Parentage Verification Required On All New APHA Registrations Starting January 1, 2022
November 23, 2021 Comments Off on Parentage Verification Required On All New APHA Registrations Starting January 1, 2022
All registrations submitted to APHA as of January 1, 2022, will require parentage verification to be completed. This is the result of a rule change to RG-125 passed by elected state directors at the 2021 APHA Convention in February.
Continue reading …AQHA Recognizes Level 3 AQHA Year-End High Points
November 23, 2021 Comments Off on AQHA Recognizes Level 3 AQHA Year-End High Points
Award winners recognized in the video are the 2020 AQHA All-Around Amateur; AQHA Select All-Around Amateur; AQHA All-Around Junior Horse; AQHA All-Around Senior Horse; the top Level 3 open, amateur and Equestrians With Disabilities year-end high-point winners; amateur Justin Boots Intermediates of the Year; Nutrena Don Burt AQHA Professional Horseman of the Year; Nutrena AQHA Professional Horsewoman of the Year; and Most Valuable Professional. The video also features the 30- and 40-year AQHA judges.
Continue reading …Behind the Scenes From the AQHA World Show- Part 2
November 23, 2021 Comments Off on Behind the Scenes From the AQHA World Show- Part 2
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The World Conformation Horse Association honored their 2021 Hall of Fame inductees at the WCHA Breeders Championship Futurity in Fort Worth, Texas on the organization’s 10th anniversary.
Continue reading …Behind the Scenes From the AQHA World Show- Part 1
November 22, 2021 Comments Off on Behind the Scenes From the AQHA World Show- Part 1
Click here to relive all of the excitement from the AQHA World Show with around the ring photos!
Continue reading …AQHA World Show Collegiate Horse Judging Contest Results
November 22, 2021 Comments Off on AQHA World Show Collegiate Horse Judging Contest Results
During the 2021 Farnam AQHA World Championship Show, Texas Tech University took home the title of AQHA collegiate horse judging world champions in the senior college division, while Northeastern Oklahoma claimed the world title in the junior college division. Top individual honors were awarded to Makenzie Knipe of West Texas A&M University in the senior college division. Angie Newbold of Northeastern Oklahoma took home the top individual title in the junior college division.
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For the first time ever, three owners of open horses competing in the open working western rail at the Farnam AQHA World and Adequan® Select World in Oklahoma City, and the ranch rail stakes at the All American Quarter Horse Congress in Columbus, Ohio, earned a portion of $10,000 in added money, courtesy of Headley Quarter Horses.
Continue reading …Morgan Ratkowski Named Amateur All-Around, Kimberly Stewart Burritt Named Select All Around at AQHA World
November 22, 2021 Comments Off on Morgan Ratkowski Named Amateur All-Around, Kimberly Stewart Burritt Named Select All Around at AQHA World
The 2021 AQHA All-Around Amateur is Morgan Ratkowski of Pleasant View, Tennessee, who showed her American Quarter Horse, Better Buy The Minit. The 2005 bay gelding by Do You Have A Minute and out of Tickle My Asset, was bred by Kramer/Davis of Reddick, Florida. Ratkowski and Better Buy The Minit earned 57 points in the all-around amateur competition. The team earned the amateur world champion titles in working hunter, hunter hack, and equitation over fences and the reserve world champion title in amateur hunt seat equitation.
Continue reading …Setting a course for independence – Casey Willis Show Horses
November 21, 2021 Comments Off on Setting a course for independence – Casey Willis Show Horses
As the head trainer at Masterson Farms, LLC in Somerville, Tennessee for the past seven years, Casey Willis’ daily responsibilities vary from managing training operations to overseeing the sale of futurity horses at Ken and Marilyn’s breeding and training facility. Casey spends his time working with young prospects to build a strong foundation that brings out a horse’s natural ability with the goal of ultimately creating a finished show partner.
Continue reading …EC Cover Horse, Snap It Send It, is AQHA World Show Superhorse
November 20, 2021 Comments Off on EC Cover Horse, Snap It Send It, is AQHA World Show Superhorse
The 2021 Farnam AQHA Superhorse is Snap It Send It owned by Kent Ray Taylor of Mesa, Arizona. The 2016 gray mare, by VS Code Red and out of Snap Krackle Pop, was bred by Twylla Lynn Brown from Perry, Missouri. Snap It Send It earned 29 points and was shown by AQHA Professional Horseman Blake Weis of Pilot Point, Texas. Snap It Send It won the world champion title in junior trail, placed fourth in performance halter mares, eighth in junior western riding and was a finalist in junior western pleasure. Snap It Send It received a trailer, courtesy of Sundowner Trailers, an original Lisa Perry bronze and rose bouquet.
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