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Lush pastures can be a risk to laminitis-prone horses

Lush pastures can be a risk to laminitis-prone horses

Spring is here! The birds are singing, grass is greening, and we are planning the year ahead. However, anyone who owns a laminitis-prone horse may dread this season because of the increased risk from pasture forages.           While the study of laminitis is ongoing, we have learned much that can help us manage our horses. For […]

Limited Division added to Versatility Challenge

Limited Division added to Versatility Challenge

The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) Pleasure Versatility Challenge, scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 15, during the 2025 AQHA World Championship Show, will include a Limited Division this year for the first time. The AQHA Pleasure Versatility Challenge showcases some of the most talented 3-year-old American Quarter Horses as they demonstrate their versatility in the show […]

Be careful giving medical suggestions via social media

Be careful giving medical suggestions via social media

Facebook groups and other online platforms have become common places to seek advice on all types of topics, including veterinary advice for horses.  You have probably seen horse owners post pictures along some basic information about a horse’s health problem and then ask the Facebook world, “What’s wrong with my horse?” or “What should I […]

Elisabet Teagan: ‘Just me and my band of red show horses’ enjoying the journey

Elisabet Teagan: ‘Just me and my band of red show horses’ enjoying the journey

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better and your better is best. For Michigan Amateur and Non-Pro competitor Elisabet Teagan, competing is ultimately about the horses. She shows because she’s competitive by nature and enjoys the challenge. That challenge meshes perfectly with the way her mind works. “My brain is […]

World, Congress Champion Queen Ov Hearts sold to Nancy Hernandez Riggs; now continuing her career in Trail

World, Congress Champion Queen Ov Hearts sold to Nancy Hernandez Riggs; now continuing her career in Trail

American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) World and Congress Champion Queen Ov Hearts, who won the AQHA World 3-Year-Old Versatility Challenge in 2024, has been sold to Nancy Hernandez Riggs, of Rancho Santa Fe, California, it was announced today. “It was a very difficult decision,” said Dr. Candice Hall, who has owned and shown Queen Ov […]

Horse Treats: Owners share their secrets to making your own delicious creations at home

Horse Treats: Owners share their secrets to making your own delicious creations at home

As a Pre-K to 5th level STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) teacher at Horry County Schools in Conway, South Carolina, Christine Smith McClure is always looking for a way to show her students how to engineer a fix for problems that arise daily. It’s key to providing them with critical thinking and problem-solving skills. […]

Hay Goodlookn foals making their mark in the show pen at the highest level, earning $250,000 in 2024 alone

Hay Goodlookn foals making their mark in the show pen at the highest level, earning $250,000 in 2024 alone

It’s going to be tough to top the year Hay Goodlookn (Gus) foals had in the show pen in 2024 as his offspring recorded earnings well in excess of $250,000. But Blair and Susan Roberts and their daughter, Hillary Timchak, of Capital Quarter Horses, located in Pilot Point, Texas, are confident this is just the […]

Top Gunn: From a successful career in the show pen to a promising future in the breeding shed

Top Gunn: From a successful career in the show pen to a promising future in the breeding shed

                  He is the top National Snaffle Bit Association (NSBA) Open Western Pleasure money earner with over $1.3 million in lifetime earnings. So when Rusty Green selects, trains and shows a young contender, people pay attention. The industry pays attention. That’s exactly the case with the young Western Pleasure sire Top Gunn (Cruz), a 2020 […]

Rippeon Sisters: Reaching their goals in the show industry side-by-side

Rippeon Sisters: Reaching their goals in the show industry side-by-side

Bestselling children’s author JK Rowling, who penned the Harry Potter novels once said that “family is a life jacket in the stormy sea of life.” Sisters Allie and Madeline (Maddie) Rippeon, of Mount Airy, Maryland would agree. As fierce competitors on the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) and National Snaffle Bit Association (NSBA) show circuits Maddie, 17, […]

Batt Man: A Congress Champion, a leading AQHA Western Pleasure Sire and now a $1M producer

Batt Man: A Congress Champion, a leading AQHA Western Pleasure Sire and now a $1M producer

If you ever watched the 2005 movie “Batman Begins,” starring Christian Bale, you surely recall the line “It’s not who I am underneath, but what I do, that defines me.” Back then, Batt Man, an American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) leading sire of Western Pleasure contenders wasn’t even born yet. But all of the astute […]

Waffle House sold to Glover Galyean Partnership

Waffle House sold to Glover Galyean Partnership

The Glover Galyean Partnership (Jim and Debbie Glover, and Wes and Kristen Galyean) is thrilled to announce the acquisition of one of the most decorated Western pleasure horses in the industry, Waffle House. This remarkable mare, a multiple AQHA World, NSBA World and Congress Champion, has captured the attention and admiration of equestrian enthusiasts everywhere. […]

Back To Square One: Successful trainers offer tips on how to overcome training roadblocks

Back To Square One: Successful trainers offer tips on how to overcome training roadblocks

Sometimes, no matter what the discipline, a show horse hits a brick wall in the training process and just fails to perform at the level expected. There are many potential reasons for the change – stress, horse show burnout, a change in rider or discipline. The first thing that needs to happen is that any […]

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