June 25, 2013 UK Ag news release The importance of Kentucky agriculture extends well beyond the farm. The total economic impact of agriculture production, inputs, processing and manufacturing is nearly $46.3 billion and represents 263,000 jobs in Kentucky, based on a recent analysis by the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture. Kentucky is one of […]
Continue reading …More than 200 horse veterinarians will head to Melbourne for the southern hemisphere’s largest horse health conference 14-18 July 2013. The conference is hosted by Equine Veterinarians Australia (EVA), a special interest group of the Australian Veterinary Association. Australian horse veterinarians will be joined by delegates from the United States, New Zealand and the United Kingdom […]
Continue reading …Summer is fully in swing and exhibitors are experiencing toasty temperatures and a bit of rain in Berrien Springs, Michigan during the start of the Jeff Bujack Quarter Horse Show, the precursor to the Tom Powers Futurity, which begins on Thursday. In 2012, the Tom Powers event awarded a total of $256,233, so there’s no telling […]
Continue reading …Competition at the 66th National Appaloosa Horse Show and 2013 World Championship Appaloosa Youth Show began yesterday at the Will Rogers Equestrian Center in Fort Worth, TX. The ApHC Youth World Show will continue through July 6th, overlapping with the Youth AjPHA World Show scheduled to begin this weekend. Click here to view a show schedule for […]
Continue reading …Europe’s most successful show horse, Shes Doolins Nikita, died shortly after foaling on May 24, 2013. By Doolins Hotrodder and out of Miss Conchita Bar (QH), “Niki” was bred by Ute Hoppe of Bad Munstereifel, Germany, and owned by Alena Helmcke of Appel, Germany, since she was a weanling. Niki, a 2001 black tobiano mare, […]
Continue reading …AQHA member, Farley Sliss, sent us this adorable photo from the 2013 Jeff Bujack Quarter Horse Show/Tom Powers Futurity currently taking place in Berrien Springs, Michigan. If you have a photo you think could be the EC Photo of the Day send it to b.bevis@equinechronicle.com and you might see it on our Facebook page or […]
Continue reading …Oklahoma City, Okla. – June 24, 2013 – NRHA press release by: Christa Morris – The 2013 National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Derby held its third day of competition on June 24 including the first go, first section of the $185,000-added Non Pro Derby and five ancillary classes for open and rookie riders. Although entries are […]
Continue reading …American Quarter Horse Youth Association members elected the 2013-2014 AQHYA national officers and regional directors at the 2013 Bank of America Youth Excellence Seminar June 20-22 in Amarillo. AQHYA national officers and directors were elected by their peers after campaigning throughout the first days of YES. Candidates elected for the national officer and regional director positions will serve […]
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