Melvin Barnes passes

Melvin Barnes passes

American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame 2017 inductee Marvin Barnes of Ada, Oklahoma, died Nov. 30 at the age of 95. With the help of American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame mare FL Lady Bug, Marvin and his late wife, Lela, established the Lady Bug Stallion Station at Madill, Oklahoma, and a breeding program that changed racing forever. […]

Anna Morrison joins AQHA as chief international officer

Anna Morrison joins AQHA as chief international officer

The American Quarter Horse Association welcomes Anna Morrison of College Station, Texas, as the Association’s chief international officer. She will start her new role on Jan. 17. Morrison will be responsible for determining and formulating policies and procedures to provide overall direction of AQHA’s international activities and functions. She will serve as a liaison between AQHA and […]

December Online Auction features 75 Halter, Performance horses

The Professional Horse Services December Internet Auction features 75 Halter, Performance, Pleasure and All-Around Horses.  Halter and Pleasure horses include show horses, prospects and breeding stock.  The working performance horses are geared to the Reining and Ranch Horse events, as well as trail riding.  Bidding Opens Monday Dec. 5 for the December auction and will […]

UC Davis first to offer PET scans

UC Davis first to offer PET scans

It has been a busy past few months for the equine positron emission tomography (PET) program at the UC Davis veterinary hospital. The newly-acquired PET scanner was delivered as planned in early August, enabling UC Davis to become the first equine hospital to offer PET scans. Through August and September, six horses were scanned to test the scanner […]

Donations still being accepted for Audrey Grace Online Auction

Donations still being accepted for Audrey Grace Online Auction

Donations are still being accepted for the 15th Annual Audrey Grace Auction featured on Pleasurehorse.com forum Dec. 12-18. The auction 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 5 to 17, suffering from emotional, behavioral, […]

AQHA names World Show All-Around Amateur winners

AQHA names World Show All-Around Amateur winners

During the past two weeks, the top exhibitors and horses from around the world competed at the 2016 Lucas Oil AQHA World Championship Show at State Fair Park in Oklahoma City. The 2016 Farnam All-Around Amateur Award is presented to the exhibitor and horse team that earns the most points in three or more Level 3 amateur […]

TheCrowdJoesWild purchased by Veronica Roth; standing in Virginia

TheCrowdJoesWild purchased by Veronica Roth; standing in Virginia

TheCrowdJoesWild, a 2007 palomino stallion by Congress Champion Hot Diggity Joe and out of A Golden Dimension (by Reserve AQHA World Champion Invested Dimension), has a new home in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Veronica Roth completed the purchase of the young sire, registered with both the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) and Palomino Horse Breeders of America […]

APHA Hall of Fame nominations open

APHA Hall of Fame nominations open

Help honor the great change makers of the Paint Horse industry by nominating them to the APHA Hall of Fame. The deadline for submitting new individual or horse nominations is Dec. 1. Introduced in 2012, the Hall of Fame carries on the tradition of commemorating the breed’s colorful history with each class of legendary horses […]

PHBA expands Golden Horse awards

PHBA expands Golden Horse awards

The PHBA Executive Board recently voted to add Golden Horse and Reserve Golden Horse Awards for the 10-18 Walk Trot and Amateur Walk Trot divisions at the 2017 PHBA World Championship Show. In 2016 PHBA add the full slate of Walk Trot classes for the 10-18 and Amateurs. In 2017, these divisions will be included  in […]

APHA ‘Creating Confident Clinicians’ seminar set

APHA ‘Creating Confident Clinicians’ seminar set

APHA’s popular C3 “Creating Confident Clinicians” seminar will take place Dec. 15–16, hosted at the APHA headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas. The seminar will share teaching techniques used by professionals around the world, along with hands-on instruction. Andy Mangum, PhD, adjunct speech instructor at Brookhaven College in Farmers Branch, Texas, will focus on the fundamentals […]

Shooting shuts OKC Airport; AQHA World Show in progress

Shooting shuts OKC Airport; AQHA World Show in progress

A fatal shooting at Oklahoma City’s Will Rogers World Airport Tuesday afternoon sent passengers seeking cover and resulted in a lockdown of the airport. Police said the victim, identified as Michael Winchester, an employee of Southwest Airlines, was gunned down in a parking lot at the airport. Winchester was a former University of Oklahoma punter and […]