It should have been easy to predict that eventually, North Carolina native Allison Hinson would find success in the show ring. Not many youngsters fall off not once but twice at their very first competition. But that’s exactly what happened to Hinson when, at the age of 12, she took her new horse, Asset Associate […]
Iowa youth competitor Kaylynn Heitman, 14, bought her first equine partner, a pony named Marbles, for $25 when she was just 4 years old. Marbles was blind in one eye and had a fatty cyst on one side. But she would “pull around a sled like a boss” and Kaylynn adored her. After that, there […]
If there’s one thing people who know him best would tell you about Fritz Leeman, it’s that he brings the same high level of determination and enthusiasm to everything he does. It’s why his business, Brewster Dairy, is the largest producer of all natural Swiss cheese in the United States. And it’s the reason he […]
Dozens of items, including a football jersey personalized for the winning bidder by former NFL Quarterback Terry Bradshaw, are up for grabs in a live auction being held at 6 p.m. (central time) today, at the Palomino Horse Breeders of America convention, being held now through Sunday in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The live auction also features […]
American Quarter Horse Association World Champion producer Gota Lota Potential passed away on March 9, at his home in Bremen, Indiana. “We will truly miss him,” said Richard Carr, who along with his wife Betty, has owned the kind stallion they affectionately called “Webster” since 1999. “I usually don’t get attached to our horses, even […]
The dates for the 53rd annual All American Quarter Horse Congress, held Oct. 1 to 27, have been set by the Ohio Quarter Horse Association. The dates for the 2020 Congress have moved up one week to take place from Sept. 22 to Oct. 18. The decision is based on increasing the window between the Congress […]
Tammy and Terry Bradshaw are determined to continue to promote the American Quarter Horse by breeding, raising, showing and selling outstanding stock. So, when the opportunity to purchase a stallion with as promising a future as Extremely Hot Chips arose back in September, the decision was easy. “He is the leading money earning AQHA stallion […]
The Premier Quarter Sires just added Lazy Loper, Lopin My Best and Who To Invite to the program, bringing to 50 the total number of stallions enrolled and filling the roster. With the change in the program the deadline for entries in the PQS classes at the Silver Dollar Circuit in Las Vegas has been extended a few days to allow […]
Craig Huffhines, Executive Director of the American Quarter Horse Association issued the following letter today regarding the potential move of the AQHA headquarters from Amarillo, Texas to Fort Worth: AQHA Exploring Possibility of Relocation The debate over the location of AQHA Headquarters is as historic as the Association itself. While the headquarters was ultimately established […]
The American Quarter Horse Association has released the AQHA Standing Committee Agendas for the 2019 AQHA Convention, which is March 8-11 at the Omni Fort Worth Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas. Even though the deadline to submit rule-change proposals for the 2019 convention was December 31, 2018, your input is encouraged and taken into consideration when decisions are […]
APHA and the Breeders Halter Futurity are renewing the successful partnership between the APHA World Championship Show and the premier halter competition for a fourth year.A total of $20,000 will be available in 2019 for Paint Horses competing at both the APHA World Championship Show and the Breeders Halter Futurity. The additional bonus money will […]
The tentative schedule for the 2019 AQHYA World Championship Show is now available online at www.aqha.com/youthworld. This year’s schedule offers a more exhibitor friendly format with all-around classes grouped together towards the beginning of the show and cattle classes grouped together at the end. The Ford Youth World is Aug. 1-10 at State Fair Park in Oklahoma City […]