Tammy and Terry Bradshaw are determined to continue to promote the American Quarter Horse by breeding, raising, showing and selling outstanding stock. So, when the opportunity to purchase a stallion with as promising a future as Extremely Hot Chips arose back in September, the decision was easy. “He is the leading money earning AQHA stallion […]
Breezee Hill Farm, home of An Absolute Martini, is thrilled to announce that the 2015 chestnut stallion by The Best Martini and out of Radical Rose Red will stand the 2019 breeding season at Pilot Knob Quarter Horses in Pinnacle, North Carolina. “Due to overwhelming demand, we have decided to stand ‘Hollywood’ under the guidance […]
The 17th Annual Audrey Grace Auction is now open for bidding on the Pleasurehorse.com forum. The auction, which runs through 5 p.m. (EST), on Sunday, Dec. 16, 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 […]
After years of writing number one country songs for others, it was Jaida Dreyer shining in the spotlight last night as it was announced that she is the season one winner of Real Country, USA Network’s new country-themed reality singing competition. In each of seven hour-long episodes, Shania Twain, Jake Owen and Travis Tritt hand-selected emerging […]
It’s been quite the exciting year for Taylor Kungle. In March her family purchased Falls Creek Farm, a 345-acre estate at the Connecticut-Rhode Island border. Two months later she graduated from Columbia University in New York City with a Master’s degree in Religious Studies. And, she spent the summer and fall continuing to assemble a […]
AQHA and NSBA competitor Jaida Dreyer was the winner of the Nov. 28 episode of Real Country, USA Network’s new country-themed reality singing competition. In each hour-long episode, Shania Twain, Jake Owen and Travis Tritt hand-select emerging solo artists, duos and groups to perform in showcases that spotlight the rich traditions, songs and themes of specific […]
Inside a six-foot-tall stockade fence, a style often associated with cutting pens, Western Pleasure prospects are learning to find their natural rhythm. Their rider’s cues are almost imperceptible as he lopes a chestnut colt 20 feet off the fence. His hands are nearly still. His long legs quietly hang well below the horse’s belly as […]
The American Quarter Horse Association will host its inaugural Pleasure Versatility Challenge at the association’s World Championship Show at 8 p.m., on Saturday, Nov. 10. The concept for the new class emerged from a town hall style meeting for Western Pleasure enthusiasts, hosted by the AQHA Executive Committee at the 2017 World Show, to initiate conversation […]
Hobbles are often associated with cowboys and pack strings. Out on the range or on the mountain trail, riders need a method for allowing their horse to graze at camp without running away. The invention of hobbles predates the American west by thousands of years. An American Cowboy article once reported that two ancient Egyptian […]
Kristen Glover Galyean and Vital Signs Are Good made history in the AQHA World Championship Show arena, more than once. The legendary mare was chosen to be inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame, just a year after her death. To honor her, and the legacy she left, the Glover Galyean Partnership has created […]
The 2018 VQHA Virginia Bred Classes, supported by the Virginia Horse Industry Board, will again be held with the End Of Summer AQHA Show Circuit in Culpeper, VA. The show circuit will be held over September 14 through 16, 2018. $7,500 will be added to the classes with a Grant from the Virginia Horse Industry […]
Moonrageous’ win with Aaron Moses in the 3-Year-Old $1,000 Novice Horse Open Western Pleasure on Thursday at the National Snaffle Bit Association’s World Championship Show in Tulsa, was the highlight of the year for owner Annee Miller, of Starland Ranch in El Reno, Oklahoma. “He just goes in and does his job,” Miller said. “I’ve […]
