This year’s Tom Powers Yearling Sale catalog has now been released and it includes 76 horses that represent some of the best bloodlines in the pleasure industry today. Starting with Lot#1, Shez The Good Kind, a bay filly, sired by National Snaffle Bit Association Hall of Fame and AQHA Leading Performance sire Zippos Mr Good […]
Courtney Chown of Fort Worth, Texas rode Chum Machine, a 2012 gelding by Machine Made and out of Radical Roxanne, 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 11 was $27,200. “We bred him and […]
One of the premier events held this year at A Little Futurity was the Heart Of Stone Western Pleasure class, held in memory of Stone Pope, who was born with congenital heart defects and died tragically in February. Futurity founder Larry and Gale Little approached Stone’s parents, South Carolina trainer Shane Pope and his wife, […]
Rusty Green rode Momma Knows Best, a 2012 bay mare by RL Best Of Sudden and out of Hot Little Mama, owned by Capital Quarter Horses, 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 second straight year […]
On Tuesday, June 15 exhibitors will take to the arena at the James B Hunt Horse Complex in Raleigh, North Carolina to honor the late Stone Pope in the Heart of Stone Western Pleasure. The class will feature horses of all ages and all proceeds will be donated to the Heart of Stone Foundation. In addition […]
It’s the never ending hours in the barn, the day- to-day hard work in the saddle and the countless miles down the highway that make life as a horse trainer, a profession like no other. Getting horses ready to show is challenging enough, but trainers must also be able to manage all the financial […]
Premier Paint Sires, presented by InStride Edition, is excited to announce the addition of four new hunter under saddle stallions to the program. “We added a hunt seat division to the program this year,” says Claire Binkowski, founder of Premier Paint Sires. “After seeing how well the hunt seat division was received at our first […]
Tom Powers introduced a Maiden 2-Year-Old Western Pleasure Stakes Class for graduates of his Yearling Sale at his Michigan futurity in 2013 and Pat Heeley, of Van Meter, Iowa, won that class. He won it again in 2014 – both times aboard horses owned by Scott and Linda Berwick, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, This year […]
If you happen to be driving through Cleburne, Texas you might notice a sorrel gelding who looks like he hasn’t missed a meal, has a longer mane, and is enjoying the pasture life at Walquist Quarter Horses. Most would admire his physique and continue on their way. But if you have traveled in American Quarter […]
The first leg of the Premier Paint Sires 3-Year-Old Limited Horse, Limited Rider Western Pleasure is in the books and after all the judge’s scored were tallied it was Dustin Eickenhorst aboard Only After Midnight who was crowned the unanimous champion taking home a check for $10,000 for owner Jeffery Gibbs of Collinsville, Texas. The mare, sired […]
Congratulations to Tom Braidy winner of the InStride Edition All Age Limited Horse, Open Rider Hunter Under Saddle. Sired by MCKENZIES GALLANT JET. Exhibited by Leanne Williams for Anne Rosen. Taking home the Cowboy Bronze trophy, $500 gift certificate from Boo Yah Custom Clothing and $1,500. Second place went to Party In Slow Motion. Sired by […]
Excitement is mounting as trailers pull in to the Salt Lake County Equestrian Park in Salt Lake City for the first leg of the Premier Paint Sires 3-Year-Old Limited Horse, Limited Rider Western Pleasure and the new All Age Limited Horse, Open Rider Hunter Under Saddle sponsored by InStride Edition. The Hunter Under Saddle class will […]
