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UPHA National Conference Schedule
Meetings are open to all registered attendees unless marked closed.
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Start Time End Time Event
8:00 AM 5:00 PM Commercial Exhibits and Silent Auction Set Up
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Start Time End Time Event
8:00 AM 5:00 PM Commercial Exhibits and Silent Auction Set Up
9:00 AM 5:00 PM Registration Desk Open
9:00 AM 10:00 AM MEETING: UPHA Finance Committee (closed)
10:00 AM 11:30 AM MEETING: UPHA Executive Board (closed)
11:00 AM 1:00 PM MEETING: AHHS Board of Directors (closed)
1:00 PM 3:00 PM MEETING: UPHA 2024/2025 Board of Directors (closed)
3:30 PM 4:30 PM MEETING: UPHA Equitation Committee
4:30 PM 5:30 PM Associate Members Meet & Greet at The Carousel Bar & Lounge
5:30 PM Buses leave for Welcome Event
6:00 PM 9:00 PM WELCOME PARTY: Mardi Gras World - Sponsored by Grace Arnold, LLC
Thursday, January 9, 2025
Start Time End Time Event
7:30 AM 9:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM 5:00 PM Registration Desk Open
9:00 AM 5:00 PM Silent Auction and Vendors open
8:00 AM 9:00 AM MEETING: UPHA Professional Members Meeting (closed)
Election of Officers for 2025
Vote on Proposed Bylaw Changes
UPHA 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 Member Recognition
USEF Proposed Rule Changes
USDA/Horse Protection Rules Update
9:00 AM 10:00 AM FORUM: USEF
- Overview of the Rule Change Process - Sonja Keating, General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer
- Proposed Rule Changes (General, Drugs and Medication and Breed/Discipline) - Karen Homer Brown -
Director, National Breeds and Non-FEI Disciplines Sport and Dr. Stephen Schumacher, DVM
- Safe Sport Overview - Sonja Keating
10:15 AM 11:15 AM MEETING: UPHA Chapter Officers (closed)
10:15 AM 11:15 AM MEETING: UPHA Associate Members
Election of Officers for 2025
Roll out of Tool Kit
Horse Protection Act Update
Social Media Etiquette
11:30 AM 1:45 PM LUNCHEON AND AWARDS PRESENTATION
UPHA Horse of the Year Divisional Awards
UPHA Shirley Parkinson Professional Achievement Award
AMHA Professional Horseman Award
AHHS John H. & Maybelle L. Costello National Breeders Award
UPHA Sallie B. Wheeler Distinguished Service Award
AHHS Lydia Luham Pederson National Distinguished Service
ASHBA Frank Ogletree Youth Award
AMHA Person of the Year
ASHBA Wing Commander Medal
UPHA Larry Bacon Lifetime Achievement Award
2:30 PM 3:30 PM MEETING: AHHS Members Meeting
3:30 PM 4:30 PM MEETING: ARHPA Membership Meeting
Friday, January 10, 2025
Start Time End Time Event
7:30 AM 9:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM 5:00 PM Registration Desk Open
9:00 AM 5:00 PM Silent Auction and Vendors Open
9:00 AM 10:30 AM FORUM: Horse Show Safety; Both in the Ring and Around the Barns
Presented by the Horse Show Advisory Committee and ARHPA
10:30 AM 11:45 PM FORUM: Demystifying the Drug & Medication Rules and Q&A with Equine Sports Council
With guest speaker, Dr. Travis Mays, Section Head-Analytical Chemistry (Drug Testing & Toxicology) from Texas A&M University
12:00 PM 2:00 PM LUNCHEON AND AWARDS PRESENTATION
UPHA Chapter Horse Persons of the Year
UPHA Chapter Honor Shows of the Year
UPHA Dr. Scott Bennett Professional Services Award
UPHA Associate Member Award
AHHS Elsa Mikkelsen Distinguished Service Award
AHHS Anna Lee Spires Judd Amateur Exhibitor Award
ASHBA C.J. Cronan Sportsmanship Award
ASHBA Lurline Roth Sportsmanship Award
ASHBA Meritorious Service
ASHBA Gordon Jenkins International Award
VERSA/ASHBA Mae Condon Award
2:15 PM 4:15 PM FORUM: Taking Your Business from Good to Great: Industry Professional share time saving resources to help grow and protect your business. Hosted by the Marketing & Equitation Committees:
- AI and Technology: How it can simplify communication within your business.
- How to create work/life balance: Ideas to help trainers create personal time.
- Marketing your business: Different ways to promote your business, your horses and yourself.
- Protecting your business: Professional peace of mind
- Billing: Different ideas to help save time and streamline your billing.
4:15 PM 5:15 PM Young Professionals Meeting & Forum: Learn From Leaders in our Industry: An opportunity to ask questions to some of the best (open to professional trainers and instructors aged 40/Under
6:00 PM Pub Crawl: UPHA Chapter 6/7 invites UPHA Professional members at least 21 years of age to join them for"A Taste of New Orleans." (Signup required on the registration form). Indulge in New Orleans liquid culture as you visit four legendary venues. The crawl begins at the Carousel Bar, followed by stops at the Saddle Bar, Hermes Bar at Antoine's Restaurant, and finally, Pat O'Brien's. Make it to the last pub for a chance to win the grand prize!
7:30 PM 9:00 PM Ghost Tour: UPHA Associate Committee invites you on a guided ghost tour. (Signup required on registration form) Master storytellers will lead the group through the darkened streets, providing a historically accurate and entertaining tour filled with New Orleans ghost stories and tales of vampires.
5:30 PM 10:00 PM Youth Movie Night: Hosted by UPHA Associates Committee. (Sign up required on the registration form)
All youth 17 & under attending the conference are invited to get together and watch a movie. Pizza and drinks provided. Children must be potty trained. Chaperones provided.
Saturday, January 11, 2025
Start Time End Time Event
7:30 AM 9:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM 5:00 PM Registration Desk Open
9:00 AM 5:00 PM Vendors
9:00 AM 3:00 PM Silent Auction- bidding ends at 3:00 PM ET
9:00 AM 11:00 AM FORUM: How do you create the ultimate show ring success? Hear from some of the industry's most successful, long term trainer/client partnerships as they unveil the key ingredients for success.
Presented by the UPHA Associates Committee
Panelists include: Kim Cowart and Susan Swope, Mike Goebig and Tony Lee, Mary Orr and Vickie Byrd, Shelley Fisher and Amy and Isabelle Fischer.
11:30 AM 1:30 PM LUNCHEON & AWARDS PRESENTATION
UPHA National Honor Show
AHHS “Spirit of the Youth Medallion” Award
AHHS Junior Exhibitor Award
UPHA Lillian Shively Equitation Distinguished Service Award
UPHA Ribbons of Service Presentation-Platinum and Diamond levels, and Scholarship Recipients UPHA Tony Ray Young Professional of the Year Award
National Horseman Icon Award
ASHBA Paul and Dorothy Gillenwater Family
ASHBA Breeder of the Year
ASHBA Horse of the Year
1:00 PM 1:30 PM AMHA and ASHBA JUDGES CLINIC-Check in Participants must register with AMHA &/or ASHBA
1:30 PM 2:15 PM ASHBA AND AMHA COMBINED JUDGES CLINIC: Ethics (closed)
2:15 PM 5:00 PM ASHBA AND AMHA COMBINED JUDGES CLINIC: Saddle Seat Equitation Division (closed)
2:00 PM 4:30 PM YOUTH EVENT: Field Trip to Audubon Aquarium
2:00 PM 3:00 PM MEETING: UPHA Executive Board (closed)
3:30 PM 4:30 PM MEETING: UPHA 2025 Board of Directors (closed)
5:30 PM Buses Leave for WWII Museum
6:00 PM 7:00 PM Cocktail Reception
7:00 PM 10:00 PM HALL OF FAME AWARDS DINNER & GALA-Black tie optional
St. Jude Children’s Hospital Ribbons of Service Presentation
UPHA Helen Crabtree Instructor Hall of Fame Award
UPHA Overall Horse & Pony of the Year Awards
ASHBA Breeder’s Hall of Fame
AHHS Bill G. Robinson National Trainer Award
UPHA Richard E. Lavery Professional Horseman’s Award
UPHA Harry M. Sebring Professional Horseman’s Award
ASHBA Lifetime Achievement
AHHS Gwen Stableford Lifetime Achievement Award
AMHA Hall of Fame Award
UPHA Alvin C. Ruxer Lifetime Commitment Award
UPHA Tom Moore Hall of Fame Award
Sunday, January 12, 2025
Start Time End Time Event
7:30 AM 8:00 AM AMHA JUDGES CLINIC-Check in-Participants must register with AMHA
7:30 AM 8:00 AM ASHBA JUDGES CLINIC-Check in-Participants must register with ASHBA
8:00 AM 10:00 AM AMHA JUDGES CLINIC-Registered (R) Morgan Judges only (closed)
8:00 AM 10:00 AM ASHBA JUDGES CLINIC-Applicants Only Session (closed) to auditors)
10:00 AM 10:15 AM ASHBA JUDGES CLINIC -Check in for Auditors, “r”, & “R” Judges
10:15 AM 12:15 PM ASHBA JUDGES CLINIC-Roadster & Hackney Divisions (closed)
12:15 PM 1:00 PM ASHBA JUDGES CLINIC-working lunch with interviews (closed)
1:00 PM 4:00 PM ASHBA JUDGES CLINIC-American Saddlebred Division (closed)
4:00 PM 5:00 PM ASHBA JUDGES CLINIC-interviews (closed)