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WELCOME TO THE 26THEURQPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPOF AMERICAN QUARTER HORSESDear Exhibitors:Welcome to the 2015 Federation of European QuarterHorse Associations European Championship of AmericanQuarter Horses! AQHA is honored to sponsor the 26thannual celebration of American Quarter Horses in Rieden-Kreuth, Germany.The event was first featured in 1997 and founded by theFederation of European Quarter Horse Associations, whichsought to organize a championship event for AmericanQuarter Horses in Europe.Today, the European Championship is Europe’s premierAmerican Quarter Horse event and spotlights Europe’sbest horses and riders competing for championship titlesand total purse of nearly €50,000.New this year, the FEQHA European Championshipfeatures a one-go format with five judges as an AQHA-approved show. The Association isdelighted to bring an outstanding roster of judges – Bill Enk, Clark Parker, Karen McCuistion,Ricky Bordignon, Sandy Jirkovsky and Vreni Schmid – to judge this prestigious event. Wecouldn’t be more proud of the highly qualified group of individuals selected to judge, and welook forward to the great competition at this year’s event. I wish you the best of luck on yourquest to earn a championship title!Sincerely,Dr. Glenn BlodgettAQHA President4