North Queensland Quarter Horse Association

23/01/2026

So true!
You just have to start…

Nominations for the first NQQHA event of the year are open now via the Nominate website

Western Dressage Show #3 Series Eight
Malanda undercover arena
Saturday Feb 28
See you there 😊

Let go of your fears and just get started.

19/01/2026

❗️💥𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍💥❗️
This is Show #3 in the Series. We'd love to see you & your horses at this event. To nominate, go to https://www.nominate.com.au/EquestDn/Nominate.aspx

12/01/2026

‼️𝗡𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡 𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞‼️
⚜️💎𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗪 #𝟯 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗠 𝗔𝗩𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗢𝗡 𝗡𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗘⚜️💎
The 𝕎𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕟 𝔻𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕊𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤 ℂ𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 is well underway.
𝕎ℍ𝔸𝕋'𝕊 𝕀𝕋 𝔸𝕃𝕃 𝔸𝔹𝕆𝕌𝕋?
𝐍𝐐𝐐𝐇𝐀 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐃 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬 & 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝.

𝐀 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞/𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧'𝐬 𝐁𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 & 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗪 #𝟯 Judge and Venue are locked in for February 28th.
𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗪 #𝟭 & 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗪 #𝟮 (of 4) were a great success & all rider positions were filled!
▪️You don't need to be a member to compete in the Western Dressage Show, we have classes for non-members.
▪️If you want to be eligible for the End of Series High Point Awards, you do need to be an NQQHA member.
▪️If you want to be eligible for WDA-AUS National & State EOY High Point Awards, you do need to be a WDA-AUS member.
▪️You can also be eligible to earn competition points with the AQHA if you are riding a registered QH recorded under a financial AQHA membership.
🔹𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞.𝐜𝐨𝐦.𝐚𝐮.🔹
We welcome newcomers and returning members of any level (including walk/jog).
New NQQHA memberships can be done via https://www.nominate.com.au/Clubs/MemberRegistration.aspx...

17/12/2025

🎀🩷🎄𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙢𝙖𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧. 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 & 𝙎𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙁𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣, 𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨. 𝙒𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 (& 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙨) 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙧.🎄🩷🎀

10/12/2025

🤩💥𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 💥🤩
ミ💖 Get your planners out and get ready for 2026 💖彡.
Club committees have been busy setting dates, booking venues and securing judges for the coming year. It's been wonderful to have cooperation amongst the varying FNQ/NQ Clubs, so that wherever possible dates don't clash. It's about 'Clubs Supporting Clubs'.

Lots of us are members of the various clubs and a lot of thought has gone into setting dates so that we can all go to the various shows & clinics offered by different like-minded clubs. We still have a couple more dates to add including the 𝕎𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕟 𝔻𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕊𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤 ℕ𝕚𝕟𝕖, but that will be later in the year.
All of our dates are subject to judge & venue availability and the weather of course 😁

30/11/2025

The AGM Luncheon was well attended and it was great to see the support from members. A recap of the years achievements was reflected upon and lots of planning was done with excellent contributions and input from those attending the AGM.

🩷🎀 𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙜𝙤 𝙩𝙤 𝙃𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙍𝙞𝙩𝙖 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙑𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙏𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝟭𝟮 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙨 🎀🩷 Your efforts were great and we appreciated everything you did.

We welcome Naomi Everett who is new to the committee and thank her for taking on the role of Treasurer. We welcome back long-time members Paula Byrne, Teresa Russo and Julie Sain whose experience & vision is appreciated.
The NQQHA Committee is looking forward to 2026 being a fun and enjoyable year shared with our families, friends and horses 🫶

24/11/2025

Please send your RSVP via a FB message or email or text. 𝐖𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠. AGM details & a reminder were emailed out 2 weeks ago. Thankyou to those who have already RSVP'd😃.

14/11/2025

🎀Have you started your Christmas Shopping yet?🎀 If you are looking for Country Inspired gifts for the special Cowgirl, Cowboy or Cowkid in your life, then 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙜𝙤 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙖 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝘽𝙚𝙘 𝙖𝙩 𝘾𝙤𝙬𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮, 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙔𝙪𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙖.

Cowgirl Country & Handmade by Bec have unique and beautifully country themed clothing, decor and jewellery. There is a fabulous range of hides and horns and Bec even has cowhide Christmas stockings available. Do you know about Bec's Branding Station? She can hot iron brand just about anything - boots, bags, hats & more.

We all know that Bec is very generous in her support of community events and the 𝙉𝙌𝙌𝙃𝘼 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙤 𝘾𝙤𝙬𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮 & 𝙃𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙗𝙮 𝘽𝙚𝙘
𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙨 𝙞𝙣 2025. We really appreciate it.

13/11/2025

When you shop local, you are supporting small businesses. Gary & Sue from 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲 are one such local small business. They are a family owned business who are generous supporters of local events and we are very grateful to have received their support for our NQQHA Events in 2025 and previous years.

Innisfail Stockfeed Saddlery carry a great range of animal feeds, vet lines, tack room products, supplements and garden essentials. Call in to their shop at 4/159 Edith Street, Innisfail to pick up your supplies.

13/11/2025

🩷𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℙ𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕕 𝔼𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕟𝕖🩷 is your go to when your horse needs a treatment.
Amber Silvestri is well qualified in ℙ𝕣𝕠𝕧𝕚𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔼𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 ℍ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕊𝕠𝕝𝕦𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣 ℍ𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕤.
With over two decades of experience with horses, Amber provides premium care to meet the specific needs of your horses body. The Pinched Equine services cover areas including Cairns, Bundaberg, Charters Towers and all the regions in between.

𝙎𝙀𝙍𝙑𝙄𝘾𝙀𝙎 𝙊𝙉 𝙊𝙁𝙁𝙀𝙍
🌸Certified Equine Myotherapy (ACATT)
🌸Pre-Purchase Inspections
🌸Myofascial, Swedish, Deep Tissue Massage
🌸Trigger Point Therapy, Cupping, Lymphatic Drainage
🌸Fitness & Rehabilitation Programs
🌸Relaxation Massage, Tapotement

The NQQHA would like to thank Amber for her support of our events over the past year. To book an appointment you can contact Amber via her website at https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fthepinchedequine.godaddysites.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExOEZOUXEyaUlDYlBmRUNENXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7PnvyJCpdcAlsP-mYP3utk49tewYOfdqbWimXx5-SnugwOeU_MKUm2RJyb-Q_aem_8NMB9ovHTyHVUeqnrDXaRA&h=AT1vYxMRIOGQfWzzuJPPCHA1FIS9XQpXXYV_Di7s8GraUozv1076NGEmLclj74V__bAXzT985otHVzHoWOPW0rxr-0S2iYFFeYm8wCedMRvIw0f2cnJoYmV_K8_zgDChH4AqyDNrdhAcgqRp5f-iZA

12/11/2025

☀️ 🅵🅴🅴🅳 & 🆂🅰🅳🅳🅻🅴 🆂🅷🅴🅳 🅰🆃🅷🅴🆁🆃🅾🅽 ☀️
The shop is being remodelled and looking fabulous🤩🤩. The Feed & Saddle Shed Atherton staff have been busy building up their stocks of '𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁' 𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗹 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀, 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘄𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻, 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 & 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸, 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗲𝘀.

Well known staff member Tass has been super busy on the cutting table & sewing machine. She's also been doing some lovely leatherwork. She's very talented, if you need something made, she's happy to discuss options available.

𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙢𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙖 𝙛𝙚𝙬 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮, 𝙥𝙤𝙥 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 Feed & Saddle Shed Atherton 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙓𝙢𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙣𝙚.

Tracey and Mark, owners of the Feed & Saddle Shed Atherton have been very supportive of our NQQHA Events and our members. Thanks so much for generosity during 2025.

12/11/2025

As animal owners, we know how important it is to have a reliable competent veterinary service available. The Team at the 𝕄𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕒 ℂ𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕔 of the Tableland Veterinary Service are well known to many of us, whether it is for routine care, animal husbandry or at those times when emergency care is required.

The guidance & advice available on their social media page and through the Monthly Huddle newsletter is invaluable.

𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖 𝙏𝙑𝙎 𝙏𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙌𝙌𝙃𝘼 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣 2025.

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Did you know that we offer equine breeding services? 🐴

With breeding season in full swing, now is the perfect time to be organising reproductive work for your mare! 🩺

We offer both fresh and frozen artificial insemination (AI) services to support your mare every step of the way—from initial ultrasounds to cycle management and post artificial insemination care.

Our experienced vets can also co-ordinate directly with your semen supplier to ensure everything arrives right on time for the best chance of success. 👌

Reach out to our clinic on (07) 4096 7500 to register your interest or chat with our team. 📞