Special thanks to Deanna Rippeon for snapping a few photos from the OPHC Welcome Back to the World show that is currently underway in Oklahoma City. Stay tuned to EquineChronicle.com for more photos and results from the show. If you’d like to share photos from a show near you, email B.Bevis@EquineChronicle.com.
Continue reading …“It is exciting to see this level of activity in the horse market given the current situation due to the pandemic,” adds Jennings. “The Internet auctions allow sellers to market their horses from home. Buyers can shop from home, too. Since horse haulers can move freely around the country as an essential business, horses can get to their new owners easily.”
Continue reading …With the Youth World Show postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an unintended opportunity arises as a preview for a major change for 2021, where APHA is excited to announce the Youth World Show and the Open and Amateur World Show will be back together after 12 years, to be re-positioned as the premier APHA summer experience.
Continue reading …COVID-19 restrictions in Ohio make it impossible to run our show safely and smoothly as originally scheduled. With the cooperation of the Roberts Family, we have been able to reschedule our 40th anniversary show to December 2020 at the new World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida!
Continue reading …And just like that… we’re back! Thanks to Julie Schmidt for sharing these first few shots from one of the first horse shows to resume since the COIVD-19 crisis. The show is the Memorial Day Mane Event, May 23-24 at the Bulloch County Agricultural Complex in Statesboro, GA with judges, Don Beard, Charlene Carter, Carol Morris, and Kathryn Bogetta officiating.
Continue reading …One of the key pieces, as we begin the task of navigating the “new normal,” will be for each and every one of you to understand and abide by all guidelines put in place by local, state and federal authorities. The Professional Horsemen’s Council asks every AQHA Professional Horseman in attendance to help event coordinators and managers ensure all participants are following these guidelines. As industry leaders, we must be part of the solution. Affiliates and show managers and secretaries will need our help. If guidelines are not followed, future equine events and even other types of sporting activities, will be in jeopardy.
Continue reading …NSBA Youth is holding an art contest and looking for art to be submitted by youth in three age categories: Small Fry 9 & Under, 10-14 and 15-18.
Continue reading …“We are excited to partner with the Mustang Heritage Foundation and bring something new and fun to their riders and trainers,” said Steven Hayes, APHA chief marketing officer. “E-Shows is giving competitors across the globe the opportunity to do what they love from the comfort of their own arenas, and we can’t wait to host the first-ever Mustang Heritage E-Show.”
Continue reading …APHA’s much-anticipated Youth World Games will be postponed to 2021 after the worldwide coronavirus crisis forced the European Paint Horse Championship’s cancelation. Teams from twelve countries had entered what was to be Germany’s second time hosting the Games. Now they’ll have an additional year to raise funds for the trip and to prepare for the competition.
Continue reading …When things return to “business as usual,” I dearly hope this virtual horse show community will continue on as well. The positive experiences had by so many in this group may very well be the thing that makes them feel confident in branching out to the next higher level of competitive equestrian events, thereby having the ultimate positive consequence of infusing new life into our breed shows!
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