Over $500,000 in cash and prizes is up for grabs this week as the National Snaffle Bit Association gathers in Tulsa, Oklahoma for its 11th Annual World Championship Show. In addition to the World Show classes, the NSBA Breeders Championship Futurity and Stakes classes are on display through Sunday, Aug. 21. Competition got under way […]
“A Great group of horses from John Narmont’s Richland Ranch, home of the late Zippos Mr Good Bar, is featured in the PERFORMANCE BROODMARE and PROSPECT SALE,” announces Mike Jennings of the Professional Horse Services, LLC management team. “ The Richland consignment includes an NSBA World Champion, as well as the get and Service of […]
New Novice Program; effective January 1, 2017 Novice Amateur Program 5001. This is a program designed to encourage less experienced members within a given class with the opportunity to exhibit with members of a similar experience range in that given class. 5002. Novice Amateur Eligibility. A person is considered eligible to show as a Novice […]
The American Quarter Horse Association is providing several opportunities for Level 2 Select exhibitors to earn honors in 2016. In this press release in February, AQHA announced that exhibitors ages 50 and over can qualify for and show in a particular class at the AQHA Select World Championship Show in Amarillo, presented by Adequan® (polysulfated glycosaminoglycan), then […]
It’s time to dream big and practice hard—the APHA World Championship Show is right around the corner! Make plans to attend this year’s fun-filled event by first checking out the tentativeWorld Show Schedule available online at apha.com/oawcs/show-schedule. The World Championship Show takes place November 2–13 in Fort Worth, Texas. World Show classes will run November 2–12, with exciting supplemental […]
The American Paint Horse Foundation, the non-profit arm of the American Paint Horse Association that focuses on the higher education of youth and the preservation of the heritage of APHA, recently announced three new members have been selected to serve on the organization’s Board of Directors. The new board members were installed February 28, 2016; their […]
Native of: Brockport, New York Age: 31 Family: Parents, Don and Sue DePalma; sister, Lynette DePalma.. Education: Earned Bachelor of Science degrees in Corporate Finance and Speech Communication in 2007 from Clarion University of Pennsylvania. Member of the Delta Zeta Sorority there. Occupation: Regional Vice President for Prudential Financial, covering Georgia and South Carolina. I help financial advisors create strategies for retirement […]
Age: 18 Family: Mother, Tracey Woods; Father, Charles Ogilvie; Brother, Dylan Ogilvie Education: Glenella State School from preschool to grade seven ( 2003-2010); 2015 graduate of Pioneer High school. Career Goals: Next year I am going to study for my certificate III and IV in fitness. I became interested in fitness when I was living in Victoria with my trainers, Kelly […]
With great sadness, Masterson Farms, LLC, announces the euthanasia of Zippos Sheik due to severe laminitis. Sheik, with great heart and determination, had successfully battled through several bouts of laminitis over the past several months. However, increasing rotation and sinking, and the further pain he would have endured, forced the decision to end his life in as peaceful and […]
Richard Carr’s mission to win a gold globe in Western Pleasure at the American Quarter Horse Association’s Amateur Select World Show is not new. What is new is his focus and connection with his show partner, OHK Goodbars Krymsun. “We knew last year we had a special horse so we worked hard to put together a good team,” Carr […]
The Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association has asked Gov. Tom Wolf to facilitate resumption of breeder and stallion awards payments that have been suspended since late March because of ambiguous language in a new racing reform law. The awards last year totaled about $11 million for a 12-month cycle. The PHBA, in a July 29 letter […]
Final numbers are in for the 2016 Tom Powers Futurity and this year over $279,000 in cash alone was awarded in 47 classes. Tom Powers said entries were up by nearly 100 this year and that all checks have now been mailed. “People wanted to show,” he said. “The fairgrounds staff made a great effort […]
