Ranch Riding

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 […]

30-year trainer-client relationship between Jon Barry, Dana Hunt Smith results in World Class Mares

30-year trainer-client relationship between Jon Barry, Dana Hunt Smith results in World Class Mares

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 […]

Ranch Riding coming to at all 2018 AQHA World Shows

Ranch Riding coming to at all 2018 AQHA World Shows

In keeping with the tradition of the ranch horse, cattle could be included at the 2018 Built Ford Tough AQHYA World Championship Show; AQHA Select World Championship Show, presented by Adequan® (polysulfated glycosaminoglycan);Lucas Oil AQHA World Championship Show; and Adequan® Level 2 Championships as a part of each ranch riding class pattern. “The ranch riding class showcases […]

Two auctions featured in January

This is the 48th Year the Jennings Family has offered The Mid Winter Sale in January, an Auction for Quarter Horses, Paints and Appaloosas, according to Mike Jennings of the Professional Horse Services, LLC management team. “The two auctions offered this year are the Broodmare Affaire and the January Internet Auction,” he said. ” Additional entries […]

Lauren Crivelli has a routine when preparing to compete

Lauren Crivelli has a routine when preparing to compete

Lauren Crivelli has a routine she sticks to as she prepares to enter the show arena to compete. She’s impossible to talk to so don’t even try. She’s in her “zone.” “I get so focused on the way my horse is feeling and the way I want them to feel in the arena that I […]

World show caps off long, illustrious career for Breakin Hearts As

World show caps off long, illustrious career for Breakin Hearts As

When the American Quarter Horse Association concludes its 2016 World Championship Show this month in Oklahoma City, it may well be the end of what has been a long and illustrious show career for Australia native Kodi Anderson and Breakin Hearts As. They are among the 4,900 entries from the United States, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, […]

Game Changers: Trainers and horses making dreams come true

Game Changers: Trainers and horses making dreams come true

We often take for granted the ease with which we step into the stirrup, throw our leg over the saddle and head into the practice pen or show arena. When the process of mounting and riding is second nature, it’s easy to lose sight of the big picture, how lucky we are to have the […]