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Schroeder Ranch dispersal sale featured on Nov. 9 in Texas

Schroeder Ranch dispersal sale featured on Nov. 9 in Texas

In 1989 Joan and Robbie Schroeder left Bob Perry Quarter Horses, home of Zippo Pine Bar, to establish their own identity in Gainesville, Texas, the heart of horse country. For the next 20-plus years they committed themselves to their vision of producing and training some of the very best horses for competition in Western Pleasure, […]

Building A Better Broodmare Band

Building A Better Broodmare Band

      Dan & Carol McWhirter   American Quarter Horse Association Leading Breeders, Dan and Carol McWhirter, have developed a breeding program that paved the path of the modern Western Pleasure horse. The Big Investment and AQHA Hall of Fame stallion, The Invester, were just the first in a long line of sires from […]

Does Size Really Matter in the Hunter Under Saddle pen?

Does Size Really Matter in the Hunter Under Saddle pen?

Is bigger really better? That’s long been the question at the center of Hunter Under Saddle competition. From weekend shows to World Championship events, owners, riders and spectators have had sometimes heated debates over whether it is necessary to have a 17-hand-plus mount to be called to the top of a judge’s line up. Trainers […]

Friendship survives a decade and a move back to Germany

Friendship survives a decade and a move back to Germany

When they met 10 years ago at a bonfire in the neighborhood, Virginia Owen and Sarah Peter had no idea of the type of bond that would form between the two.   Sarah was new to the area. She and her family had just moved to Greenville, South Carolina from Germany because of her father’s […]

Living Large: A colorful journey

Living Large:  A colorful journey

The location was the T. Ed Garrison Arena, Clemson, S.C., Oct. 1, 2011 – The occasion was the Palmetto Paint Horse Club’s Fall Futurity and Paint-O-Rama, and the class was Green Hunter Under Saddle. An elegant 2-year-old sorrel overo colt navigated effortlessly through the 18-horse field. Although it was the youngster’s first time out in […]

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