The American Quarter Horse Association recently announce significant changes to the Performance Halter rules as they apply to the World Championship Show and now the Youth World Show and the Select World Show. Those rules are being met with overwhelming support from Performance Horse enthusiasts. The American Quarter Horse Association announced on Dec. 31, a […]
When Julie McCallister became an empty-nester it was time to chase her horse show dreams. She purchased Hour Rumors, “Trixie,” and began training with Kip Larson and Michael Davis at Kip Larson Performance Horses for Western Pleasure. Then she added Halter, Hunter Under Saddle, Showmanship, Horsemanship, and Equitation. Earlier this year she won the AQHA […]
If you have ever wanted to compete at the Palomino Youth World Show but were afraid you didn’t have enough experience to be successful, you will want to hear about Stephanie Brown and Landon Battey. Stephanie is just 11 years old and from Sanger, Texas. Landon is 13 and hails from Wilton, Iowa. Both are […]
The Tunica Arena and Exposition Center in Mississippi is the site of this year’s Palomino Horse Breeders of America World Championship Show. The youngest competitors take center stage first as the association presents the Palomino Youth World Show through Saturday, followed by the Amateur and Open World Show classes next week. PHBA General Manager Terri […]
Dean Bogart Performance Horses is proud to announce the relocation of the business back to Georgia. Dean Bogart has had an outstanding career as a professional horseman, judge and trainer of numerous Youth, Amateur and Open Congress and World Champions. His new venture will now be located at Big Sky Farm in Dacula, Georgia. “I am […]
Official results are in from the 2018 Tom Powers Triple Challenge Futurity in Berrien Springs, Michigan June 27 to July 1 have been announced. Although rain on the first day of competition forced some reshuffling of the schedule, Tom and Dominique Powers and their staff once again pulled off a nearly flawless event […]
It has been said that faith is seeing light with your heart when all your eyes see is darkness. The remarkable story of Million To 1 will make you a believer. The red roan son of VS Flatline and Congress Champion A Certain Illusion arrived on Super Bowl Sunday in 2015. There were big expectations […]
Competition is underway in Raleigh, North Carolina for the Tar Heel Classic. Held annually by the North Carolina Quarter Horse Association, the show drew competitors from across the Southeast. The fun-filled weekend will continue with NCQHYA Show and the NCQHA Jamboree held at the James B. Hunt Horse Complex and will feature a total of 6 […]
It was a very emotional reunion in Bridgeton, New Jersey this week as the Ale family welcomed home the horse they credit with making trainer Brian Ale the horseman he is today. After nearly two decades of helping countless riders achieve their dreams, both inside and outside the show arena, Talkin The Talk, a 1997 […]
Funeral services have been set for AQHA and NSBA professional trainer Clint Tyler Collingsworth, 27, of Wheelersburg, Ohio, who passed away on Thursday, June 7, at his residence. The son of Jerry Lee Collingsworth Jr., and Tami WoosleyCollingsworth, Clint was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, and attended Wheelersburg High School. He was a lifetime horseman […]
Extravagant Mac is not only the all-time leading performance horse in the history of the Palomino Horse Breeders of America, but is also a horse with a big personality. Bred, raised and owned all his life by Helen Purvis Fleming of Tupelo, Mississippi, Extravagant Mac is a 1997 gelding by Gal’s Last Chance and out […]
Jewelry designers use strands of hair to help horse lovers create keepsakes to commemorate a lost friend or special accomplishment. Somewhere in a drawer in the house or on a shelf in the barn you likely have a bundle of hair saved from a cherished horse that you no longer own. Whether the hair was […]
