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 […]
Perched in the announcer’s stand Steve Schiestel of Alberta, Canada has a bird’s eye view of every exhibitor and every class at the shows he emcees. From his roost in the announcer’s booth he sees the moments riders hope judges saw and the blunders they hope the judges missed. And those have served as a […]
For most in the horse industry it’s the thrill of competition that keeps them stepping back into the show pen year after year, but for Hampstead, North Carolina native Amy Mackie Smith it’s about so much more than that. “You know, interestingly, I am really not an overly competitive person when it comes to ribbons […]
Masterson Farms, LLC, is greatly saddened to announce its loss of CP Surely The Best to a severe colic. Notwithstanding two surgeries and the best of veterinary care to correct a severe and recurring displacement, this remarkably talented young horse with such potential was unable to be saved. “During his tragically short time with us, […]
APHA’s Paint Horse Championship program is back for 2018 and already approved for several events this year—the first of which is the Southeast Paint Horse Championship Show taking place at the Palmetto Paint Horse Club May Madness Show held May 5–6, 2018 in Camden, South Carolina. APHA is sponsoring awards for each show, consisting of […]
A prestigious list of judges is set for the 2018 AQHA Select World Championship Show, presented by Adequan The American Quarter Horse Association is excited to announce the judges for the 2018 AQHA Select World Championship Show, presented by Adequan® (polysulfated glycosaminoglycan). “The Adequan® Select World is one of the most prestigious events in the equine […]
