By Corrine Borton on March 10, 2020
Allocate Your Assets, Deanna Searles, hunter under saddle, Jim Searles, NSBA, Western Pleasure
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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 […]
By Corrine Borton on January 21, 2020
Betty Carr, Congress Champion, Dan Frederick, Kathryn Frederick, Katy Jo Zuidema, Knockin It Out, NSBA, Tim Zuidema, Western Pleasure, World Champion
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AQHA and NSBA World and Congress Champion Knockin It Out has been sold to Richard and Betty Carr of Bremen, Indiana and will now be under the guidance of Gil Galyean Quarter Horses, Purcell, Oklahoma. Bred by Kathryn Frederick, Ocala, Florida, Knockin It Out (Pippa) is a 2016 sorrel mare, sired by No Doubt Im […]
By Corrine Borton on January 4, 2020
AQHA, Haylo Farms, Longe Line, NSBA, Ocala, Susan Scott, Western Pleasure
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Decorated American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) and National Snaffle Bit Association (NSBA) owner and exhibitor Susan Scott passed away today of injuries sustained in a one-vehicle accident near her home in Ocala, Florida. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Scott and her dog were killed when her vehicle struck a tree and a Good Samaritan […]
By Corrine Borton on December 10, 2019
Ashley Lakins, NSBA, Quarter Horse Congress, Shawn Johnson, Western Pleasure
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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 […]
By Corrine Borton on December 10, 2019
Buckley Quarter Horses, hunter under saddle, NSBA, Taylor Kungle, Western Pleasure
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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 […]
By admin on November 22, 2019
AQHA, Denton DeBuhr, Jenna Dempze, NSBA, Western Pleasure
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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 […]
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 December 6, 2018
AQHA, gold coast, hunter under sadle, jumping, Trail, Western Pleasure
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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 […]
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 […]
By Corrine Borton on August 16, 2018
all american quarter horse congress, american quarter horse, AQHA, Candice Hall, Championship, Congress Masters, Cory Seebach, Equine Chronicle, Gil Galyean, Gohorseshow, Horse, Horses, Invitation only, Machine Made, NSBA, quarter horse, riding, showing, Sloww Motion, Western Pleasure, World Show
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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 […]