While most pleasure horse enthusiasts are familiar with hock issues in their horses, one of the more confusing hock problems can be swelling of the hocks. The hock area of a horse is actually comprised of four different joint spaces. The upper hock joint, also known as the tarsocrural or tibiotarsal joint, is the joint […]
The National Snaffle Bit Association World Championship Show and Breeders Championship Futurity got under way today in Tulsa, Oklahoma with Hunter Under Saddle and Western Pleasure World Show and BCF classes in the Ford Truck Arena and Trail, Horsemanship and Western Riding in the Mustang Arena. In addition, a full slate of classes for Riders […]
If you pass Erin Mask at a Quarter Horse show and she doesn’t stop to chat, there’s probably a very good reason. The 13-year-old youth contender from Newnan, Georgia may be the busiest person you’ll run across at a show. The daughter of Angie Schmeck and Daryl Mask, Erin is up at the crack of […]
The National Snaffle Bit Association World Championship Show and Breeders Championship Futurity got under way today in Tulsa, Oklahoma with Hunter Under Saddle and Western Pleasure World Show and BCF classes in the Ford Truck Arena and Trail, Horsemanship and Western Riding in the Mustang Arena. In the first class of the day Sara Simons […]
Have you ever heard someone say, horses that have been shown in Longe Line don’t make it under saddle? Most likely you have because it has been at the center of a great debate about the class for years now. In the fourth and final installment of our in-depth series on Longe Line, we seek […]
She is only 13-years-old and she’s only been showing Western Pleasure for three years but today Erin Mask made a huge statement when she and Only Because Im Good were named Reserve AQHA Youth World Champions in Western Pleasure. And the 13-year-old competitor from Newnan, Georgia, says she’s just getting started. “I was really happy […]
The AQHYA World Show is exciting and nerve wracking for any competitor, but imagine competing against the best youth in the world without your friends or family with you. This year the AQHYA World Show has over 2,500 entries with 46 states and eight countries represented. The influx of other countries participating this year is […]
APHA recently sent nomination forms to regional clubs to begin the APHA Director election process for the 2015–2016 term. Club officers will submit your club’s endorsements for directors from your area, so be sure to contact them if you know someone who would represent your area well. APHA members may also submit an individual nomination. […]
The third day of competition here at the AQHA Youth World Show in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, brought about many tears both in and out of the arena. The preliminary go of the Youth Western Pleasure brought some of the best horses in the country to the Jim Norwick arena. From a field of 93 horses […]
Gumz Farms and Hunter Ridge Farms are pleased to announce that World and Congress Champion sire, Its All About Blue, will be standing the 2015 breeding season at Gumz Farms in Morganfield, Kentucky. Its All About Blue continues to make his mark in the horse show world! With very few foal crops, he has produced […]
The search for that one-of-a-kind pleasure prospect with the potential to be a Quarter Horse Congress Masters Western Pleasure contender is not an easy task. So when Gil Galyean of Purcell, Oklahoma heard about Fired Up Potential he knew he needed to investigate. Michelle Bauer of Holland, Michigan and long-time partners Garth, Sonnesa and Austin […]
One by one dreams are coming true at the 2014 American Quarter Horse Youth Association World Championship Show in Oklahoma City. Deanna Green, of Pilot Point, Texas, said all she wanted to do was go in and have a “good, clean run” in the Western Riding on her 2007 palomino mare, Blazinmytroublesaway. But the second […]