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 […]
The Colorful Colorado Show Circuit offered four days of competition June 9-12 in Loveland, Colorado, sanctioned by the American Quarter Horse Association, Rocky Mountain Quarter Horse Association and Northern Colorado Quarter Horse Association. Trail, Western Riding, Hunter Under Saddle, Equitation, Western Pleasure, Horsemanship, Showmanship and Halter Classes drew competitors from across the region. Popular again […]
The annual Redbud Spectacular is underway in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The 10 day show features a full slate of AQHA classes as well as NSBA dual approved events. The show draws exhibitors from across the country to the sooner state. “We always love coming to the Redbud, it’s one of our favorite shows of the […]
Libby Trucco, of Delaware, Ohio, describes herself as a very small, boutique breeder. But out of her program, which focuses on quality over quantity, has come some of the most decorated champions of the American Quarter Horse and National Snaffle Bit associations “To own both the sire and the dam of foals that become champions is beyond mind boggling […]
The Pennsylvania Quarter Horse Association welcomed exhibitors to Centre Hall May 20- 22 for its Summer Kick Off Show Circuit. “This show is inviting to the little guy but we have the class size to supply the points that our contestants came to get,” said Terri Clark, show manager. Show management tested out new technology […]
A horse dozing in a green pasture under the summer sun certainly conjures up a peaceful image in our minds. Ah, mid-day naps can be a wonderful thing. But when a seemingly healthy horse seems to suddenly wobble and buckle at the knees, and then snaps back to alertness, it may remind you of falling asleep in a high school science class […]
