Exhibitors at the AQHA Central Level 1 Championships saddled up their American Quarter Horses on April 10 for the opening day of competition at State Fair Park in Oklahoma City. The show kicked off at 8 a.m. with the Rookie youth ranch riding in the Jim Norick Arena and Rookie youth working hunter in the Performance Arena. […]
APHA’s Paint Horse Championship program is back for 2019 and already approved for a few events this year—the first of which is the Northeast Paint Horse Championship Show taking place at the Mid-Atlantic Paint Classic Show held May 11-12 in Culpeper, Virginia.APHA is sponsoring awards for each Paint Horse Championship show, consisting of beautiful Gist […]
The American Quarter Horse Association, South Point Arena and Equestrian Center and state veterinarian of Nevada have collectively decided to postpone the AQHA West Level 1 Championships scheduled for April 17-20 in Las Vegas. “The No. 1 priority of AQHA is to protect the welfare of the horse,” said Craig Huffhines, AQHA executive vice president. […]
She was kind of hairy and plain looking when Tali Terlizzi, of Montville, New Jersey, first saw the red yearling named Kruze Control. Her good friend, Rebecca Smiecinski, sent her a video of the filly raised by Brenda Lindvall of Stauffer Farms. Lindvall has posted the filly on Facebook and Rebecca told Tali “You need […]
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 […]
