Multiple American Paint Horse Association Youth World Champion exhibitor, Anne-Marie Fortenberry, of Farmerville, Louisiana, is headed to Fort Worth next month with one goal – to leave her final Youth World Show in June with no regrets. Showing The Only Kiss to Envy (Scottie) in Western Pleasure, Western Riding, Showmanship, Trail and Horsemanship, Fortenberry says […]
APHA is excited to announce eight Paint Horse Championships are on the docket for 2015. Taking place in conjunction with APHA Zone Shows around the country, these Paint Horse Championships will help increase local show participation while recognizing a new group of exhibitors beyond the current show format. The list of 2015 Paint Horse Championships […]
When a horse with such an extensive and successful show career is pegged with the nicknames “Gangster Rick” and “Tricky Ricki”, there is bound to be a unique personality behind it all. Mr Magnolia Zip (Ricki), bred by Stephen Mullins of Clinton, Tennessee, was given the nickname “Gangster Rick” by trainer, Mitch Leckey, of Richmond, […]
Applications are currently open for the AjPHA Executive Committee, and the submission deadline has been extended until May 1. Candidates must be current national directors, at least 12 years old and submit an officer biography form. Available positions include: – President-elect (must be 15 or older) – Vice President – Treasurer – Secretary – Zone […]
Waco, Texas was definitely the place to be April, 23-26 for the 30th annual Texas Amateur State Championship Show held at the Extraco Event Center. “Over 500 stalls were rented and entries were definitely up from last year,”stall manager Donna Arnett said. “We had trainers and exhibitors from all over the United States come to […]
Officials from the Ohio Quarter Horse Association have announced they will be offering dual-approved (AQHA/National Snaffle Bit Association) classes for Equestrians With Disabilities at the 2015 All American Quarter Horse Congress. Equestrians With Disabilities classes are slated for October 10-11 and will include: Walk-Trot Showmanship- Level 2 Walk-Trot Showmanship- Advanced Level 3 Walk-Trot Trail- Supported Level […]
At its April meeting, the AQHA Executive Committee continued to make huge strides for the benefit of the American Quarter Horse by approving stronger penalties and fines for animal welfare rule violators; enacting significant penalties for positive drug tests involving detection of clenbuterol in show horses beginning November 1, 2015, and modified penalties in horse […]
The Virginia Quarter Horse Association lost a champion today as Dave Higgins passed away due to complications stemming from surgery following a car accident he was in on his way home from the Virginia Classic last weekend. Higgins has been involved with showing Quarter Horses, mainly in Halter and Longe Line events. He has been […]
Showing horses is a family affair for the Flowers family of Ocala, Florida. Both Makayla, 18, and 14-year-old brother, Ryan, show under the guidance of Kim and Curtis Reynolds of Final Four Performance Horses, in Fairfield, Florida. The family has lived all over the country from the Northeast to the Midwest before finally putting down […]
Warming our hearts with just his smile, many members of the horse show community and beyond have followed the story of Stone Pope who was born with four congenital heart defects. His parents, Conway, South Carolina horse trainer, Shane and wife, Holt had generously shared their journey from the beginning primarily via social media. With […]
No. 3 South Carolina upset No. 1 Georgia, 10-6, on Saturday to win the National Collegiate Equestrian Association (NCEA) National Championship. It marks the Gamecocks’ third national title in program history, and South Carolina finishes the 2014-15 season with a 12-5 record. The Gamecocks defeated United Equestrian Conference champion Fresno State, Big 12 Champion Baylor, […]
Taft Dickerson rode Made By J, to a win tonight in the Hylton Maiden 3-Year-Old & Over Western Pleasure at the Virginia Classic Quarter Horse Show in Lexington, earning $32,762. Judges for this year’s event were Larry Little, Will Knabenshue, Kelly McDowall and Mike Carter. “She was there every step of the way,” Dickerson […]