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.
During a meeting on Sept. 15, the AQHA Executive Committee considered an application for affiliate status from Deutsche Quarter Horse Association (DQHA), which served as the AQHA affiliate in Germany for more than 40 years until its affiliate status was terminated on Feb.15. This separation was driven by the inability to reach agreement with the […]
The Palomino Youth Association concluded its 2020 World Championship Show by crowning new Golden Horse Champions and High Point Awards. They are: Youth High Point Palomino Bred: Zip Me Plenty Good and Baylee Runyon, Springfield, Illinois; Reserve Youth High Point Palomino Bred: Reinvest In Doubles and Emma Wirtz, Sherrodsville, Ohio. Walk Trot 5-9 Golden Horse: […]
AQHA and NSBA competitor Erin Shapiro Boatwright and her husband, Scott, of Corona del Mar, California, welcomed their first child, a son, on Sept. 16. The new arrival, named Graham Thomas, weighed 7 pounds 13 ounces and was 20 inches at birth.
Earlier this year, approximately 40% of AQHA-approved shows were either cancelled or postponed to help protect the safety of AQHA exhibitors, spectators and staff. As a result, the AQHA Executive Committee waived qualifying requirements for AQHA championship shows affected by the worldwide pandemic. Shows started to resume in May allowing exhibitors to cautiously begin making […]