Equine photographer and artist Eric Hardesty, of Brunswick, Ohio is recovering at Hackley Hospital in Muskegon, Michigan hospital from injuries sustained in an automobile accident on July 8. Hardesty was traveling home from a horse show in Luddington, Michigan in his truck towing a Raptor camper when the accident occurred. His finacé, Amy Engelskirger, was […]
With less than a week to go before the Brad Borton Memorial Limited Non-Pro Longe Line class at the Tom Powers Futurity it appears the total purse will top $10,000 in cash and prizes. The event is held as part of the Limited Non-Pro Longe Line class, scheduled as the second class of the day […]
Congress Masters Western Pleasure Champion and Congress Champion producer Only In The Moonlite died on June 19, according to his breeding manager Kim Dean. Dean posted the following to the Only In The Moonlite Facebook page: It is with lots of tears and a broken heart that we say goodbye to our buddy, Only In […]
Delanie McClanahan, of Belton, Texas, will put her 2019 National Snaffle Bit Association (NSBA) Foundation Scholarship to good use when she begins 16 years of higher education, as she pursues a career as a neurosurgeon. To reach her goal, McClanahan will complete four years of undergraduate studies, four years of medical surgeon and eight additional […]
The 2019 APHA World Championship Show schedule of events is now posted at apha.com/oawcs/show-schedule. Some highlights of this year’s event—which takes place Sept. 16–29 in Fort Worth, Texas – include the following: New Classes Offered Ranch Rail Pleasure: Open, Amateur, Novice Amateur, Open Solid Paint-Bred, Amateur Solid Paint-Bred Ranch Cutting: Open, Amateur, Novice Amateur (Regular Registry […]
The Diamond MK Production Sale is a highlight of the Pro Horse Services Pleasure Prospect and Broodmare Internet Auction, which is the first of the two auctions and will close on Tuesday, July 9,” according to Mike Jennings, of Professional Horse Services, LLC. “The July Internet Auction is the marketplace Halter, Pleasure and All Around show horses, Reining and Ranch horses, […]
Did you ever wish that you could afford to splurge on a spectacular show jacket? A jacket that would make you look and feel like a champion at the biggest shows, but with all your other expenses, you just couldn’t justify spending a huge sum of hard-earned cash on one item? Maybe you’ve put a […]
AQHA and NSBA trainer Shannon Vroegh of Grimes, Iowa, and Brent Walker became engaged last month. Competing on both the AQHA and APHA circuits, Shannon has exhibited and trained Congress Champions, Reserve Congress Champions, World Champions and Reserve World Champions. She has also been behind multiple futurity champions at NSBA World, Tom Powers, Southern Belle […]
Iowa competitor Brooke Granzow knows what success looks like. She enjoyed plenty of it as a youth. So, in the fall of 2017, she enlisted the help of Richland Ranch trainer Drew DeBuhr for help in finding her a Western Pleasure show partner for Amateur and Non-Pro competition. Brooke was now in college – with […]
The March To The Arch is underway at a new facility for this show in Memphis, Tennessee. The four day event raises money for Saint Jude’s research hospital.
Eleven maiden Western Pleasure contenders are expected to vie for a total purse of $33,810 today in the Virginia Maiden 3-Year-Old and Over Western Pleasure Class being presented by the Virginia Quarter Horse Association during the VQHA Spring Breakout AQHA show circuit this weekend in Lexington, Virginia. Formerly known as the Hylton Maiden Western Pleasure […]
Josh Faulkner has been appointed head trainer at Leavell Farms in Simpsonville, Kentucky. The announcement was made recently by Shane and Darla Leavell, who established their own breeding and training operation in 2013, just 23 miles east of Louisville. “Josh was recommended highly by a trusted friend,” Shane said. “We were very interested in Josh’s […]