Success was not necessarily a given for the pretty bay filly that Iowa Non-Pro competitor Tessa Sutton calls her show partner. Sutton’s mom, Amy Lynch, was actually the one who picked So Dang Hot, sired by Batt Man and out of Born Lopin, from among hundreds of yearlings entered in the Quarter Horse Congress’ Yearling […]
There are two very important lessons that Ray Carmean has always remembered throughout his 40-plus year career as a professional horse trainer – 1) Never push. Take your time with young horses and they will tell YOU when they are ready; and 2) Break them so other people can ride them. Carmean didn’t originally set […]
Iowa trainer Shannon Vroegh and daughter, Mallory, know exactly what it takes to be successful at the top level. They have spent their entire lives in the show horse industry. Shannon grew up in the Churdan, Iowa, area competing in American Quarter Horse Association shows with her mom. She loved the all-around classes so it […]
For the first time in over half a century, there will be no All-American Quarter Horse Congress. No championship jackets. No crowded shopping in Congress Hall. No long lines to longe. No puppy alley. The Congress made the announcement on its website this afternoon. It stated: The uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic simply prevents safely […]
For Darla Leavell, finding her perfect show horse in Bet N On A Dream was like buying a wedding dress. “When you know, you know,” she insists. Darla, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, was on call all weekend at the regional hospital where she works when she got the call from her trainer, Josh Faulkner, […]
There were more than a few delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic, a venue change and plenty of sleepless nights for the organizers but you would never know it on Saturday, June 13, when a total of 22 maiden western pleasure horses competed for $45,000 in cash and prizes in the 2020 Virginia Maiden 3-Year-Old […]
Age: 37 Family: Wife, Joanna; sons, Silas, 13 and Caleb, 12; parents, Jim & Judy Himes. Hometown: Albany, Georgia. Education: Homeschooled for high school and then attended the two-year Miracle Mountain Ranch School of Discipleship program in Spring Creek, Pennsylvania. The facility: JH Performance Horses is located in Albany, Georgia, and consists of our residence, […]
Over $45,000 in cash and prizes will be up for grabs today in the Virginia Maiden 3-Year-Old and Over Western Pleasure Slot Class, being presented at noon today, during Tar Heel Summer Classic in Raleigh, North Carolina. A bonus will be paid to the highest placing Limited and Intermediate riders in the class. “Excited does […]
Breeding horses might be viewed as work for some, but for Scott and Linda Berwick it is more like therapy. Horses provide the Ottawa, Ontario couple with peace and fulfillment in an otherwise hectic and demanding life. For the last 27 years, the Berwicks have owned and operated Scott Berwick Stairs Inc., which services the new […]
After careful consideration, the American Paint Horse Association is postponing its 2020 Youth World Championship Show until September, to be held with its Open and Amateur World Shows in Fort Worth. The APHA Board of Directors took this action with primary concern for the public health of its entire membership in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The […]
The 40th Anniversary Tom Powers Futurity is moving again and will now be known as the Christmas Challenge. Restrictions placed on activities in Ohio by Governor Mike DeWine to curb the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic there have forced Tom and Dominique Powers to change the date and location of the longest continuously-running futurity in the […]
Age: 37. Family: Parents, Donald and Stephanee Flentje; siblings, Gina, Chad and Mya Flentje. Hometown: Verona, Wisconsin. Spouse: Ben Shortreed. We met during my freshman year in college and married in 2015. We currently don’t have any children but that about to change. This past December we hosted an orphaned girl from Colombia for the […]
