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The Arabian Horse Association Distance Nationals has recently started hosting additional breeds' National Distance Championships. To better reflect and describe the event, the AHA National Distance Commission has decided to change the name of the overall event, while keeping the name AHA Distance Nationals to describe the AHA Championship rides.

The event will now be known as the Distance Horse National Championships.

The event will not only hold the AHA Distance Nationals and Appaloosa National Championship Endurance Ride (ANCER), it also will offer several American Endurance Ride Conference (AERC) Limited Distance and 50-mile Endurance rides which are open to ALL BREEDS, along with an Open ALL-BREED Competitive Trail Ride.

The AHA National Distance Commission has been working with additional breed organizations to help support the growth of Distance Riding by partnering to hold multiple National Championship rides at one event. The 2017 Distance Horse National Championships will be held October 6-8, in Oreana, Idaho, site of the Owyhee Canyonlands Pioneer Endurance Ride.

-- via AHA