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Silver Dollar Circuit hosts exhibitors in Sin City

Silver Dollar Circuit hosts exhibitors in Sin City

  The lights of the Vegas Strip were the perfect backdrop for this year’s 40th annual Silver Dollar Circuit held each year at the Southpoint Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show features a full slate of AQHA classes from March 15-20, 2016. According to show manager, Jan Bruner, both stalls and entries are […]

AQHA Releases Updated Competitive Horse Judging Manual

AQHA Releases Updated Competitive Horse Judging Manual

The American Quarter Horse Associationbelieves in the future of the equine industry. The development of young minds and horse judging skills is of utmost importance to the vitality of the American Quarter Horse and the equine industry as a whole. To encourage the education of youth in competitive horse judging, AQHA provides a manual for […]

The Born Legacy: Making his debut in the Hylton Maiden

The Born Legacy: Making his debut in the Hylton Maiden

Correct, balanced and elegant are just a few words that Alexandra Chavez uses to describe her new American Quarter Horse stallion, The Born Legacy. The 2013 bay stallion, by Good I Will Be and out of Pretty Hot And Sonny, will serve as the cornerstone of Chavez’s Western Pleasure and breeding programs. It should come as no surprise that […]

View the tentative schedule for the 2016 Select World Championship Show

View the tentative schedule for the 2016 Select World Championship Show

The tentative schedule for the American Quarter Horse Association’s 2016 Adequan® Select World Championship Show is now available online. The Adequan® Select World, which is August 26 – September 3 at the Amarillo National Center in Amarillo, features the world’s top amateur riders, age 50 and over, and their American Quarter Horses. To view the […]

AQHA Expands Level 2 Championships for 2016

AQHA Expands Level 2 Championships for 2016

When the Adequan® Level 2 championship classes launched at the 2015 Lucas Oil AQHA World Championship Show in Oklahoma City, their debut was met with enthusiasm from exhibitors, owners and professionals. In fact, the addition of the Adequan® Level 2 classes increased Lucas Oil World entries by 32 percent over the previous year. Based on the success […]

Tentative schedule for the 2016 AQHYA World Show is available online

Tentative schedule for the 2016 AQHYA World Show is available online

The tentative schedule for the 2016 Built Ford Tough AQHYA World Championship Show is now available online. The event slated for August 5-13 at State Fair Park in Oklahoma City features the world’s top youth riders and their American Quarter Horses.  To view the tentative schedule of events, visit www.aqha.com/youthworld. At the Ford Youth World, […]

Mark your calendar with the tentative dates for these 2016 AQHA events

Mark your calendar with the tentative dates for these 2016 AQHA events

The American Quarter Horse Association has an exciting line-up of events planned for 2016. Mark your calendars today with the tentative dates. AQHA Convention March 11-14 – 2016 AQHA Convention at the South Point Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas AQHA World Championship Shows March 17-20 – Zoetis AQHA Versatility Ranch Horse World Championships  and […]

AQHA High-point standings for 2015 are finalized

AQHA High-point standings for 2015 are finalized

High-point standings for 2015 are finalized and the all-around high-point horses and exhibitors are named. The American Quarter Horse Association recognizes hardworking individuals and their American Quarter Horses at the end of each year through the Association’s high-point awards. With the introduction of AQHA leveling in 2014, the Association now is able to recognize more individuals and […]

Farnam to Sponsor Central AQHA Level 1 Championships

Farnam to Sponsor Central AQHA Level 1 Championships

The American Quarter Horse Association is pleased to announce Farnam as the title sponsor of the new Farnam Central AQHA Level 1 Championships. The 2016 Farnam Central AQHA Level 1 Championships is slated for April 13-17 at the State Fair Park in Oklahoma City. Farnam is your partner in horse care, serving both the pleasure […]

EHV-1 Concerns

EHV-1 Concerns

The Southwest Quarter Horse Association’s February shows will be postponed due to equine herpesvirus type-1 concerns. The two shows will be moved to be held along with the existing March and April shows. SOUTHWEST QUARTER HORSE FEBRUARY SHOWS Shows scheduled for February 6-7 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, have been postponed due to EHV-1. SOUTHWEST QUARTER […]

Linke Joins WCHA

Linke Joins WCHA

The World Conformation Horse Association announced today that Barbara Linke has joined the Association as Administrative Consultant to further develop the growth and successes of the Association. “I am excited to work with the membership of the WCHA, said Linke. Having spent more than 32 years working in the equine industry, I am grateful for […]

Riverside Ranch mourns the loss of the stoic stallion My Final Notice

Riverside Ranch mourns the loss of the stoic stallion My Final Notice

For Cindy the dream started in Sultan Washington with the grand sire of My Final Notice, the legendary stallion Dynamic Deluxe. She traveled the nation with My Final Notice’s sire Dynamic in the Dark, to become the NSBA leading limited rider with the stallion being the leading two year old in the Nation that year. Carson was […]