Beginning November 1, 2015, clenbuterol will be considered a forbidden drug per AQHA Rule VIO401. Earlier this year, positive drug tests for detection of clenbuterol in American Quarter Horse racehorses resulted in significant penalties. As previously announced April 24, that policy was expanded to put an end to the abusive use of clenbuterol in show […]
<Most people in the horse business, especially horse trainers, get their start because one or both of their parents are involved, but for Ocala, Florida based trainer Sean Knowles it was a completely different story. Growing up in Horseheads, New York the Knowles family didn’t live on a farm, they lived in a city and […]
Dustin Eickenhorst and Only After Midnight claimed the final leg of the Premier Paint Sires 3-Year-Old Limited Horse Limited Rider Western Pleasure Class in Madison, Wisconsin, bringing to a close the 2015 competition year. Only After Midnight, is sired by By Appointment Only and out of A White Rose. She is owned by Jeffrey Gibbs, […]
The Premier Paint Sires, presented by InStride Edition, launched its all-new Breeders Futurity this weekend at the Wisconsin Paint Horse Club’s Futurity Show in Madison. A total of nine competed in the Yearling Longe Line Class this morning, the first Breeders Futurity Class to be offered as part of the new program. Tim Snapp, of […]
This year at the APHA World Championship Show, intermediate exhibitors will have the opportunity to shine with additional awards in several divisions. Special awards will be presented to first and second place, and medallions will be awarded to the Top Five. Recipients will be named Intermediate World Show Champion and Intermediate World Show Reserve Champion. […]
AQHA and NSBA trainers Mitch and Jennifer Leckey will be relocating their Leckey Quarter Horses training operation to Ocala, Florida, where they will also manage the Bradac Ranch South. “We are all excited about entering this new chapter,” says Kerry Bradac, who made the announcement today. Mitch and Jennifer Leckey started training in […]
The TCU equestrian program announced the hiring of Melissa Dukes Monday as its Western Head Coach. “We are very pleased to welcome Melissa Dukes back to TCU,” said TCU Director of Equestrian Haley Schoolfield. “As an alumni of TCU, she is a highly respected rider and coach in the industry, as well as a […]
The American Quarter Horse Association is excited to be celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, and we invite you to take part in the celebration November 6-21 at the AQHA World Championship Show! Experience history in the making by purchasing a pre-paid badge that will get you access for the duration of the show at […]
The first mailing of this year’s invitations to the AQHA World Championship Show is complete. Qualified exhibitors will receive their entry forms with their qualifier packet. Entries are due in the AQHA office no later September 15. If you qualified your horse in other class(es) or another horse any time after June 15, you will […]
The National Snaffle Bit Association recently announced that Stephanie Lynn will join the association’s staff as director of operations effective Nov.1. Lynn will be located at the NSBA headquarters in Gurnee, Illinois and work in partnership with Executive Director Dianne Eppers, as well as with the Board of Directors and Executive Committee. She […]
Fourteen-year-old Kayla Budine, of Oakdale, California, says she couldn’t help but follow in her mother Marcie’s footsteps and live her life at shows and surrounded by horses. “The passion and excitement that she displays when she works with the horse is contagious,” she explains. “As a little girl, I wanted to ride like my mom.” […]