Now that we have wrapped up the 2024 Youth World Show it is time to start planning for a new year. For those that do not know I’m Lanie Phelps the new PHBA Youth President. My 2025 board consists of Kaitlyn Jones, Ava Schreiderer, Vannessa Simmons, Rebecca Schillings, Matalyn Royuk, Addison Strofus, and Appointees Wyatt Orrick, Caleb Heinz, and Kenley Tushcen and Youth Advisors Tia Koehler and Cory Roehrs. With the show year slowly beginning to wrap up we have big plans for next year.
We will be planning our first combined fundraiser with the Amateur Board. Our boards will collaborate to plan a bigger and better fundraiser for the 2025 PHBA World Championship Show. By doing this we hope to see our groups work together and create a stronger bond between our Youth and Amateur members.
Our PHBA National Convention will be held March 5-8, 2025 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At our convention, the Youth will all have our meeting to finalize details for the 2025 World Show. The Youth awards will also be held at the convention with the Amateurs and Open. In addition, all the Youth members in attendance will be invited to a fun activity one night. We generally do something like an escape room, this makes the kids work together.
Another event we plan on attending again this year is the Midwest Horse Fair. In the last few years, we have had the opportunity to show our breed to thousands of people. During our time here we can do a demo of the things we do at the Palomino shows. This demo will last around 5 minutes and be presented to a huge crowd. We can explain to people the beauty of the Palomino Horse and encourage them to register their horses. By doing this we can gain memberships and explain our breed.
Sponsorships are a major item the Youth Board is in charge of gathering. Our goal every year is to get all the Youth classes sponsored at the World Show. To accomplish this we split up names among each Youth Board Member. Once they are split we each call around 10 people to try to fulfill our goal. The Youth Board also, puts together hospitality baskets randomly drawn for at the World Show. Every board member must pick 2 states excluding the state they live in and create a basket.
Overall our 2024 Youth World Championship Show was a success. Next year we are planning to make it even better. I encourage everyone to look into the Palomino Horse Breeders Association if you have not already. This year I am looking forward to working with my new board and seeing the ideas they bring to the table. I am beyond grateful for this opportunity and excited to see what this year holds.
Best wishes to everyone!
Lanie Phelps