Welcome to NRSHA
National Ranch and Stock Horse Alliance Introduced
In an effort to work together with like-minded groups across the country, six partnering
organizations are proud to introduce the National Ranch and Stock Horse Alliance (NRSHA).
The alliance was developed to preserve and promote ranching traditions and heritage through
competitive ranch and stock horse events, highlighting the versatility of the ranch and stock
horse including its innate ability to handle livestock, on a national level.
The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA), East Coast Stock Horse Association
(ECSHA), National Versatility Ranch Horse Association (NVRHA), Oklahoma Stock Horse
Association (OkSHA), Stock Horse of Texas (SHTX), and Western States Versatility Ranch
Horse Association (WSVRHA) have worked for over a year to organize the alliance. With
several regional ranch and stock horse associations in existence, the group felt a unified presence
on a national level was important.
“We wanted to come together on a large scale as a unified group with the mission of preserving
and promoting ranching traditions and heritage through ranch and stock horse events,
highlighting the versatility of these horses including their innate ability to handle livestock,” said
Jill Dunkel, executive director of Stock Horse of Texas. “There are multiple regional
associations, and we felt it was important to join forces as an all-breed, national alliance
promoting ranch and stock horse events across the country.”
NRSHA will be a strategic marketing alliance with AQHA. That means each alliance partner
will turn in major awards and earnings to AQHA so that accomplishments by registered
American Quarter Horses will be placed on the horses’ permanent show records with AQHA.
One goal of the alliance is to offer a nationwide calendar of ranch and stock horse events hosted
by alliance members. This calendar will make it easy for riders across the country to find ranch
horse events with a variety of formats where they can compete.
National Championship Show
The six associations will continue to host competitions with their own rules and divisions, and
will come together for a NRSHA National Championship Show in June 2018, held in
conjunction with the Zoetis AQHA Versatility Ranch Horse World Show in Guthrie, Okla. Five
events will be offered – ranch cutting, cow work, ranch trail, ranch reining and ranch riding.
“This is a great opportunity to showcase the top ranch horses, regardless of breed, at one big
event,” Dunkel said.
In order to qualify for the inaugural NRSHA championship show, riders must have competed in
at least one alliance partner show in the all-around or in the classes they wish to qualify in
between January 1, 2017, and February 28, 2018.
In an effort to work together with like-minded groups across the country, six partnering
organizations are proud to introduce the National Ranch and Stock Horse Alliance (NRSHA).
The alliance was developed to preserve and promote ranching traditions and heritage through
competitive ranch and stock horse events, highlighting the versatility of the ranch and stock
horse including its innate ability to handle livestock, on a national level.
The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA), East Coast Stock Horse Association
(ECSHA), National Versatility Ranch Horse Association (NVRHA), Oklahoma Stock Horse
Association (OkSHA), Stock Horse of Texas (SHTX), and Western States Versatility Ranch
Horse Association (WSVRHA) have worked for over a year to organize the alliance. With
several regional ranch and stock horse associations in existence, the group felt a unified presence
on a national level was important.
“We wanted to come together on a large scale as a unified group with the mission of preserving
and promoting ranching traditions and heritage through ranch and stock horse events,
highlighting the versatility of these horses including their innate ability to handle livestock,” said
Jill Dunkel, executive director of Stock Horse of Texas. “There are multiple regional
associations, and we felt it was important to join forces as an all-breed, national alliance
promoting ranch and stock horse events across the country.”
NRSHA will be a strategic marketing alliance with AQHA. That means each alliance partner
will turn in major awards and earnings to AQHA so that accomplishments by registered
American Quarter Horses will be placed on the horses’ permanent show records with AQHA.
One goal of the alliance is to offer a nationwide calendar of ranch and stock horse events hosted
by alliance members. This calendar will make it easy for riders across the country to find ranch
horse events with a variety of formats where they can compete.
National Championship Show
The six associations will continue to host competitions with their own rules and divisions, and
will come together for a NRSHA National Championship Show in June 2018, held in
conjunction with the Zoetis AQHA Versatility Ranch Horse World Show in Guthrie, Okla. Five
events will be offered – ranch cutting, cow work, ranch trail, ranch reining and ranch riding.
“This is a great opportunity to showcase the top ranch horses, regardless of breed, at one big
event,” Dunkel said.
In order to qualify for the inaugural NRSHA championship show, riders must have competed in
at least one alliance partner show in the all-around or in the classes they wish to qualify in
between January 1, 2017, and February 28, 2018.
