InStride Edition, a leading print and digital publication covering the show horse industry, has recently entered into a partnership with the All American Quarter Horse Congress. “The Congress family welcomes InStride Edition as a Corporate Partner,” said Dr. Scott Myers, executive director for the Ohio Quarter Horse Association, host of the Congress “This publication […]
It is with great sadness that Ray and Linda Monaco and the entire staff of Gumz Farms announce the passing of Its All About Blue due to complications from an old injury. He was humanely euthanized and laid to rest at Gumz Farms Its All About Blue (3/16/02-9/6/16) was sired by of the legendary, Skys […]
You can’t take your trophies with you to the grave. They sure do look good on the mantle for now, but the memories are what you take with you and I plane to make as many of those as possible. Sarah Nimigan was born in Burlington, Ontario, Canada and grew up on the back of […]
Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life. To many horse enthusiasts, this popular adage may seem like a call to transform their love of horses into a career. The job of a horse trainer may seem glamorous: nice facilities, great customers, being paid to travel and show and, of course…plenty of talented horses. […]
Over $500,000 in cash and prizes is up for grabs this week as the National Snaffle Bit Association gathers in Tulsa, Oklahoma for its 11th Annual World Championship Show. In addition to the World Show classes, the NSBA Breeders Championship Futurity and Stakes classes are on display through Sunday, Aug. 21. Competition got under way […]
Halle Saywell’s talented Quarter Horse show partner, Gifted Invitation (Gracie) was cast in her stall one day during the 2015 Tom Powers Futurity in Michigan. In the process of getting herself free and back on her feet she suffered a serious injury to her coronet band. Over time, that progressed into a quarter crack, which eventually compromised the entire inside hoof wall […]
With great sadness, Masterson Farms, LLC, announces the euthanasia of Zippos Sheik due to severe laminitis. Sheik, with great heart and determination, had successfully battled through several bouts of laminitis over the past several months. However, increasing rotation and sinking, and the further pain he would have endured, forced the decision to end his life in as peaceful and […]
Richard Carr’s mission to win a gold globe in Western Pleasure at the American Quarter Horse Association’s Amateur Select World Show is not new. What is new is his focus and connection with his show partner, OHK Goodbars Krymsun. “We knew last year we had a special horse so we worked hard to put together a good team,” Carr […]
Final numbers are in for the 2016 Tom Powers Futurity and this year over $279,000 in cash alone was awarded in 47 classes. Tom Powers said entries were up by nearly 100 this year and that all checks have now been mailed. “People wanted to show,” he said. “The fairgrounds staff made a great effort […]
InStride Edition has introduced a new contest for horse-loving Pokémon trainers of all ages. Since its launch on July 6, Niantic’s mobile game, Pokémon Go, has attracted a record 21 million daily users in the United States alone. No doubt our equine friends are among the players. To be eligible to participate in the InStride […]
Legendary American Quarter Horse Association and National Snaffle Bit Association sire Zippos Mr Good Bar died quietly in his stall on July 22, at Richland Ranch in Auburn, Illinois. Karen Boxell, who along with her husband, AQHA judge John Boxell, has been managing Zippos Mr Good Bar for 20 years and said he had a […]
Tom Powers has announced that he will be adding a 3-Year-Old Open and Limited Western Pleasure Stakes Class for horses that went through the 2015 Yearling Stakes Sale at his Michigan futurity but did not show this year in the 2-Year-Old Stakes Class. “We thought we were closing the door on those horses that passed […]
