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DEBBIE SCHAUF
Mildred N. Vessels Special Achievement Award
Courtesy AQHA
Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Association Executive Director Debbie Schauf works tirelessly to promote American
Quarter Horse racing everywhere.
Schauf is in the forefront of leadership
around the nation, and before her tenure
at OQHRA also held the same positions
at the Pacific Coast Quarter Horse Racing Association and the Texas Quarter Horse Association. A member of the AQHA Racing Committee, she is also a member of many national and state committees responsible
for facets of the industry such as champion voting, state-bred programs, model rules and medications.
Among her 2012 contributions, Schauf donated her time and knowledge to support other affiliates as far-flung as Florida and Idaho. She attended industry meetings, hear- ings, and worked on proposed legislation and draft rules to provide the greatest benefit for the industry.
“Debbie Schauf has gone above and beyond the call of duty to help out her fellow horse- men not only in Oklahoma, but in other racing states as well,” said her nominator. “Debbie knows that when racing in one state wins, we all win. That is why she continually reaches out and lends her knowledge, experience, expertise and passion to AQHA members and affiliates across the country.”
Dr. Glenn Blodgett presents the Mildred N. Vessels Special Achievement Award to Debbie Schauf.
Previous Mildred N. Vessels Special Achievement Award winners:
2011–Dawn & Rhonda List 2010–Vel Evans 2009–Mary Kyler 2008–Ann McGovern 2007–Carol Cooper 2006–Ginny Harding 2005–Joan Dale Hubbard 2004–Jean Dillard 2003–Tomey Swan
2002–Sandy Erwin & Janet VanBebber 2001–Debbie Schauf
2000–Amy L. Owens
1999–Mrs. Gwendolyn Eaves 1998–Vessels/Knorpp et al “The Girls” 1997–Donna McArthur
1996–Tami Ann Purcell 1995–Shirley Schvaneveldt 1994–Connie Hall
BEN HUDSON
AQHA Racing Council Special Recognition Award
Courtesy AQHA
Ben Hudson purchased his first Quarter Horse as a teenager in the 1950s. Since then, in his long tenure in American Quarter
Horse racing, he has served many parts of the industry, most prominently as the publisher and editor of Track Magazine but also as a breeder and owner who has been involved
in the appraisal and sale of some of the most prominent racing Quarter Horses of the past 40 years.
Along with Jerry McAdams, Hudson founded Track in 1975. He is now the sole owner of the oldest independently-owned publication serving what he calls, “the running Quarter Horse business.”
In the late 1970s, Hudson became a mem- ber of the AQHA Racing Committee and was instrumental in the formation of the associa- tion’s Racing Council. In 1987, he became an AQHA Director and in 2001 was elected to the Racing Council, where he served as vice-chair- man. He is currently a director-at-large and is
serving on AQHA’s stud book and registration committees.
Hudson is past president of the Texas Quarter Horse Association and is a member of the Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame.
In 2002, Hudson won the Gordon Crone Achievement Award.
Johnny Trotter presents the award to Ben Hudson.
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Previous Racing Council Special Achievement Award winners:
2011–Dr. Glenn Blodgett 2010–Spencer Childers 2009–Oklahoma QHRA 2008–Jerry Windham 2007–Butch Wise
2006–Dutch Masters III 2005–Frank “Scoop” Vessels III 2004–John T.L. Jones 2003–Robert Gentry
2002–Jay Pumphrey
2001–Mrs. Anne B. Windfohr Marion 2000–Walter Merrick
1999–Henry E. Brown 1998–Blane Schvaneveldt 1997–James Barton 1996–Taylor Powell
1995–James E. Helzer 1994–Lloyd Shelhamer 1993–Clarence Scharbauer, Jr. 1992–Vessels Stallion Farm LLC 1991–Edward C. Allred 1990–Ralph W. Shebester 1989–R.D. Hubbard
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