Congrats AQHA Competitor, Jenna Jacobs, on Signing With TCU Equestrian Team!
April 20, 2015 Comments Off on Congrats AQHA Competitor, Jenna Jacobs, on Signing With TCU Equestrian Team!
Jacobs, who hails from Ohio, will don the Purple and White next season after claiming the 2014 AQHA Youth Hunter Under Saddle High-Point Year End award. A fourth-place finisher at the 2014 AQHYA World Show, Jacobs claimed two Reserve Champion accolades at the 2014 All-American Quarter Horse Congress, marking the third-straight year in which she has recorded Reserve Championship honors and a top-three placing at Congress.
Continue reading …Missed the Hylton Maiden $50,000 Class? Check Out Our ECVideo Here!
April 20, 2015 Comments Off on Missed the Hylton Maiden $50,000 Class? Check Out Our ECVideo Here!
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Continue reading …Auburn’s Dusha Named 2015 NCEA Elite Equestrian
April 20, 2015 Comments Off on Auburn’s Dusha Named 2015 NCEA Elite Equestrian
This distinction is awarded to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA on a top-four team from the NCEA National Championships.
Continue reading …Nominate Someone Today For the Merle Wood Humanitarian Award
April 18, 2015 Comments Off on Nominate Someone Today For the Merle Wood Humanitarian Award
The Merle Wood Humanitarian Award is presented each year to an individual whose outstanding voluntary service has been marked by actions or deeds that have enabled young people to experience positive opportunities and activities involving the American Quarter Horse.
Continue reading …South Carolina Equestrian Wins 2015 NCEA Championship
April 18, 2015 Comments Off on South Carolina Equestrian Wins 2015 NCEA Championship
The 2015 South Carolina Gamecocks captured the 2015 National Collegiate Equestrian Association Championship, defeating Georgia 10-6, on Saturday at the Extraco Events Center.
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day: Who Doesn’t Love a Little Cowgirl!
April 16, 2015 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day: Who Doesn’t Love a Little Cowgirl!
Today’s EC Photo of the Day comes from Amber Moler, courtesy of photographer Suzanne Fischer. Fischer snapped these adorable shots of McKinze Moler and her horse trainer, Cody Campbell, at the SOQHA Youth Show last weekend in Wilmington, Ohio.
Continue reading …Secretariat Owner’s 99th Kentucky Derby Ticket and Blanket Rose to Go On Display in Kentucky
April 16, 2015 Comments Off on Secretariat Owner’s 99th Kentucky Derby Ticket and Blanket Rose to Go On Display in Kentucky
To this day, Secretariat’s 1:59 2/5 seconds “Run for the Roses” in 1973 remains the all time Kentucky Derby speed record, and he was the first horse to run the Derby in less than two minutes.
Continue reading …University of Findlay Spring Horse Sale Will Offer 50 Horses, Disciplines Ranging From Western Pleasure to Reining
April 16, 2015 Comments Off on University of Findlay Spring Horse Sale Will Offer 50 Horses, Disciplines Ranging From Western Pleasure to Reining
Approximately 50 horses, including many two year olds, will be for sale in addition to western pleasure prospects, but others, such as reiners, ranch horses, hunters under saddle and lesson horses, will be offered, too.
Continue reading …Top Collegiate Equestrian Teams Battle For #1 Spot This Weekend at 2015 NCEA Championship
April 16, 2015 Comments Off on Top Collegiate Equestrian Teams Battle For #1 Spot This Weekend at 2015 NCEA Championship
Georgia has tallied a league-leading six overall NCEA national championships, including three consecutive from 2008-10. Auburn has won three national titles, while South Carolina and Texas A&M each have two overall national titles to their credit. Georgia is the defending NCEA National Champion.
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day: Serious Leadline Conversation
April 15, 2015 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day: Serious Leadline Conversation
Special thanks to Teresa Albrici for sharing this adorable photo from the Oregon Paint Horse Club’s Sterling Classic in Albany. Leadline competitors Kody Miller and Braxton Wilson are having a very serious discussion about their upcoming class!
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