By Corrine Borton on November 2, 2020
Best Brew At The Bar, NSBA, Stallion
Featured, Features, Uncategorized
Experienced breeders all know that successful stallions are genetically dominant. You can always pick out their foals. That’s what’s got Sarah Nimigan and her trainers, Tim and Katy Jo Zuidema so excited about the future of Best Brew At The Bar. Katy Jo has seen several of the foals from the first foal crop of […]
By admin on October 7, 2020
National Snaffle Bit Association, NSBA
Organizations
The National Snaffle Bit Association Board of Directors recently approved a new scoring system for the Longe Line classes to go into effect Jan. 1. Working through the NSBA Judges Committee, the new system aligns the Longe Line with scoring systems already in place in other classes where each performance is judged on a basis […]
By admin on October 6, 2020
Cody Parmenter, NSBA
(IN) LIFE
Professional equine photographer Cody Parmenter and Courtney Hall were married on Aug. 14, at the KC Wine Company, Olathe, Kansas. Courtney earned a Master of Science degree in Agriculture from Missouri State University. She is a team member at An Equine Production and a freelance writer.
By Corrine Borton on September 24, 2020
Been Sleepin, Gil Galyean, Juliana Blackburn-Baskin Arora, NSBA, The Dark Impulse
People
In the past, if you had asked 25-year-old Juliana Arora (formerly Juliana Blackburn-Baskin) what her favorite horse show is, no doubt she would have said the All-American Quarter Horse Congress, held each October in Columbus, Ohio. But if you ask her today, in light of the Covid-19 pandemic that shut down just about all shows […]
By Katie Navarra on September 15, 2020
Bill Cox, Gil Galyean, Joan McCann, Katy Jo Zuidema, Kelly Smith, Kevin Wile, NSBA, Sarah Nimigan
Featured, Features
The last time Bill Cox was able to show was at the Sun Circuit in Arizona, which ran from Feb. 27 to March 7. That was five months ago and chances are it’ll be the only show he competes in the entire 2020 season. The Ontario, Canada Select exhibitor made it home just as the […]
By Debbie Curtis on September 10, 2020
AQHA, NSBA, Palomino World Show, Terri Green
Featured, Features
A newly renovated coliseum at the Illinois State Fairgrounds awaits the arrival of the crème de la crème of Palomino exhibitors this month in Springfield. A $12-million renovation project has been completed on the original coliseum, which was built in 1901. Moving the show, which rund from Sept. 17 to 26, from Tunica, Mississippi was […]
By Corrine Borton on September 5, 2020
Good Vybes, NSBA, Pat Heeley, Quarter Horse Congress, So Dang Hot, Tessa Sutton, The Madness
Featured, Features
Success was not necessarily a given for the pretty bay filly that Iowa Non-Pro competitor Tessa Sutton calls her show partner. Sutton’s mom, Amy Lynch, was actually the one who picked So Dang Hot, sired by Batt Man and out of Born Lopin, from among hundreds of yearlings entered in the Quarter Horse Congress’ Yearling […]
By admin on August 10, 2020
Hall of Fame, NSBA, VS Goodride
Organizations
The National Snaffle Bit Association paused on Sunday night after a day full of Showmanship, Performance Halter and Trail competition at its 2020 World Championship Show, to honor several horses and individuals. VS Goodride, owned by Brenda Gower, of Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada, was honored as the 2019 NSBA Horse of the Year. The 2015 bay roan stallion […]
By admin on August 2, 2020
AQHA, Larken McCampbell, NSBA
People
For Larken Elianna McCampbell, of Mableton, Georgia 2019 was a year to remember. She and her show partner, The Next Big Hit (Andre), earned a circuit championship every time they competed. They were unanimous champions in Level 1 and Youth 14-18 Hunter Under Saddle at the Lucky 7 Circuit. And, the pair ended the year […]
By Katie Navarra on July 10, 2020
Anne MacEwen Kennedy, Dancin In My Sleep, Nicole Kuklinski, NSBA
Features
Horse owners notoriously close the sale of a favorite horse with the caveat, “if you ever decide to sell, I would like the opportunity to buy them back.” Nicole Kuklinski, 24, of Illinois, remembers echoing the sentiment to Anne MacEwen Kennedy when she bought Dancin In My Sleep, a 2005 black gelding by Too Sleepy […]
By Courtney Hall on July 8, 2020
AQHA, Brad Jewett, Fly Control, NSBA
Features
Summertime is typically filled with continuous days of beautiful weather and weekends at the horse show. Unfortunately, those warm months also bring along a tiny pest. The dreaded fly. These insects not only frustrate our four-legged friends, but also transmit diseases. Solid preparation and proper management of fly control are vital to keep the fly […]
By Corrine Borton on July 2, 2020
AQHA, Darla Leavell, Josh Faulkner, Leavell Farms, NSBA
Features
For Darla Leavell, finding her perfect show horse in Bet N On A Dream was like buying a wedding dress. “When you know, you know,” she insists. Darla, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, was on call all weekend at the regional hospital where she works when she got the call from her trainer, Josh Faulkner, […]