If you ask Shawn Johnson how she became involved in showing horses, she will chuckle and tell you that she never really had a choice in the matter. Shawn’s parents, Francis and Delores Schanen had horses long before Shawn was born. As soon as they married Shawn’s parents bought property in Grafton, Wisconsin where they […]
Talk to people who know amateur competitor Taylor Kungle and you will hear a lot about how competitive she is. They will tell you she owns several nice show horses and she really enjoys trying new events. But what a lot of people don’t know about Taylor is that what really motivates her – her […]
It’s been said that a goal without a plan is just a wish. Iowa professional trainer Denton DeBuhr must have heard that along his way because it’s the first two things he wants to discuss with his clients. “I like to let the horse tell me what they are ready for,” he explained. “I try […]
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 […]
The Florida Gold Coast Quarter Horse Circuit will return to the Bob Thomas Equestrian Center at the Florida State Fairgrounds on Friday, Dec. 28, and will run through Monday, Dec. 31. In 2016, the Florida Gold Coast Quarter Horse Circuit was named one of the top 10 American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) shows in the country, moving […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Timing is everything. At least that’s what Dr. Candice Hall and Dr. Cory Seebach, of Black Creek, British Columbia, believe. It was true when they purchased leading Western Pleasure sire Machine Made back in 2010. “We went from ‘love at first sight’ to an extensive education in breeding and bloodlines,” Candice admits. And now, it’s […]
The National Snaffle Bit Association (NSBA) opened its 13thannual World Championship Show and Breeders Championship Futurity on Sunday with competition in three different arenas. According to organizers more than 5,000 World Show and BCF entries have already been received with more expected as the show unfolds. That tops last year’s final entry tally of 4,621. […]
It was a very emotional reunion in Bridgeton, New Jersey this week as the Ale family welcomed home the horse they credit with making trainer Brian Ale the horseman he is today. After nearly two decades of helping countless riders achieve their dreams, both inside and outside the show arena, Talkin The Talk, a 1997 […]
The University of Findlay will host its 14th annual Spring Horse Sale tomorrow, at the Western Farm in the Dale Wilkinson Arena, 14700 U.S. Route 68 south of Findlay, Ohio. Today, graduating seniors competed in the program’s Clark Bradley Pleasure Futurity, a Western Pleasure class designed to showcase their 2-year-old futurity prospects. These horses will […]