By Corrine Borton on September 24, 2024
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“Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.” – Michael J. Fox. For the Herman Family, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, nothing could be closer to the truth. It’s what defines them, both inside the show arena and out. The Hermans have patriarch Dr. Robert Herman to thank for their love of horses and competition. He was […]
By Corrine Borton on September 6, 2023
american quarter horse, AQHA, Candice Hall, Cory Seebach, Gil Galyean, Horse, Horses, Machine Made, NSBA, Queen Ov Hearts, showing, Western Pleasure, World Show
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They say the journey is the reward and what a journey it has been. In fact, Dr. Candice Hall and Dr. Cory Seebach, of Black Creek, British Columbia, Canada, say a bay stallion by the name of Machine Made, absolutely changed their lives. The first time Hall and Seebach ever laid eyes on “Hershel” was […]
By Corrine Borton on December 10, 2021
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At any given show or futurity held in the past couple of years – whether a World Championship or a weekend circuit, chances are that when results of a Western Pleasure class were announced, there was something familiar about the winner, the top three or even in some cases, the majority of the top 10 […]
By Corrine Borton on November 9, 2021
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The Berrien Springs Fairgrounds will once again be the backdrop for National Snaffle Bit Association (NSBA) classes when a brand-new futurity welcomes competitors to the southwestern corner of Michigan in June.The facility was home to the Tom Powers Futurity from 1985 until 2020 when it was announced that the futurity would be moved to Wilmington, […]
By Corrine Borton on September 24, 2020
Been Sleepin, Gil Galyean, Juliana Blackburn-Baskin Arora, NSBA, The Dark Impulse
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In the past, if you had asked 25-year-old Juliana Arora (formerly Juliana Blackburn-Baskin) what her favorite horse show is, no doubt she would have said the All-American Quarter Horse Congress, held each October in Columbus, Ohio. But if you ask her today, in light of the Covid-19 pandemic that shut down just about all shows […]
By Katie Navarra on September 15, 2020
Bill Cox, Gil Galyean, Joan McCann, Katy Jo Zuidema, Kelly Smith, Kevin Wile, NSBA, Sarah Nimigan
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The last time Bill Cox was able to show was at the Sun Circuit in Arizona, which ran from Feb. 27 to March 7. That was five months ago and chances are it’ll be the only show he competes in the entire 2020 season. The Ontario, Canada Select exhibitor made it home just as the […]
By Corrine Borton on August 16, 2018
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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 […]