By Corrine Borton on June 17, 2020
Brian Ale, Katy Jo Zuidema, NSBA, Rusty Green, Virginia Maiden
Features
There were more than a few delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic, a venue change and plenty of sleepless nights for the organizers but you would never know it on Saturday, June 13, when a total of 22 maiden western pleasure horses competed for $45,000 in cash and prizes in the 2020 Virginia Maiden 3-Year-Old […]
By Corrine Borton on June 3, 2020
angie cannizzaro, AQHA, linda berwick, NSBA, Quarter Horse Congress, Tom Powers Futurity
Features
Breeding horses might be viewed as work for some, but for Scott and Linda Berwick it is more like therapy. Horses provide the Ottawa, Ontario couple with peace and fulfillment in an otherwise hectic and demanding life. For the last 27 years, the Berwicks have owned and operated Scott Berwick Stairs Inc., which services the new […]
By admin on May 21, 2020
AQHA, mike jennings, NSBA, Penn State Quarter Horse Auction, Professional Horse Services
(IN) BUSINESS
Professional Horse Services, LLC reports that its May Internet Auctions posted strong results. The first auction, the 18th Annual Penn State Quarter Horse Auction, which closed on May 2, set a record for the highest average price per horse at $7,891,” according to Mike Jennings of Professional Horse Services, LLC. In the Spring Barrel Horse Internet Auction, the […]
By admin on May 13, 2020
AQHA, Brad Borton Memorial Non-Pro Longe Line, NSBA, Tom Powers Futurity, World Equestrian Center
Features
Organizers of the Brad Borton Memorial Limited Non-Pro Western Longe Line class are forging ahead with plans to run the class at this year’s Tom Powers Futurity even though it is not quite clear when horse shows, shut down since March due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, will resume. The class honors the memory of InStride Edition […]
By Corrine Borton on May 7, 2020
Kara Flentje, NSBA
People
Age: 37. Family: Parents, Donald and Stephanee Flentje; siblings, Gina, Chad and Mya Flentje. Hometown: Verona, Wisconsin. Spouse: Ben Shortreed. We met during my freshman year in college and married in 2015. We currently don’t have any children but that about to change. This past December we hosted an orphaned girl from Colombia for the […]
By Katie Navarra on May 7, 2020
Aaron Moses, Andy Cochran, Capital Quarter Horses, Hillary Roberts, Jenna Dempze, Karen Boxell, NSBA, Richland Ranch
Features
They have the same genetic makeup. But it’s rarely the case that two foals sired by the same stallion and out of the same mare look, move or act exactly as each other, even when those foals are the result of multiple embryos from a single uterine flush. Take flush mates What’s On Ur Mind […]
By admin on May 6, 2020
3-Year-Old Western Pleasure Stakes Class, AQHA, NSBA
Showing
The American Quarter Horse Association and Kindred Biosciences, Inc. have teamed up to bring a new stakes class for 3-year-old western pleasure horses to the 2020 AQHA World Championship Show in November at the OKC Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City. The stakes class will be named after Zimeta, which is the first and only drug FDA-approved […]
By admin on May 6, 2020
AQHA, IEA, NSBA, Quarter Horse Congress, YEDA, Youth Equestrian Development Association
News
The Ohio Quarter Horse Association (OQHA) has announced that the All-American Quarter Horse Congress will host two separate Western youth draw-based competitions beginning with the Youth Equestrian Development Association (YEDA) on Wednesday, Oct. 7, and Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA) on Thursday, Oct. 8, in Columbus, Ohio. With this partnership, OQHA will cross-promote with YEDA and […]
By Katie Navarra on April 27, 2020
AAEP, APHA, AQHA, AVMA, Horse, NSBA, PHBA, vaccines
Features
Show horses, as a general rule, are well vaccinated. It’s worth the expense to keep these horses on a regular vaccination schedule for the flu/rhino vaccine (Equine Influenza and Equine Rhinopneumonitis) strangles and equine herpesvirus I and IV since these respiratory viruses may be “shared” between horses. “Vaccination will help to reduce the chances of […]
By admin on April 23, 2020
NSBA
Organizations
In response to the COVID-19 catastrophe and the corresponding economic recession with a projected 5–10 year recovery timeline, American Paint Horse Association’s Board of Directors took swift action in April 2020 to pass a stimulus package of APHA rule modifications, which were designed to help the Paint Horse community weather the storm for the long […]
By Corrine Borton on April 16, 2020
Chrios Johnson, Cinnamon Rolls, NSBA, The Sweet Shop
(IN) BUSINESS
To the diehard horse show competitor, it’s a struggle to stay home and shelter in place during the current Covid-19 pandemic gripping the United States. They miss the battles inside the arena. They miss their “show friends” and, for those with horses living at a trainer’s facility, they certainly miss their horse. But that’s not […]
By Corrine Borton on April 16, 2020
futurity horses, NSBA, Travis Duit
People
Age: 36 Family: Mother, Aileen Bryant, St. Anthony, Iowa. Home Town: Alden, Iowa. Education: Graduate of Alden High School and attended Ellsworth Community College. The facility: Includes a 16-stall barn with apartment, wash rack and attached 80-by-100-foot arena situated on 25 acres beautifully appointed with pipe fencing in Willard, Missouri. It also features four large […]