Around the Rings – 2024 Iowa QHA Mayflower State Show
May 10, 2024 Comments Off on Around the Rings – 2024 Iowa QHA Mayflower State Show
The Iowa Quarter Horse Association held their IQHA State Show, The Mayflower, May 2-5, 2024 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa. The show offered four AQHA and 2 NSBA Judges, with Thursday-Friday judges Mike Edwards and Bobbie Jo Stanton, and Saturday-Sunday Judges Rebecca Halvorson and Keith Miller. One of the big hits […]
Continue reading …Around the Rings – 2024 KQHA Celebrating Kansas Show
May 10, 2024 Comments Off on Around the Rings – 2024 KQHA Celebrating Kansas Show
The Kansas Amateur Quarter Horse Association and the Kansas Quarter Horse Association just wrapped up their Celebrating Kansas Show, spanning the dates of May 3-5, 2024, at the Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson, Kansas. Judges were Steve Heckaman, Keith Longacre, and Scott Merritt, and the show boasted a full slate of all around classes, as well […]
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day – Dont Take No Lip
May 10, 2024 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day – Dont Take No Lip
“This is my old horse, Dont Take No Lip aka ‘Tex,’” says Meredith Clearwaters. “He was my first real show horse I had the privilege of leasing and showing. He taught me how to do so many things and do them correctly. He also opened my heart to the hunter under saddle world, too! We […]
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From the AQHA Blog: By Suzanne Couch I have been showing over 35 years with AQHA and other shows. Over my 35-plus years of showing, I have seen tons of horse show dogs, but only three horse show cats and one of them was mine. May of 2008, I acquired a kitten from a local farmer. The kitten was […]
Continue reading …Dozer and Annie are Tops on Tuesday at The Madness
May 9, 2024 Comments Off on Dozer and Annie are Tops on Tuesday at The Madness
From NSBA: Tuesday was a wild weather day at The Madness AQHA and NSBA show at the World Equestrian Center in Wilmington, Ohio, with multiple threats of tornadoes and strong thunderstorms; however, the exhibitors were calm and cool as they competed for more than $5,300 in two NSBA classes. Momma Knows About ‘Dozer’: Three Year […]
Continue reading …Hunting A Win in the Novice Horse Hunter Under Saddle at The Madness
May 9, 2024 Comments Off on Hunting A Win in the Novice Horse Hunter Under Saddle at The Madness
From NSBA: Marion Troyer earned not one, but two NSBA futurity titles when he showed You Red Me All Wrong in the Three Year Old and Older Novice Horse Hunter Under Saddle Slot Class on Wednesday at The Madness 2024. He showed ‘Jackson’ for owner Alisha Casamona, and won not only the slot class, earning […]
Continue reading …Around the Rings – 2024 APHA Great 8 Zone-O-Rama
May 9, 2024 Comments Off on Around the Rings – 2024 APHA Great 8 Zone-O-Rama
APHA Zone 8 hosts an annual APHA 6-judge Zone-O-Rama show (with two NSBA judges), and this year, it was held May 3-5, 2024, at C Bar C Arena in Cloverdale, Indiana. Zone 8 includes the states of Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio, and their regional clubs work together to produce the event, a Midwest Connection […]
Continue reading …More Around the Rings – 2024 ShoMe Spring Showcase
May 9, 2024 Comments Off on More Around the Rings – 2024 ShoMe Spring Showcase
April 26-28, 2024, marked the third annual ShoMe Horse Shows Spring ShoCase at MSU Pavilion, in Lansing, Michigan. Judges were Mary Luther, Tim Kruithoff, Laura Parsons, Loralee Stevens, and Karen Waite. ShowMe Horse Shows in Michigan is an open, all-breed circuit built around doing things differently, and just for fun. “All three of our shows have a […]
Continue reading …Heads Up: 2024 AQHYA Leadership Deadlines
May 9, 2024 Comments Off on Heads Up: 2024 AQHYA Leadership Deadlines
From AQHA: Don’t miss out on upcoming deadlines and get involved with AQHYA! Youth Excellence Seminar AQHYA is hosting the 2024 Youth Excellence Seminar July 9-11, in Amarillo, Texas. Registration is $150 for current AQHYA and AQHA members and $165 for all other youth and adults. The YES registration deadline is June 1. Registrations received after June 1 will […]
Continue reading …EC Foal Photo of the Day – Both Sides of the Next Generation
May 9, 2024 Comments Off on EC Foal Photo of the Day – Both Sides of the Next Generation
This adorable filly, born March 1st, is by Spooks Gotta Spark and out of Ticket To Tinseltown, pictured with Jessica Heskel’s four-year-old son. “The filly is the first out of this mare, but I’ve shown her mother and grandmother, and my trainer showed her great grandmother. I love looking at both sides of the next generation,” […]
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