The Madness kicked off Wednesday with huge numbers in Wilmington, Ohio. The show began with western pattern events and will continue throughout the weekend with a full slate of AQHA and select NSBA classes. The show’s two featured classes are the 3-Year-Old and Over Novice Horse Western Pleasure which will take place Friday May 18 […]
The beautiful 2014 brown mare The Dark Impulse by RL Best Of Sudden and out of Dark Jasmine who just won the prestigious Hylton Maiden 3-Year-Old and Over Western Pleasure has been purchased by Joanie Zelnio of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Steve Reams will show The Dark Impulse for the final time this Friday at The […]
The AQHA Level 1 Championship Shows concluded last weekend with a week worth of classes to determine the best Level 1 riders across the country. Rookie classes and Level 1 classes are two levels of AQHA competition designed for everyone from the beginner to the minimally accomplished competitors in AQHA events, respectively. “It has been […]
When you have parents as decorated as two-time Congress Champion Only In The Moonlite and Congress Masters Western Pleasure Champion and AQHA Reserve World Champion Suddenly A Cool Lady, it can be hard to live up to the expectations of your audience. But that’s not likely the case with Moonrageous, a 2015 black gelding making […]
InStride Edition magazine Publisher F. Bradley Borton, 60, of Upper Deerfield Township, N.J. passed away on Monday, April 30, at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, after a long and courageous battle against cancer. Brad was introduced to show horses by his wife of 37 years, Corrine (Sheppard), and quickly became immersed in raising and exhibiting […]
The University of Findlay will host its 14th annual Spring Horse Sale tomorrow, at the Western Farm in the Dale Wilkinson Arena, 14700 U.S. Route 68 south of Findlay, Ohio. Today, graduating seniors competed in the program’s Clark Bradley Pleasure Futurity, a Western Pleasure class designed to showcase their 2-year-old futurity prospects. These horses will […]
He rode her mama, Dark Jasmine, to a Quarter Horse Congress Championship and tonight Steve Reams, of Ellerbe, North Carolina, piloted The Dark Impulse, sired by RL Best Of Sudden, to a win in the Hylton Maiden 3-Year-Old & Over Western Pleasure Slot Class at the Spring Breakout/Dave Higgins Memorial Show in Lexington, Virginia. The […]
Organizers say 18 horses and riders are entered in the Hylton Maiden 3-Year-Old and Over Western Pleasure Slot Class, being presented at 8 p.m., today, during the Spring Breakout/Dave Higgins Memorial Show in Lexington, Virginia. The class has a guaranteed payout of $74,000 with $25,000 going to the winner. A $2,500 bonus will be paid […]
The Spring Breakout/Dave Higgins Memorial AQHA Show Circuit got underway today at the Virginia Horse Center in beautiful Lexington, Virginia. The show began today with judging in Equitation, Hunter Under Saddle, Western Pleasure, Horsemanship and Western Riding in the Coliseum. Competition in the outdoor arena was devoted to Trail. Ranch Riding and Reining took center […]
Perched in the announcer’s stand Steve Schiestel of Alberta, Canada has a bird’s eye view of every exhibitor and every class at the shows he emcees. From his roost in the announcer’s booth he sees the moments riders hope judges saw and the blunders they hope the judges missed. And those have served as a […]
The Massachusetts Quarter Horse Association hosted its annual Spring Show last weekend at the Eastern States Expo Center in West Springfield, Massachusetts. A little colder weather didn’t dampen the spirits of exhibitors through out the weekend. The show featured a full slate of AQHA classes as well as a $500 Versatility Challenge sponsored by […]
The second leg of the newly combined Horseman’s Stock Show and GQHA Pro-Am got underway today at the International Horse Park in scenic Conyers, Georgia. The weather was picture perfect as exhibitors took to the outdoor pens for Western Riding this afternoon. The show, which began with the Horseman’s Stock Show on April 7th has […]
