The Iowa Quarter Horse Association, and their Mayflower IQHA State Show, hosted the Jim Cooper Memorial Western Pleasure class during their show in Des Moines, Iowa on May 2. Cooper, a long-time Iowa Quarter Horse Association and member, passed away in March and some of his friends came up with the class concept as a […]
InStride Edition is pleased to announce the addition of a new team member. Megan Hawkins joins the print and digital editions of the magazine as an account executive effective immediately. Hawkins, a native of Florida, has been showing horses her entire life. She is the daughter of trainers Mike Hawkins, of Chino Hills, California, and […]
Multiple American Paint Horse Association Youth World Champion exhibitor, Anne-Marie Fortenberry, of Farmerville, Louisiana, is headed to Fort Worth next month with one goal – to leave her final Youth World Show in June with no regrets. Showing The Only Kiss to Envy (Scottie) in Western Pleasure, Western Riding, Showmanship, Trail and Horsemanship, Fortenberry says […]
When a horse with such an extensive and successful show career is pegged with the nicknames “Gangster Rick” and “Tricky Ricki”, there is bound to be a unique personality behind it all. Mr Magnolia Zip (Ricki), bred by Stephen Mullins of Clinton, Tennessee, was given the nickname “Gangster Rick” by trainer, Mitch Leckey, of Richmond, […]
Waco, Texas was definitely the place to be April, 23-26 for the 30th annual Texas Amateur State Championship Show held at the Extraco Event Center. “Over 500 stalls were rented and entries were definitely up from last year,”stall manager Donna Arnett said. “We had trainers and exhibitors from all over the United States come to […]
Warming our hearts with just his smile, many members of the horse show community and beyond have followed the story of Stone Pope who was born with four congenital heart defects. His parents, Conway, South Carolina horse trainer, Shane and wife, Holt had generously shared their journey from the beginning primarily via social media. With […]
Taft Dickerson rode Made By J, to a win tonight in the Hylton Maiden 3-Year-Old & Over Western Pleasure at the Virginia Classic Quarter Horse Show in Lexington, earning $32,762. Judges for this year’s event were Larry Little, Will Knabenshue, Kelly McDowall and Mike Carter. “She was there every step of the way,” Dickerson […]
Twenty-three horses are entered to compete tonight for a total purse of $91,050 in the Hylton Maiden 3-Year-Old & Over Western Pleasure at the Virginia Classic Quarter Horse Show in Lexington. When the judges’ selections are tallied the winner will walk away with a check for $32,762.50. The highest placing Intermediate Rider will […]
Brandon Burr of Rochester, Indiana, piloted Im The Dude a 2012 bay gelding by Lazy Loper and out of Ms Machine, to a win Friday in the $1,000 added InStride Edition 3-Year-Old Limited Horse Limited Rider Western Pleasure at the Virginia Classic Quarter Horse Show Circuit in Lexington. Im The Dude is owned by […]
Exhibitors from across the country started arriving at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington on Wednesday for the Virginia Classic AQHA Show circuit which starts today and runs through Sunday. Judges Mike and Charlene Carter, Lynda Danielson, Karen Watters, Kelly McDowell and Suzy Jeane will start evaluating Halter, Western Riding, Ranch Riding, Reining, Over Fences, Hunter Under Saddle […]
The Iowa Quarter Horse Association State Show, known as the Mayflower, has added a special class to honor long-time member and supporter, Jim Cooper, who passed away in March. The Mayflower, an AQHA/NSBA Dual-Approved Show will be held April 29-May 3, at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa, with six AQHA Judges and […]
A show office is the hub of any breed competition. It’s the event headquarters, setting the tone for the week, providing key information, taking entries and logging points. Show managers and secretaries clock long hours before, during and after an event to guarantee exhibitors have a positive experience and are properly acknowledged on the awards […]
