Dr. Laura Bracken and her husband, Jerry Bracken, of Trafalgar, Indiana, are what you might call “accidental stallion owners.” In 2004, when the couple went looking for a show prospect, they thought they were going to see a gelding when they visited Dalen Geiger. Dalen had purchased Sophistication Only, by Invitation Only and out of […]
Sleep can be elusive. It can be fitful and rejuvenating. For Shirley MacArthur sleep is an incubator of ideas for her artwork. When her head hits the pillow and she closes her eyes, visions of horses, dogs and hairy highland cows dance in her head. “I go to sleep with paintings in my head that […]
The University of Pennsylvania’s large animal hospital, New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, is under a self-imposed equine quarantine for Equine Herpes Myeloencephalitis (EHM). New Bolton Center has canceled all elective, equine appointments pending further instructions from the regional state veterinarian. New Bolton Center will receive equine or camelid (also susceptible to Equine Herpesvirus […]
Competition in Venice, Florida today centered around Fun In The Sun futurity classes in the Main Arena as Huntfield action filled the Hunter Arena. Jay Starnes got things started this morning by winning the seven-entry Open Western Pleasure Maturity aboard A Lazy Holiday, owned by Adria Smith, of Allen, Texas. Claiming Reserve honors was Made […]
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 […]
Ten years after Kristen (Glover) Galyean rode Vital Signs Are Good to the AQHA World Championship in Amateur Western Pleasure she returned to earn the golden globe once again. But this time, in 2017, she was on VS Lady In Red, sired by VS Code Red, and the granddaughter of Vital Signs Are Good. Riding […]
DeGraff Stables and the stallion owners are once again pleased to promote and support the many foal engagement opportunities and futurities across the nation by donating breedings or by paying stallion nominations for the coming breeding season. Many of these programs offer the chance for mare or foal owners to present and show case their […]
The 16th Annual Audrey Grace Auction opened today and will run until 5 p.m. (EST) on Sunday, Dec. 17. The auction 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 5 to 17, suffering from emotional, behavioral, […]
As a young girl growing up in Vancover, Canada, Taylor Kungle got her boots dusty in Pony Club and eventually worked her way up to AA level competition at Hunter/Jumper shows. She traveled up and down the west coast to compete in Equitation finals- even competing in the Maclay finals in Kentucky and the Foxfield […]
Brogan Thompson of Vidalia, Georgia has announced the acquisition of American Quarter Horse Association World and Congress Champion sire Potential Career. “I had been quietly looking for a stallion for the past year, but I couldn’t find anything that made me happy and excited,” Thompson said. “After giving up on finding the right stallion for […]
Two-time Cy Young Award winning pitcher Roy Halladay died in a plane crash in the Gulf of Mexico. According to Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco, Halladay’s ICON A5, a small-engine aircraft, went down around noon on Tuesday off the coast of Florida. Halladay was 40 years old. Halladay’s wife, Brandy, is an AQHA all-around competitor […]
The Glover Galyean Partnership announces that World and Congress Champion Sires, VS Code Red and VS Flatline, will stand the 2018 breeding season at Royal Vista Ranches, LLC in Wayne, Oklahoma. Both 5X Congress Champion and World Champion sons of the legendary Vital Signs Are Good, VS Code Red, sired by Blazing Hot, and VS […]
