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, […]
Tim and Barb Delf, of Blue Grass, Iowa, report the death of legendary American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) broodmare, Goodbars Glamourgirl today just two weeks before her 21st birthday. Sired by Zippos Mr Good Bar and out of Mitos Magic Moment, Goodbars Glamourgirl is an all-time leading AQHA dam. Her foals have earned over 5,100 […]
Although some small shows are held before, the Bavarian Spring Classic is the first major show and marks the beginning of the show season in Europe. From April 18th to April 23rd, the “Crème de la Crème” of European All Around and Reining competitors made their way to Kreuth, Rieden, in Bavaria to show in […]