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. […]
The American Quarter Horse Association will host its inaugural Pleasure Versatility Challenge at the association’s World Championship Show at 8 p.m., on Saturday, Nov. 10. The concept for the new class emerged from a town hall style meeting for Western Pleasure enthusiasts, hosted by the AQHA Executive Committee at the 2017 World Show, to initiate conversation […]
Moonrageous’ win with Aaron Moses in the 3-Year-Old $1,000 Novice Horse Open Western Pleasure on Thursday at the National Snaffle Bit Association’s World Championship Show in Tulsa, was the highlight of the year for owner Annee Miller, of Starland Ranch in El Reno, Oklahoma. “He just goes in and does his job,” Miller said. “I’ve […]
Competition continues at the National Snaffle Bit Association’s 13th Annual World Championship Show and Breeders Championship Futurity, in Tulsa, Oklahoma this week. On Monday in Western Pleasure action, VodkaMadeMeDoIt and Erin Lieurance captured a win in the 10-entry BCF 2-Year-Old Intermediate Open Western Pleasure earning $1,262.03. The bay mare is sired by RL Best Of Sudden […]
Timing is everything. At least that’s what Dr. Candice Hall and Dr. Cory Seebach, of Black Creek, British Columbia, believe. It was true when they purchased leading Western Pleasure sire Machine Made back in 2010. “We went from ‘love at first sight’ to an extensive education in breeding and bloodlines,” Candice admits. And now, it’s […]
The National Snaffle Bit Association (NSBA) opened its 13thannual World Championship Show and Breeders Championship Futurity on Sunday with competition in three different arenas. According to organizers more than 5,000 World Show and BCF entries have already been received with more expected as the show unfolds. That tops last year’s final entry tally of 4,621. […]
