Carey Nowacek and Lethals Hot Weapon Win Equine Chronicle Bridleless Horsemanship at Corporate Challenge
July 15, 2019 Comments Off on Carey Nowacek and Lethals Hot Weapon Win Equine Chronicle Bridleless Horsemanship at Corporate Challenge
“I think the most difficult part of the pattern was the extended trot serpentine,” Carey says. “Right at the beginning, you had to jog in and then do an extended trot serpentine, and it was really hard to keep the horse’s attention. Usually, I like to go for our extended trot, but it was different. It was a little scary to trot up to the end of the arena with no other horses there.”
Continue reading …Step By Step – Setting Your Practice Trail Course for Success in the Pen
July 15, 2019 Comments Off on Step By Step – Setting Your Practice Trail Course for Success in the Pen
Perfecting the rhythm, flow, and connection that elevates your Trail work from the mundane to the sublime requires countless hours of practice over the poles. Many Trail exhibitors seek that precision by setting up Trail obstacles at home. It sounds simple: throw a few poles out there and do some lope-overs. However, to really make your extra practice time beneficial, a lot of thought and planning needs to go into the course setup. Accuracy matters if your goal is to closely simulate the challenges you will face at the show.
Continue reading …Results and Photos- NSBA Summer Breakout & ARHA World Championship
July 12, 2019 Comments Off on Results and Photos- NSBA Summer Breakout & ARHA World Championship
Over to the Summer Breakout side of the competition, Open Showmanship was won by Lydia Brahler with Sure A Hot Krymsun. Reserve was Lily Anderson with Lover Treat Me Good. Third was Rebecca Anderson with A Sudden Billionaire. Select Showmanship was won by Cynthia Pyle with Rock Legend. Reserve was Laurie Christie with No More Talkin. Third was Holly Ebelberger with Good Directions.
Continue reading …Tom Powers – The Man Behind the Futurity
July 12, 2019 Comments Off on Tom Powers – The Man Behind the Futurity
Tom Powers’ love for horses began at birth. That love was fostered in a small town outside of Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he grew up learning the ropes from his parents and a rotten pony named Tony.
Continue reading …EC Youth Profile – Mackenzie Matthews
July 11, 2019 Comments Off on EC Youth Profile – Mackenzie Matthews
Multiple Championship exhibitor Mackenzie Matthews comes by her love of horses naturally. The daughter of longtime AQHA exhibitors Robin Matthews and Terry Wilkerson, Mackenzie inherited her passion for horses and competition from her family. Her success as a Congress and Reserve Congress Champion, AQHYA Reserve L2 and Bronze L2 Champion, and multiple Top 10 exhibitor may be attributed to a combination of innate talent, strong work ethic, and loving family support.
Continue reading …5 Things I Wish Someone Would’ve Told Me About Showing Horses…
July 11, 2019 Comments Off on 5 Things I Wish Someone Would’ve Told Me About Showing Horses…
When I first started showing in patterns, I thought that my maneuvers had to be perfect, and the rest of the pattern wasn’t too important. It didn’t matter if my circle was perfectly round or ended on the wrong angle, as long as it looked good and his lope was nice, right? Wrong!
Continue reading …New Offerings Coming to Arizona Fall Championship
July 10, 2019 Comments Off on New Offerings Coming to Arizona Fall Championship
Building on the popularity of Sun Circuit’s National Championship Tournaments last March, The AZ Fall Championship is debuting the Horsemanship West Bracket Tournament. Ranked horsemanship exhibitors from the 2019 National Championship summer rankings who are showing in the AQHA horsemanship at the Arizona Fall Championship will be eligible. The top 4 scores in Youth, Amateur and Select horsemanship after the first set of AQHA judges will advance to The Four where they will compete in a tournament style head to head competition. The champion in each division will win $500 and a trophy buckle. The reserve will win $250 and a logo’d chair. The summer rankings list will be out in late July.
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There are exciting things happening at Three Nails Ranch in Cisco, Texas. This past year, Billy and Suzonne Franks welcomed trainers Kelley Stone and multiple Congress Champion and AQHA World Champion Adam Wainscott to join forces with them at their magnificent 1,600-acre ranch. The addition of these two exceptional trainers, who will be accepting outside horses for training, allows the Franks to expand the services offered at their Halter breeding, training, and sales operation.
Continue reading …Big A & Stars N Stripes Wraps With Massive 19,500+ Entries
July 9, 2019 Comments Off on Big A & Stars N Stripes Wraps With Massive 19,500+ Entries
A Top AQHA show year after year, the Big A & Stars N Stripes has done it again with an incredible turnout for the event that took place June 28th- July 7th in Conyers, GA. An Equine Production show management team reports a whopping 19,500 total entries with an 800 AQHA entry increase over 2018.
Continue reading …Congratulations 2019 APHA Youth World High Point and All Around Winners!
July 8, 2019 Comments Off on Congratulations 2019 APHA Youth World High Point and All Around Winners!
“I just wanted to have a clean ride [in the hunter hack],” said the 12-year-old equestrienne from Drayton Valley, Alberta, Canada. “He’s very fun to jump. I didn’t jump before him; this is new to me. It’s fun and I trust him very much, so that makes it easier.”
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