If you were asked to pick the championship buckle that meant the most to you could you narrow the choice down to a single accomplishment? Ohio Trainer Carly Veldman Parks was hard pressed to choose just one. So, she chose two, well actually four: the 2006 American Paint Horse Association (APHA) Amateur Showmanship, and one […]
Nothing is cuter in the spring than Facebook feeds filled by foals. They’re just simply adorable and they carry the hope and promise of a bright future. From the moment a foal arrives, every experience contributes to their outlook on life and eventual trainability. Every breeder has a different approach, one works for their program […]
Horses in Ryan Cottingham’s Indiana training barn follow the same dental routine as most people – the horses receive an oral exam twice a year. That allows Cottingham and the equine dentist to enable horses to be comfortable so they can perform their best without the distraction of a problem in their mouth. The preventative […]
Tracie Plummer of Meadow Star Farm in North Plains, Oregon got a crash course in raising an orphaned foal in 2016 when her Quarter Horse mare, RL Illustrious, tore her uterus and had to be euthanized shortly after giving birth. After several unsuccessful attempts to graft “Jimmy” onto other mares without success, Plummer trained the Batt […]
Deciding to insure a show horse depends on two things: your long-term goals and the level of risk you’re willing to accept. Not enough insurance for a valuable stallion or top-level show horse can keep you awake worrying about infertility or a career-ending injury. On the flip side, you can purchase so much insurance that […]
The last time Bill Cox was able to show was at the Sun Circuit in Arizona, which ran from Feb. 27 to March 7. That was five months ago and chances are it’ll be the only show he competes in the entire 2020 season. The Ontario, Canada Select exhibitor made it home just as the […]
Horse owners notoriously close the sale of a favorite horse with the caveat, “if you ever decide to sell, I would like the opportunity to buy them back.” Nicole Kuklinski, 24, of Illinois, remembers echoing the sentiment to Anne MacEwen Kennedy when she bought Dancin In My Sleep, a 2005 black gelding by Too Sleepy […]
They have the same genetic makeup. But it’s rarely the case that two foals sired by the same stallion and out of the same mare look, move or act exactly as each other, even when those foals are the result of multiple embryos from a single uterine flush. Take flush mates What’s On Ur Mind […]
Show horses, as a general rule, are well vaccinated. It’s worth the expense to keep these horses on a regular vaccination schedule for the flu/rhino vaccine (Equine Influenza and Equine Rhinopneumonitis) strangles and equine herpesvirus I and IV since these respiratory viruses may be “shared” between horses. “Vaccination will help to reduce the chances of […]
Rebecca Bailey’s American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) mare Ona Impulse was a Western Pleasure powerhouse in her day. She won the Open 2-year-old Championship at the Congress and the AQHA World Championship Show. As a 3-year-old, won the Open 3-Year-Old Western Pleasure at the Congress and has an AQHA Youth World Championship to her credit. […]
One of cinema’s most popular comedies, “Meet the Parents,” features a scene where Jack (Robert DeNiro) is showing Greg (Ben Stiller) his new invention – a camera hidden inside an everyday household item. The first “nanny cam” was invented in 1992 and it allowed parents to secretly monitor their kids and hired babysitters. What started as a […]
The smell of burning metal hangs in the air. It’s so thick you can taste it – it’s that same metallic flavor you get when you bite your tongue and it bleeds. According to Nobel Prize in Medicine scientists, metal doesn’t have a scent. Doctors Linda Burck and Richard Axel discovered the genes that determine […]