If you ask Shawn Johnson how she became involved in showing horses, she will chuckle and tell you that she never really had a choice in the matter. Shawn’s parents, Francis and Delores Schanen had horses long before Shawn was born. As soon as they married Shawn’s parents bought property in Grafton, Wisconsin where they […]
Talk to people who know amateur competitor Taylor Kungle and you will hear a lot about how competitive she is. They will tell you she owns several nice show horses and she really enjoys trying new events. But what a lot of people don’t know about Taylor is that what really motivates her – her […]
When you have a show partner with a personality as big as his show record, there is never a dull moment and you have no choice but to enjoy the ride. That’s how Meaghan DePalma, of South Carolina, describes Hotroddin Ona Harley, the 2006 brown gelding by Radical Rodder and out of Diamonds And Denim, […]
AQHA stallion Winnies Willy was humanely euthanized today due to ongoing issues with laminitis, according to stallion manager Debbi Trubee. The 2004 by stallion by Willy Be Invited and out of the great producing mare Winnie The Tiger. He was purchased as a 2-year-old by Deborah Cook and shown by Trubee to a Superior in […]
A tiny miniature pony Blakely Abbott received as a Christmas gift from her grandfather when she was just 4 years old sparked the Georgia youth competitor’s passion for showing horses, even though there were a few detours along the way. Bakely first expressed an interest in showing horses in 2013 but ultimately opted to pursue […]
In the horse industry, there are very few trainer-client relationships that have been able to stand the test of time quite as well as the one Missouri trainer Jon Barry enjoys with Dana Hunt Smith’s family. Over the course of 30-plus years, there have been plenty of challenges. There has been tragedy. There has been […]
Lots of riders look forward to competing at the American Paint Horse Association World Championship Show. But you will be hard-pressed to find someone more determined to get to Fort Worth this month than Samantha Gardner, of Wilmington, North Carolina. Last year Gardner missed her futurity class there when Hurricane Florence plowed through her home […]
AQHA and NSBA trainer Waymond Roberts, passed away Aug. 27, at his home after a hard-fought battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). He was 69. With his wife of 32 years, Susie, by his side, Waymond established and operated Roberts Quarter Horses, an immensely successful breeding and training operation in Chatsworth, Georgia. Together they built […]
Promising American Quarter Horse Association sire, Open For Suggestion, was humanely euthanized on Thursday, after sustaining a hip fracture in a paddock accident, according to his owner Kerry Bradac. He was laid to rest at Bradac Ranch South in Ocala, Florida. “There are never the right words for moments like this,” Bradac said. “As I […]
Tom Powers, founder of the Tom Powers Triple Challenge Futurity, the longest continuously-running futurity in the country, has announced that next year’s event will be held at the World Equestrian Center, Wilmington, Ohio. “After 35 years we can no longer depend on Berrien Springs to provide a suitable environment to continue our futurity,” Powers said. […]
His last name is synonymous with greatness in the horse industry, whether it’s in the Western Pleasure pen or in the Cutting arena. But Brody Galyean is not letting that intimidate him. Instead, he’s motivated by it. Brody’s father is trainer Gil Galyean, who was the first to be honored by the National Snaffle Bit […]
Situated squarely between Memphis and Nashville just off Tennessee’s “Heart of the Music Highway” in Jackson is a 101-acre horse farm, where Lee and Dr. Brenda Looney are making all their dreams come true. With a solid base of the highest quality broodmares they could assemble – including Quarter Horse Congress and National Snaffle Bit […]
