It took a score of 222 or higher to make it back to this year’s Amateur Trail finals, held Monday at the AQHA World Championship Show in Oklahoma City, and the top 15 riders battled it out in a challenging Tim Kimura trail course. The course kept the riders and horses on their toes […]
When multiple World Champion trainer, Denny Hassett of Topeka, Kansas trots under the “Gateway of Champions” arch, down the chute into the bright lights of the World Show arena in Oklahoma City this year, he will be not only be leading Halter horses but riding as well on longtime customer, Debbie Brehm’s Western Pleasure horse, […]
A passionate horsewoman who believes in giving back to the Quarter Horse industry, Cecilia Hylton of Gainesville, Virginia has taken her Hylton Quarter Horses to new heights as not only a premier training but also a breeding operation standing World Champion stallions Invitation To Flash and Slip Slydun Away. After the death of her father […]
Tim and Katy Jo Zuidema, of Micanopy, Florida, know how to keep peace in a marriage. At the Appaloosa World Championship Show going on through Sunday in Fort Worth, Texas, the couple finished as Champion and Reserve Champion in the InStride Edition 2-Year-Old Western Pleasure Class, presented by the Appaloosa Pleasure Horse Association. Tim Zuidema […]
Jay Starnes piloted The Lopin Machine to a victory in the Congress Masters Western Pleasure tonight while My Invitations R Hot nabbed the Masters Hunter Under Saddle with Trisha Yamber in the irons. The Hunter Under Saddle class for unshown 2-year-olds went first as nine entries competed for a total purse of $45,000. Seaside Farm […]
In less than 24 hours, a group of cowboys at the 2014 Quarter Horse Congress organized and staged a mechanical bull riding event that raised over $6,000 for “Congress Cares,” a new program that will benefit the Ohio Quarter Horse Association. The impromptu idea, came from horsemen that include Tony Burris of North Carolina, and […]
The All American Quarter Horse Congress, in Columbus, Ohio, will rolling out the red carpet this week for a very special guest. Invitation Only is a 1990 Brown Stallion who was the American Quarter Horse Association’s Leading Sire from 2006-2013. He also holds the #1 All-time sire of AQHA ROMs at: 1,110, #1 All-time sire […]
From mindless doodles, random lines and squiggles, a sea of seemingly unconnected shapes come together to form a unique masterpiece. At first glance, the images look like a wild combination of disconnected bits and pieces, but upon closer inspection, the sketches come to life and objects like a horse’s head or words become visible. Often […]
If it’s possible for the industry to hold its collective breath all at once, news of changes to the American Paint Horse Association’s Breeders’ Trust program coming down the pike could have triggered the pause. It’s no secret the horse industry has been affected by the economy like everything else over the past few years, […]
The future of the horse industry starts with the youth and this year the Congress added a new class for Small Fry exhibitors – Hunt Seat Equitation. These young riders 9 years old or younger, with legs that barely reach the saddle pad, gave it their all as they negotiated a challenging pattern that included […]
Jessica Johnson of Pickerington, Ohio, brought home the Congress trophy Sunday evening in the Congress Hunter Classic riding Art Of The Deal for owner Natalie Vargo. The Hunter Classic is set up with two rounds, in the first round the top 15 highest scores advance to round two were your score from both rounds are […]
Amy Brosch of Sorrento, Florida showed Pretty Assets to a win today in the Non-Pro English Longe Line at the All American Quarter Horse Congress. “I am so excited,” Brosch said after the class was pinned. “There were so many good horses here tonight.” Pretty Assets, a 2013 bay mare, is sired by Allocate Your […]