Two decades ago Erin Shapiro Boatwright learned a very important lesson about show horses. “You have to love your horse on bad days too,” she said. Erin was just 11 when she got her first taste of competition at the Wayne County Fair in Ohio aboard an old Arabian named Flower. “She would never trot […]
Airport meditation rooms, massage chairs and bars soothe weary travelers and calm anxious passengers. Shopping, dining and Wi-Fi satisfy impulse buys, hunger and boredom. Options are nearly limitless for human passengers while horses, pets and other animals are limited in choices for passing the time before take-off. Unless, those animals are transported through New York’s John […]
While East Coast exhibitors were battling the rain, West Coast exhibitors enjoyed plenty of sunshine at the Sun and Surf Circuit held in Del Mar, California. The show featured a full slate of AQHA classes and seven NSBA approved classes with $6,500 total added judged by Chris Thompson, Karen Watters, Jan Hoskins-Hay, Kim Myers, John […]
It was standing room only when the Southern Ohio Quarter Horse Association presented its two showcase slot classes – the 3 & Over Novice Horse Western Pleasure and the 3-Year-Old Maiden Horse Western Pleasure – during The Madness Circuit this weekend at the World Equestrian Center in Wilmington, Ohio. On Saturday, Dave Archer piloted The Silver Fox to […]
The Pennsylvania Quarter Horse Association hosted its Summer Kick Off May 19-21, at the Centre County Grange Fairgrounds in Centre Hall. Ranch Riding, Trail and Reining classes started of the program on Friday. Saturday got under way with a full slate of Halter classes, followed by Showmanship, Hunter Under Saddle and Equitation. Today judging will […]
Rusty and Katie Green have announced that they will be operating Rusty Green Show Horses, out of the Manion Ranch, located on Highway 377 in Aubrey, Texas. For over 35 years, Manion Ranch has stood many of the leading cutting sires. Rusty Green is just the second National Snaffle Bit Association rider to reach the […]
A friendship that ignited with horse racing down dirt roads followed by a splash into the cow pond to cool off is 50 years old this year and showing no signs of fading. Brenda Yates and Cathy Starnes, of South Carolina both show on the AQHA and NSBA circuits and have been friends since they met […]
After nearly a week of competition, top exhibitors earned prizes May 7 at the 2017 Nutrena East AQHA Level 1 Championships in Raleigh, North Carolina. Christine Gudas of Lafayette, Indiana, arrived in Raleigh with one goal: to finish in the top 10 in one class. She did that and more. At the end of the […]
A little rain didn’t deter exhibitors from flocking to Murfreesboro, Tennessee for the Lucky 7 Classic. With large numbers in Western Pleasure, Hunter Under Saddle, Trail and over 40 in Performance Halter classes the show lived up to its reputation “where good horses come to show.” Saturday featuerd a Kentucky Derby party for exhibitors and their […]
The third leg of the AQHA Level 1 Championship got underway today in Raleigh, North Carolina. Bright sunny skies and perfect temperatures greeted Level 1 competitors for the first day of competition at the James B Hunt Horse Complex. The show runs May 2-7, 2017 and features Rookie as well as Level 1 classes for […]
Nicole Kuklinski wasn’t even looking for a new show partner when Sketchie Details caught her eye at a horse show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin early in the summer of 2015. But the Michigan native knew right then and there she had to have him. “I remember looking at him in his stall and thinking ‘Wow, he’s […]
The New Jersey Quarter Horse Association is presenting its first show circuit of the 2017 year with a split/combined show at the Gloucester County Dream Park in Swedesboro. Action got started on Thursday night with Trail classes for Green, Amateur, Amateur Select, Youth and Small Fry. Showmanship kicked off today’s competition, followed by Hack, […]
