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 …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.
Continue reading …KR Xfiniti is coming off an exceptional year with wins in practically every division at major AQHA events. First, she won with Georgia Cook at the Youth World Show. Then, Ross Roark led the mare to win at the Congress and be named the Grand Champion Mare. Also, Bob Cassata won the select division here at the show, and JR Cook won the amateur division at the show.
Continue reading …Tom Robertson was at the lead of Baewatch to win Yearling Mares for owner, Warren English. Earlier in the show, Corinne English led the filly to a win in the amateur division. Then, Warren led the mare to win the Select division, completing the hat trick for the English family.
Continue reading …“Jack E Boy is now a three-time World Champion as well. It’s kind of a coincidence, but the sire… his last World Championship was earned on this day four years ago. What a coincidence!”
Continue reading …This was the second year the Triangle Fall Sale was showcased during opening weekend of the Farnam AQHA World and Adequan® Select World Championship Show at the OKC Fairgrounds. The sale event drew a large crowd, beginning with a sale preview October 28, followed by reining-bred, ranch, barrel, trail and family horses selling on October 29 and cutting and roping-bred horses selling on October 30. The three-day crowd consisted of buyers from 33 states, with top buyer states being Texas, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Iowa and California.
Continue reading …Five days of competition at the Will Rogers Equestrian complex, held in conjunction with the American Paint Horse Lonestar Gathering, the WCHA Big Money, and WCHA Breeders Championship Futurity continued its upward trend with 47% growth in entries over 2020 and paying out over $1.15 million total within the three highlighted futurities.
Continue reading …The Berrien Springs Fairgrounds will once again be the backdrop for National Snaffle Bit Association (NSBA) classes when a brand-new futurity welcomes competitors to the southwestern corner of Michigan in June.
Continue reading …Team Wrangler, a joint effort between Wrangler and the American Quarter Horse Association, promotes educational outreach for the horse industry. The 2022 team is as versatile as the American Quarter Horse, comprising top AQHA Professional Horsemen from across disciplines – from halter to all-around and roping to racing.
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