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 […]
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 […]
