The theme for the 2013 AQHYA World Show encourages youth competitors to celebrate individuals who have persevered in the face of extreme adversity, those who leap over incredible obstacles in a single bound. Team Australia’s stall banner probably says it best with a quote from former Superman and equestrian, Christopher Reeve.

We would like to wish a very Happy Birthday to two of our favorite youth exhibitors who are currently competing at the 2013 AQHYA World Show. Kaylee Hamm celebrated her birthday today by achieving a Reserve World Champion finish in 3-Year-Old Mares with Best To Be Me. Over in the trail pen, Clay McDowall scored […]

Just as her mother, Dawn Falcon Causey, did nearly fifteen years ago, 12-year-old Taylor Jo Snow led a beautiful mare to her first World Championship win. Not only do Snow and Causey share the same lineage, the horses they won their first World Championship titles on are mother and daughter as well.

AQHA youth exhibitor RJ Jacobs had quite a busy morning at the 2013 AQHYA World Show competing in the 2-Year-Old Geldings and Aged Mares with only a class’s rest in between. Despite the tight schedule, all the hard work paid off, and he concluded the day by winning World Championship titles in both classes.

“You have to watch out because they will move their feet more [than an older horse] and sometimes they’ll get spunkier.”

Today’s events provided somewhat of a déjà vu moment for Brown as she found herself once again with the highest preliminary score going into the finals. She was in the same situation at the 2012 AQHYA World Show, but unfortunately, those finals concluded with a less than storybook ending.

“He’s a home-bred,” she says. “So he’s very, very special to us. He’s my favorite horse in the barn. I like going into his stall and playing with him. My Dad showed his mom and won with his mom at the World Show.”