Results of our 2007 Gelding Mentoring Program. You will be able to check out our young people at work and play!
Interested youth, ages 8 – 18 may request participation in this program by submitting the application form.
Just click on the request application button on this page to receive an application. IAMHA founding member
farms will select the lucky youth participants and provide a registered show quality American Miniature
Horse gelding to youth chosen. At IAMHA we want to work with youth through out the country in an effort
to demonstrate the joy of American Miniature Horse ownership and the excitement of exhibition for all that
are involved.
Below we have listed the specifics of this program and look forward to helping the youth of America become
more involved with American Miniature Horses! We encourage and challenge all other associations involved with
American Miniature Horses to develop a similar program to help broaden the mini experience.
Gelding Mentoring Program
General premise: Mentoring Farms will donate an AMHA and/or AMHR registered, show quality gelding to a youth and agree
to mentor that youth in feeding, grooming and showing of the gelding they lease to the youth until the terms
of the program are met.
Terms of the Program
Youth responsibilities:
provide stall, exercise pasture, health care (worming & vaccinations etc.), farrier and vet care if
needed for gelding.
Provide day to day feeding, watering, exercise, grooming and general care of gelding.
Provide transportation to and from shows and show fees.
Follow mentor/representative’s training and fitting instructions.
Produce and send to mentor & IAMHA monthly written reports and pictures of the gelding on the first of
each month for a period of 2 years.
Show gelding in at least 2 AMHA and/or AMHR sanctioned shows during each year of the 2 years.
Attend at least one IAMHA seminar and/or an AMHA and/or AMHR National Show during each year of the 2 years.
Obtain parents consent, release/waiver of liability & commitment (Signed & Filed with the IAMHA Office)
to provide financial support for the care, transportation and needs of the gelding etc.
Mentor’s Responsibilities:
Provide free of charge, an AMHA and/or AMHR registered show quality gelding to a youth selected by the Program Committee & Mentor.
Provide a lease for the gelding in the child’s name for the 2 year period and until the terms of the
program are met.
Transfer the ownership of the gelding to the child after successful completion of terms of the program.
If terms of the program are not met, the lease expires and the gelding reverts to the ownership of the mentoring
farm.
Provide advice, expertise and training of the child at the farm facility or place of mentor’s choice.
As an option, if child is in a different part of the USA than mentor resides in, the mentor may provide
local assistance to supervise the training and fitting of the gelding.
Provide pictures of geldings to be offered and other pertinent information about gelding for use as
advertisement on the web and in ads though out the equine industry.
IAMHA’s responsibilities:
Gather names and other pertinent information about potential candidates for the Gelding Mentoring Program.
Assist Mentoring Farms in selection of the children to be awarded geldings.
Choose a child each month to be featured on the web page as the “Star Show Youth of The Month” and
provide a gift certificate to one the IAMHA Supporting Vendors for tack in the value of $25.00 as an award.
Provide a standardized form for reporting to IAMHA and the Mentoring Farm.
IAMHA is committed to improving the American Miniature Horse experience!!!
International American Miniature Horse Alliance
13449 F.M. 1764 Santa Fe, Texas 77510 Phone: 409-316-2045
