Hylton Maiden

There were plenty of coincidences in this year’s Virginia Maiden win

There were plenty of coincidences in this year’s Virginia Maiden win

Pennsylvania trainer Taft Dickerson rode Gone Commando, 3-year-old bay mare, to a win in the 2022 Virginia Maiden 3-Year-Old & Over Western Pleasure held at the Spring Breakout Circuit in Lexington, Virginia on Saturday evening, marking the third time he has won the prestigious class. In 2017 Taft rode Gone Commando’s sire, Gone Viral, to […]

14 Western Pleasure contenders vie for $37,982 purse today in Hylton Maiden

14 Western Pleasure contenders vie for $37,982 purse today in Hylton Maiden

A total purse of $37,982 will be up for grabs today as 14 unshown Western Pleasure contenders compete for the first time in the Hylton Maiden 3-Year-Old & Over Open Western Pleasure Class at the Spring Breakout AQHA Show in Lexington, Virginia. The winner of the Hylton Maiden take home a check for $10,000 and […]

18 entered in Hylton Maiden Slot Class set for 8 p.m. today in Virginia

18 entered in Hylton Maiden Slot Class set for 8 p.m. today in Virginia

Organizers say 18 horses and riders are entered in the Hylton Maiden 3-Year-Old and Over Western Pleasure Slot Class, being presented at 8 p.m., today, during the Spring Breakout/Dave Higgins Memorial Show in Lexington, Virginia. The class has a guaranteed payout of $74,000 with $25,000 going to the winner. A $2,500 bonus will be paid […]

AQHA Stallion Gone Viral to Stand at Stud for 2018 Breeding Season

AQHA Stallion Gone Viral to Stand at Stud for 2018 Breeding Season

Due to such a high volume of interest in multiple NSBA World Champion Stallion, Gone Viral, owner Kari Craft of Greensboro, Georgia is excited to announce that he will be standing to a limited number of mares in 2018! “We are looking forward to not only watching this great horse make his mark as a […]

Bret Parrish, Pistol Packin Mann win Hylton Maiden Western Pleasure

Bret Parrish, Pistol Packin Mann win Hylton Maiden Western Pleasure

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 […]

$25,000 up for grabs in Hylton Maiden 3 & Over Western Pleasure

$25,000 up for grabs in Hylton Maiden 3 & Over Western Pleasure

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 […]

Extremely Hot Chips’ record as a sire strong as his show record

Extremely Hot Chips’ record as a sire strong as his show record

To his owner, Russ Louderback, Extremely Hot Chips is bigger than life. So much so that when the Executive Vice President of White Lodging, a large hotel owner/developer from Northwest Indiana, was selected to grace the cover of Hotel Business Design recently, he opted for a photograph of himself aboard the 2006 chestnut Quarter Horse […]

Hylton Maiden draws 16 entries; purse exceeds $80,000

Hylton Maiden draws 16 entries; purse exceeds $80,000

Sixteen horses will make their maiden voyage around a show arena in a judged event tonight when they compete for a total purse of $80,800 (including bonuses) in the Hylton Maiden 3-Year Old and Over Western Pleasure at the Virginia Classic Quarter Horse Show in Lexington.   When the judges’ selections are tallied the winner […]

Alan Fisher and Potential Code Red win InStride Edition Western Pleasure event at Virginia Classic

Alan Fisher and Potential Code Red win InStride Edition Western Pleasure event at Virginia Classic

Alan Fisher, of Eastover, North Carolina, piloted Potential Code Red to a win today in the InStride Edition $1,000 added 3-Year-Old Limited Open Western Pleasure at the Virginia Classic Quarter Horse Show Circuit in Lexington. The bay roan colt is by VS Code Red and out of Potentials Ziplark (Potential Investment). He is owned by […]

The Born Legacy: Making his debut in the Hylton Maiden

The Born Legacy: Making his debut in the Hylton Maiden

Correct, balanced and elegant are just a few words that Alexandra Chavez uses to describe her new American Quarter Horse stallion, The Born Legacy. The 2013 bay stallion, by Good I Will Be and out of Pretty Hot And Sonny, will serve as the cornerstone of Chavez’s Western Pleasure and breeding programs. It should come as no surprise that […]