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 […]
APHA and AQHA exhibitors Erin Bradshaw and Scott Weiss were married Saturday, May 6, at the Milestone Barn, Aubrey, Texas. Given away by her father, former NFL Quarterback Terry Bradshaw, the bride studied fashion merchandising at the University of North Texas. She is a multiple APHA World Champion. Weiss, originally from Johnston, Iowa, attended North […]
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, […]
Tim and Barb Delf, of Blue Grass, Iowa, report the death of legendary American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) broodmare, Goodbars Glamourgirl today just two weeks before her 21st birthday. Sired by Zippos Mr Good Bar and out of Mitos Magic Moment, Goodbars Glamourgirl is an all-time leading AQHA dam. Her foals have earned over 5,100 […]
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 […]
Cole Baker rode Will Be A Good Chip to a win today in the Fourth Annual Kim Rich Memorial Green Western Pleasure at the Pro Am Quarter Horse Circuit in Conyers, Georgia. Will Be A Good Chip is a 2013 bay gelding, sired by Good I Will Be and out of Chipalilly, and is owned […]
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. […]
Funeral services have been set for Alan Parker, one the horse industry’s most well-known auctioneers, who died on Saturday, March 25 in Plant City, Florida. Friends will be received from 5 to 8 p.m., Saturday, April 1, and from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, April 2, at the Gentry Morrison Funeral Home, 3350 Mall Hill Drive, […]
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 […]
Organizers say more than 15 horses will compete this year in the Hylton Maiden 3-Year-Old and Over Western Pleasure for the chance to win the top cash prize of $25,000, March 25 in Lexington, Virginia. Cecilia Hylton, of Gainesville, Virginia, introduced the class at the Reichert Celebration and relocated it to her home state in […]
