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 …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 …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 …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 …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 […]
Continue reading …Emilie Mathisen Earns First Congress Champion Title and Takes the Reserve Champion Title, all in the L1 Senior Ranch Riding at the 2024 All American Quarter Horse Congress. By Sarah Welk Baynum Emilie Mathisen, originally from Denmark, had her first Congress win today. She also placed second on her other mount, despite a large and […]
Continue reading …In this day and age of some club-driven shows being cancelled due to low participation, it’s a breath of fresh air to hear of a show organization that is not only still going, but thriving! The Michigan Apple Blossom Circuit was founded by Mark Russell, who is also the show manager, in 1998, and it […]
Continue reading …By Sarah Welk Baynum: “This is amazing, because this might be my last Congress!” said Jenny Honey as she left the Taft Coliseum arena holding her first place trophy, beaming. However, while this might be her last Congress, it is far from her first. She’s also no stranger to the winners circle lately with the […]
Continue reading …From NSBA: The calendar may have changed months, but the competition continued to be deep and fierce in Ranch events at the All American Quarter Horse Congress on Tuesday. AQHA and NSBA Dual-Approved Junior Western Working Rail, Amateur Working Rail and Amateur Select Ranch Riding were joined by the Non-Pro Ranch Riding Stakes and Three […]
Continue reading …From NSBA: Day Two of Ranch classes at the 2024 All American Quarter Horse Congress saw four different Congress NSBA champions in Senior Working Western Rail, Level 1 Amateur and Amateur Ranch Riding and the Four and Five Year Old Open Ranch Riding Stakes class. Bridesmaid No More: Hava Cocktail On Me Wins Senior Western […]
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