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 […]
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’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 […]
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 […]
The Appaloosa Horse Club (ApHC) is proud to once again hold the Stallion Service Auction. Stallion services may be donated online at www.equineauctionexchange.com until Nov. 30. This year’s Stallion Service Auction will begin on December 1, 2016 and end on Dec. 20, at 6 p.m. Eastern Time. The auction is exclusively online at www.equineauctionexchange.com and […]
Lauren Crivelli has a routine she sticks to as she prepares to enter the show arena to compete. She’s impossible to talk to so don’t even try. She’s in her “zone.” “I get so focused on the way my horse is feeling and the way I want them to feel in the arena that I […]
Most mornings erupt in bright blue skies with a hint of gray in the distance, where the mountains poke through, and the evening sunset reveals a dash of purple that caresses the tree line along the burnt orange background. For Terri Glaser the drive to spend time with her horse, a 17-hand chestnut thoroughbred gelding […]
Sometimes things just fall into place, and when that happens, it’s perfectly fine to sit back and enjoy the sweet serendipity. After a 2015 American Paint Horse Association World Show that was beyond their wildest dreams, owner Dominic Destefano of Edmond, Oklahoma, and trainer Mason Lyon were happy to let the chips fall where they […]
A new internet-only format shook up the 2016 Farnam Breeders’ Trust Select Yearling Sale, making it easier than ever to make yearling Paints eligible for elite performance opportunities and more than $50,000 in payouts as part of the Farnam Pleasure Stakes program. The sale’s 35 consigned horses didn’t have to leave the comfort of home, as […]
Show managers say they are finding that with the popular split/combined and multiple judge format shows, it works for them to hire a husband/wife judging couple to officiate at their shows. There are several advantages for a show to hire a couple – they can share a hotel room and they can cut travel expenses […]
In celebration of their accomplishments in the arena, five top Amateur exhibitors were honored Nov. 9 at the 2016 APHA World Championship Show. After the 2015 APHA World Championship Show, Christine Weiser of Meridian, Idaho, was walking on cloud nine. It was a dream show for the veteran horsewoman, winning a trio of world championships and netting […]
The AQHA Official Handbook of Rules and Regulations is now available online in PDF format, in print and via the AQHA Rulebook App. AQHA members can download the rulebook or request a printed copy at www.aqha.com/rulebook. The AQHA rulebook represents corporation bylaws, rules and regulations of registration, rules and regulations of racing, rules and regulations of […]