In just its third year the Color on the Coast, Carolina Virginia Joint Show Series APHA Show has become a top destination for paint horse exhibitors. In its first year the show made it onto APHA top 20 list for number of entries, in year two they made it to the top ten on that […]
Determined to compete at Quarter Horse events, youth rider Shaynah Seames of Bethel, Maine set her goals to include competing at the Region Six Super 6 Series and Novice Regional Championship Show. Though she had several years of competing in local open events she knew stepping up to breed shows would be challenging. In early […]
To most people a pile of discarded farm implements, hand tools and metal hardware too deteriorated for its intended use is merely a heap of junk. To 56-year-old Jenny Horstman of Fort Ann, New York, rusted door knobs, corroded springs, abandoned shovel handles and cast off pieces of metal have the potential to become “body […]
Tom Powers, the founder and manager of the Tom Powers Futurity, one of the most prestigious pleasure horse events in the country, is reporting that this year’s show closed out with a total 749 entries –up 84 over last year’s event. Powers attributes the increase to great weather in Berrien Springs, Michigan, starting the Wednesday […]
It started with her sister. “I was 2 years old and my sister, Amy, was 5. We were at the zoo and this lady was handing out flyers for horseback riding lessons.” And so the love affair began. Katie was born in 1997, to Marie and Barry Bussing. The Evansville, Indiana native followed in her […]
The Appaloosa Youth World Championship Show and AjPHA Youth World Championship Show continue all this week at the Will Rogers Equestrian Center in Fort Worth, Texas. New champions are being named every day but we took a few minutes to ask some competitors about their strategies. Hailey Berger, Parkland, Florida is competing at the Appaloosa […]
When Anne-Marie Fortenberry, Farmerville, Louisiana, lost her beloved four-time American Paint Horse Association World Champion A Good Intention last year due to complications from a joint injection, she was completely devastated. Her mother, Janet, was convinced Anne-Marie would never consider owning another horse. “Mac was my once in a lifetime horse,” Anne-Marie says. ” I […]
No matter how times you’ve heard it, when you are sitting in the stands you can feel the excitement in the air when they get ready to announce a new champion. That was the case in Fort Worth all last week as new Appaloosa National Champions were planned in a variety of events. The Judges […]
This summer futurity enthusiasts will be lining the fence rails to watch the year’s up and coming stars display their Western Pleasure and Hunter Under Saddle talent in Yearling Longe Line classes. While scrutinizing the finished product, it is easy to forget these youngsters are in fact yearlings and many are showing for the first […]
There wasn’t a dry eye in the house as Georgia trainer Carl Yamber returned to the saddle today to ride in the Bridleless Western Pleasure Class to benefit the National Snaffle Bit Association’s Crisis Fund at the Tom Powers Triple Challenge Futurity in Berrien Springs, Michigan. Yamber, who suffered a stroke and heart attack in […]
It’s starting to fill up at the Berrien County fairgrounds in Michigan as competitors travel from all over to compete at one the most prestigious futurities in the country – The Tom Powers Triple Challenge. Tara Anderson is in Berrien Springs to band and braid for competitors. A Lancaster, Pennsylvania resident, Anderson has been attending […]
You can feel the excitement in the air. Banners are hung in the arena. Vendors are set up. It’s show time for the 67th Appaloosa National and Youth World Show being held at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas. Judges this year include Jennifer Baker, Shannon Baker, Mario Boisjoli, Clay Cavinder, Lori […]