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. […]
Brogan Thompson of Vidalia, Georgia has announced the acquisition of American Quarter Horse Association World and Congress Champion sire Potential Career. “I had been quietly looking for a stallion for the past year, but I couldn’t find anything that made me happy and excited,” Thompson said. “After giving up on finding the right stallion for […]
Leading Hunter Under Saddle sire These Irons Are Hot has died as the results of neurological complications, Seaside Farm LP announced today. “With great sadness, Seaside Farm LP, announces the euthanasia of These Irons Are Hot due to neurological complications,” the announcement read. “Dexter was found down in his stall and even with aggressive treatment from […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Zips Bossy Chip has smashed through American Quarter Horse Hall of Famer Van Decka’s 30-year record for the all-time leading youth horse by points. The record was set 30 years ago. In 1987, at the All American Quarter Horse Congress, Van Decka earned his last point, ending his Hall of Fame show career with 4,270 […]
The AQHA Executive Committee recently approved a third option to compete in Level 3 halter classes at the 2018 AQHA Select World Championship Show, presented by Adequan® (polysulfated glycosaminoglycan) and 2018 Lucas Oil AQHA World Championship Show. The three qualifying methods now include: Qualify by earning the required number of points, Compete at a designated […]
Horse shoppers can watch the Preview of Sale horses offered in the 51st Annual Congress Super Sale on Friday Oct. 20, held with the All- American Quarter Horse Congress. Shoppers will be treated to a Pig Roast luncheon during the sale preview beginning at noon in the Lausche Building at the Ohio Expo Center “Potential bidders attending […]
It takes a special breeding program to raise a youngster talented enough to place at the All-American Quarter Horse Congress. Tom and Dominique Powers had two today in the same class. Stanley Scott of Ocala, Florida, showed Batters Up, a bay filly by Batt Man and out of Suddenly Some More, to a Congress Championship […]
AQHA World and Congress Champion sire Batt Man has new owners and he will be standing the 2018 breeding season at Joan Schroeder’s Kiowa Ranch in Collinsville, Texas, it was announced this week. Trevor Barnes and Jack Creditt, both of Ohio, are now the owners of the 2006 bay stallion, sired by Good Version and […]
The Silver Dollar Circuit has solidified its February dates for next year. Given the success of the past show and the benefits of having the Sun Circuit directly after, Director Jan Bruner has given the go ahead for next year’s dates. Starting on Friday, February 23rd and ending on Wednesday the 28th, the Las Vegas […]