Organizers of the East Coast Halter Futurity have announced the expansion of the program to include a division for Performance Halter starting in 2018. Up until now the East Coast Halter Futurity has been strictly a Halter Futurity that provides halter enthusiasts a place to showcase their halter horses and promote the Halter horse industry. […]
Leading Hunter Under Saddle sire These Irons Are Hot has died as the results of neurological complications, Seaside Farm LP announced today. “With great sadness, Seaside Farm LP, announces the euthanasia of These Irons Are Hot due to neurological complications,” the announcement read. “Dexter was found down in his stall and even with aggressive treatment from […]
A total of nine horses competed for a total purse of $25,360 in the Congress Masters Hunter Under Saddle Saturday night. Best Jazz Album Yet, a bay stallion, sired by Allocate Your Assets and out of Jazzy Details, claimed the top spot with Deanna Searles in the irons. Best Jazz Album Yet owned by Deanna’s […]
Talk about roadblocks. Dr. Barry Falkenham’s Congress Masters Hunter Under Saddle entry this year, Alcatraz, has had more than his fair share. First he lost his eye and now he’s lost his rider. At just three months of age, the 2015 bay stallion, sired by Allocate Your Assets and out of Made For Luke, got […]
For many, a highlight of the All-American Quarter Horse Congress is walking down the red carpet of the one and only Congress Hall. It is an experience unlike any other; a horse lover’s shopping paradise. Amongst the assortment of booths and vendors, one thing always seems to stand out. Sitting on its own spinning pedestal, […]
Zips Bossy Chip has smashed through American Quarter Horse Hall of Famer Van Decka’s 30-year record for the all-time leading youth horse by points. The record was set 30 years ago. In 1987, at the All American Quarter Horse Congress, Van Decka earned his last point, ending his Hall of Fame show career with 4,270 […]
Thanks to simplified eligibility requirements, it’s easier than ever to compete for huge payouts in the 2018 Farnam Breeders’ Trust Pleasure Stakes classes. Enroll your talented Paint now to take a shot at the $50,000-plus payout at the 2018 APHA World Championship Show. Late enrollments will be accepted through Dec. 31; enrollments submitted after Dec. 31 will […]
The AQHA Executive Committee recently approved a third option to compete in Level 3 halter classes at the 2018 AQHA Select World Championship Show, presented by Adequan® (polysulfated glycosaminoglycan) and 2018 Lucas Oil AQHA World Championship Show. The three qualifying methods now include: Qualify by earning the required number of points, Compete at a designated […]
As the largest single-breed equine association in the world, the American Quarter Horse Association strives for excellence as a breed registry and to provide outstanding customer services as an Association. To deliver the best service to our members and horse lovers around the world, it is necessary for AQHA to review the Association’s budget and […]
Horse shoppers can watch the Preview of Sale horses offered in the 51st Annual Congress Super Sale on Friday Oct. 20, held with the All- American Quarter Horse Congress. Shoppers will be treated to a Pig Roast luncheon during the sale preview beginning at noon in the Lausche Building at the Ohio Expo Center “Potential bidders attending […]
It takes a special breeding program to raise a youngster talented enough to place at the All-American Quarter Horse Congress. Tom and Dominique Powers had two today in the same class. Stanley Scott of Ocala, Florida, showed Batters Up, a bay filly by Batt Man and out of Suddenly Some More, to a Congress Championship […]
For the second time in less than a month the horse community is reaching out to help each other in the wake of adversity. In late August, a major relief effort — consisting of both monetary and supply donations — was coordinated to aid horses and their caretakers in Texas and Louisiana impacted by Hurricane […]
