Last week, owners of AQHA Incentive Fund-enrolled horses, foal and stallion nominators started receiving their checks for the 2014 show season. In all, more than $2.1 million was paid to enrolled and licensed horses, foal and stallion nominators. Since its inception, the AQHA Incentive Fund has paid more than $75 million to program supporters. For […]
Entry Material for the 49th Annual All American Quarter Horse Congress Futurities & Sweepstakes are now available. The 2015 Congress Futurities & Sweepstakes Entry Book will be hitting mailboxes this week, but is also available online at www.oqha.com/ aaqhc. Big Changes The Congress Futurity and Stakes classes will now be open to the following breeds/registries: American […]
“The March Online Auction features the second part of Steve Heckaman Quarter Horses’ Dispersal including show horses, trailers, farm equipment and tack,” according to Mike Jennings, of Professional Horse Services, LLC. “Buyers will also find one of the best-bred Halter fillies in the Country, proven Show Horses and prospects. For breeders there is a Superior […]
Rock County Kid, owned by Sharnai Thompson of Pilot Point, Texas was named NSBA’s 2014 Horse of the Year. “Rocky” was campaigned successfully by Sharnai and trainers Rusty and Katie Green and Maggie Grandquist in Open and Non-Pro Western Pleasure events. Some of the highlights of his year include wins in three year old events […]
Each year, the AjPHA Youth Leadership Conference connects young APHA members with each other in a fun, educational setting. This year’s event took place during the 2015 APHA Convention February 27–March 1 in Fort Worth, Texas. YLC participant Sabine Lazo of Caldwell, Texas, attended the conference for the first time, and she was compelled to […]
Though APHA has been registering cropout Paints—those colorful stock horses with Quarter Horse or Thoroughbred lineage only—since 2012, it’s now easier than ever to register these horses with APHA. Thanks to a new rule change, cropout Paints must meet the same color-registration guidelines as horses with at least one Paint parent. Under the new guidelines, […]
Three industry professionals were recognized by their peers March 8 at the 2015 American Quarter Horse Association Convention in Fort Worth, Texas. The Don Burt Professional’s Choice Professional Horseman of the Year, Professional’s Choice Professional Horsewoman of the Year and Professional’s Choice Most Valuable Professional awards were presented by AQHA Corporate Partner Professional’s Choice during […]
Start practicing you’re loping and leading—the 2015 AjPHA Youth World Championship Show is just around the corner. Make plans to attend this year’s fun-filled event by first checking out the tentative Youth World Show schedule available online at ywcs.apha.com/schedule. The Youth World Show takes place June 23–July 4 in Fort Worth, Texas. Concurrently with the APHA […]
The American Quarter Horse Association has released the list of open exhibitors who are ineligible to show horses in Level 2 open classes at the 2015 AQHA World Championship Show, tentatively scheduled for November 6-21 in Oklahoma City. These exhibitors are the highest level of performers of the top 100 exhibitors based on points in individual classes over […]
The legendary cutting horse sire, Smart Little Lena, will be inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame at the 2015 American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) Convention on March 6 in Ft. Worth. Smart Little Lena still holds the record for the most money earned as a 3- and 4-year-old cutter, and ranks as […]
The American Quarter Horse Association has released the AQHA Standing Committee Agendas for the 2015 AQHA Convention, March 6-9 at the Omni Hotel in Fort Worth Texas. Equine Research Committee International Committee Judges Committee Marketing and Membership Committee Nominations and Credentials Committee Public Policy Committee Racing Committee Ranchers Council Recreational Activities Committee Show Committee Stud […]
Prior Lake, Minnesota Via the Minnesota Board of Animal Health, February 13, 2015 A horse with equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy, or the neurologic form of equine herpesvirus type-1, has been identified in Scott County, Minnesota. The horse was stabled at Dark Horse Farm, 4300 182nd Street East, Prior Lake, MN 55312. The horse became ill Friday, […]
