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Palomino World Show opens today in Springfield, Illinois: Association celebrating 40th Year

Palomino World Show opens today in Springfield, Illinois: Association celebrating 40th Year

The judges have been hired. The trophies are polished. The arena has been dragged. Now it’s time for the Palomino Horse Breeders of America (PHBA) to welcome exhibitors and spectators to the association’s 40th Annual World Championship Show. The PHBA World Show gets underway today in the Coliseum at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield. […]

2022 Palomino World Show draws to end with Golden Horse, Palomino Bred High Point announcements

2022 Palomino World Show draws to end with Golden Horse, Palomino Bred High Point announcements

The Palomino Horse Breeders of America concluded its 2022 World Championship Show on Saturday with the Golden Horse and Palomino Bred High Point awards. They are: Palomino Bred Amateur High Point Horse –  Exquisite Courtney, 2014, mare, owned and shown by Reagan Boswell, Dayton, Texas; Reserve: VS On The Roan Again, 2015, gelding, owned by […]

Challenged Horseman competitors enjoy camaraderie at Palomino World Show

Challenged Horseman competitors enjoy camaraderie at Palomino World Show

Mason Egan says the best part of showing horses is having the opportunity to compete with his equestrian friends from all different states.  “We all cheer each other on,” he said. Mason, rides with Stable Strides Farm Therapeutic Riding Program in Flower Mound, Texas, and was one of many to compete in the Challenged Horseman […]

DJ Beam teams with Invested Mechanic to win Open Longe Line at Palomino World Show for second straight year

DJ Beam teams with Invested Mechanic to win Open Longe Line at Palomino World Show for second straight year

Daniel “DJ” Beam captured his second straight World Championship title in Open Longe Line on Wednesday at the 2022 Palomino World Show in Springfield, Illinois. Beam, a professional trainer from Palmyra, Indiana, showed Invested Mechanic, sired by Mechanic and out of Reinvest In The West, to claim victory in the 10-entry class. He won last […]

Winners crowned in Western Pleasure, Ranch and Halter classes at Palomino World Show

Winners crowned in Western Pleasure, Ranch and Halter classes at Palomino World Show

Ima Pandemic Blonde made her debut in the show ring count on Monday when she captured a World Championship title in the 2-Year-Old Snaffle Bit Western Pleasure at the Palomino World Show, now in full swing at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield. Blake Moore, who has been attending the event off and on for […]

World Championship titles in all divisions of Trail awarded at Palomino World Show

World Championship titles in all divisions of Trail awarded at Palomino World Show

There were plenty of obstacles to maneuver at the Palomino World Show on Sunday as Trail competition was featured for Youth, Amateur and Open competitors. For the Youth, the Trail classes marked the conclusion of the World Show as tabulations were being finalized for Golden Horse, High Point and Team winners. Kelsey Guthrie Rudy, of […]

PHBA names World Show Youth Winners

PHBA names World Show Youth Winners

The Palomino Horse Breeders of America announced the Golden Horse, High Point winners and the recipient of the Max Eisenberg Memorial Sportsmanship Award at the conclusion of this year’s Youth World Show on Sunday, July 10. The association is holding its World Championship Show in Springfield, Illinois and action started on Thursday, July 7. Open […]

Halter competition opens Day 3 of Palomino Youth World Show; Color class draws big numbers

Halter competition opens Day 3 of Palomino Youth World Show; Color class draws big numbers

Day three of competition at the Palomino Youth World Show, in Springfield, Illinois, got started on Saturday with Halter competition. For the fifth straight year, Zippos MaryJane, a 15-year-old mare by The Zippo Connection and out of Lethal Combination, took home the title of Champion Youth Performance Halter Mare. Owned by Jolene Battey, of Wilton, […]

Ely Taylor adds four championship titles to record at Palomino Youth World on Friday

Ely Taylor adds four championship titles to record at Palomino Youth World on Friday

Ely Joe Taylor and his show partner, Shez Sleepy Too, added four more World Championship titles to their already impressive dossier on Friday in day two of competition at the Palomino Youth World Show, being held at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield. Taylor and the 2016 mare by Too Sleepy To Zip and out […]

2022 Palomino World Show opens in Springfield, Illinois, with Youth Ranch, Showmanship, speed classes

2022 Palomino World Show opens in Springfield, Illinois, with Youth Ranch, Showmanship, speed classes

The Palomino Horse Breeders of America kicked off the 2022 Palomino World Championship Show today with classes in Youth Showmanship, Leadline and Ranch competition, followed by speed events, at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield. Kyrah Bowker, of Moriarty, New Mexico, got off to a strong start by winning a total of five Youth Ranch […]

Nina Christensen and Skye Blue Magic ready to compete at the Palomino World Show

Nina Christensen and Skye Blue Magic ready to compete at the Palomino World Show

It would be a dream-come-true to win the Amateur Golden Horse title at this year’s Palomino World Show. Nina Christensen and Skye Blue Magic were Reserve last year. But Nina knows that’s a lofty goal and that you can’t always control everything that happens at a show. So, she has a plan. “We’ve worked really […]