It’s safe to say that Amateur competitor Meg Pye likes pretty horses. She even owns one that’s “Prettiest Of All.” After showing Hotroddin Ona Harley for five years, earning a National Snaffle Bit Association World Championship and Quarter Horse Congress Reserve Championship in Western Riding and hundreds of American Quarter Horse Association points in all-around […]
A lot has happened since Suzan VonEssen used to strap a pillow on her dad’s sawhorse to ride in the garage of her family’s Tarrytown, New York home. “I was a horse-crazy girl for sure,” she explained. “Anytime we were somewhere that had trail riding or horses to pet, I was there.” Then came college, […]
Florida amateur competitor Jennifer Leavengood took one look at the registration papers for Al Be Worth It and just knew. Her trainer, Beth Case, had purchased the 2019 bay colt by Allocate Your Assets and out of The Last Wahoo from his breeder, Nancy Sue Ryan, when he was just a few days old. She […]
Pennsylvania trainer Taft Dickerson rode Gone Commando, 3-year-old bay mare, to a win in the 2022 Virginia Maiden 3-Year-Old & Over Western Pleasure held at the Spring Breakout Circuit in Lexington, Virginia on Saturday evening, marking the third time he has won the prestigious class. In 2017 Taft rode Gone Commando’s sire, Gone Viral, to […]
A total of 25 unshown Western Pleasure prospects are slated to compete for a total purse of $51,900 when the Virginia Maiden 3 & Over Open Horse Western Pleasure class gets underway this afternoon at the Spring Breakout circuit at the Lexington Horse Center. The class will run in one go using a five-judge system, […]
If you were asked to pick the championship buckle that meant the most to you could you narrow the choice down to a single accomplishment? Ohio Trainer Carly Veldman Parks was hard pressed to choose just one. So, she chose two, well actually four: the 2006 American Paint Horse Association (APHA) Amateur Showmanship, and one […]
There are very few breeding operations with marepower like that of Capital Quarter Horses in Pilot Point, Texas. Blair, Susan and Hillary Roberts brought with them a lifetime of experience in the horse industry when they established the operation in 2011 on 84 acres in the heart of Texas horse country. Since then they have […]
The 39th Annual Gallop Auction gets underway at noon (PST) today at the Northern Quest Resort & Casino Family Pavilion in Airway Heights, Washington and pre-bidding and phone in bids will be accepted for all stallion services. The event blends the complementary beauty of horses and children into one uniquely choreographed day. Gallop benefits 100% […]
You were careful in selecting a stallion to best compliment your mare. You had a culture done and scheduled your veterinarian to examine her for reproductive soundness. You timed your lights to make sure she would be cycling when breeding seasoned opened and finally got the good news …“she’s in foal.” You may have monitored […]
There’s a fundamental difference between a stallion and a sire. True horsemen understand that. World Champion trainer Cleve Wells gets it. So does Kim Dean, who has been managing AQHA sires for decades now. And Aaron Moses, a 13-time Quarter Horse Congress Champion and AQHA and NSBA World Champion and his wife, top Non-Pro rider […]
At any given show or futurity held in the past couple of years – whether a World Championship or a weekend circuit, chances are that when results of a Western Pleasure class were announced, there was something familiar about the winner, the top three or even in some cases, the majority of the top 10 […]
There’s a bit of soul, grace and strength in the images that come to life on the canvas of Georgia artist Patsi Wolfe. A roaming buffalo. A proud mother duck. A prized set of spurs. It’s more than the colors, shadows and textures that leave an impression, as the eye and the light dance across […]