AQHA Executive Vice President Craig Huffhines celebrates exhibitor victories and a record-breaking year for the Level 1 Championships. What a year it has been for the AQHA Level 1 Championships! At this point, three of the shows experienced increases in exhibitor numbers – a whopping 114 percent at the East Level 1, alone. And as entries […]
The beautiful 2014 brown mare The Dark Impulse by RL Best Of Sudden and out of Dark Jasmine who just won the prestigious Hylton Maiden 3-Year-Old and Over Western Pleasure has been purchased by Joanie Zelnio of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Steve Reams will show The Dark Impulse for the final time this Friday at The […]
The Oklahoma Quarter Horse Association and State Fair Park enact strict biosecurity practices after a horse from the BBR World Finals tests positive for equine herpes virus. The Oklahoma Quarter Horse Association has been informed that a horse from Montgomery County in Texas has tested positive for equine herpes virus (EHV-1 “A” strain or wild-type […]
Hylton Maiden Results (14 shown) Champion – $25,000 – The Dark Impulse, 2014 brown mare, sired by RL Best Of Sudden and out of Dark Jasmine, owned by Susan Simms and shown by Steve Reams. Reserve – $12,100 – Made My Way, 2014 bay gelding, sired by Machine Made and out of Promote Miss Chip, […]
The AQHA Executive Committee recently reviewed and approved various ranch-horse-related rule changes and additions that were recommended by the AQHA Ranching Committee and approved by the AQHA Board of Directors at convention in March. All rules are effective January 1, 2019, except for an amendment to SHW554 regarding leveling, which goes into effect immediately. Read the full standing […]
The AQHA Level 1 Championship Shows concluded last weekend with a week worth of classes to determine the best Level 1 riders across the country. Rookie classes and Level 1 classes are two levels of AQHA competition designed for everyone from the beginner to the minimally accomplished competitors in AQHA events, respectively. “It has been […]
The judges for the 2018 All American Quarter Horse Congress, held October 2-28, 2018, have been announced by the Ohio Quarter Horse Association. To view the schedule of events Click Here. The judges for the 2018 All American Quarter Horse Congress: Doug Allen Sissy Anderson Elizabeth Baker Leonard Berryhill John Briggs Joe Carter David Connors Ed […]
When you have parents as decorated as two-time Congress Champion Only In The Moonlite and Congress Masters Western Pleasure Champion and AQHA Reserve World Champion Suddenly A Cool Lady, it can be hard to live up to the expectations of your audience. But that’s not likely the case with Moonrageous, a 2015 black gelding making […]
InStride Edition magazine Publisher F. Bradley Borton, 60, of Upper Deerfield Township, N.J. passed away on Monday, April 30, at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, after a long and courageous battle against cancer. Brad was introduced to show horses by his wife of 37 years, Corrine (Sheppard), and quickly became immersed in raising and exhibiting […]
He rode her mama, Dark Jasmine, to a Quarter Horse Congress Championship and tonight Steve Reams, of Ellerbe, North Carolina, piloted The Dark Impulse, sired by RL Best Of Sudden, to a win in the Hylton Maiden 3-Year-Old & Over Western Pleasure Slot Class at the Spring Breakout/Dave Higgins Memorial Show in Lexington, Virginia. The […]
The Spring Breakout/Dave Higgins Memorial AQHA Show Circuit got underway today at the Virginia Horse Center in beautiful Lexington, Virginia. The show began today with judging in Equitation, Hunter Under Saddle, Western Pleasure, Horsemanship and Western Riding in the Coliseum. Competition in the outdoor arena was devoted to Trail. Ranch Riding and Reining took center […]
American Paint Horse Association youth competitor Veronica John first became involved with horses when her sister, Kylee, began taking lessons at a local barn at the end of her street. Growing up in Selingsgrove, Pennsylvania, the 17-year-old daughter of Karen and Eric John of course wanted to do everything her big sister did. She began […]
