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He’s a “Super Freek” in the Hunter Under Saddle pen. Watch for him with Jamie English in Novice Horse events this year

He’s a “Super Freek” in the Hunter Under Saddle pen. Watch for him with Jamie English in Novice Horse events this year

When March To The Arch organizers announced that this year the Cancer Benefit AQHA show circuit would add a 3-Year-Old Hunter Under Saddle slot class with $50,000 in guaranteed prize money, Georgia trainer Jamie English knew immediately she’d be riding a “freek.” From the first time she and her husband, Jason, got Super Freek (Roger), […]

Deanna Green Willis joins InStride Edition’s advertising sales team

Deanna Green Willis joins InStride Edition’s advertising sales team

Deanna Green Willis joins InStride Edition as the newest member of its sales force, it was announced today by Publisher Courtney Borton Ament. With an extensive background in the equine industry, Deanna will handle advertising sales for the award winning publication’s print and digital magazine and she will play a major role in the expansion […]

Madeleine Bayless returns to show pen after 20 year break with Im Willy Good Today and Best Money Made

Madeleine Bayless returns to show pen after 20 year break with Im Willy Good Today and Best Money Made

Madeleine Bayless waited 20 years to return to showing horses and with the help of two very special new horses – Im Willy Good Today and Best Money Made – 2023 is shaping up to be a year to remember for the Alabama native. Bayless didn’t come from a horse family or have any natural […]

Starland Ranch welcomes AQHA stallion Right Onn

Starland Ranch welcomes AQHA stallion Right Onn

They say that the best time to find the perfect horse is when you are not looking. And although, Anneene Miller, has been hoping to either raise or purchase a stallion to represent Starland Ranch, for some time now, up until recently she had not found one that checked all her boxes. That has all […]

The Cook Family: Making their mark with talented show horses like Line Up Behind and Flo Rida

The Cook Family: Making their mark with talented show horses like Line Up Behind and Flo Rida

Showing horses at the very top level takes a lot of hard work, focus and commitment. Now imagine doing it with your husband or wife and three young children. That’s exactly what the Cook family, of Cypress, Texas, is doing and they say they would have it no other way. JR Cook grew up showing […]

AQHA strengthens performance alteration testing at 2022 World Championship, Select World Shows

AQHA strengthens performance alteration testing at 2022 World Championship, Select World Shows

In an effort to continue protecting the welfare of the American Quarter Horse, the American Quarter Horse Association is enhancing an industry-leading performance alteration testing program at the 2022 Farnam AQHA and Adequan® Select World Championship Show, slated for October 27 – November 19 at the OKC Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City. AQHA will be using […]

Rebekah Kazakevicius and Give Me The Moves laser focused on 3-Year-Old events at the Congress

Rebekah Kazakevicius and Give Me The Moves laser focused on 3-Year-Old events at the Congress

In her decades-long career in the show arena, Rebekah Kazakevicius has ridden some of the top Hunter Under Saddle contenders out there – horses like Cool Assets, Huntin My Zipper and Not Just Anyhoo. But there’s something about her current show partner, Give Me The Moves (Titan), a 2019 gelding by Give Me The Goods […]

Fall Championship Show at WEC canceled

Fall Championship Show at WEC canceled

The Fall Championship Show, a National Snaffle Bit Association sanctioned event, scheduled for Sept. 29 to Oct. 10 at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida, has ben canceled due to lack of entries, organizers announced today. “All stabling and entries fees paid will be reimbursed. Cancelled lodging reservations will be refunded,” the announcement read. […]

2022 Palomino World Show draws to end with Golden Horse, Palomino Bred High Point announcements

2022 Palomino World Show draws to end with Golden Horse, Palomino Bred High Point announcements

The Palomino Horse Breeders of America concluded its 2022 World Championship Show on Saturday with the Golden Horse and Palomino Bred High Point awards. They are: Palomino Bred Amateur High Point Horse –  Exquisite Courtney, 2014, mare, owned and shown by Reagan Boswell, Dayton, Texas; Reserve: VS On The Roan Again, 2015, gelding, owned by […]

Challenged Horseman competitors enjoy camaraderie at Palomino World Show

Challenged Horseman competitors enjoy camaraderie at Palomino World Show

Mason Egan says the best part of showing horses is having the opportunity to compete with his equestrian friends from all different states.  “We all cheer each other on,” he said. Mason, rides with Stable Strides Farm Therapeutic Riding Program in Flower Mound, Texas, and was one of many to compete in the Challenged Horseman […]

DJ Beam teams with Invested Mechanic to win Open Longe Line at Palomino World Show for second straight year

DJ Beam teams with Invested Mechanic to win Open Longe Line at Palomino World Show for second straight year

Daniel “DJ” Beam captured his second straight World Championship title in Open Longe Line on Wednesday at the 2022 Palomino World Show in Springfield, Illinois. Beam, a professional trainer from Palmyra, Indiana, showed Invested Mechanic, sired by Mechanic and out of Reinvest In The West, to claim victory in the 10-entry class. He won last […]

Winners crowned in Western Pleasure, Ranch and Halter classes at Palomino World Show

Winners crowned in Western Pleasure, Ranch and Halter classes at Palomino World Show

Ima Pandemic Blonde made her debut in the show ring count on Monday when she captured a World Championship title in the 2-Year-Old Snaffle Bit Western Pleasure at the Palomino World Show, now in full swing at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield. Blake Moore, who has been attending the event off and on for […]