AQHA answers most-asked questions about the new 13-&-Under classes at the 2018 Built Ford Tough AQHYA World Championship Show. How many 13-&-Under classes will be introduced at the 2018 Built Ford Tough AQHYA World Championship Show? Answer: There will be a total of seven classes. The classes are the seven core classes: western pleasure, hunter under […]
The tentative schedule for the 2018 Built Ford Tough AQHYA World Championship Show is now available online at www.aqha.com/youthworld. The Ford Youth World is August 2-11 at State Fair Park in Oklahoma City and features the world’s top youth riders and their American Quarter Horses. New in 2018, Level 3 13-&-Under core world championship classes will be added to the […]
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) has won its fifth consecutive overall Tournament of Champions Collegiate Series Championship. The university hosted the final event of the four-part series on January 27. The Tournament of Champions is an annual series that gathers the country’s most elite equestrian teams. The first three events of the series […]
The American Horse Council (AHC) will host its 1st Quarter 2018 webinar on Monday, February 12th at 3:00 pm ET and will address the recent Electronic Logging Device (ELD) Mandate that has caused much confusion and a lot of questions throughout the equine industry. “We have been getting quite a few phone calls and emails with questions […]
He can be intensely shy and it pains him to have to tell a customer their horse may not work out in a specific discipline because of its mind, ability or soundness. But for Ohio trainer Brent Garringer, watching a horse he started progress over time provides him with all the motivation he needs. Garringer […]
She’s a fierce competitor in the show arena but outside the pen 19-year-old Leah Burgess is a big softy, especially when it comes to abandoned animals. Burgess volunteers at her local Humane Society and has been known to bring home all sorts of pets. “I have a crazy soft spot for abandoned animals, and I […]
“BIDDING WILL CLOSE on 3 Stallion Service Auctions this week, featuring breedings to 360 Top Halter and Pleasure Stallions registered with AQHA, APHA, ApHC and Color Breeds,” according to Mike Jennings, of Professional Auction Services, LLC. “Many World Champions and World Champion Sires are offered in these auctions.” 1 – CLOSING Wednesday, January 24, beginning […]
Sleep can be elusive. It can be fitful and rejuvenating. For Shirley MacArthur sleep is an incubator of ideas for her artwork. When her head hits the pillow and she closes her eyes, visions of horses, dogs and hairy highland cows dance in her head. “I go to sleep with paintings in my head that […]
It has been said that “before something great happens, everything falls apart.” For Bobby Canady, a 40-year old farrier by trade, nothing could be more true. Bobby grew up in North Carolina, in a conventional American family. He says he was always obsessed with horses. “At one time, I had over 1,500 Breyer horses,” he […]
She may only be 14, but Hanna Olaussen loves to soar. You could see it when she competed in gymnastics and now you see it when she steps into the show pen. Born in Stavanger, Norway, the teen has yet to complete more than two years of school in the same district. “I have attended […]
Zach and Michelle Favorite welcomed a baby girl into the world. Ella Favorite was born on January 14, 2018 and joins big brother, Cruz. Zach Favorite is the owner and operator at Zach Favorite Show Horses in Kent, Ohio.
APHA is proud to recognize the hard work and leadership of Professional Horsemen and judges to improve and grow the Paint Horse community. Join us in celebrating the following horsemen and -women for their tireless efforts to serve Paint Horses and those who love them. APHA will honor these leaders during Convention, taking place March 2–5 in Irving, Texas; all […]
