Scott Kesney didn’t come from a horse family. Growing up in New Hampshire, he cleaned stalls at a Morgan facility and rode for the first time when friends at the barn bet him he couldn’t. But Scott likes a challenge. Like the time, at the age of 18, he left home, drove all night to […]
While the temperatures climbed into the 100s in Conyers, Georgia exhibitors braved the heat to show at one of the largest shows of the year. Held annually over the 4th of July the show series boasts 10 days of AQHA shows and features special events for Hunter and Trail exhibitors. With close to 1,000 stalls […]
The last time I interviewed Katie Bussing, she was a 15-year-old girl with a dream of winning the Western Pleasure at the American Quarter Horse Association’s Youth World Show with her Quarter Horse mare, A Good Cookie. Much has changed for Bussing over the past four years. She is now 19 and studying Biochemistry at the University of Evansville in Southern Indiana, but her dream of winning the coveted Western Pleasure gold […]
The Tom Powers Futurity kicked off its 36th year today with an expanded schedule and the best weather Powers says he’s seen in the last 10 years. “The numbers appear to be up. We are trying a new software system and it appears to be working well and we have a great crew helping out […]
Historians don’t exactly agree on how the style of the modern cowboy boot came to be. Some sources believe Europeans made the first western boots, imitating the boots worn by Spanish Vaqueros. Some, credit the United States Calvary. Others, point to a specific Kansas bootmaker named Charles Hyer. The Kansas Historical Society website says that in 1875 a Colorado cowboy stopped into Hyer’s shop after a […]
The Keystone Showdown Quarter Horse Circuit wraps up today in Centre Hall, Pennsylvania. An AQHA Novice & Rookie Show got things started for the Showdown on Wednesday, June 15 with Bob Johnson officiating over the competition. A full slate of AQHA classes had exhibitors showing for five sets of points over the next four days […]
Whether you are showing a top contender at a World Championship Show or taking your riding partner in a Performance Halter Class at a weekend show, a properly fitted show halter is essential for a professional, polished look. Here we talk to trainers, exhibitors and halter makers about achieving that perfect look. Taking the extra […]
The week-long Iowa Quarter Horse Show Circuit, June 5-11 drew over 6,000 entries to the Jacobson arena at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines. A Novice/Level 1 Youth & Amateur Show was featured on June 5, followed by a Showmanship demonstration clinic by Brent Maxwell. Exhibitors enjoyed hot summer weather for the […]
This year’s Tom Powers Yearling Sale catalog is now available and it includes 85 horses that represent some of the best bloodlines in the pleasure industry today. Starting with Lot#1, Suspicious Mynds, a bay gelding, sired by Elvis On Impulse and out of Zans Butler Bar, and ending with Lot #85, Who Mmade Who, […]
Hillary Roberts of Pilot Point, Texas rode Scoot Over, a 2013 mare by RL Best Of Sudden and out of Always Invite Molly, to a win in the Non-Pro 3 & Over $7,500 Limited Horse Western Pleasure Class held Tuesday evening at A Little Futurity in Raleigh, North Carolina. The total purse for the class of 15 was $27,200. “We got […]
Shane Pope rode Vital Signs R Stable, a 2012 bay mare by Good I Will Be and out of Vital Signs Are Good, owned by Cathy Frank, to a victory tonight in the 3 & 4-Year-Old $1,000 Novice Horse Western Pleasure at A Little Futurity in Raleigh, North Carolina. The win marked the first slot title […]
The Tar Heel Triple Classic is underway in Raleigh, North Carolina. With the first part of the two-week three circuit show in the books the weather couldn’t be any better for exhibitors. On Saturday, June 11th everyone was treated to an exhibitor’s party and a private showing of Texas Rein and the chance to meet […]