The Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA), in conjunction with the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA), awards a student-rider the National Sportsmanship Award each year. This year’s award was presented to Kate Coffey, a sixteen-year-old from Westford, Massachusetts. The national award winner is selected from a group of riders who earned a Sportsmanship Award at a […]
Sony/ATV Music Publishing has signed singer-songwriter Jaida Dreyer in a joint venture with Gary Borman and Missi Gallimore. Dreyer celebrated her first No. 1 single in February with “Home Alone Tonight,” recorded by Luke Bryan and Karen Fairchild. Dreyer has written nine tunes for the series Nashville, with songs also featured in A&E’s The Returned […]
Age: 18 Family: Parents, John and Michelle Nirenstein; brother, Parker. Education: Elementary and middle school in Tiburon, California; Redwood High School, Larkspur, California (graduated in 2015); currently attending the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor but in the process of transferring to a California school so I can show my horse more. Career Goals: I want to work in the automotive industry […]
While the temperatures climbed into the 100s in Conyers, Georgia exhibitors braved the heat to show at one of the largest shows of the year. Held annually over the 4th of July the show series boasts 10 days of AQHA shows and features special events for Hunter and Trail exhibitors. With close to 1,000 stalls […]
Six young riders made big strides at the 2016 AjPHA Youth World Championship Show, taking home big titles along the way for jobs well done. We’re so proud of all of our exhibitors—entries were up more than 7.5% overall this year! Meet our 2016 Youth all-around and high-point winners: High-Point Walk-Trot Cara Christensen quickly made […]
Josie Wills of Bloomington, Indiana is now the 2016 All American Quarter Horse Congress Queen Committee Chair. Courtney Coughlin, of London, Ohio is handing over the reins as the Congress Queen Committee Chair. As the new Vice-President of Sales at Enservio based out of Boston, Massachusetts, Coughlin will be traveling nationally and believes Wills is the correct choice […]
The last time I interviewed Katie Bussing, she was a 15-year-old girl with a dream of winning the Western Pleasure at the American Quarter Horse Association’s Youth World Show with her Quarter Horse mare, A Good Cookie. Much has changed for Bussing over the past four years. She is now 19 and studying Biochemistry at the University of Evansville in Southern Indiana, but her dream of winning the coveted Western Pleasure gold […]
The 2016 Youth World Championship Show is on pace to eclipse its 2015 total entries and number of horses—and we’re still in the thick of the event with five days left! The Novice Youth and Youth Walk-Trot divisions are leading the increase surge, with huge gains over their 2015 entry numbers; overall, entries are up […]
New AQHA judges were recently approved by the American Quarter Horse Association. Applicants were approved based on test scores and other criteria by the AQHA Judges Committee. After approval from the Judges Committee, a list of potential candidates were reviewed and approved by the AQHA Executive Committee. The following individuals have received their AQHA judge’s […]
The Tom Powers Futurity kicked off its 36th year today with an expanded schedule and the best weather Powers says he’s seen in the last 10 years. “The numbers appear to be up. We are trying a new software system and it appears to be working well and we have a great crew helping out […]
Kay Cecile Moorer Stevens, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, passed away on June 13. Kay was born on Friday the 13th of August 1937, in Selma, Alabama, to Cecil and Kitty Moorer. She graduated from Selma High School and then received a degree in education from the University of Alabama. She was a proud […]
Historians don’t exactly agree on how the style of the modern cowboy boot came to be. Some sources believe Europeans made the first western boots, imitating the boots worn by Spanish Vaqueros. Some, credit the United States Calvary. Others, point to a specific Kansas bootmaker named Charles Hyer. The Kansas Historical Society website says that in 1875 a Colorado cowboy stopped into Hyer’s shop after a […]