This is very exciting news! AQHA has announced that there will be two Novice Championship Shows in 2012.
"To qualify for the Novice championship shows, competitors will go through national or state qualifying. The AQHA Western Novice Championship Show will be held October 5-7, 2012, at the South Point Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, and the AQHA Eastern Novice Championship Show is October 5-7, 2012, at the Tennessee Miller Coliseum in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Two national invitation opportunities exist for competitors. Those include a top-10 placing at anAQHA regional championship show in a Novice class or to show to 20 AQHA judges throughout the year. For this latter option, competitors may show to judges around the nation – there is no regional preference or requirement. The national qualifying period for the Novice championship shows is May 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012."
