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Virginia Maiden Hunter Under Saddle debuts today

Virginia Maiden Hunter Under Saddle debuts today

Nine horses will compete for a total purse of $38,687 this afternoon in the 3-Year-Old & Over Maiden Hunter Under Saddle class at the Spring Breakout Circuit in Lexington, Virginia. The class has $30,000 in added money and is the brainchild of Meghan Tierney who, along with Cameron VanSickle, has been helping to manage the Virginia […]

Deanna Green Willis joins InStride Edition’s advertising sales team

Deanna Green Willis joins InStride Edition’s advertising sales team

Deanna Green Willis joins InStride Edition as the newest member of its sales force, it was announced today by Publisher Courtney Borton Ament. With an extensive background in the equine industry, Deanna will handle advertising sales for the award winning publication’s print and digital magazine and she will play a major role in the expansion […]

AQHA Hall of Fame adds seven

AQHA Hall of Fame adds seven

Harley D Zip, High Brow Cat, Okie Leo, AQHA Past President Ralph Seekins, racehorse breeder Leverne Perry, jockey G. R. Carter Jr. and trainer Clark Bradley have been named to the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame Class of 2023. The announcement was made last night during the AQHA general membership meeting at the 2023 […]

Madeleine Bayless returns to show pen after 20 year break with Im Willy Good Today and Best Money Made

Madeleine Bayless returns to show pen after 20 year break with Im Willy Good Today and Best Money Made

Madeleine Bayless waited 20 years to return to showing horses and with the help of two very special new horses – Im Willy Good Today and Best Money Made – 2023 is shaping up to be a year to remember for the Alabama native. Bayless didn’t come from a horse family or have any natural […]

White-spotting gene W34 identified in Paint Horses

White-spotting gene W34 identified in Paint Horses

W34, a white-spotting allele identified by researchers at Etalon Diagnostics in 2022, has been confirmed as present in the Paint Horse population. The discovery was published in the August 2022 edition of Animals, a peer-reviewed scientific publication. This spotting pattern is a mutation of the KITgene, which is also home to Sabino 1 and more than 30 “W” (formerly, Dominant […]

Starland Ranch welcomes AQHA stallion Right Onn

Starland Ranch welcomes AQHA stallion Right Onn

They say that the best time to find the perfect horse is when you are not looking. And although, Anneene Miller, has been hoping to either raise or purchase a stallion to represent Starland Ranch, for some time now, up until recently she had not found one that checked all her boxes. That has all […]

The Cook Family: Making their mark with talented show horses like Line Up Behind and Flo Rida

The Cook Family: Making their mark with talented show horses like Line Up Behind and Flo Rida

Showing horses at the very top level takes a lot of hard work, focus and commitment. Now imagine doing it with your husband or wife and three young children. That’s exactly what the Cook family, of Cypress, Texas, is doing and they say they would have it no other way. JR Cook grew up showing […]

Audrey Thomas’ new challenge in the pen

Audrey Thomas’ new challenge in the pen

They say that discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments and if you know Audrey Thomas and her quest for success in the show arena, you’d probably agree. Before she ever swung a leg over a horse two years ago, the 15-year-old youth competitor from Michellville, Iowa spent almost all of her time cheering […]

Mallory Menard loves developing young talent

Mallory Menard loves developing young talent

Dedication and commitment are what transfer dreams into realities and if you don’t believe that then just ask 34-year-old Non-Pro competitor Mallory Menard. Menard, a Michigan native, was raised around horses. Ever since she was a baby her mother has had Arabs. She started taking riding lessons at the age of five and has not […]

A guide to the 2022 Appaloosa World Show

A guide to the 2022 Appaloosa World Show

The 2022 World Championship Appaloosa Show gets underway Oct. 28 at the Will Rogers Equestrian Center in Fort Worth, Texas, and runs through Nov. 5. Here is your go-to guide to help navigate this year’s event. WEBCAST https://www.321actionvideo.com/aphc GROUNDS MAP https://assets.simpleviewinc.com/…/WRMC_Color_Map_2019… IMPORTANT LINKS Updated Schedule https://sub.appaloosa.com/pdfs/22W_Schedule.pdf Premium Book https://sub.appaloosa.com/pdfs/22W_PremiumBook.pdf Pattern Book https://sub.appaloosa.com/pdfs/22W_PatternBook.pdf Handbook https://www.appaloosa.com/handbook EVENTS […]