It was back in beginning of the year 1998 when Jessica Gilliam of Greensburg, Indiana remembers looking for the perfect partner to pursue her dreams of someday winning the American Quarter Horse Association’s prestigious Youth All-Around High Point title. “I had just won the Congress with Silver Cierra Smoke and was looking for a horse […]
The Nutrena AQHA East Level 1 (Novice) Championships will be moving to the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, for 2015, according to an announcement on the center’s website. The East Level 1 (Novice) Championships last year were held in Murfreesboro, Tennessee while the SmartPak AQHA West Level 1 (Novice) Championships were held in Las Vegas. […]
Winning Equitation Over Fences rides appear effortless. Horse and rider work in harmony to execute tight turns, negotiate stride lengths and float over each fence. Ask any over fences exhibitor and they will tell you, a good “go” is far from effortless. “A well designed course tests a rider’s ability to plan out the best […]
With the ever increasing advancements in equine research, it has become easier than ever to obtain knowledge about genetic disorders that affect American Quarter Horses. In an effort to reduce the likelihood of reproducing genetic disorders beginning in 2015 the American Quarter Horse Association will require all breeding stallions to be five-panel genetic tested before […]
Premier Paint Sires, presented by InStride Edition, is proud to announce their new Stallion Incentive program, which will put added money into the all around events. “Over the past several months we have been hard at work brainstorming and implementing several new concepts that we believe will allow the PPS to better meet the needs […]
How many times have those of us who show Quarter Horses suffered cold, rain, hard ground, lack of warm-up area, schooling at 3a.m…. we laugh – yes – all of us have experienced these conditions and will likely experience them again in the future. It’s part of showing Quarter Horses and that’s what we do. […]
Brian Baker, of Sunbury, Ohio, rode KM Call Me Honey to a win in Sunday’s featured event – the Maturity $10,000 Limited Horse Open Western Pleasure – at the Fun In The Sun show in Venice, Florida, earning $1,750 for owners Theresa and Kerry Love, Westminster, Maryland. The two-day inaugural event featured 68 classes, many […]
“Paradise Awaits” is the slogan for Venice, Florida and that’s what exhibitors found when they arrived to show at the Fun In The Sun Extravaganza, starting Saturday at Fox Lea Farms located just south of Sarasota along Florida’s white-sanded Gulf Coast. The all-breed show is featuring 68 classes in disciplines including Trail, Western Pleasure, Horsemanship, […]
With strong family ties as the backbone of their operation, John and Kathy Yarnelle of Fort Wayne, Indiana put a focus on raising and showing high quality horses. At their full-service state-of-the-art breeding and showing operation, Yarnelle Farms will be standing five stallions in 2015 including one of the American Paint Horse Association’s Leading Sires, […]
You hear the announcer’s voice asking for the lope, and you hesitate, nervously hoping for a smooth transition. Then the soothing voice comes out of nowhere, urging you to relax and take a deep breath, then ask softly for the lope. You breathe deeply, cueing for the lope as you have a hundred times, as […]
Hunters Ridge Farm is pleased to announce that frozen semen from the great, late Skys Blue Boy will be released to the public in limited quantities. The legendary Skys Blue Boy has an unparalleled sire record of more than 266 World and Reserve Championships in all divisions, including several champions named at the 2014 World […]
To excel at Showmanship a horse and exhibitor team must do a lot more than correctly execute each maneuver in the pattern. It is demonstrating an ability to move as one with the horse. “Showmanship is like a dance,” says Christopher Strong, of Shoreview, Minnesota, the 2011 and 2012 Pinto World Grand Champion in Western […]
