February 21, 2025MAHA welcomes new board membersThe Minnesota Arabian Horse Association is pleased to welcome three new members to its Board of Directors: Laura Mickelson, Tammi Hiniker (Stoffel) and Kristin Glaze. Laura Mickelson has served MAHA in a variety of roles for at least 50 years, including as President, delegate at AHA Convention for 39 years and provides assistance with the MAHA Spring Fling and Fall … Read MoreRead More →
February 21, 2025MAHA announces new youth scholarship programMAHA is excited to announce the launch of the Marilyn J. Hay Youth Scholarship Program that offers $1,000 scholarships for MAHA youth members who have an intent to attend post-secondary education of any kind on a full-time basis. Scholarships are not based on financial status or need. The program is available thanks to former long-time MAHA member Marilyn “Mickey” Hay, … Read MoreRead More →
February 20, 2025Former member leaves portion of her estate to benefit MAHA youthFormer long-time Minnesota Arabian Horse Association member Marilyn “Mickey” Hay (Verploeg) left a portion of her estate to MAHA to be used for the furtherance of building up youth memberships and activities. Mickey and her husband, John, owned and operated Woodwinds Farm in Maple Plain, Minnesota and specialized in raising and showing Arabian horses, particularly the Egyptian Arabian. She was … Read MoreRead More →
February 20, 2025Former MAHA members awarded MN Horse Council 2024 Pioneer AwardThe Minnesota Horse Council recently awarded Bob & Pat Fischer with its Pioneer Award for their lifelong dedication to fostering youth development, supporting the 4-H horse program, advancing the Arabian horse and contributing to the growth of the Minnesota Arabian Horse Association (MAHA), the Steele County Free Fair and within their community. Bob and Pat joined MAHA in 1957 and … Read MoreRead More →
June 21, 2024MAHA highlights the Arabian breed at all-breed show during Meet an Arabian Horse MonthThe Minnesota Arabian Horse Association (MAHA) successfully launched a Meet an Arabian Horse event at the May 17-19 DW Productions show in Mason City, Iowa, to help expose horse enthusiasts to the breed at one of the largest stock horse shows in the Midwest. Event activities were spread across the three-days of the show and included daily presentations on styles … Read MoreRead More →
June 20, 2024MAHA launches new lesson giveaway programDuring the Minnesota Horse Expo, April 26-28, the Minnesota Arabian Horse Association (MAHA) launched a new lesson give away program with attendees and is excited to announce the winners who live across the state. Each of the 12 winners receive a package of two lessons from an area Arabian horse trainer on an Arabian or Half-Arabian horse. Lesson package winners … Read MoreRead More →
April 26, 20192018 AHA ResolutionsThe 2018 Convention will long be remembered for the fire in the host hotel. However, much work needed to be done by the over 300 delegates gathered to deliberate on important issues before AHA. Below is a listing of the 2018 Resolutions and their final status. 2018 AHA Resolutions Resolution Title/Description Result Status 1 Allow Specialty Cards for Ranch Riding– … Read MoreRead More →
April 26, 2019What’s In It For Me?By Hoyt Rose Ever think what’s in it for the horse? We use them for our entertainment. No matter how you look at it most of a horse’s captive life is not about them. It’s about us. Now that we feel bad, I have another take on it, too. If a horse could choose, I would guess they would prefer … Read MoreRead More →
March 16, 2019The Minnesota Horse Council & MAHA: A Strong PartnershipThe Minnesota Horse Council (MHC) works to support the state’s horse industry through education, funding, communication and promotion of horse-related activities. Founded in 1935, the Council began as a mechanism for horse owners and exhibitors to coordinate horse activities with the Minnesota State Fair Board. Since then the MHC has evolved into an organization uniting and supporting equine activities … Read MoreRead More →
