July 19, 2001

Deadline Approaches For AQHA/BAYER Best Remuda Award

AQHA Looking to Honor Another Outstanding Ranch

AMARILLO, Texas - From the earliest trail drives to the daily work of modern ranchers, no other tool has been more valuable to cattlemen than the working American Quarter Horse.

In conjunction with Bayer Animal Health, the American Quarter Horse Association recognizes outstanding performance by a working ranch remuda. Inaugurated in 1992, the AQHA/Bayer Best Remuda Award is awarded annually during the Working Ranch Cowboy's Association World Championship Rodeo held in November. The 6th Annual WRCA World Championships will take place November 7 - 11 in Amarillo, Texas.

Any ranch that has five or more American Quarter Horse mares used to produce horses for ranch work and is a Member of AQHA is eligible for this award and is encouraged to nominate. The deadline for nominations to be received in AQHA's offices is Wednesday, August 1.

"Open the pages of any cattle magazine and it's easy to see how important the American Quarter Horse is to the success of America's ranches," said AQHA Executive Vice President Bill Brewer. "One of those cattle magazines recently talked about how ranchers like and appreciate their cattle but love their horses. It makes me extremely proud that AQHA as an organization, recognizes this special relationship ranchers have with their horses by honoring them with the Bayer Best Remuda Award."

AQHA Bayer Best Remuda Winners 1992-2000

2000 CS Cattle Company, Cimarron, New Mexico
1999 Bogle LTD, Dexter, New Mexico
1998 Pitchfork Land & Cattle Company, Guthrie, Texas
1997 R.A. Brown Ranch, Throckmorton, Texas
1996 Bar B Ranch, Beaver, Oklahoma
1995 Stuart Ranch, Caddo, Oklahoma
1994 Waggoner Ranch, Vernon, Texas
1993 6666 Ranch, Guthrie, Texas
1992 Haythorn Land & Cattle Company, Arthur, Nebraska

Complementing the Bayer Best Remuda Award is the BAYER BEST REMUDA EDUCATIONAL TOUR, an exciting series of educational clinics held throughout North America. Joe Wolter, America's Horse author and trainer for the 6666 Ranch offers useful tips and training techniques to horsemen of all levels.

More information on the Award or Tour can be obtained by calling AQHA at 806-376-4811 or visiting AQHA's Web site at www.aqha.com. Nominations can be submitted via AQHA's Web site.