P.C.Q.H.R.A. RACES
ED BURKE MILLION FUTURITY
Projected Purse: EST $1,000,000
Two Year Olds
Trial Date: June
Race Date: June
GOVERNORS CUP FUTURITY
Projected Purse: $275,000
Two Year Olds bred in California
Trial Date: July
Race Date: July
GOVERNORS CUP DERBY
Projected Purse: $175,000
Three Year Olds bred in California
Trial Date: July
Race Date: July
PCQHRA BREEDERS FUTURITY
Projected Purse: $280,000
Two Year Olds Sold at LAES
Trial Date: September
Race Date: September
MEMBERSHIP
Pacific Coast Quarter Horse Racing Association (PCQHRA) is the nation’s largest and most active Quarter Horse state racing association. PCQHRA is proud to celebrate more than 65 years as the recognized representative of California’s racing Quarter Horse owners, breeders and trainers. PCQHRA encourages you to become a supporting member.
Yearly membership is $25.00 per person or $40.00 dollars for you and your spouse.
MEMBER BENEFITS:
- Annual California Quarter Horse Directory
- Discounted Cal-Bred Registration Fees
- Representation before the California Horse Racing Board
- Representation before the California Legislature
- Racing Opportunities in PCQHRA Sponsored Races
- Annual Auction Sale Opportunities
- Special Invitations and Mailing on Annual Quarter Horse Events
- Voting Privileges for the PCQHRA Board of Directors
In order to take advantage of this great membership opportunity, you can download and print the supporting membership application. Completed forms can be mailed in with annual dues.
Cal-Bred Information
As the Official Cal-Bred Registry for Racing Quarter Horses for the State of California, P.C.Q.H.R.A. administers the Cal-Bred Quarter Horse Awards Program which pays annual premiums to the owner, breeder and owner of the stallion that sires a Cal-Bred that finishes first or second in any Quarter Horse race run in California.
Under current California law, for an AQHA registered foal to qualify for Cal-Bred Awards it must be sired by a stallion that stands in California at the time of conception and it must be registered Cal-Bred with the official registry (P.C.Q.H.R.A.).
For a foal to be registered Cal-Bred, it has to meet the following requirements:
- A Cal-Bred foaled prior to Jan. 1, 1997, is defined as an AQHA registered Quarter Horse foal conceived in California.
- For foals born on or after Jan. 1, 1997, a Cal-Bred is defined as an AQHA registered Quarter Horse foal conceived in California by a stallion standing in California at the time of conception.
The change in definition that became effective January 1997 was prompted by a poll of P.C.Q.H.R.A. membership in mid-1996 in response to AQHA’s revision of regulations to allow shipment of cooled semen. Based on the results of that poll, the P.C.Q.H.R.A. Board of Directors introduced legislation to change the Cal-Bred definition so that a resulting foal from shipment of semen from a California stallion to a mare domiciled outside of California is not eligible for Cal-Bred registration.
The new definition also does not permit the resulting foal of a mare domiciled in California that is bred to an out-of-state stallion by cooled semen to be eligible for Cal-Bred registration.
The only way to produce a Quarter Horse foal eligible for Cal-Bred registration when that foal is bred by shipment of cooled semen is for a California stallion to ship semen to a mare domiciled in California.
The cost to Cal-Bred register an eligible Quarter Horse is:
- Weanlings $25 PCQHRA Supporting Members. $65 Other.
- Yearlings $25 PCQHRA Supporting Members. $65 Other
- 2yo & up $60 PCQHRA Supporting Members. $100 Other.
PCQHRA Supporting Members are those who pay annual dues of $25 per year to support the efforts of the Association.
It is important to note that anyone can Cal-Bred a Quarter Horse. It does not have to be the breeder. The owner of the horse, or the owner of the stallion that sired the horse, can Cal-Bred a horse simply by paying the appropriate fee to P.C.Q.H.R.A. The registry, however, must have the registration papers accompany the Cal-Bred Registration so the official Cal-Bred Registry stamp can be affixed to the papers.
Every year a number of Cal-Bred Awards are forfeited because the breeder, owner or stallion owner did not register the horse Cal-Bred. The horse must be registered Cal-Bred on or before the day entries are taken for the race in which it earns awards.
Outside of the cost to register a Quarter Horse Cal-Bred, there are no other fees asso- ciated with the Cal-Bred Awards Program. You do not have to pay fees to register mares, nor do you have to pay fees to register stallions.
You can download the current Cal-Bred Application using the provided download button below.