At any given show or futurity held in the past couple of years – whether a World Championship or a weekend circuit, chances are that when results of a Western Pleasure class were announced, there was something familiar about the winner, the top three or even in some cases, the majority of the top 10 […]
There’s a bit of soul, grace and strength in the images that come to life on the canvas of Georgia artist Patsi Wolfe. A roaming buffalo. A proud mother duck. A prized set of spurs. It’s more than the colors, shadows and textures that leave an impression, as the eye and the light dance across […]
For most people who take a hiatus from showing horses, there’s a bit of a learning curve. A period of adjustment is often needed for the changes that may have occurred in each discipline. But that’s not the case for amateur competitor Tom Clopp, of Charlotte, North Carolina. Clopp, who enjoyed a successful youth and […]
When Sydney Swallom was just 8 years old, her grandmother gave her the opportunity to show her Quarter Horse show mare, A Certain Melody, in Walk-Trot classes and the Washington native says she never looked back. “Nothing makes me happier than my horses,” she said. “The barn is my happy place and I can’t imagine […]
The Berrien Springs Fairgrounds will once again be the backdrop for National Snaffle Bit Association (NSBA) classes when a brand-new futurity welcomes competitors to the southwestern corner of Michigan in June.The facility was home to the Tom Powers Futurity from 1985 until 2020 when it was announced that the futurity would be moved to Wilmington, […]
When you start with a big, strong, beautiful and correct prospect with solid conformation and a great mind, success follows.That is exactly the case with AQHA and NSBA World Champion Outlaw Enterprise, a 2017 bay stallion, sired by Iron Enterprise and out of Lastminuteinvestment. Bred by Marcie McClenon, of Dunnellon, Florida, Outlaw Enterprise (Cosmo) was purchased […]
Family is not an important thing, it’s everything. – Michael J. Fox Family is at the center of the Cook family’s approach to showing horses. JR Cook grew up showing Cutting and Halter horses with his parents and grandparents by his side. His wife, Melissa, and her family were deeply involved in the American Paint […]
Ask anyone who operates even the most modest of breeding operations and they will tell you that there’s nothing that quite compares to the thrill you get riding and competing on a horse you raised yourself. Kathryne Zachrich-Yemc, of Delaware, Ohio, knows the feeling firsthand. This year she is showing Only A Dream Machine in 3-Year-Old […]
He was born in Oregon and grew up on a ranch where ponies then horses were a way of life. She was born in Connecticut and took her first riding lesson at age 7. But in 2017 Duke Williams and Alyssa Casa met through mutual friends at a horse show (of course) and hit if […]
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame member Carol Harris, 98, died Aug. 7, in Florida. Noted for her legendary American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame stallion Rugged Lark, Harris grew up in West Orange, New Jersey. Her first horse was a Standardbred – a pacer that she turned into a trotter. She exhibited Hackney ponies, Arabians, Saddlebreds […]
Keith Whistle, renowned Western Pleasure horse showman, died Aug. 3, at the age of 67. Born in Hayti, Missouri, Whistle was the first person to be inducted into the National Snaffle Bit Association Hall of Fame. He won both the 2-Year-Old Western Pleasure Futurity and the 3-Year-Old Western Pleasure Derby at the All-American Quarter Horse […]
Tanya Relander’s mom had to beg her parents to ride. So as soon as Tanya and her sisters could sit up her mom had them on the back of a horse. “She made sure we had horses to ride and show,” Tanya said. “We rode before we did our school work each day.” Tanya got […]