary education. For more information, or to print off a scholarship application form, click the scholarship Quick link (above).
- Free advertising space for youth members on the MQHA website
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