Things are heating up here in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the National Snaffle Bit Association (NSBA) prepares to host its 12th Annual World Championship Show. Judging started today and will continue tomorrow in Show Your Colors AQHA/NSBA Dual Approved classes. World Show classes start on Monday and continue over seven days. More than $500,000 in cash […]
The Midwest Appaloosa Classic, held Aug. 5-6, at the Minnesota Equestrian Center, turned out to be a rainy weekend but that didn’t deter exhibitors. “We have definitely seen an increase in entries this year,” said Wissota Appaloosa president Sara Schwartz. It was the first time the Classic has been held at the […]
Thirty five new youth world champions were crowned this week in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the American Quarter Horse Association hosted its annual Youth World Show. Exhibitors from across the globe flocked to the sooner state to compete for a coveted world show globe. Kicking things off this year was a veteran to the […]
There’s a very good reason that the Tom Powers Triple Challenge is one of the largest and longest-running futurities in the world. Its founder keeps the focus directly on the owners and exhibitors. Each year, after the conclusion of the event, held the last week of June in Berrien Springs, Michigan, Tom Powers […]
It took Meghan Tierney, of Augusta, New Jersey a grand total of 30 seconds to know that Pretty Assets was the horse for her. What she could never have imagined is how big a role the pretty bay mare would come to play in her life. In the spring of 2016, after taking a […]
Funeral services are pending for AQHA Past President Peter J. Cofrancesco III, who passed away Aug. 1. Peter, 45, was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in March. A case displaying his memorabilia was unveiled July 26 at the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum in Amarillo. Peter said his emergence as […]
Words of encouragement and fond memories from friends and customers have been pouring in from all over the globe for Texas equine photographer Don Trout who passed away today following a battle with cancer. Don was transported the hospital on July 23, and scans then showed rapid tumor growth and spread, said his wife and […]
Although selling a horse in the current economic climate may not be as easy as it once was, breeders of show horses do have more methods open to them than ever before. Social media has made it easy to connect with potential buyers from across the globe. But the one method that has withstood […]
One of AQHA’s Top 10 shows, the Region 6 Super 6 circuit got underway on Wednesday in West Springfield, Massachusetts. As of Thursday evening the show already saw 8,000 entries with over 200 trail runs and 185 in Showmanship classes. “There are world class trail patterns here and great competition to prep for the […]
The 2017 Corporate Challenge celebrated 20 years of AQHA show circuits this weekend at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in St. Paul. The Corporate Challenge is managed by Mark Harrell Horse Shows and although it’s been a hot weekend of competition turnout was strong. “We’re very happy with this year’s attendance,” said manager Rachel […]
The VWB Summer Show that was held last week in Kreuth, Germany, is always a highlight of the European show season. This show does not only consists of two AQHA shows with two judges each and VWB classes, but features the finals of the prestigious Golden Series classes as well as the NSBA European […]
Record temperatures in Conyers, Georgia didn’t hinder exhibitors from competing in record numbers at the Stars and Stripes and Big A Circuits. The two week long event features two AQHA shows as well as the second leg of the Premier Quarter Sires, Show For Dough and a Huntfield Derby. Brittany Andrews piloted Faith Is Certain […]