About Us

ARCHA Office Manager
Terri Loree
RR 2, Site 13, Box 18, Olds, Alberta  
T4H 1P3

Phone:  403-556-2640
Fax:  403-556-8766

The mandate of the ARCHA is to improve the quality of the Western reined stock horse, regardless of breed, and perpetuate the early Spanish traditions of highly trained and well reined working horses. The ARCHA promotes cow horse events and promotes the training of reined cow horses among the horsemen of the West. The Association uses and encourages the use of standard rules for holding and judging events of the working cow horse.

Since 1981, the ARCHA has had a mandate to maintain the tradition of showing, promoting, training and breeding the highly trained working cow horse and reined horse, by hosting many fine competitions and promoting the reined cow horse throughout North America.

Beginners in the sport have a variety of classes to choose from to give the novice participant a chance to enjoy and compete in an event with people at a similar training level and ability, while limit classes allow riders with limited career earnings to compete together. Open classes pit top performers in all categories.

The ARCHA encourages both the specialized horse or the all round stock horse to compete, by providing a large number of classes for the competitor to choose from.

Thus a horse and rider may compete in as many events as they are qualified to participate in. Each year the ARCHA hosts a number of competitions for the reined cow horse. All ages of horses, all cow horse disciplines and riders of all levels of expertise compete.