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 […]
Age: 19. Parents: Todd and Pam Delagrange. Hometown: Woodburn, Indiana. Education: Graduated from Leo High School in 2018; attending Indiana University in Fort Wayne. After 1.5 years in pre-med I switched my major to nursing. Occupation: I am just now starting a position in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Parkview Regional Medical Center as […]
Savvy trainers understand that natural ability is what really makes a successful Western Pleasure contender. Certainly, getting the right start under saddle and exposure to all the sights and sounds they will encounter in the show atmosphere help provide youngsters with a solid foundation. But no amount of training can replace the gifts they are […]
The awards – trophy jackets, ribbons and buckles – that exhibitors bring home from shows serve as memorable keepsakes they can display forever. Some people are fortunate enough to have many years of successful shows, filling their homes with incredible mementos. One trend increasing in popularity over the last decade is repurposing awards to create […]
The National Snaffle Bit Association’s executive committee has announced that the association has dropped its qualifying requirements for the 2020 NSBA World Championship Show. In addition, the association is offering an on-line only registration special for the month of April. “Facing uncertain times, we feel it is important that NSBA make concessions to afford all […]
With the news surrounding the spread of the coronavirus rapidly changing across the United States and the globe, organizers of horse shows and related events are listening closely and making decisions to safeguard its participants and comply with state and federal mandates. Just today, President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force issued new guidelines warning Americans […]
It’s true what they say…the best things in life come when you are not even looking. Just ask Katherine and GW Tobin of Scottsdale, Arizona. The Tobins are longtime owners of leading Hunt Seat stallion, Allocate Your Assets and now they are the new owners of 2018 Super Sire of the Year, VS Code Blue. The journey […]
The National Snaffle Bit Association has posted the schedule for the 2020 World Championship Show/Breeders Championship Futurity and the Show Your Colors AQHA Show. The qualifying period for the World Show closes on April 30. Judges include: Jeff Allen, GiGi Bailey, Karen Banister*, Charles Cannizzaro, David Denniston, Casey Devitt, Tim Finkenbinder, Karen Graham, Theodore Grose, […]
It was a decision not taken lightly by Tom and Dominique Powers. The Triple Challenge is the industry’s longest continuously running pleasure futurity. It’s rich in history and was built, Tom says, out of his own passion for the sport. Tom’s first futurity was held at his own farm in Alda, Michigan in 1980 and […]
He’s the kind of horse that catches your eye. With his striking bay roan color, two hind socks and a snip of pink on his nose, VS Goodride (Boss), a 2015 stallion by VS Flatline and out of World Champion and World and Congress Champion producer, Goody Goody Gumdrops, draws attention even on a walk out to […]
One of cinema’s most popular comedies, “Meet the Parents,” features a scene where Jack (Robert DeNiro) is showing Greg (Ben Stiller) his new invention – a camera hidden inside an everyday household item. The first “nanny cam” was invented in 1992 and it allowed parents to secretly monitor their kids and hired babysitters. What started as a […]
AQHA and NSBA trainer Lee Paul Shinn passed away today in Florida at the age of 57. Shinn grew up showing horses in Texas first in the 4-H program and then in American Quarter Horse Association sanctioned shows. His first job in the equine industry, right out of high school, was working with Halter horses […]