ClubEquestrian.com's "At the Back Gate" blog will showcase the much-anticipated U.S. National Arabian and Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show, which kicks off on Friday, October 17, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Arabian Horse Association’s (AHA) own Glenn Petty will bring Arabian enthusiasts the latest in his daily blog from Expo Square.
Petty was named Executive Vice President of the AHA earlier this year and has nearly 40 years of equine industry experience. With more than 30 years as a show manager and 15 years as North Carolina's State Horse Specialist, Petty also put in years of volunteer service with the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), serving as a member of the Board of Directors and as a longtime chair of the Competition Management Committee. He was named North Carolina Hunter Jumper Association Horseman of the Year in 1991 and 1994, and was honored with the American Horse Council's National Service to the Industry Award in 1991. He and his wife, Joan, own and operate Triangle Farms, a professional hunter/jumper farm and show facility in Wake Forest, North Carolina.