The 35th annual Tom Powers Triple Challenge Futurity will get under way in Berrien Springs, Michigan first thing in the morning, Thursday, June 25 and promises to be one of the best showcases for Western Pleasure and Hunter Under Saddle horses of the year. Founder Tom Powers says nearly every stall is full for […]
“World Champion and AQHA High Point stallions, proven show horses and broodmares are among the outstanding horses selling tonight in the June Online Auction,” according to Mike Jennings of Professional Horse Services, LLC. “There are also money earning Cutting Horses, proven show horses and others ready to ride and enjoy or prospects to train your […]
The new year brought about some big changes for 17-year-old Cydney Benes, of Boca Raton, Florida. After sharing a partnership with the AQHA mare Rockin Raisinette for almost all of her show career, her family decided to retire the 2003 bay mare by Rocked And Steady out of Zippos Golden Raisin. This year Cydney, the daughter […]
The Keystone Showdown, rankedthe number one AQHA Novice Show in the Nation took place this past weekend in Centre Hall, Pennsylvania and a little rain did nothing to deter exhibitors from coming out in droves to show to five sets of points. Many of the classes were split with pattern classes going on into the […]
During your last trip to the grocery store, how many times did you pick up a package, flip it over and read the nutrition label on the back of the box? It’s likely you know how many calories are in a serving of your favorite snack. And if you’re following a restricted diet you know […]
This year’s Tom Powers Yearling Sale catalog has now been released and it includes 76 horses that represent some of the best bloodlines in the pleasure industry today. Starting with Lot#1, Shez The Good Kind, a bay filly, sired by National Snaffle Bit Association Hall of Fame and AQHA Leading Performance sire Zippos Mr Good […]
After taking 27 years away from the horse industry, Massachusetts native Janae Walker Bronson is back in the pen with her new show partner The Roan Bone. Growing up in Indiana, Bronson was just eight when she won her first walk-trot class aboard her pony named Poco. From then on she was hooked. At 15 […]
Courtney Chown of Fort Worth, Texas rode Chum Machine, a 2012 gelding by Machine Made and out of Radical Roxanne, to a win in the Non-Pro 3 & Over $7,500 Limited Horse Western Pleasure Class held Tuesday evening at A Little Futurity in Raleigh, North Carolina. The total purse for the class of 11 was $27,200. “We bred him and […]
One of the premier events held this year at A Little Futurity was the Heart Of Stone Western Pleasure class, held in memory of Stone Pope, who was born with congenital heart defects and died tragically in February. Futurity founder Larry and Gale Little approached Stone’s parents, South Carolina trainer Shane Pope and his wife, […]
Rusty Green rode Momma Knows Best, a 2012 bay mare by RL Best Of Sudden and out of Hot Little Mama, owned by Capital Quarter Horses, to a victory tonight in the 3 & 4-Year-Old $1,000 Novice Horse Western Pleasure at A Little Futurity in Raleigh, North Carolina. The win marked the second straight year […]
On Tuesday, June 15 exhibitors will take to the arena at the James B Hunt Horse Complex in Raleigh, North Carolina to honor the late Stone Pope in the Heart of Stone Western Pleasure. The class will feature horses of all ages and all proceeds will be donated to the Heart of Stone Foundation. In addition […]
It’s the never ending hours in the barn, the day- to-day hard work in the saddle and the countless miles down the highway that make life as a horse trainer, a profession like no other. Getting horses ready to show is challenging enough, but trainers must also be able to manage all the financial […]