Two APHA National Championship shows will debut in the new year, featuring an Eastern and Western championship event. Sponsored by the American Paint Horse Association, the APHA National Championships will each be four-judge shows offering APHA points and national championship titles. Qualifying is not required. “We are excited to present this new slate of shows […]
The 17th Annual Audrey Grace Auction is now open for bidding on the Pleasurehorse.com forum. The auction, which runs through 5 p.m. (EST), on Sunday, Dec. 16, helps raise funds for the New Horizons Audrey Grace House in Abilene, Texas, part of the Community Center of Care, which provides residential treatment services to children, ages […]
After years of writing number one country songs for others, it was Jaida Dreyer shining in the spotlight last night as it was announced that she is the season one winner of Real Country, USA Network’s new country-themed reality singing competition. In each of seven hour-long episodes, Shania Twain, Jake Owen and Travis Tritt hand-selected emerging […]
Looney Quarter Horses, located in Jackson, Tennessee, has announced the appointment of Amanda Jackson and Mark Katafiaz as the operation’s in-house trainers. Lee and Dr. Brenda Looney, long-time breeders of top AQHA, APHA and NSBA performance horses, have been in the process of building a brand new, 150-by-250-foot state of the art facility, complete with […]
The Florida Gold Coast Quarter Horse Circuit will return to the Bob Thomas Equestrian Center at the Florida State Fairgrounds on Friday, Dec. 28, and will run through Monday, Dec. 31. In 2016, the Florida Gold Coast Quarter Horse Circuit was named one of the top 10 American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) shows in the country, moving […]
It’s been quite the exciting year for Taylor Kungle. In March her family purchased Falls Creek Farm, a 345-acre estate at the Connecticut-Rhode Island border. Two months later she graduated from Columbia University in New York City with a Master’s degree in Religious Studies. And, she spent the summer and fall continuing to assemble a […]
BRTSendingMyRegards is the 52nd Open Supreme Champion in the history of the American Quarter Horse Association. The horse is owned by Tim Meyer of Sylvan Grove, Kansas. The title requires a horse to have raced and achieved a speed index of at least 90 on two occasions, earn at least 40 points in halter and […]
Two Internet Horse auctions, offering close to 100 horses, close this week. The first, closing on Tuesday evening, Dec. 4, is the Pleasure Show Horse and Broodmare Internet Auction which includes the Pope Farms Online Production Sale. The second, closing on Wednesday, Dec. 5, is the Raak Show Horses Dispersal and the December Internet Auction. […]
AQHA and NSBA competitor Jaida Dreyer was the winner of the Nov. 28 episode of Real Country, USA Network’s new country-themed reality singing competition. In each hour-long episode, Shania Twain, Jake Owen and Travis Tritt hand-select emerging solo artists, duos and groups to perform in showcases that spotlight the rich traditions, songs and themes of specific […]
Bidding closes on Wednesday evening, Nov. 28, for the outstanding collection of yearling and weanlings featured in the The Prospects Internet Auction. “Pro Horse Services is excited to team up with Anthony Leier to develop an annual Internet auction designed to offer breeders of Western Pleasure and Hunter Under Saddle prospects a dependable marketplace they can […]
For Wade and Laura Spell, of St. Louis, Missouri, not all horses are created equal. They all mature at a different pace and they really tell you what they can handle. You just need to listen and watch for the cues. As trainers of Western Pleasure and Hunter Under Saddle contenders, with an emphasis on […]
Jamie Oakley’s love for horses was sparked when she was just a little girl, riding naughty ponies and taking dressage lessons at a local barn in Eureka, California, where she grew up. “My first horse shows were open shows with my AQHA mare, she was 21 and her registered name was Magical Misty,” Oakley recalled. […]
