When you see buds on the tree tops, hear the birds chirping and feel sun rays on your skin, you can sense spring in the air. For road warriors, the change in season also means horse show time is in full swing. So, how can you best map out your show schedule? American Quarter Horse, […]
Raised on an old gold mine in Montana, artist Lisa Perry spent hours with her horse and dog exploring thousands of acres of national forestland surrounding her family’s property. “I was searching for lost gold mines, exploring for old ghost towns and miners cabins, panning for gold and the big nugget,” she reminisces, “no, I […]
The Georgia Quarter Horse Association hosted its annual Pro-Am Circuit April 12-13, 2014, in Conyers, Georgia. Four complete sets of points were offered and judges for this year’s event were Tina Anderson, Darren Wright, Kelly Chapman and Terry Cross.
Higganum, Connecticut trainer Whitney Legace and Hot Rockin Potential were presented with a beautiful Harris show saddle for their win Saturday night in the Harris Versatility Challenge, held during the Virginia Classic Quarter Horse Show Circuit in Lexington, Virginia. Hot Rockin Potential, a 2005 sorrel gelding by HH Red Rock and out of EBG Potential […]
Randy Wilson rode Certainly On Sundi to a win tonight in the Hylton Maiden Western Pleasure Class, earning a check for $31,875 in a tough class of 20 entries held at the Virginia Classic in Lexington, Virginia. The 2011 bay stallion, is sired by Certain Potential and out of Invite Me On Sundi, a mare […]
The excitement is as brisk as the mountain air in Lexington, Virginia this morning as competitors ready for this year’s $50,000 Hylton Maiden Western Pleasure class, which will be the evening’s featured attraction. Final entries closed at 5 p.m. Friday and show organizers said 22 horses, 3-years-old and older, that have never been shown before, […]
Pivots, square-ups and brisk trots dominated the morning as Showmanship then Halter exhibitors got the competition started at this year’s Virginia Classic Quarter Horse Show Circuit in Lexington, Virginia. Western Riding, Ranch Pleasure, Reining, Equitation and Hunter Under Saddle followed in the Coliseum and adjacent overhang while the picturesque Wiley Arena, framed by the […]
One day last fall, while shopping for farm supplies, Matt and Beth Gouthro, owners of BMG Show Horses in Staunton, Virginia received an unusual phone call. “The caller, Rebecca Rogers Nelson, explained she had found our website while searching the internet and thought I would make a good double for the lead actress in the […]
With the ever-increasing advancements in equine sports medicine, injecting joints has become a kind of normalcy across the disciplines in the equine world. While injecting joints has many positive effects in maintaining your show horse, complications can occur. Therefore, it is critical to be educated on how to reduce the likelihood of a joint infection. […]
There are big numbers at the 2014 Freedom Special Appaloosa Show being held in Cloverdale, Indiana. at the C Bar C Expo Center this weekend. With 700 entries and 200 stalls sold at this year’s event, the Freedom Special Appaloosa Show is the largest appaloosa show in the Midwest. Show management is very excited […]
Since 2000 the Senator Bob Martin Eastern Agriculture Center in Williamston, North Carolina, has hosted the Martinganza Quarter Horse Show and Futurity. But 2014 marks a big change for the show. After months of preparation, meetings and conversations with AQHA officials the Martinganza was moved to a later date. In the past the show has […]
Nestled in the small, Gulf Coast, Texas town of Hempstead is Mary Iris Webre’s farm, “Casa De Los Cielos,” where she raises top Western Pleasure and all around prospects. It is also the home of Chips Hot Chocolate, Admit It Im Good, Allured to Chocolate and Imcrusininahotrod. Many years ago, Webre fell in love with […]