With the news surrounding the spread of the coronavirus rapidly changing across the United States and the globe, organizers of horse shows and related events are listening closely and making decisions to safeguard its participants and comply with state and federal mandates. Just today, President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force issued new guidelines warning Americans […]
The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo has been closed due to concerns about coronavirus after a local man with no recent travel history tested positive for COVID-19. Mayor Sylvester Turner made the announcement on Wednesday, causing participants and spectators to scramble to make alternative arrangements. Turner and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said at a news […]
It’s true what they say…the best things in life come when you are not even looking. Just ask Katherine and GW Tobin of Scottsdale, Arizona. The Tobins are longtime owners of leading Hunt Seat stallion, Allocate Your Assets and now they are the new owners of 2018 Super Sire of the Year, VS Code Blue. The journey […]
It was a decision not taken lightly by Tom and Dominique Powers. The Triple Challenge is the industry’s longest continuously running pleasure futurity. It’s rich in history and was built, Tom says, out of his own passion for the sport. Tom’s first futurity was held at his own farm in Alda, Michigan in 1980 and […]
He’s the kind of horse that catches your eye. With his striking bay roan color, two hind socks and a snip of pink on his nose, VS Goodride (Boss), a 2015 stallion by VS Flatline and out of World Champion and World and Congress Champion producer, Goody Goody Gumdrops, draws attention even on a walk out to […]
The American Paint Horse Association (APHA) Youth World Show scholarship program helps youth win money that can be put toward their education at the college, university or trade school of their choice. In fact, each year, the APHA Youth World Championship Show awards more than $160,000 in scholarships. Mark your calendars now for the 2020 […]
AQHA and NSBA World and Congress Champion Knockin It Out has been sold to Richard and Betty Carr of Bremen, Indiana and will now be under the guidance of Gil Galyean Quarter Horses, Purcell, Oklahoma. Bred by Kathryn Frederick, Ocala, Florida, Knockin It Out (Pippa) is a 2016 sorrel mare, sired by No Doubt Im […]
Decorated American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) and National Snaffle Bit Association (NSBA) owner and exhibitor Susan Scott passed away today of injuries sustained in a one-vehicle accident near her home in Ocala, Florida. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Scott and her dog were killed when her vehicle struck a tree and a Good Samaritan […]
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 […]