Q-RACING JOURNAL—SEPTEMBER 10, 2014—Ten youth have been selected to participate in the AQHYA Youth Racing Experience, to be held in conjunction with the Bank of America Challenge Championships at Prairie Meadows in Altoona, Iowa.

The AQHYA Racing Experience consists of a week of racing experience to introduce youth to the sport of racing. Participants will get a behind-the-scenes look into the industry and meet the people who help the show go on every day including owners, trainers, jockeys and their horses.

These youth were picked through a nomination and application process for this all-expense-paid trip. Many of them participated in racing experience events held by their state affiliates and racetracks.

In addition to the first-hand education on racing and the racing industry, the youth will compete for $6,000 in scholarships, based on their overall scores from a pre-experience notebook and the second half of the notebook completed at the experience and the barn test.

The youth that will be attending the event are:

• Alatia Babin, Nampa, Idaho
• Amber Battles, Greenbriar, Arkansas
• Megan D’Andrea, Fowler, Ohio
• Ali Fratessa, Wheelock, Texas
• Maura Hines, Shiloh, New Jersey
• Omar Lorta, Tucson, Arizona
• Katherine Meyer, Wilmar, Minnesota
• Shiloh Morales, Eagle Pass, Texas
• Ann Elizabeth Tebow, Piedmont, Oklahoma
• Codi Uecker, Lewistown, Montana

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