The horse community is sending up prayers for AQHA Professional Horseman Gene Parker, owner and operator of Parker Quarter Horses in Orrum, North Carolina, who suffered a heart attack on Monday, at the American Paint Horse Association World Championship Show, in Fort Worth, Texas. For over 30 years, Parker has been breeding, training and showing […]
September 21 through 23 is the new date for the End Of Summer Showdown AQHA Show and VA Bred Classes in Culpeper, Virginia. The circuit was scheduled for the previous weekend, but was postponed due to the impending hurricane heading for the East Coast. The show location remains the same at HITS Commonwealth Park in […]
Kristen Glover Galyean and Vital Signs Are Good made history in the AQHA World Championship Show arena, more than once. The legendary mare was chosen to be inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame, just a year after her death. To honor her, and the legacy she left, the Glover Galyean Partnership has created […]
The 2018 VQHA Virginia Bred Classes, supported by the Virginia Horse Industry Board, will again be held with the End Of Summer AQHA Show Circuit in Culpeper, VA. The show circuit will be held over September 14 through 16, 2018. $7,500 will be added to the classes with a Grant from the Virginia Horse Industry […]
The entry deadlines have been extended for all sessions of the 52nd Annual Congress Super Sale”, announces Mike Jennings, of the auction management firm, Professional Horse Services, LLC. “We want to receive entries by Tuesday, September 4th, for all 3 sessions of the Auction. This is an active time of year for major shows and […]
The inaugural Pleasure Versatility Challenge, held in conjunction with the Lucas Oil World, will highlight a well-conformed, athletic horse that is a pleasure to ride. The inaugural Pleasure Versatility Challenge, brought to you by Terry Bradshaw Quarter Horses and hosted by the Lucas Oil AQHA World Championship Show, is slated for 8 p.m. on November […]
If you like a horse with a personality then you need to meet Ella Petak and her show partner Gettin Hot. “When his stall window is open, he reaches out, grabs his halter off the hook, swings it around and then throws it on the ground,” said the Rancho Palos Verdes, California native. Ella and […]
A Gold Globe at the American Quarter Horse Association’s Youth World Show has always been Kylee Wiseman’s goal. She dreams about it. She visualizes herself achieving it but most importantly, she works hard to make sure she is prepared to make it happen. Kylee has been close before. Last year, the 14-year-old competitor from Beaver, […]
For California Amateur competitor Parris Rice, showing horses is all about building a relationship and partnership with her horses. And when the hard work she puts into perfecting a leg yield for an Equitation pattern or smooth transitions for the rail work in Horsemanship yields a win on the weekend, she knows it is because […]
The beauty that results when a Showmanship team performs with perfect unison is something every competitor strives to achieve. In 2017 Ashley Hadock, of Henderson, Tennessee laid down such a pattern with her beloved show partner, Touched N Moonlite, helping her to win the Amateur Showmanship at the All-American Quarter Horse Congress. She compares the […]
The American Quarter Horse Association recently announce significant changes to the Performance Halter rules as they apply to the World Championship Show and now the Youth World Show and the Select World Show. Those rules are being met with overwhelming support from Performance Horse enthusiasts. The American Quarter Horse Association announced on Dec. 31, a […]
When Julie McCallister became an empty-nester it was time to chase her horse show dreams. She purchased Hour Rumors, “Trixie,” and began training with Kip Larson and Michael Davis at Kip Larson Performance Horses for Western Pleasure. Then she added Halter, Hunter Under Saddle, Showmanship, Horsemanship, and Equitation. Earlier this year she won the AQHA […]
