There was plenty of sunshine and tough competition this month in Venice Florida. Between the Fox Lea Farm Winter Extravaganza Jan. 7-13, which offered six sets of AQHA points, and the Fun In The Sun Extravaganza, Jan 10 and 11, which featured a full slate of NSBA classes, there were contests for every level horse and exhibitor. […]
To his owner, Russ Louderback, Extremely Hot Chips is bigger than life. So much so that when the Executive Vice President of White Lodging, a large hotel owner/developer from Northwest Indiana, was selected to grace the cover of Hotel Business Design recently, he opted for a photograph of himself aboard the 2006 chestnut Quarter Horse […]
We are ringing in a new year and a new show season in Tampa, Florida at the annual Gold and Gulf Coast Circuits. Exhibitors have come from as far away as Texas to compete this year and we have learned additional judges have been brought in to accommodate the large numbers. Full results for […]
So, you saved and sacrificed and finally you managed to purchase that show partner you hope will take you to the top. But now there’s no money left for a shiny new saddle to ride in. What can you do? Maybe you can put it on a credit card. But there may be another option. […]
There’s not much time left to score a great deal on a stallion service or do some last-minute holiday shopping to benefit a great cause over on the Pleasurehorse.com forum. The 15th Annual Audrey Grace Auction will remain open until 5 p.m. (EST) on Sunday, Dec. 18. The auction helps raise funds for the New […]
There’s nothing like a break between Thanksgiving and Christmas for a horse show as exhibitors found this week at the Georgia Classic Quarter Horse Show Circuit, in Perry. This year’s show is being held in conjunction with the National Snaffle Bit Association’s Rider’s Cup. Action got under way on Wednesday and competition continues through […]
Call it serendipity. Last February when Jan Pittman emailed Donna Biddulph in Oliver, British Columbia and told her that she thought VS Code Blue wanted to move to Florida she never expected his owner’s response. “I think you’re right,” Biddulph replied. Pittman didn’t hesitate. Not this time. It was Pittman’s second chance to own the 2007 […]
Imagine charging through a tunnel on your horse into a football stadium echoing with the thundering cheers of 75,000 fans. A wolf and waving cheerleaders’ pom-poms are also waiting to greet you. Likely, not a scenario most horses take in stride. But for Chiefs Warpaint, a 1998 APHA sorrel tobiano mare, it’s just another day […]
Donations are still being accepted for the 15th Annual Audrey Grace Auction featured on Pleasurehorse.com forum Dec. 12-18. 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, […]
TheCrowdJoesWild, a 2007 palomino stallion by Congress Champion Hot Diggity Joe and out of A Golden Dimension (by Reserve AQHA World Champion Invested Dimension), has a new home in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Veronica Roth completed the purchase of the young sire, registered with both the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) and Palomino Horse Breeders of America […]
During the past two weeks, the top exhibitors and horses from around the world competed at the 2016 Lucas Oil AQHA World Championship Show at State Fair Park in Oklahoma City. The 2016 Farnam Superhorse Award is the top honor at the Lucas Oil World. It is awarded to the horse that earns the most points in three or […]
A fatal shooting at Oklahoma City’s Will Rogers World Airport Tuesday afternoon sent passengers seeking cover and resulted in a lockdown of the airport. Police said the victim, identified as Michael Winchester, an employee of Southwest Airlines, was gunned down in a parking lot at the airport. Winchester was a former University of Oklahoma punter and […]
