With its fresh take on arena competition, APHA’s ranch riding class (formerly called ranch horse pleasure) has Paints and their owners stampeding to get back into the show pen. And now, splashy, ranchy horses will have even more opportunities to strut their stuff, thanks to the addition of four new ranch-style classes debuting at APHA […]
The American Quarter Horse Association is proud to announce that B&W Trailer Hitches is the new sponsor of the Rookie classes at the 2015 AQHA Level 1 Championships. This year’s championships will also feature added Rookie classes and more age divisions for Level 1 competitors. “AQHA members are passionate about their horses, and B&W is […]
Officials from the Ohio Quarter Horse Association have announced they will be offering dual-approved (AQHA/National Snaffle Bit Association) classes for Equestrians With Disabilities at the 2015 All American Quarter Horse Congress. Equestrians With Disabilities classes are slated for October 10-11 and will include: Walk-Trot Showmanship- Level 2 Walk-Trot Showmanship- Advanced Level 3 Walk-Trot Trail- Supported Level […]
Paint Horse exhibitors in Utah, California, Nevada and Arizona have more reasons than ever to make the trek to the Zone 2 show, thanks to the first-ever Western Paint Horse Championships. Created as a way to reward residents of the zone, the Western Paint Horse Championship will be held in conjunction with the Zone 2 […]
The judges for the 49th annual All American Quarter Horse Congress, held October 1-25, 2015, have been announced by the Ohio Quarter Horse Association. AQHA Judges • Kelly Boles Chapman • Pierre Briere • Patty Campbell • Charlene Carter • Brian Ellsworth • Jessica Gilliam • Larry Hansch • John Lawrence • Stephanie Lynn • […]
This annual list is complied based on total entries per judge. Taking the No. 1 spot for the sixth time in eight years was the Western Regional Zone 2 Zone Show, which took place May 22–23 in South Jordan, Utah. In 2014, the show attracted 1,143 entries to the six-judge show, which was also followed […]
APHA’s innovative new championship show series kicked off 2015 with the inaugural Southeast Paint Horse Championship, which took place February 14-16 in Jacksonville, Florida. Taking place in conjunction with the Zone 9 Southern Classic and hosted by the Florida Paint Horse Club, the Southeast Paint Horse Championship featured 15 classes selected by show management designed […]
Every year, the Dixie National Quarter Horse Show in Jackson, Mississippi, is a special attraction. But for 2015, the event featured a whole lot more hoopla and fanfare – and for good reason. AQHA exhibitors, Quarter Horse fans and even the governor of Mississippi, Phil Bryant, toasted the Mississippi Quarter Horse Association February 16-22 at the 50th anniversary of […]
AQHA Equestrians with Disabilities competitors squared off February 10 in Jackson, Mississippi, at the 2015 Dixie National Quarter Horse Show, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The show set a new record of entries with 484 and featured para-reining for the first time. Following on the heels of the AQHA EWD classes, February 11 featured […]
For 10 days in Scottsdale, Arizona, a great portion of the American Quarter Horse show industry’s top athletes vied for class wins, AQHA points, fantastic prizes, circuit championships, plus high-point and all-around titles at the Arizona Quarter Horse Association’s biggest event of the year. The American Quarter Horse Journal congratulates the following 2015 Arizona Sun […]
Exhibitors wrapped up the 2014 show season December 27-30 at the Tulsa Holiday Winter Circuit in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The four-day show featured six judges, plus added money that some jingle back in exhibitors’ pockets. Kelsie Holman of Spring, Texas, was named the Everett Salley High-Point Youth Exhibitor. Keslie’s teammate was Range Agent, a 2008 sorrel […]
How many times have those of us who show Quarter Horses suffered cold, rain, hard ground, lack of warm-up area, schooling at 3a.m…. we laugh – yes – all of us have experienced these conditions and will likely experience them again in the future. It’s part of showing Quarter Horses and that’s what we do. […]