Fox Lea Farms, in Venice, Florida, is bustling with activity as AQHA and NSBA exhibitors combine a love for mild weather with a passion for competition during the farm’s Winter Circuit and Fun In The Sun Futurity slated for later this week. Many competitors made their way from Tampa where the Gold and Gulf Coast […]
The National Snaffle Bit Association (NSBA) host its 12th Annual World Championship Show this week in Tulsa, Oklahoma. More than $500,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded and, in addition to the World Show classes, which are qualifying events, the NSBA Breeders Championship Futurity and Stakes classes will also be featured throughout the week. […]
The Midwest Appaloosa Classic, held Aug. 5-6, at the Minnesota Equestrian Center, turned out to be a rainy weekend but that didn’t deter exhibitors. “We have definitely seen an increase in entries this year,” said Wissota Appaloosa president Sara Schwartz. It was the first time the Classic has been held at the […]
Thirty five new youth world champions were crowned this week in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the American Quarter Horse Association hosted its annual Youth World Show. Exhibitors from across the globe flocked to the sooner state to compete for a coveted world show globe. Kicking things off this year was a veteran to the […]
One of AQHA’s Top 10 shows, the Region 6 Super 6 circuit got underway on Wednesday in West Springfield, Massachusetts. As of Thursday evening the show already saw 8,000 entries with over 200 trail runs and 185 in Showmanship classes. “There are world class trail patterns here and great competition to prep for the […]
The 2017 Corporate Challenge celebrated 20 years of AQHA show circuits this weekend at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in St. Paul. The Corporate Challenge is managed by Mark Harrell Horse Shows and although it’s been a hot weekend of competition turnout was strong. “We’re very happy with this year’s attendance,” said manager Rachel […]
Record temperatures in Conyers, Georgia didn’t hinder exhibitors from competing in record numbers at the Stars and Stripes and Big A Circuits. The two week long event features two AQHA shows as well as the second leg of the Premier Quarter Sires, Show For Dough and a Huntfield Derby. Brittany Andrews piloted Faith Is Certain […]
The Oregon Summer Classic took place last weekend in Central Point, Oregon. The show featured a full slate of AQHA classes as well as a select NSBA futurity classes that included Western Pleasure, Trail Sweepstakes, Longe Line and Hunter Under Saddle. Scottsdale Western World saddles and Caliente Saddle Shop saddles are among the prizes […]
The first leg of the 2017 Premier Quarter Sires Limited Series is underway at the Cornhusker Classic in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Limited Series features a hefty purse for both Limited Non-Pro and Open riders as well as Limited Horses. Each class has an estimated payout of $25,000 and the four classes offered in the […]
The Tar Heel Triple Classic is welcoming exhibitors to Raleigh, North Carolina this week for two AQHA show circuits which bookend The Little Futurity, one of the premier futurities of the show season. A new format this year calls for nine AQHA sanctioned shows spread across eight days. Action got started on Thursday with four-day […]
While East Coast exhibitors were battling the rain, West Coast exhibitors enjoyed plenty of sunshine at the Sun and Surf Circuit held in Del Mar, California. The show featured a full slate of AQHA classes and seven NSBA approved classes with $6,500 total added judged by Chris Thompson, Karen Watters, Jan Hoskins-Hay, Kim Myers, John […]
It was standing room only when the Southern Ohio Quarter Horse Association presented its two showcase slot classes – the 3 & Over Novice Horse Western Pleasure and the 3-Year-Old Maiden Horse Western Pleasure – during The Madness Circuit this weekend at the World Equestrian Center in Wilmington, Ohio. On Saturday, Dave Archer piloted The Silver Fox to […]
