A newly renovated coliseum at the Illinois State Fairgrounds awaits the arrival of the crème de la crème of Palomino exhibitors this month in Springfield. A $12-million renovation project has been completed on the original coliseum, which was built in 1901. Moving the show, which rund from Sept. 17 to 26, from Tunica, Mississippi was […]
Success was not necessarily a given for the pretty bay filly that Iowa Non-Pro competitor Tessa Sutton calls her show partner. Sutton’s mom, Amy Lynch, was actually the one who picked So Dang Hot, sired by Batt Man and out of Born Lopin, from among hundreds of yearlings entered in the Quarter Horse Congress’ Yearling […]
Highrange Ranch and the Porter family are pleased to announce the beginning of a new chapter for leading AQHA stallion Hubba Hubba Huntin. Alexis and Brandon Wrobbel of Iron W Ranch have taken the reins as Hubba’s new owners. “We are very excited to announce that Alexis and Brandon will be continuing on with our […]
Never Have I Ever added three more prestigious titles to her already impressive dossier this week at the National Snaffle Bit Association’s World Championship Show and Breeders Championship Futurity. This morning, Jay Starnes piloted the 2017 sorrel mare by No Doubt Im Lazy and out of A Certain Illusion, to a World Championship title in […]
The 2020 National Snaffle Bit Association World Championship Show and Breeders Championship Futurity got underway in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Friday with the Working Hunter Derby. Morgan Ratkowski, of Jowlton, Tennessee, piloted Better Buy The Minit to a win in the two-round classic hunter format with 26 Open and Non-Pro combinations, earning $400. Reserve Champion was […]
Iowa trainer Shannon Vroegh and daughter, Mallory, know exactly what it takes to be successful at the top level. They have spent their entire lives in the show horse industry. Shannon grew up in the Churdan, Iowa, area competing in American Quarter Horse Association shows with her mom. She loved the all-around classes so it […]
For the first time in over half a century, there will be no All-American Quarter Horse Congress. No championship jackets. No crowded shopping in Congress Hall. No long lines to longe. No puppy alley. The Congress made the announcement on its website this afternoon. It stated: The uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic simply prevents safely […]
Horse owners notoriously close the sale of a favorite horse with the caveat, “if you ever decide to sell, I would like the opportunity to buy them back.” Nicole Kuklinski, 24, of Illinois, remembers echoing the sentiment to Anne MacEwen Kennedy when she bought Dancin In My Sleep, a 2005 black gelding by Too Sleepy […]
Summertime is typically filled with continuous days of beautiful weather and weekends at the horse show. Unfortunately, those warm months also bring along a tiny pest. The dreaded fly. These insects not only frustrate our four-legged friends, but also transmit diseases. Solid preparation and proper management of fly control are vital to keep the fly […]
For Darla Leavell, finding her perfect show horse in Bet N On A Dream was like buying a wedding dress. “When you know, you know,” she insists. Darla, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, was on call all weekend at the regional hospital where she works when she got the call from her trainer, Josh Faulkner, […]
There were more than a few delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic, a venue change and plenty of sleepless nights for the organizers but you would never know it on Saturday, June 13, when a total of 22 maiden western pleasure horses competed for $45,000 in cash and prizes in the 2020 Virginia Maiden 3-Year-Old […]
Over $45,000 in cash and prizes will be up for grabs today in the Virginia Maiden 3-Year-Old and Over Western Pleasure Slot Class, being presented at noon today, during Tar Heel Summer Classic in Raleigh, North Carolina. A bonus will be paid to the highest placing Limited and Intermediate riders in the class. “Excited does […]