“Paradise Awaits” is the slogan for Venice, Florida and that’s what exhibitors found when they arrived to show at the Fun In The Sun Extravaganza, starting Saturday at Fox Lea Farms located just south of Sarasota along Florida’s white-sanded Gulf Coast. The all-breed show is featuring 68 classes in disciplines including Trail, Western Pleasure, Horsemanship, […]
The Oklahoma Paint Horse Club recently concluded their annual Holiday Classic show in Oklahoma City. Judges for the event were Mark Russell, Rebecca Halvorson, Tom McBeath, Robert Dehn, John Pipkin, Gary Werner, Bill Mitchell & Cindy Chilton-Moore. Along with 2 POR’s, the show hosted a variety of parties and events for exhibitors including a BBQ […]
With strong family ties as the backbone of their operation, John and Kathy Yarnelle of Fort Wayne, Indiana put a focus on raising and showing high quality horses. At their full-service state-of-the-art breeding and showing operation, Yarnelle Farms will be standing five stallions in 2015 including one of the American Paint Horse Association’s Leading Sires, […]
You hear the announcer’s voice asking for the lope, and you hesitate, nervously hoping for a smooth transition. Then the soothing voice comes out of nowhere, urging you to relax and take a deep breath, then ask softly for the lope. You breathe deeply, cueing for the lope as you have a hundred times, as […]
Although she best describes her introduction into the world of horse shows as a “rough start,” Shannon Williams of Emerald, Wisconsin was bound and determined to live out her dream of showing horses. Now, she is doing just that. As a youngster, she rode an Appaloosa mare in mainly game events until her family purchased […]
“The 2014 December Online Auction, showed a strong market for quality Halter and Pleasure breeding stock,” according to Mike Jennings of Professional Horse Services, LLC. “The increase in prices through this year indicates a turn-around in the market for good horses.” Potential Asset was a close second for the highest selling horse in the […]
Hunters Ridge Farm is pleased to announce that frozen semen from the great, late Skys Blue Boy will be released to the public in limited quantities. The legendary Skys Blue Boy has an unparalleled sire record of more than 266 World and Reserve Championships in all divisions, including several champions named at the 2014 World […]
Renew your AQHA Incentive Fund annual licenses to earn money for points in 2015. It’s time again for American Quarter Horse owners to renew or purchase their annual AQHA Incentive Fund competition licenses, which expire December 31, 2014. Owners receive money for points earned in 2015 when they complete a competition licensefor each Incentive Fund-nominated horse before the […]
To excel at Showmanship a horse and exhibitor team must do a lot more than correctly execute each maneuver in the pattern. It is demonstrating an ability to move as one with the horse. “Showmanship is like a dance,” says Christopher Strong, of Shoreview, Minnesota, the 2011 and 2012 Pinto World Grand Champion in Western […]
She has looked up to her sister for as long as she can remember so when the zoo in her town sent out a brochure about riding lessons and Amie Bussing enrolled, that is all young Katie had to hear. A few years later Amie quit the sport but Katie was hooked. At the age […]
The 13th Annual Audrey Grace Auction to raise funds for the Audrey Grace House, New Horizon’s home for sexually and physically abused children in Abilene, Texas, is now being featured on the Pleasurehorse.com forum. Stallion services, tack, jewelry, show clothing, art work and much more will be up for grabs to the highest bidder now […]
For Reddick, Florida based trainer Jenny Baker the best part about being a horse trainer is being able to wake up, walk out her door, and do what she loves every day. One of the most important things to her is to just be fair. “I try to be realistic and honest about their horse […]