AjPHA wants every member to be involved with the conference, and offers a fund to help reduce the individual registration fee. We would like to encourage local Paint Horse clubs and associations to develop their own sponsorship plan to allow young members to attend this event. Just think how exciting it would be to have a representative from every APHA and AjPHA club attend this event!

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Enjoy the Spirit of Kentucky

AjPHA members traveled from across the country to attend the 2007 Youth Leadership Conference, held October 5-6 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Conference speaker Doug Bratton had "j" members participating in written exercises, games, and group activities that helped them get to know each other and realize their true potential as leaders of the AjPHA.
Attendees learned many valuable leadership lessons such as goal setting, team-work, and constructive criticism.

Although there was a lot of learning involved on Friday, conference
attendees were up bright and early on Saturday for a tour of Lexington,
Kentucky. The first stop of the day was at Shadwell Farm's Nashwan
Stud, a thoroughbred breeding farm owned by Sheik Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Deputy Ruler of Dubai. One by one, equine racing superstars such as Jazil and Dayjur were brought out of their stalls and presented to "j" members.

The next stop of the day was KESMARC, the Kentucky Equine Sports
Medicine and Rehabilitation Center. In addition to a tour of the facility, attendees observed horses being conditioned in a swimming pool, water treadmill, solarium, and hyperbaric chamber. Lunchtime was
spent at the Kentucky Horse Park. "J" members toured the breed barns
and the International Museum of the Horse, and met more famous race
horses including John Henry and Cigar. The last stop of the day was the
Keeneland Race Course and the Grade 1, $600,000 Shadwell Turf Mile for thouroghbred race horses.

For more information on attending the 2007 AjPHA Leadership Conference, contact the APHA Director of Youth Activities at (817) 834-2742, extension 248 or visit www.ajpha.com.

AjPHA members traveled from across the country to attend the 2007 Youth Leadership Conference, held October 5-6 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Conference speaker Doug Bratton had "j" members participate in
activities that helped them get to know each other and realize their
true potential as leaders of the AjPHA. Although there was a lot of
learning involved on Friday, conference attendees were up bright and
early on Saturday for a tour of Lexington, Kentucky. Check out more
details and pictures here.