Aluminum corrodes. Alkaline in urine and manure is the biggest culprit. An aluminum floor has to be washed with soap and water often to deter corrosion. Without cleaning, certain aluminum floors can fail in about eight years or less.
Continue reading …New this year, the American Quarter Horse Association is offering a third way for amateur, Select and open exhibitors to qualify their halter horses for AQHA world championship shows*.
The three qualifying methods include:
Qualify by earning the required number of points.
Compete at a designated number of shows during the respective qualifying period (10 for Select and amateur or 20 for open).
Participate in the new nomination pilot program for halter horses.
The second nomination payment for the AQHA Select World Championship Show, presented by Adequan® (polysulfated glycosaminoglycan), is due May 31, 2018.
Thanks to Cindi Lee Webster-Kratzer of LionHeart Photography for some fun photos from the SCQHA Palmetto Classic. If you’d like for your horse show photos to be featured on EquineChronicle.com, email B.Bevis@EquineChronicle.com.
Continue reading …Our Last Chance section has just been updated and many pieces are under $100. Take advantage of this sale and shop now!
Continue reading …While some were enjoying Memorial Day barbecues and trips to the lake, others packed up their horse trailers and motorhomes and headed north to Lake St. Louis, Missouri for the Gateway Classic.
Continue reading …Every Operation Gratitude Care Package includes a bundle of letters from the American people, thanking Troops, Veterans, New Recruits, or First Responders for their service to our country. Care Package recipients tell us these letters, notes, and drawings are the most cherished items in their box.
Continue reading …Why pay the money for full time trainers, the price of high end show tack, show fees, and trainer fees if you don’t have a strong competitive drive? This is a question my husband and non-horse show peers ask all me all the time. Do you know what you could be doing with that money each month?
Continue reading …The sun is shining, the grass is green and the American Quarter Horse Association has 12 must-do’s you do not want to miss out on this summer. From visiting the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum in Amarillo to attending the Built Ford Tough AQHYA World Championship Show, you’ll have a summer to remember – a summer with AQHA.
Continue reading …Among the diagnostic points covered are the necessity for a ‘whole horse’ evaluation that includes assessing range of motion in hand and under saddle on hard and soft surfaces, palpation of tendons and soft tissue, muscular symmetry (atrophy vs. development), flexion tests, way of going through the gaits on straight lines and circles, on contact and a long rein, and overall fit of the girth and saddle.
Continue reading …An Equine Production is excited to share the news that there will be some very special joint High Point awards for those competitors who choose to compete at both the upcoming Indy Circuit and IQHA State Show in Newcastle, IN.
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