Every Day’s a Gift For Breast-Cancer Survivor Julie Lewis
October 26, 2020 Comments Off on Every Day’s a Gift For Breast-Cancer Survivor Julie Lewis
For Julie Lewis, every day spent with her family and her horses is a gift. The horsewoman from Hollywood, Maryland, has battled through breast cancer treatment since October 2018, beating the disease in February 2020—she’s been cancer-free for six months, so far. In celebration and in an effort to live everyday to the fullest, she made plans attend the 2020 APHA Eastern National Championships in Viginia with her homebred 2020 sorrel solid filly Ima Toys R Us Kid and her 2019 palomino solid mare Shiners Chex Mix.
Continue reading …Quarter Horse Congress $1,000 Trainer Award- Karla Friedli
October 24, 2020 Comments Off on Quarter Horse Congress $1,000 Trainer Award- Karla Friedli
Paula explains how she is always impressed by how Karla gives her all in everything she does. “She can read both horse and rider and alters her training and coaching to each of them to reach their utmost potential- which often means going about things in a different way for each individual. As a result, she can get the most success out of each horse and rider combination in a positive manner.”
Continue reading …Jennifer Barbee Realizes Positive Power of Volunteerism
October 24, 2020 Comments Off on Jennifer Barbee Realizes Positive Power of Volunteerism
“I’m also on the Long Range Planning Committee for APHA, and I am so proud to be a part of it,” Jennifer said. “It makes me feel like not only am I contributing to the things that are really important to me as a competitor, as an exhibitor, as a breeder and as an owner, but also to the things that other people are interested in. I have a better understanding now of the vastness of the industry that our breed organization serves.”
Continue reading …Congress From Home- 2018- After TEN Reserves, Forness Wins Am Horsemanship
October 23, 2020 Comments Off on Congress From Home- 2018- After TEN Reserves, Forness Wins Am Horsemanship
This was a very special story from the 2018 Quarter Horse Congress, when Michelle Forness, finally won Amateur Horsemanship after accumulating over TEN Reserve Champion titles. We also got some spectacular photos with her hubby afterwards.
Continue reading …Everything You Need to Know About Appaloosa World Show
October 22, 2020 Comments Off on Everything You Need to Know About Appaloosa World Show
ApHC News ATTENTION WORLD SHOW ATTENDEES! All the info you need in one place! If you’re entered in the World Show, or still thinking about entering, this document contains everything you need to know to participate in the show. Due to COVID-19, processes are changing! Please read below for complete details and come to the show […]
Continue reading …Congress From Home- 2016- A Certain Vino is Victorious in Final Senior Western Pleasure Performance
October 22, 2020 Comments Off on Congress From Home- 2016- A Certain Vino is Victorious in Final Senior Western Pleasure Performance
This was a special one, from the 2016 Quarter Horse Congress, when the incomparable A Certain Vino, claimed his last Congress Championship in Senior Western Pleasure.
Continue reading …Gillian Davis & Virtually Adorable: From Yard Sale to 2020 Eastern National Championships
October 21, 2020 Comments Off on Gillian Davis & Virtually Adorable: From Yard Sale to 2020 Eastern National Championships
While most people paw through odds and ends at a yard sale hoping to find a steal of a deal on clothes, home goods or furniture, Gillian Davis looked beyond the driveway to find her future show horse. There, looking picturesque in the pasture just beyond tables of rummage bargains, was Virtually Adorable, a 2008 sorrel solid mare who, at age 10, was virtually untouched and unbroken.
Continue reading …Congress From Home- 2013- Brad Ost Wins First Congress Championship With Caught U Lookin
October 21, 2020 Comments Off on Congress From Home- 2013- Brad Ost Wins First Congress Championship With Caught U Lookin
“This is my first Congress title,” he says. “It’s pretty exciting. It felt like it took a really long time, but, I’m only 25, so I guess I can’t be complaining! Of course, I want to thank Jason and Charlie for letting me show him. They could’ve taken over, because neither of them had a good green horse for here. But, Jason let me keep the one I had started out the year on. I would like to thank the Raymund family for letting me show him and for letting us keep him a green horse throughout the year.”
Continue reading …Quarter Horse Congress $1,000 Trainer Award Winner- Charlie Bussières
October 20, 2020 Comments Off on Quarter Horse Congress $1,000 Trainer Award Winner- Charlie Bussières
There is no doubt in Bibianna’s mind that she will forever remember her only All American Quarter Horse Congress. Traveling from Québec, Canada was intimidating for Bibianna, but she will never forget how relaxed she was going into showmanship. Little did Bibianna know she would end up in the Top 3 of her Novice Showmanship class. “I knew my horse, my trainer, and I had done the best preparation. It was the best moment of my life.”
Continue reading …Esperanza Tervalon-Garrett Checks Off Riding Milestones at 2020 Western National Championships
October 20, 2020 Comments Off on Esperanza Tervalon-Garrett Checks Off Riding Milestones at 2020 Western National Championships
“I’d like to be the first Black woman to win a world championship in APHA,” Esperanza confided. “That’s what I’d like to do. And I think I’m in the right company to do that. Everyone is working hard here, everyone is putting in the saddle time, they’re working out, they’re running in the dirt and I have so much respect for that. I want to be part of it. I can be a warrior among warriors. And these folks are our warriors, and they’re really good at what they do.”
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