NEW JERSEY BRED AWARDS PROGRAM

To promote horses bred/born in NJ, the state has set aside a portion of racing revenues to reward/promote quality pleasure horse breeds.

Each breed club certifies that a horse is indeed qualified as NJ BRED. NJ AHA is the only club recognized by the state for Arabians, so they  process all the applications each year.

Usually year end awards are given out at the NJ Club dinner but attendance is not required as the money is mailed to each horse owner.

The NJ Bred show itself has good prize money.

To be eligible for year-end cash awards, the horse has to show at the NJ all breed show at the horse park and present three best scores from any (Arabian) show in NJ. Note that the Horse Park show counts as two,  so the horse need only show in one other NJ Show. If they chose to show in the NJ AHA show, the Half Arabian show and The breeders show then they can submit the top three scores from any of those.

The number of horses of a breed that show at the NJ Bred show determines how much of the entire pot of NJ bred award money goes to that breed.  That is why those entered in the Arabian awards section hope that lots of Arabians go to the NJ Bred show regardless of whether those other Arabians are in the awards program.

Anyone can take a NJ bred horse just for the class prize money.

Breeders like this concept because the NJ Certificate can be a nice selling point. No matter where the horse goes, it can always come back for this competition.

NEWS

The NJ AHA has approved a joint committee that will try to manage that program for all New Jersey Arabian clubs. 

You may know that for years it has been the sole franchise of the NJ AHA. This situation has placed the entire burden of management and communication with that club. Depending on the energy and familiarity of the year's leadership, NJ AHA might or might not get dispensing information to anyone about the program.   Many people are not clear about the difference between the NJ Bred program and the NJ AHA high score program.

The result has been poor show attendance and very little prize money for Arabians.

The NJ club entertained a very small meeting last month to discuss closer relationships among all the clubs. The NJ Bred program was suggested a beginning.

In the case of Arabians, the joint committee made up of a delegate from each Arabian club, and probably an alternate, will sort through applications and certify each NJ Bred horse that applies. The certificate # goes with the horse, saving annual re-certifications.

The committee looks over the prize list for the Arabian part of the NJ Bred show, this year scheduled for Saturday September 8.  The state pays for the show, including the two judges selected by the clubs.

I don't know that there will be time to work on this years program but I believe Brian will try to call together an organization meeting soon.

He has located a number of certificates that have been researched by NJ AHA but never sent back to owners. Getting those out will be a nice start.