A Nonprofit Corporation organized under New Jersey Law
Those of us as Members of the U.S.A. HORSE SHOWS ASSOCIATION, Inc.
An Affiliated National Association of the Federation (USEF)

COMMUNICATION is our Misson
An Association of Inclusion where No One is left OUT

Everyone Starts at the "GRASSROOTS"

OUR PURPOSE                                               KNOWLEDGE IS POWER

Rather than wait for someone else to organize programs for us, let us accept the responsibilities in these matters. We can create and design our own levels and awards to qualify and measure our progress, and we can ALL have a hands-on opportunity to make horse shows better, to maintain the level playing field for everyone who wants to enjoy our sport. It is we alone that can end the cynicism and malaise to improve attitudes toward competition through education and understanding of each other. No one understands our sport better than we do.

This is our moment in time to make difference

We share much more than we differ. We all speak the same language "Horse"
and we all belong to the same family of the "Horse".

A NEW IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME A GOOD PLAN
for a Horsemen's Co-operative

usAHSA Goals

       Sanction Horse Shows                                                                        New Qualifying Systems Criteria
       Simple Rules for Competition                                                         Track and Publish Awards Standings
       Maintain Web Site and Forums                                                      Officials Clinics with Auditors
       Rule Book and Forms on Web Site                                                 Email or Fax Quarterly Newsletter
       Membership Benefits                                                                           Calendar of Activities
       Levels of Difficulty for Competition                                              Meetings Schedules and Agenda
       Bronze/Silver qualifying Regionals                                               Finance Accountability to Members
       Gold qualifying for Nationals                                                          Donations Tax Deductible

               Opinion Polls, Suggested Issues, Voting and Dialog on the Web Site
   
Our Vision:         
"The Sportsman's Charter"

That Sport is something done for the fun of doing it and that it ceases to be sport when it becomes a business only, something done for what there is in it;
That amateurism is something of the heart and spirit - not a matter of exact technical qualifications;
That the good manners of sport are fundamentally important;
That the code must be strictly upheld;
That the whole structure of sport is not only preserved from the absurdity of undue importance, but is justified by a kind of romance which animates it, and by the positive virtues of courage, patience, good temper and unselfishness which are demanded by the code;
That the exploitation of sport for profit alone kills the spirit and retains only the husk and semblance of the thing.
That the qualities of frankness, courage and sincerity which mark the good sportsman in private life shall mark the discussion of his interests at a show.
as published in the AHSA Rules Book 1976
it's still there in the Rule Book but we're not there anymore!  

The Paradox to be Resolved:

Should the Show Managers be grateful that the Competitors are willing to come to the horse competition?
Or
Should the Competitors be grateful that the Show Managers are willing to run horse competitions for them?
Or
Are they each half of a whole and without either one is there still a  horse sport?