By admin on October 15, 2019
AQHA, Jason Gilliam, Joetta Bell, NSBA, Small Fry, Trinity Bell
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Joetta Meredith Bell, of Weatherford, Texas, was just 9 years old when she won the Congress Small Fry Horsemanship in 1990 on Lady Legacy. Back then it was the only Small Fry event offered at the Congress. On Sunday, 29 years later, Joetta watched from the stands as her 9-year-old daughter, Trinity, won the Small […]
By admin on October 10, 2019
AQHA, Horse art, NSBA, Shelly Presley
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Horse crazy starts at a young age for most little girls and it was no different for Edmond, Oklahoma native Shelly Presley. The only difference was she found her passion drawing the animal she loved so dearly. “I grew up showing horses in 4-H with my sisters as a child,” she said. “I pretty much […]
By Corrine Borton on October 9, 2019
Dana Hunt Smith, Jon Barry, NSBA, Ranch Riding, Western Pleasure, World Class Mares
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In the horse industry, there are very few trainer-client relationships that have been able to stand the test of time quite as well as the one Missouri trainer Jon Barry enjoys with Dana Hunt Smith’s family. Over the course of 30-plus years, there have been plenty of challenges. There has been tragedy. There has been […]
By Corrine Borton on August 5, 2019
AQHA, Cool Breeze, Looney Quarter Horses, NSBA
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Situated squarely between Memphis and Nashville just off Tennessee’s “Heart of the Music Highway” in Jackson is a 101-acre horse farm, where Lee and Dr. Brenda Looney are making all their dreams come true. With a solid base of the highest quality broodmares they could assemble – including Quarter Horse Congress and National Snaffle Bit […]
By Corrine Borton on August 5, 2019
Adam Parks, AQHA, NSBA
People
When you have a horse with as big a personality as The Rocknroll Cowboy (Bennett), you can’t help but enjoy the shows. After selling his previous show horse, 38-year-old Adam Parks, of Washington, D.C., took his time finding a replacement. There were countless hours spent watching videos on Facebook and YouTube, and visits to farms […]
By Jennifer Horton on June 19, 2019
AQHA, NSBA
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Does a mare’s success in the show pen translate into a predictable future as a producing broodmare? When does performance outweigh pedigree in the breeding game? Where does the strength of the mare’s contribution land in the success of her foals? For much of the breeding game, these questions are a challenge to answer. And […]
By admin on June 10, 2019
APHA, AQHA, NSBA
Showing
Did you ever wish that you could afford to splurge on a spectacular show jacket? A jacket that would make you look and feel like a champion at the biggest shows, but with all your other expenses, you just couldn’t justify spending a huge sum of hard-earned cash on one item? Maybe you’ve put a […]
By Katie Navarra on June 10, 2019
AQHA, NSBA
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It’s tempting. For one reason or other, the new dream prospect you spent all your savings on, hoping to develop into your next show partner, just doesn’t seem to want to go along with your plan. So, after months, maybe years, you are tempted to give up and pull your old youth horse out of […]
By Corrine Borton on April 11, 2019
NSBA
People
It should have been easy to predict that eventually, North Carolina native Allison Hinson would find success in the show ring. Not many youngsters fall off not once but twice at their very first competition. But that’s exactly what happened to Hinson when, at the age of 12, she took her new horse, Asset Associate […]
By Corrine Borton on December 6, 2018
AQHA, equitation, Falls Creek Farm, hunter under saddle, NSBA, Quarter Horse Congress, Tara Buckley, Taylor Kungle, Western Pleasure
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It’s been quite the exciting year for Taylor Kungle. In March her family purchased Falls Creek Farm, a 345-acre estate at the Connecticut-Rhode Island border. Two months later she graduated from Columbia University in New York City with a Master’s degree in Religious Studies. And, she spent the summer and fall continuing to assemble a […]
By Corrine Borton on August 17, 2018
Aaron Moses, american quarter horse, American Quarter Horse Association, APHA, AQHA, Championship, Equine Chronicle, Horse, Horses, hunter under saddle, Moonrageous, NSBA, riding, showing, Western Pleasure, World Show
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Moonrageous’ win with Aaron Moses in the 3-Year-Old $1,000 Novice Horse Open Western Pleasure on Thursday at the National Snaffle Bit Association’s World Championship Show in Tulsa, was the highlight of the year for owner Annee Miller, of Starland Ranch in El Reno, Oklahoma. “He just goes in and does his job,” Miller said. “I’ve […]
By Corrine Borton on August 16, 2018
american quarter horse, American Quarter Horse Association, APHA, AQHA, Championship, Equestrian, Equine Chronicle, Futurity, Gohorseshow, Horse, Horses, hunter under saddle, NSBA, Paint, Paint Horse, Quarter, riding, showing, Western Pleasure, World Show
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Competition continues at the National Snaffle Bit Association’s 13th Annual World Championship Show and Breeders Championship Futurity, in Tulsa, Oklahoma this week. On Monday in Western Pleasure action, VodkaMadeMeDoIt and Erin Lieurance captured a win in the 10-entry BCF 2-Year-Old Intermediate Open Western Pleasure earning $1,262.03. The bay mare is sired by RL Best Of Sudden […]