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Happy Thanksgiving From The Equine Chronicle!

November 26, 2020 Comments Off

Now that the fall show season is coming to a close, along with the changing of the leaves and the emergence of everything pumpkin spice, it’s only natural to begin a time of retrospection as we reflect on the events of the closing year. The holidays are a time to spend with family and friends, in the comfort of our home, beside a warm hearth, sharing a meal, and telling tales.

Around the Rings Goldmine Fall Festival of Shows

November 25, 2020 Comments Off

The Goldmine Circuit Fall Festival of Shows recently took place October 28 – November 2 at the Rancho Murieta, CA facility. The show circuit featured a two-judge APHA show hosted with CCPHC, a four-judge APHA show hosted with SPHC, and a four-judge AQHA show. Scroll below for more fun around the ring photos. If you’d […]

AQHA Approves Six New Classes

November 25, 2020 Comments Off

Taking advantage of the global pandemic that put a halt to horse showing for a few months, the American Quarter Horse Association used that downtime to develop programming and rules for six new classes, five of them to be seen in most parts of the world.

Behind the Scenes at AQHA World Show

November 24, 2020 Comments Off

Don’t Miss Tom Powers Christmas Challenge at WEC in Ocala

November 24, 2020 Comments Off

Be sure not to miss the Tom Powers Christmas Challenge at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida- December 12-20th.

EC TV- 2020 AQHA World- Amateur All-Around

November 24, 2020 Comments Off

Find out what Lauren Stanley had to say about winning the title of Amateur All Around with Extremely Good Stuff at the 2020 AQHA World Show. Click here to watch the video on The Equine Chronicle Facebook page.

EC TV- 2020 AQHA World- Amateur Equitation AND L2 Horsemanship

November 23, 2020 Comments Off

Find out what Maria Salazar had to say about her win in Amateur Equitation AND L2 Horsemanship at the 2020 AQHA World Show aboard Moonlightin! Click here to watch on The Equine Chronicle FB page.

Dancin N The Dirt Crowned 2020 AQHA World Superhorse

November 23, 2020 Comments Off

The 2020 Farnam Superhorse is Dancin N The Dirt, owned by Sandy Vargo of Plain City, Ohio. The 2011 bay gelding, by Hot N Blazing and out of Caught You Dancin, was bred by AQHA Professional Horsewoman Leslie Vagneur Lange of Greeley, Colorado. Dancin N The Dirt earned 33 points and was shown by AQHA Professional Horseman Chuck Briggs of Azle, Texas. Dancin N The Dirt won the world champion title in senior working hunter, reserve world champion titles in senior hunter hack and senior pleasure driving, and placed 10th in performance halter geldings.

Have We Lost the True Horseman?

November 23, 2020 Comments Off

Click here to read the complete article 332 – November/December, 2020 By Delores Kuhlwein “If your riding and handling of horses begins and ends at the mounting block, you may become a rider, but never a horseman,” once wrote renowned author C.W. Anderson. But somewhere along the way, our mentality shifted. We began allowing others […]

Revelations of a Middle-Aged Amateur

November 21, 2020 Comments Off

A bunch of whiners, I thought to my thirty-something self, as the 50 and Over Amateurs raised quite a bit of commotion. The speaker in the arena had just crackled with the announcer’s voice, relaying the request to combine the two Amateur age divisions, and you would have thought the end of the world was coming.