Growing up in a small town of Rockville, Indiana, Kelsey Tumey, has been involved in the AQHA industry from showing as a youth, amateur and now as a trainer. Recently, Kelsey has been known more for her breeding program. Some of you may know the babies she has bred and raised, which have made huge […]
Hutchinson Performance Horses has announced that it will now be operating out of Gene Parker Farms in Orrum, North Carolina. Kelby and Kaitlin Hutchinson are now accepting a limited number of training horses, specializing in Western Pleasure and Hunter Under Saddle futurity horses. For more information call Kelby at (803) 410-8415 or Kaitlin at (302) […]
Equine photographer and artist Eric Hardesty, of Brunswick, Ohio is recovering at Hackley Hospital in Muskegon, Michigan hospital from injuries sustained in an automobile accident on July 8. Hardesty was traveling home from a horse show in Luddington, Michigan in his truck towing a Raptor camper when the accident occurred. His finacé, Amy Engelskirger, was […]
Delanie McClanahan, of Belton, Texas, will put her 2019 National Snaffle Bit Association (NSBA) Foundation Scholarship to good use when she begins 16 years of higher education, as she pursues a career as a neurosurgeon. To reach her goal, McClanahan will complete four years of undergraduate studies, four years of medical surgeon and eight additional […]
AQHA and NSBA trainer Shannon Vroegh of Grimes, Iowa, and Brent Walker became engaged last month. Competing on both the AQHA and APHA circuits, Shannon has exhibited and trained Congress Champions, Reserve Congress Champions, World Champions and Reserve World Champions. She has also been behind multiple futurity champions at NSBA World, Tom Powers, Southern Belle […]
AQHA and NSBA competitor Chelsea Turner Jones and her husband, Amos (Doc), of Raleigh, North Carolina welcomed their first child, a son, last month. The new arrival, named Everette (Rhett) James Jones, weighed 8 pounds and 8 ounces and measured 21 inches at birth.
Vicky Holt Parker has become the 29th member of National Snaffle Bit Association’s Quarter Million Dollar Club. Holt, who divides her time between Texas and North Carolina, becomes a member of the group of riders who have won $250,000 in NSBA lifetime earnings. Holt grew up in Santa Barbara, California, competed as a youth and […]
John Ackerman, of McHenry, Maryland, known at AQHA shows across the United States as the “gate guru” died on April 19 at Garrett Regional Medical Center in Oakland, Maryland. Born in Newark, New Jersey in 1941, Mr. Ackerman retired from the Coca-Cola Company as a Route Supervisor and was a welder’s helper for Local 798 […]
Professional trainers Carley (Veldman) and Wade Parks welcomed their second son on Feb. 13. The new arrival, named Corbin Thomas, weighed eight pounds and measured 20 inches at birth. He joins a brother, Caden.Carley and Wade own and operate Parks Show Horses, in Sabina, Ohio.
Josh Faulkner has been appointed head trainer at Leavell Farms in Simpsonville, Kentucky. The announcement was made recently by Shane and Darla Leavell, who established their own breeding and training operation in 2013, just 23 miles east of Louisville. “Josh was recommended highly by a trusted friend,” Shane said. “We were very interested in Josh’s […]
Congratulations to AQHA and NSBA trainers Blake Britton and Becca Hurst, who were married yesterday at Cooks Creek, in South Bloomfield, Ohio. A reception followed at the Hampton Inn Scioto Downs Casino in Columbus. Blake, the son of Jana and Tony Britton, is a 2011 graduate of Zane Trace High School. He worked for Mitch […]
The horse community is sending up prayers for AQHA Professional Horseman Gene Parker, owner and operator of Parker Quarter Horses in Orrum, North Carolina, who suffered a heart attack on Monday, at the American Paint Horse Association World Championship Show, in Fort Worth, Texas. For over 30 years, Parker has been breeding, training and showing […]
