Since 2000 the Senator Bob Martin Eastern Agriculture Center in Williamston, North Carolina, has hosted the Martinganza Quarter Horse Show and Futurity. But 2014 marks a big change for the show. After months of preparation, meetings and conversations with AQHA officials the Martinganza was moved to a later date. In the past the show has […]
Since 2000 the Senator Bob Martin Eastern Agriculture Center in Williamston, North Carolina, has hosted the Martinganza Quarter Horse Show and Futurity. This year the show has been moved a later date making many exhibitors happier. Class sizes are up and management is pleased with the outcome. Judges for this year’s circuit are: Rhonda […]
Nestled in the small, Gulf Coast, Texas town of Hempstead is Mary Iris Webre’s farm, “Casa De Los Cielos,” where she raises top Western Pleasure and all around prospects. It is also the home of Chips Hot Chocolate, Admit It Im Good, Allured to Chocolate and Imcrusininahotrod. Many years ago, Webre fell in love with […]
Melissa and Mark Baus of Zumbrota, Minnesota welcomed a son on April 1, 2014. Gunner Gregory Baus came into this world weighing eight pounds, 12.9 ounces and measuring 22 inches. Both mom and baby are doing well. “This little guy has blessed our lives,” Melissa says. “We can’t even begin to say how happy he […]
WACO, Texas – Selection and seeding has been determined for the 2014 National Collegiate Equestrian Association National Championship, set to take place April 17-19 at the Extraco Events Center in Waco, Texas, the NCEA Selection Committee announced Monday. Beginning with the 2014 championship, the top-12 overall teams (Western and Hunt Seat combined) are invited to compete. […]
Over a dozen horses will compete for a total purse of $50,000 in the Hylton Maiden 3 & Over Western Pleasure class at the Virginia Classic to be held Saturday, April 12, according to show organizers. Held for the fourth year at the four-day AQHA circuit in Lexington, Virginia, the class will remain open for entries […]
Cleve Wells of Burleson, Texas rode Linda Ball Sargent’s 4-year-old by stallion, A Certain Amble to a win in the Novice Horse Western Pleasure Slot class this weekend at the Madness In March AQHA Show Circuit in Wilmington, Ohio, earning a $15,000 paycheck. A Certain Amble is by Certain Potential out of four-time AQHA World […]
Madness In March kicked off on Thursday, March 28, 2014.
Photos/Text: Courtney Archer Waco, Texas was the place to be this weekend for the 2014 Texas Appaloosa Horse Club Bluebonnet Horse Show. Exhibitors came from as far west as California and all the way from Minnesota to show this weekend. The Bluebonnet Appaloosa Show offered classes from roping to stump races, keyhole to western pleasure, trail, […]
Waco, Texas was the place to be this weekend for the 2014 Texas Appaloosa Horse Club Bluebonnet Horse Show. The classes were big, the Extraco Event Center was great and the weather was perfect, what more could you ask for? With 620 entries, 200 stalls sold and a 7:30 am start time the show management […]
In recent years, the Trail class has become very popular, with much tougher competition. As the level of competition has increased, so has the level of difficulty. The class where show horses that didn’t quite make the pleasure grade found themselves has become a priority class in its own right, with both horses and exhibitors […]
Huntin My Zipper, a 2010 gelding by Hubba Hubba Huntin and out of Ima Zipper Snipper was named the 2013 NSBA Horse of the Year. Owned and shown by Rebekah Kazakevicius of Ocala, Florida, Huntin My Zipper won not only many of the 3-Year-Old Non-Pro Hunter Under Saddle classes at most major futurities including A […]