By Delores Kuhlwein If you’ve spent any time around Christian Jauntig – and if you show, chances are, you have – it might not surprise you he managed his first horse show at age 12. This go-getter won the AQHA Emerging Leader Award in 2023, recognition for young adults in the American Quarter Horse Association […]
Continue reading …It’s often been said that a jack-of-all-trades is a master of none. Well, Kathy Avolt certainly turns that phrase on its head as the boss lady at An Equine Production, a show management company that operates over 120 horse shows a year.
Continue reading …Just west of Oklahoma City in El Reno, where the wind comes sweeping down the plain, sits a small but mighty horse breeding operation that was built by the persistence and ingenuity of a single mother. Now in her 47th year of receiving the AQHA Breeder Award, Anneene Miller has come quite a long way since raising her first foal back in 1962.
Continue reading …Colic is a general term that simply means abdominal pain. It’s usually a gut problem, but sometimes may be due to other issues. It’s not always easy to make an accurate diagnosis when examining the horse. Sometimes, even with modern technology, we can’t determine exactly what’s wrong, but veterinarians today have many tools that can help figure it out.
Continue reading …No matter if you are traveling to a horse show, or just through life, there is always that level of unexpected that just seems to happen. And those unexpected moments don’t discriminate. Everyone has a travel blooper story, and horse people are no exception.
Continue reading …As a young girl growing up in the San Francisco Bay area, Ingrid Miller spent her days on horseback. She and her first horse, a bay mare named Trixie who “jigged everywhere we went,” would take off in the morning, racing through the walnut and pear orchards as fast as Trixie could go, ending up swimming in the creek or exploring the countryside for the day. The pair wouldn’t return home until nearly dusk. By age 12, Ingrid had made what she jokingly calls a “fatal mistake”–attending her first horse show.
Continue reading …Not many people know the origin story of Harris Leather & Silverworks. The business that outfits top horses and riders with handcrafted saddles and intricate silverwork first got its start, like most family businesses do, around the kitchen table.
Continue reading …Spotting a diamond in the rough led to Carly Baker fulfilling her dreams, including showing at the All American Quarter Horse Congress. By Delores Kuhlwein Believe you can and you’re halfway there. – Theodore Roosevelt. “No thanks!” were the first words out of Carly Baker’s mouth the first time her mom, Linda Ottavi, spotted […]
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