After nearly a week of competition, top exhibitors earned prizes May 7 at the 2017 Nutrena East AQHA Level 1 Championships in Raleigh, North Carolina. Christine Gudas of Lafayette, Indiana, arrived in Raleigh with one goal: to finish in the top 10 in one class. She did that and more. At the end of the […]
Level 3 13-&-Under core classes have been added to the 2018 American Quarter Horse Association’s World Championship Show. The classes were recommended by the American Quarter Horse Association Show Committee at the 2017 AQHA Convention and were recently approved by the AQHA Executive Committee. Exhibitors can qualify to compete in Level 3 13-&-Under Western Pleasure, Hunter Under Saddle, […]
Funeral services were held Saturday for trainer Seth Michael Marlatt, of Greencastle, Indiana, who died on May 2, at the age of 35. He was born Sept. 6, 1981 in Greencastle, the son of Michael and Brenda (Adams) Marlatt and was a 2000 graduate of Greencastle High School. Marlatt was a horse trainer having worked […]
The judges for the 50th annual All American Quarter Horse Congress, held October 6-30, 2017 in Columbus, Ohio, have been announced by the Ohio Quarter Horse Association. The judges for the 51st annual All American Quarter Horse Congress: Rick Baker Christa Baldwin Dean Bogart Brenda Brown Tony Burris Butch Campbell Mike Carter Clay Farrell Buddy […]
When things go right there is nothing that is more satisfying than ushering a new foal into the world….and celebrating the fruition of a year of planning, care and a safe delivery. But when problems occur, like the death of a mare or the rejection of a foal, breeders are thrust into the reality of […]
The World Equestrian Center and Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club has been approved for Phase One construction of the planned World Equestrian Center in Ocala. Construction has begun. Slated to host events in 2018, the new venue will be a world-class equestrian sports venue adjacent to the Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club property. […]
Bret Parrish, of Pavo, Georgia, piloted Pistol Packin Mann to a win in the 2017 Hylton Maiden 3-Year-Old & Over Western Pleasure at the Spring Breakout/Dave Higgins Memorial Show, in Lexington, Virginia tonight, collecting a check for $25,000. Parrish said the Hylton Maiden class was always the plan for the 2013 sorrel gelding sired by […]
There were co-champions today in the $9,000 added National Snaffle Bit Association (NSBA) Green Western Pleasure Slot class held for the first time at the Gordyville Spring American Quarter Horse Association Show Circuit. Amazin Dream, a 2012 sorrel mare by A Dream Remembered and out of Suddenly A Miracle, owned by Amy Bauer and shown by Chris […]
His father is a 25-time Quarter Horse Congress Champion horse trainer. His mother, Millie, was a five-time Congress Non-Pro Western Pleasure Champion and his sister, Jennifer Dickerson Webb, was a two-time Congress Non-Pro Western Pleasure Champion and two-time Reserve Champion. Taft Dickerson, of Mount Airy, North Carolina, says there was actually zero chance he’d be […]
According to Abi Owings Tuiasosopo owning Lexus Made Lady has been nothing short of a dream come true and now this accomplished mare has been named the 2016 NSBA Horse of the Year. Each year the National Snaffle Bit Association’s Board of Directors presents one outstanding horse the prestigious Horse of the Year Award. The award […]
The schedule for the 51st annual All American Quarter Horse Congress, held Oct. 3-29, has been set by the Ohio Quarter Horse Association. The Congress is the largest single breed horse show in the world with over 23,500 horse show entries. The show attracts more than 650,000 people to the Columbus, Ohio area and generates […]
The Pinto Horse Association is planning the largest gathering of Pintos for the 52nd annual Pinto World Championship show June 12-24, at the Built Ford Tough Livestock Complex in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The 13-day show hosts equines and exhibitors from around the globe. Exhibitors will compete for world titles, rosette ribbons, belt buckles and many more awards. […]
