The 19th annual Audrey Grace Auction opens today and runs through 5 p.m, (EST), Sunday, Dec. 13, on ShowHorseToday.com. For the past 18 years, the Backes Family has organized this annual Audrey Grace Auction to help benefit New Horizons and the Audrey Grace House. This effort was started to memorialize their daughter, Audrey Grace, and […]
The Yearling Stakes Sale at the 2020 Tom Powers Christmas Challenge in Ocala, Florida, has been postponed to a later date, it was announced today. Organizers said the sale was postponed due to a lack of entries and that consignors will be contacted and entry fees will be refunded. The futurity, the first event to […]
After taking home a silver globe in the Amateur Select Western Pleasure with Carrie Oakley in the saddle at the AQHA World Championship show in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the 2016 mare by Machine Made and out of Good N Green was sold to Robin Shiflett of Waynesboro, Georgia. Made N May will show under the […]
For her final years as a youth competitor Alexa Black of Springfield, Ohio will team with her new show partner, Huntin A Hot Cowgirl. The 5-year-old gelding by RL Best Of Sudden and out of Huntin A Cowboy was purchased for Alexa from Johnna Letchworth after a successful AQHA World Championship Show where she finished […]
When the final class was tallied for Dont Think Twice at the 2020 AQHA World Championship show in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma owned Kent Ray Taylor passed the reins to fellow Amateur competitor Meg DePalma of North Augusta, South Carolina. “I’m blessed. Having the opportunity to purchase Marley, is a once in a lifetime thing,” said […]
Make a plan. Work the plan. Make the plan work. South Carolina professional trainer TR Potts got that advice from his father-in-law many years ago and he says he lives by those rules every day. The son of Verlin Potts and Julie Munson, TR is a third-generation horseman on both sides of his family. Growing up […]
Her resume reads like a who’s who of the show horse industry and early this year, with the knowledge and experience that can only be gained by working alongside the best, Amanda Ringer established her own training operation – AR Performance Horses – in Dunnellon, Florida. While she was growing up, Amanda’s mother, Renee Ringer, showed […]
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Bidding is open for the 54th Annual Congress Super Sale, which the Ohio Quarter Horse Association presented as an Internet Auction in 2020. “Over 100 outstanding horses are offered in the three sessions,” said Mike Jennings of Professional Horse Services, LLC. “Two sessions feature outstanding yearling prospects for the popular Yearling Sale Stakes classes for […]
The National Snaffle Bit Association Board of Directors recently approved a new scoring system for the Longe Line classes to go into effect Jan. 1. Working through the NSBA Judges Committee, the new system aligns the Longe Line with scoring systems already in place in other classes where each performance is judged on a basis […]
AQHA competitors Katsy Leeman and Cody Flarida, both of Ohio, were married on Aug. 29, on Leeman Farm in Massillon, Ohio. Katsy is the granddaughter of Fritz and Carole Leeman, who own and standInvitation Only, Lazy Loper, How Bout This Cowboy, Willy Be Invited and Footwork Revolution.
Professional equine photographer Cody Parmenter and Courtney Hall were married on Aug. 14, at the KC Wine Company, Olathe, Kansas. Courtney earned a Master of Science degree in Agriculture from Missouri State University. She is a team member at An Equine Production and a freelance writer.
