More Than Just A Clinic – A Turning Point
October 6, 2024 Comments Off on More Than Just A Clinic – A Turning Point
At a recent Ranch clinic in Montana, learning was off the charts, and a vision of an initiative was developed that may alter the industry. By Delores Kuhlwein Do you remember the moment your life was changed forever by horses? Was it when you first felt an unparalleled freedom in the saddle? Or was it […]
Continue reading …A Three Peat for Keith Ceddia and Xtra Dun Step in Congress Open Freestyle Reining
October 6, 2024 Comments Off on A Three Peat for Keith Ceddia and Xtra Dun Step in Congress Open Freestyle Reining
By Sarah Welk Baynum The Freestyle Reining Class is a night many at Congress look forward to—and for good reason. Keith Ceddia and Xtra Dun Step are no strangers to winning the Championship title at Congress in the Open Freestyle Reining. In fact, this is now the third consecutive year they’ve won it, despite the […]
Continue reading …Madison Rafacz Clinches Congress & Reserve Ranch Riding Championships in Class of 84
October 5, 2024 Comments Off on Madison Rafacz Clinches Congress & Reserve Ranch Riding Championships in Class of 84
Madison Rafacz Takes Congress Championship with WhizenBoonSmal and Reserve Championship with Got Twisted In Vegas in the Youth 14-18 Ranch Riding By Sarah Welk Baynum Madison Rafacz is no stranger to the Championship title—or taking both Champion and Reserve Champion in the same class. And Friday at the 2024 All American Quarter Horse Congress, she […]
Continue reading …Tianna Cooper and SDP Got Fancy Genes Take First Congress Win in Amateur Ranch Trail
October 5, 2024 Comments Off on Tianna Cooper and SDP Got Fancy Genes Take First Congress Win in Amateur Ranch Trail
By Sarah Welk Baynum Tianna Cooper rode SDP Got Fancy Genes, a former broodmare known around the barn as “Fancy,” to victory in the Congress Amateur Ranch Trail class Thursday at the 2024 All American Quarter Horse Congress. While Tianna rides in all the Ranch classes, Trail is the one they have excelled in the […]
Continue reading …Congratulations on a New Partnership: Morgan Miller and Diime Piece
October 4, 2024 Comments Off on Congratulations on a New Partnership: Morgan Miller and Diime Piece
By Delores Kuhlwein Congratulations to Amateur Morgan Miller, the new owner of three-year-old western pleasure horse Diime Piece! The 2021 AQHA black mare by Machine Made and out of Shez Slippin Around, raised by Bret and Candy Parrish, just made a big statement in her maiden career in August as the NSBA World Champion in […]
Continue reading …David Renier Wins His First Congress Championship with Cowpuncher Cadillac in Select Ranch Trail
October 4, 2024 Comments Off on David Renier Wins His First Congress Championship with Cowpuncher Cadillac in Select Ranch Trail
By Sarah Welk Baynum Happy tears were shed after the announcement of the first-place win in the Amateur Select Ranch Trail Class, marking David Renier’s first Congress Championship. Cowpuncher Cadillac, or “Blue” is a 6-year-old horse Renier has co-owned with Jimmy Daurio for the last few years. Renier was draw 6 in a large class, […]
Continue reading …Like Fine Wine: Four Horses Prove That Age Is Just A Number
October 4, 2024 Comments Off on Like Fine Wine: Four Horses Prove That Age Is Just A Number
They say you can’t teach old dogs new tricks. Anyone who’s had an old dog knows that if a dog is willing, he’ll learn. If he’s not willing, he is still a good boy, and deserves a bone.
Continue reading …Hava Cocktail On Me and Steve Meadows Win Congress Senior Ranch Trail
October 3, 2024 Comments Off on Hava Cocktail On Me and Steve Meadows Win Congress Senior Ranch Trail
Hava Cocktail On Me and Steve Meadows for Deborah Deschamps-Baker Win Senior Ranch Trail at the 2024 All American Quarter Horse Congress. By Sarah Welk Baynum Steve Meadows won the 2024 Congress Senior Ranch Trail on 10-year-old Hava Cocktail On Me, known around the barn as “Jimmy,” despite a very large class with a tricky […]
Continue reading …Exciting Mare Power News from the Breeders Halter Futurity
October 3, 2024 Comments Off on Exciting Mare Power News from the Breeders Halter Futurity
From Karen Kennedy, The Breeders Halter Futurity: In 2025, we will offer an Intermediate Division of the Mare Power Weanling Classes. This division will be a class within each Mare Power class to include: Mare Power Jr. Weanling Colts and Geldings Mare Power Sr. Weanling Colts and Geldings Mare Power Jr. Weanling Fillies Mare Power […]
Continue reading …Double Tapn and Bud Lyon Capture Win in Congress Ranch Riding Stakes for Dan Fox
October 3, 2024 Comments Off on Double Tapn and Bud Lyon Capture Win in Congress Ranch Riding Stakes for Dan Fox
Double Tapn and Bud Lyon for Dan Fox Take Open Ranch Riding Stakes NSBA Champion Title Presented by The Equine Chronicle at the 2024 All American Quarter Horse Congress! By Sarah Welk Baynum Bud Lyon rode five horses in the Open Ranch Riding Stakes yesterday, but it was six-year-old Double Tapn, known as “LJ” around […]
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