equitation

Pattern Prowess: Tips for helping you memorize those complicated patterns

Pattern Prowess: Tips for helping you memorize those complicated patterns

Competition in the pattern classes at top breed shows and futurities has improved so much in the past decade that course designers have had to add maneuvers and to the degree of difficulty just to keep up and make the classes challenging. Some of today’s Showmanship Horsemanship, Equitation, Trail and Ranch patterns can get extremely […]

Tale of the Teeth: How dental health impacts performance in horses

Tale of the Teeth: How dental health impacts performance in horses

Horses in Ryan Cottingham’s Indiana training barn follow the same dental routine as most people – the horses receive an oral exam twice a year. That allows Cottingham and the equine dentist to enable horses to be comfortable so they can perform their best without the distraction of a problem in their mouth. The preventative […]

New horses, new ventures, new degree mark Taylor Kungle’s busy year

New horses, new ventures, new degree mark Taylor Kungle’s busy year

It’s been quite the exciting year for Taylor Kungle. In March her family purchased Falls Creek Farm, a 345-acre estate at the Connecticut-Rhode Island border. Two months later she graduated from Columbia University in New York City with a Master’s degree in Religious Studies. And, she spent the summer and fall continuing to assemble a […]

NYATT to add Hunt Seat Equitation to 2016 Congress

NYATT to add Hunt Seat Equitation to 2016 Congress

The All American Quarter Horse Congress (AAHQC) is announcing the addition of Hunt Seat Equitation to the National Youth Activity Team Tournament (NYATT) competition during the AAQHC in October 2016.   The NYATT is the most popular youth event at the All American Quarter Horse Congress. State and regional Quarter Horse Associations across the U.S. […]