For nearly her entire youth career, 17-year-old Megan Overberg’s partner in the American Quarter Horse Association show pen has been Invitation To Show, a 1996 brown gelding she calls “Little Bit.” During that time, most of Overberg’s friends and fellow competitors have changed horses once, twice and even three times. The Hillsboro, Ohio native readily […]
It is that time of year… Congress has come and gone, and the World Shows are upon us. It is the culmination of months and years of hard work for many horses, their owners and trainers. However, it is also that time of year when owners and trainers begin to evaluate and make plans for […]
They say a “once in a lifetime” horse stays with you forever. So what better way to remember that special horse than to always have a part of him or her with you. Lou Petty, of Ocala, Florida, has been involved in the horse industry for 31 years and has had more than one “special” […]
Changes to the AQHA leveling program – driven by exhibitor feedback – are on the way for 2014. Many of those changes are directed at what had been known as theNovice and Rookie levels, and 2014 will see the reintroduction of the mid-levels. To collect exhibitor feedback, the AQHA Blue-Ribbon Task Force worked with Mallory Vestal, Ph.D., of […]
In 1989 Joan and Robbie Schroeder left Bob Perry Quarter Horses, home of Zippo Pine Bar, to establish their own identity in Gainesville, Texas, the heart of horse country. For the next 20-plus years they committed themselves to their vision of producing and training some of the very best horses for competition in Western Pleasure, […]
