“When COIVD-19 hit, it hit us hard. We had several clients who had to take their horses home without notice, and that was no ones fault! Unfortunately, paying for their mortgages and putting food on their families’ tables was more of a necessity than keeping a horse in training. We couldn’t blame them at all and completely understood why they had to take them home.”
Continue reading …For the second time in the past five years, Mandy is battling cancer. As a result, she will not be able to attend the AQHA Youth World Show this fall to watch her daughter, Samantha, compete with Beamer. So, her barn crew decided to make signs, decorate the truck, deck out Beamer, and parade through her neighborhood in McKinney, Texas, much to the delight of local residents.
Continue reading …After ten days spent in Cloverdale, IN. The Indiana Celebration racked up approximately 10,000 AQHA entries across ten judges, according to An Equine Management. The show was the result of the combination of the IQHYA Show and IQHA State Show that were joined as a result of schedule changes because of cancellations due to COVID-19.
Continue reading …“They’ve had big rocks, bricks, and water balloons filled with urine thrown at them and people screaming at them. They’ve had Molotov cocktails and firecrackers thrown at them. They are standing on cement for 15 hours a day, just like the officers are. The most tragic thing is the look in their eyes when you walk in their stalls. They are listless. Like droids… machines. As a horse person, it is gut wrenching.”
Continue reading …The Tarheel Summer Classic is one of those shows that faced adversity during the beginning of the year when their April 24-26 event was cancelled. But, with loosening restrictions finally reaching several states, the event was able to reschedule for June 11-14 and was met with many happy participants in Raleigh, NC.
Continue reading …“One of my favorite things about our partnership was how connected I felt to him while riding. It was a feeling of trust and teamwork that I don’t have with many other horses, or even people.”
Continue reading …Ultimately, there was a tie for the top spot between Katy Jo Zuidema and Martina Mckride for Robert Roger and Rusty Green with Nothin Butt Nett for Susan Johns. Katy Jo won the tiebreaker and the title, as well as $8,500. Rusty took home the same payout.
Continue reading …Super Sires classes in 2020 will take place at two separate venues- the All American Quarter Horse Congress in October and the Tom Powers Futurity in December. That’s right. Now that the Tom Powers Futurity has moved from their originally scheduled date this summer, the Super Sires classes that were scheduled to be held there will be moving to the new date as well.
Continue reading …Furthermore, so that competitors do not have to show multiple times, the yearling classes will be held within the WCHA Breeders Futurity Classes.
Continue reading …As a three and four-year-old breeding stallion, Paradise put out two foal crops that won 18 major titles, and they were out of mares that hadn’t produced champions before. “That says a lot. It put him on the map as a breeding horse,” Roger says.
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