Ima Pandemic Blonde made her debut in the show ring count on Monday when she captured a World Championship title in the 2-Year-Old Snaffle Bit Western Pleasure at the Palomino World Show, now in full swing at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield. Blake Moore, who has been attending the event off and on for […]
There were plenty of obstacles to maneuver at the Palomino World Show on Sunday as Trail competition was featured for Youth, Amateur and Open competitors. For the Youth, the Trail classes marked the conclusion of the World Show as tabulations were being finalized for Golden Horse, High Point and Team winners. Kelsey Guthrie Rudy, of […]
Day three of competition at the Palomino Youth World Show, in Springfield, Illinois, got started on Saturday with Halter competition. For the fifth straight year, Zippos MaryJane, a 15-year-old mare by The Zippo Connection and out of Lethal Combination, took home the title of Champion Youth Performance Halter Mare. Owned by Jolene Battey, of Wilton, […]
Ely Joe Taylor and his show partner, Shez Sleepy Too, added four more World Championship titles to their already impressive dossier on Friday in day two of competition at the Palomino Youth World Show, being held at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield. Taylor and the 2016 mare by Too Sleepy To Zip and out […]
The Palomino Horse Breeders of America kicked off the 2022 Palomino World Championship Show today with classes in Youth Showmanship, Leadline and Ranch competition, followed by speed events, at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield. Kyrah Bowker, of Moriarty, New Mexico, got off to a strong start by winning a total of five Youth Ranch […]
When Tammy Conroy returned to showing horses after a long hiatus to finish college and start a family, she could not get over the changes in the industry. “When I left we showed to one judge and all the classes were held the same day,” she said. “In Showmanship, competitors had to stand in the […]
At the center of the performance horse breeding program that Betty Carr has been meticulously assembling for over three decades now, is a single premise – always improve the herd. It was born in her. It’s how she was raised. As the daughter of a dairy farmer growing up in Bremen, Indiana, Betty was showing […]
Well-known documentary photographer Rodger Kingston once wrote: The camera is the save button for the mind’s eye.” That’s something Larry Williams knows a thing or two about. As a professional equine photographer noted for his ability to accentuate the beauty of each horse he captured on film at farm calls as well as action inside […]
After 41 years, The Tom Powers Triple Challenge Futurity, the longest continuously-run pleasure futurity in the world, has been cancelled due to a lack of stall reservations and interest in this year’s event, according to its founder, Tom Powers. “We made the final decision to cancel last night and we are very disappointed,” he said. […]
It’s safe to say that Amateur competitor Meg Pye likes pretty horses. She even owns one that’s “Prettiest Of All.” After showing Hotroddin Ona Harley for five years, earning a National Snaffle Bit Association World Championship and Quarter Horse Congress Reserve Championship in Western Riding and hundreds of American Quarter Horse Association points in all-around […]
A few years back, Scott Jones finally heeded the advice a special woman in his life shared (actually, yelled at) him: “Let go.” And since he took some time away from the business, he has come back fresher and with a renewed enthusiasm. But it took a long time and a lot of stress to […]
A lot has happened since Suzan VonEssen used to strap a pillow on her dad’s sawhorse to ride in the garage of her family’s Tarrytown, New York home. “I was a horse-crazy girl for sure,” she explained. “Anytime we were somewhere that had trail riding or horses to pet, I was there.” Then came college, […]
