Welcome

The BC Interior Arabian horse Association represents Arabian and part Arabian enthusiasts from all over the beautiful Okanagan Valley, north to Kamloops and area and east as far as the Kootenays. Our club newsletter "The Flying Carpet" is also published monthly in Saddle Up magazine which is mailed directly to the homes of club members

Each year we host BC's longest running Arabian show, the Arabian Encampment as well as the only Region 5 Qualifying show in BC at the Interior Provincial Fair grounds (IPE). Our club hosts a year end Banquet in November each year at the Vernon Lodge where we present "The Horse of the Year" high point awards

Our club membership is diverse with members who are actively involved in Endurance & Competitive Trail, Arabian Horse Racing, Arabian Sport Horse and Recreational Riding. Our Youth division is active and enthusiastic with lessons, demos, clinics and field trips done on a regular basis to encourage and inspire the youth members.

2008 Arabian Encampment

For full show details and forms for Regions 4, 5 and 6 and 2008 Arabian Encampment, see the Encampment page

Community Show Series

For show schedule & details visit the ACS page

The fun of showing is where competitions begin. Now you have the opportunity to compete with other Arabian enthusiasts on a local affordable level through the Arabian Horse Association's new show venue, "Arabian Community Shows (ACS)". This all-amateur level competition will allow the local amateur and novice owner to test his or her skill level, gain competition experience and official recognition, and most of all have fun! The basic concepts include:

Affordability to encourage the fun of showing rather than qualifying.
General guidelines that allow for a more flexible rules requirement.
A primary focus on Arabians, Half-Arabians and Anglo-Arabians registered with the Arabian Horse Association Registry or the Canadian Arabian Horse Registry.
Year-end High-point program that creates recognition for top achievement by category and value for the horse.
A Milestone award program that recognizes personal achievements and tracking of an individual's progress.
AHA & CAHR registered Arabians, Half-Arabians and Anglo-Arabians competing in an ACS will have their accomplishments recorded in the horse's permanent event record in the web-based world database, Arabian Horse DataSource.
BCIAHA will be offering Year End High Point Awards for the Arabian Community Show series within our club

Flying Carpet Newsletter

Steph and 'Source' Achievement Award

Membership Renewal

2008 Membership Application

Recreational Riding Program

The BCIAHA Recreational Riding Program has been designed to recognize and reward our club members for doing what they love most … spending time with their horse(s)! The type of riding doesn't matter as long as it is non-competitive. From trailing riding, to pleasure driving you can be rewarded for every hour you spend with your horse.

2008

*Bulletin* 2008 Arabian Encampment and Region 4,5 & 6 Shows have been Cancelled.
We sincerely regret to inform you that due to the lack of entries, the Arabian Encampment Show Committee had to make the very hard decision to cancel the show that had been scheduled to begin Monday, May 19th. The projected loss to the club was estimated to be in the thousands of dollars if we had decided to go ahead with entries we had.

Lisa Klassen riding Sultan El Wady + and Breen Johnson riding Thee Source +/ in the Encampment opening ceremonies

ACS High Point Adult Colleen Kramer and Zakiyya El Bey

Stephie Goldenthal and Thee Source +/

2008 Canadian Nationals in Competitive Trail, Endurance and Ride N’ Tie
Note: there is also an AHA competition, FEI** 50 and FEI***100 at this Event.

www.canadiannationals.org

Chairman: Sandra Nielsen 403-637-0245