Brett and Heather Caplinger, of Xenia, Ohio, walked away with $4,900 in cash and another $2,000 in prizes for their efforts in the Brad Borton Memorial Limited Non-Pro Longe Line class held today at the Tom Powers Futurity in Berrien Springs, Michigan. Brett showed Best By Design, a 2018 gelding by RL Best of Sudden […]
The weather is always the wild card at the Tom Powers Triple Challenge Futurity, held each year in Berrien Springs, Michigan. This year is no exception. A storm rolled in to the Berrien County Fairgrounds late Tuesday night, outing power for a few hours and drenching the outdoor pens. But Tom Powers and his crew […]
The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) has posted a national qualifiers list under Resources at www.aqha.com/youthworld. If you have questions on your status as a national qualifier, please email AQHA Show Events Coordinator Heidi Lane at hlane@aqha.org. Potential state and provincial entries must apply through their state or provincial affiliate to be considered for 2019 Ford Youth World qualification. […]
A brand-new cash bonus PLUS a Harris silver trophy show halter will be up for grabs this year for the highest-placing individual in the Brad Borton Memorial Limited Non-Pro Longe Line class at the Tom Powers Futurity who is the breeder, owner AND exhibitor in the class. The Borton family announced today that the bonus […]
It’s true. Made By J was THE perfect horse for Drs Candice Hall and Cory Seebach. The 2012 bay mare is sired by their own stallion, Machine Made and out of Dark Jasmine, herself a Quarter Horse Congress Champion. So it all made perfect sense. But when their trainer, Gil Galyean of Purcell, Oklahoma, called […]
On Dec. 31, 2017, the American Quarter Horse Association announced amendments to AQHA performance halter rules pertaining to the 2018 Lucas Oil AQHA World Championship Show. Changes to the AQHA performance halter rules for the AQHYA World Championship Show are in effect for the 2019 Ford Youth World and were announced prior to the beginning of the show’s qualifying […]
Though you can never quite replicate the feeling of a stellar performance, American Paint Horse Association’s 2019 World Championship Show competitors can now watch their classes again and again—for free—thanks to APHA’s newest partnership. APHA is excited to welcome Equine Promotion of Whitesboro, Texas, as the official videographer of the 2019 APHA Youth World Championship […]
Thirteen-year-old Carley Rutledge, of Altoona, Iowa, is all about the Trail. It’s her favorite class to watch. “I like watching the spots they (competitors) choose and how they set up the pattern,” she explained. And it’s her favorite class to ride. That won’t come as any surprise to her fellow youth competitors. Carley and her […]
The National Snaffle Bit Association has announced that it has become the newest affiliate of the Youth Equestrian Development Association (YEDA). “NSBA is excited to be a part of the Youth Equestrian Development Association. NSBA shared YEDA’s mission to provide an equestrian riding program for youth riders. We look forward to working together to grow […]
The American Quarter Horse Youth Association World Championship Show is Aug. 1-10 at State Fair Park in Oklahoma City and features the world’s top youth riders and their American Quarter Horses. If you received a qualifier packet in the mail, please review this additional information before submitting your entries to your youth adviser. The qualifier […]
AQHA and NSBA competitor Chelsea Turner Jones and her husband, Amos (Doc), of Raleigh, North Carolina welcomed their first child, a son, last month. The new arrival, named Everette (Rhett) James Jones, weighed 8 pounds and 8 ounces and measured 21 inches at birth.
Vicky Holt Parker has become the 29th member of National Snaffle Bit Association’s Quarter Million Dollar Club. Holt, who divides her time between Texas and North Carolina, becomes a member of the group of riders who have won $250,000 in NSBA lifetime earnings. Holt grew up in Santa Barbara, California, competed as a youth and […]