AQHA and NSBA competitor Shawn Maree Vaillant, 53 of Ocala, Florida died Nov. 28, at her home in Ocala, Florida. Born in Colorado, Shawn graduated from Denver High School and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Fashion Merchandising from Iowa State University. She moved to Dallas, Texas following graduation in pursuit of her career […]
Call it serendipity. Last February when Jan Pittman emailed Donna Biddulph in Oliver, British Columbia and told her that she thought VS Code Blue wanted to move to Florida she never expected his owner’s response. “I think you’re right,” Biddulph replied. Pittman didn’t hesitate. Not this time. It was Pittman’s second chance to own the 2007 […]
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame 2017 inductee Marvin Barnes of Ada, Oklahoma, died Nov. 30 at the age of 95. With the help of American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame mare FL Lady Bug, Marvin and his late wife, Lela, established the Lady Bug Stallion Station at Madill, Oklahoma, and a breeding program that changed racing forever. […]
The American Quarter Horse Association welcomes Anna Morrison of College Station, Texas, as the Association’s chief international officer. She will start her new role on Jan. 17. Morrison will be responsible for determining and formulating policies and procedures to provide overall direction of AQHA’s international activities and functions. She will serve as a liaison between AQHA and […]
The Professional Horse Services December Internet Auction features 75 Halter, Performance, Pleasure and All-Around Horses. Halter and Pleasure horses include show horses, prospects and breeding stock. The working performance horses are geared to the Reining and Ranch Horse events, as well as trail riding. Bidding Opens Monday Dec. 5 for the December auction and will […]
Donations are still being accepted for the 15th Annual Audrey Grace Auction featured on Pleasurehorse.com forum Dec. 12-18. The auction helps raise funds for the New Horizons Audrey Grace House in Abilene, Texas, part of the Community Center of Care, which provides residential treatment services to children, ages 5 to 17, suffering from emotional, behavioral, […]
During the past two weeks, the top exhibitors and horses from around the world competed at the 2016 Lucas Oil AQHA World Championship Show at State Fair Park in Oklahoma City. The 2016 Farnam All-Around Amateur Award is presented to the exhibitor and horse team that earns the most points in three or more Level 3 amateur […]
TheCrowdJoesWild, a 2007 palomino stallion by Congress Champion Hot Diggity Joe and out of A Golden Dimension (by Reserve AQHA World Champion Invested Dimension), has a new home in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Veronica Roth completed the purchase of the young sire, registered with both the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) and Palomino Horse Breeders of America […]
During the past two weeks, the top exhibitors and horses from around the world competed at the 2016 Lucas Oil AQHA World Championship Show at State Fair Park in Oklahoma City. The 2016 Farnam Superhorse Award is the top honor at the Lucas Oil World. It is awarded to the horse that earns the most points in three or […]
APHA’s popular C3 “Creating Confident Clinicians” seminar will take place Dec. 15–16, hosted at the APHA headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas. The seminar will share teaching techniques used by professionals around the world, along with hands-on instruction. Andy Mangum, PhD, adjunct speech instructor at Brookhaven College in Farmers Branch, Texas, will focus on the fundamentals […]
A fatal shooting at Oklahoma City’s Will Rogers World Airport Tuesday afternoon sent passengers seeking cover and resulted in a lockdown of the airport. Police said the victim, identified as Michael Winchester, an employee of Southwest Airlines, was gunned down in a parking lot at the airport. Winchester was a former University of Oklahoma punter and […]
Lauren Crivelli has a routine she sticks to as she prepares to enter the show arena to compete. She’s impossible to talk to so don’t even try. She’s in her “zone.” “I get so focused on the way my horse is feeling and the way I want them to feel in the arena that I […]