The 2020 AQHA World Championship Show was one for the record books capping off what was a very unusual show season for most folks. Due to numerous show changes and cancellations throughout the year, as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s event hosted not only World Show classes but also the Adequan Select World Championship Show, AQHA Ranching Heritage Challenge Finals, and Adequan Level 2 and Nutrena Level 1 Championships. During the event, more than 2,100 exhibitors and 2,700 horses racked up more than 7,500 entries.
Continue reading …Especially if you’re presiding over high-profile shows, you must be a person that those organizations are willing to stand behind, and you must always live by their rules and ideals. “If I mess up, I have to be held accountable,” Rising underscores, adding that continuing education is often required to maintain your status as a judge.
Continue reading …If you build it, they will come. Arizona Quarter Horse followed the call and doubled the size of its already popular AZ Fall Championship. In so doing, exhibitor dreams became reality.
Continue reading …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.
Continue reading …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 […]
Continue reading …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.
Continue reading …Be sure not to miss the Tom Powers Christmas Challenge at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida- December 12-20th.
Continue reading …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.
Continue reading …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.
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