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Freedom Special in Indiana is the largest Appaloosa Show in Midwest

Freedom Special in Indiana is the largest Appaloosa Show in Midwest

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 […]

Later dates make Martinganza AQHA Circuit more user-friendly

Later dates make Martinganza AQHA Circuit more user-friendly

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 […]

Mr Sherlock Holmes is making his debut in Hylton Maiden

Mr Sherlock Holmes is making his debut in Hylton Maiden

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 […]

An early look at this year’s Hylton Maiden entries

An early look at this year’s Hylton Maiden entries

Over a dozen horses will compete for a total purse of $50,000 in the Hylton Maiden 3 & Over Western Pleasure class at the Virginia Classic to be held Saturday, April 12, according to show organizers. Held for the fourth year at the four-day AQHA circuit in Lexington, Virginia, the class will remain open for entries […]

Wells wins Southern Ohio Slot aboard A Certain Amble

Wells wins Southern Ohio Slot aboard  A Certain Amble

Cleve Wells of Burleson, Texas rode Linda Ball Sargent’s 4-year-old by stallion, A Certain Amble to a win in the Novice Horse Western Pleasure Slot class this weekend at the Madness In March AQHA Show Circuit in Wilmington, Ohio, earning a $15,000 paycheck. A Certain Amble is by Certain Potential out of four-time AQHA World […]

Keyhole to Western Pleasure at Bluebonnet Appaloosa Show

Keyhole to Western Pleasure at Bluebonnet Appaloosa Show

Photos/Text: Courtney Archer Waco, Texas was the place to be this weekend for the 2014 Texas Appaloosa Horse Club Bluebonnet Horse Show. Exhibitors came from as far west as California and all the way from Minnesota to show this weekend. The Bluebonnet Appaloosa Show offered classes from roping to stump races, keyhole to western pleasure, trail, […]

Perfecting the Trail Poles

Perfecting the Trail Poles

In recent years, the Trail class has become very popular, with much tougher competition. As the level of competition has increased, so has the level of difficulty. The class where show horses that didn’t quite make the pleasure grade found themselves has become a priority class in its own right, with both horses and exhibitors […]

Huntin My Zipper named NSBA Horse of the Year

Huntin My Zipper named NSBA Horse of the Year

Huntin My Zipper, a 2010 gelding by Hubba Hubba Huntin and out of Ima Zipper Snipper was named the 2013 NSBA Horse of the Year. Owned and shown by Rebekah Kazakevicius of Ocala, Florida, Huntin My Zipper won not only many of the 3-Year-Old Non-Pro Hunter Under Saddle classes at most major futurities including A […]

Spring Breakout debuts new schedule in Virginia

Spring Breakout debuts new schedule in Virginia

Since opening its doors in 1986 the Virginia Horse Center has played host to the Virginia Quarter Horse Association’s Spring Breakout Show. For many, this is the first horse show of the season according to some exhibitors. And with the long and cold winter the Northeast experienced exhibitors seemed happy to be out among friends. […]

Baby Talk

Baby Talk

Checking your mare every day and thinking the long awaited arrival of your new foal may be near? Raising babies can provoke excitement, hope and bliss from the possibility that a truly special foal may be born. On the flip side, many complications can occur during foaling and after birth. So while breeding is not […]

Silver Dollar Classic drawing big numbers in Vegas

Silver Dollar Classic drawing big numbers in Vegas

We’ve all heard that “What Happens In Vegas, Stays in Vegas” but thanks to a personal report from our newest correspondent, Courtney Archer, InStride Edition is reporting on all the happenings at the 2014 Silver Dollar Circuit. We here at InStride Edition are thrilled to have Courtney on our team and invite you to stop […]

Without Words

Without Words

Ever wonder why your horses act the way they do? Many owners believe professional animal communicators can help you find out what your horse is trying to tell you but you can’t hear. Their work is not recognized by many mainstream veterinarians. There’s no regulation, no licensing and no association that verifies the accuracy of […]