Decorated AQHA show mare Rhapsody In The Rain, owned by Richard and Betty Carr, Bremen, Indiana, was humanely euthanized on Tuesday after suffering a broken hind leg. “Everyone who was around Rainy fell in love with her,” said Betty Carr, “from all of our trainers to our vets and farriers to the girls at BSB […]
One might say that it takes a village to select the right breeding cross, get a prospect safely on the ground, trained and campaigned to the winner’s circle. Colt breakers are a part of that critical village for many of today’s top trainers. And if you don’t believe they are an important piece to the […]
With the new year comes yet more changes for today’s breeding climate. After significant overall drops in the number of foals registered with the American Quarter Horse Association over the past decade, the association recorded a slight uptick in breeding in its 2016 annual report. Stallion managers are hopeful that the fact that there were […]
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 […]
