The AQHA Ranching Heritage Young Horse Development Program is a life-changing experience, and youth are invited to apply!
Participating AQHA Ranching Heritage Breeders donate young horses for Young Horse Development participants to raise and train. Young horsemen and women learn responsibility and goal-setting, important components of horse ownership - and life skills that can follow them for years to come. Encouraged by good fun, as well as key education in the horse industry, youth learn to raise and train their weanlings. At the end of the program, participants get to keep their donated horses.
Priority Application Deadline: August 15, 2024
Late Application Deadline: October 1, 2024
Youth should apply by the priority deadline for the best chance of admission into the program and the most likely match with a horse closest to your home. Participants may be selected and matched with horses any time after August 15, with the majority being selected and matched with horses September through November 2024.
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