By Corrine Borton on December 1, 2016
AQHA, Halter, hunter under saddle, NSBA, Pleasure, Professional Auction
News
The Professional Horse Services December Internet Auction features 75 Halter, Performance, Pleasure and All-Around Horses. Halter and Pleasure horses include show horses, prospects and breeding stock. The working performance horses are geared to the Reining and Ranch Horse events, as well as trail riding. Bidding Opens Monday Dec. 5 for the December auction and will […]
By Corrine Borton on November 16, 2016
Airport shooting, AQHA, hunter under saddle, Meghan Tierney, Pretty Assets
Features

A fatal shooting at Oklahoma City’s Will Rogers World Airport Tuesday afternoon sent passengers seeking cover and resulted in a lockdown of the airport. Police said the victim, identified as Michael Winchester, an employee of Southwest Airlines, was gunned down in a parking lot at the airport. Winchester was a former University of Oklahoma punter and […]
By Corrine Borton on November 9, 2016
AQHA, Big A, Equine Chronicle, hunter under saddle, NSBA, Quarter Horse Congress, Sydney Riden, Western Pleasure, Youth
People

Family is the most important thing to 16-year-old Sydney Riden, of Good Hope, Illinois. It was family – parents, Scott and Mindy Riden, grandparents, aunts and sister have all shown horses all their lives and they got Sydney involved when she was just a toddler. “My first show was when I was a year old […]
By Corrine Borton on November 9, 2016
AQHA, Equine Chronicle, hunter under saddle, Maggie Howell, Missy Theyfault, NSBA, OQHA, Quarter Horse Congress
Features

It was August and as the assistant trainer at Missy Thyfault Performance Horses in Shelby, Ohio, 26-year-old Maggie Howell was busy helping to prepare horses for the Quarter Horse Congress. August is always a busy month and this year was no exception. That’s why as Howell’s migraine headaches returned most every day, they were dismissed […]
By Corrine Borton on October 30, 2016
AQHA, Barrel racing, hunter under saddle, NSBA, poles, Quarter Horse Congress, vendor, Western Pleasure
Features

As the 50th All American Quarter Horse Congress draws to an end, we asked several people who attended this year to explain what makes this horse show so unique. Kathy Bawel, Jasper, Indiana, has attended the Congress eight times. “This show is special because in our discipline, Pole Bending, the best of the best is here. […]
By Corrine Borton on October 29, 2016
AQHA, Equine Chronicle, hunter under saddle, NSBA, Quarter Horse Congress, Western Pleasure
Features

The Congress 2-Year-Old Masters Hunter Under Saddle and Western Pleasure events will take center stage at the All American Quarter Horse Congress tonight in the Celeste Arena. A total of 12 maiden horses will trot in to vie for the Hunter Under Saddle title starting at 7 p.m. Carmen Mayabb, Dacula, Georgia, will be riding […]
By Corrine Borton on October 21, 2016
All Around, AQHA, hunter under saddle, Jennings, NSBA, Quarter Horse Congress, Super Sale, Western Pleasure, yearling
Features

The 50th Annual Quarter Horse Congress Super Sale, scheduled for Saturday, is generating plenty of excitement and starting at noon on Friday, horse shoppers both on the fairgrounds and at home can get a sneak peek of horses consigned in a preview of sale entries. The preview of 168 horses consigned to this year’s […]