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Sloww Motion: Hall/Seebach purchase promising young stallion

Sloww Motion: Hall/Seebach purchase promising young stallion

Timing is everything. At least that’s what Dr. Candice Hall and Dr. Cory Seebach, of Black Creek, British Columbia, believe. It was true when they purchased leading Western Pleasure sire Machine Made back in 2010. “We went from ‘love at first sight’ to an extensive education in breeding and bloodlines,” Candice admits. And now, it’s […]

NSBA World Show and Breeders Futurity opens with record numbers

NSBA World Show and Breeders Futurity opens with record numbers

The National Snaffle Bit Association (NSBA) opened its 13thannual World Championship Show and Breeders Championship Futurity on Sunday with competition in three different arenas. According to organizers more than 5,000 World Show and BCF entries have already been received with more expected as the show unfolds. That tops last year’s final entry tally of 4,621. […]

Brian Ale welcomes Talkin The Talk back to New Jersey for retirement

Brian Ale welcomes Talkin The Talk back to New Jersey for retirement

It was a very emotional reunion in Bridgeton, New Jersey this week as the Ale family welcomed home the horse they credit with making trainer Brian Ale the horseman he is today. After nearly two decades of helping countless riders achieve their dreams, both inside and outside the show arena, Talkin The Talk, a 1997 […]

University of Findlay hosts futurity to showcase horses in Saturday’s sale

University of Findlay hosts futurity to showcase horses in Saturday’s sale

The University of Findlay will host its 14th annual Spring Horse Sale tomorrow, at the Western Farm in the Dale Wilkinson Arena, 14700 U.S. Route 68 south of Findlay, Ohio. Today, graduating seniors competed in the program’s Clark Bradley Pleasure Futurity, a Western Pleasure class designed to showcase their 2-year-old futurity prospects. These horses will […]

18 entered in Hylton Maiden Slot Class set for 8 p.m. today in Virginia

18 entered in Hylton Maiden Slot Class set for 8 p.m. today in Virginia

Organizers say 18 horses and riders are entered in the Hylton Maiden 3-Year-Old and Over Western Pleasure Slot Class, being presented at 8 p.m., today, during the Spring Breakout/Dave Higgins Memorial Show in Lexington, Virginia. The class has a guaranteed payout of $74,000 with $25,000 going to the winner. A $2,500 bonus will be paid […]

InStride Edition named official publication of the PHBA

InStride Edition named official publication of the PHBA

The Palomino Horse Breeders of America (PHBA) is pleased to announce that InStride Edition has been named the official publication of the 77-year-old organization founded to collect, record and preserve the purity of the blood and improve the breeding of Palomino horses. A special section devoted exclusively to Palomino horses, owners, breeders and trainers will […]

Leading Hunter Under Saddle sire Last Detail laid to rest

Leading Hunter Under Saddle sire Last Detail laid to rest

AQHA World Champion and leading Hunter Under Saddle sire, Last Detail, has passed, according to Ron Horn, El Reno, Oklahoma. “This morning we laid to rest an icon in the equine world. Last Detail helped pave the way for the AQHA hunt seat horses,” he said. “He is still the All-Time Leading Hunter Under Saddle sire of […]

East Coast Halter Futurity expands to include Performance Halter Division

East Coast Halter Futurity expands to include Performance Halter Division

Organizers of the East Coast Halter Futurity have announced the expansion of the program to include a division for Performance Halter starting in 2018. Up until now the East Coast Halter Futurity has been strictly a Halter Futurity that provides halter enthusiasts a place to showcase their halter horses and promote the Halter horse industry. […]

Gone Viral’s future as a sire as bright as his show career

Gone Viral’s future as a sire as bright as his show career

When a message is said to have “Gone Viral” online it means that it has spread rapidly through a population by being frequently shared with many individuals – because it evokes emotions that spur the viewer to share it. Kari Craft’s 2014 bay stallion, Gone Viral, by No Doubt Im Lazy and out of Suddenly […]

Masters Hunter Under Saddle, Western Pleasure winners

Masters Hunter Under Saddle, Western Pleasure winners

A total of nine horses competed for a total purse of $25,360 in the Congress Masters Hunter Under Saddle Saturday night. Best Jazz Album Yet, a bay stallion, sired by Allocate Your Assets and out of Jazzy Details, claimed the top spot with Deanna Searles in the irons.  Best Jazz Album Yet owned by Deanna’s […]

Alcatraz will face Masters Hunter Under Saddle without eye, trainer

Alcatraz will face Masters Hunter Under Saddle without eye, trainer

Talk about roadblocks. Dr. Barry Falkenham’s Congress Masters Hunter Under Saddle entry this year, Alcatraz, has had more than his fair share. First he lost his eye and now he’s lost his rider. At just three months of age, the 2015 bay stallion, sired by Allocate Your Assets and out of Made For Luke, got […]

Harris Leather & Silverworks: Building family business for 50 years

Harris Leather & Silverworks: Building family business for 50 years

For many, a highlight of the All-American Quarter Horse Congress is walking down the red carpet of the one and only Congress Hall. It is an experience unlike any other; a horse lover’s shopping paradise. Amongst the assortment of booths and vendors, one thing always seems to stand out. Sitting on its own spinning pedestal, […]