Qualify For APHA World Show at Select NCHA and ACHA Events
March 2, 2016 Comments Off on Qualify For APHA World Show at Select NCHA and ACHA Events
We’ve teamed up to offer 18 cutting events that count toward qualifying for the APHA Open & Amateur World Show, which takes place November 2–12 in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Just for fun, we wanted to hold our own unofficial presidential poll that focuses on the important issues…
#1- Which of the presidential candidates would you most like to go on a relaxing trail ride with?
#2- Which of the presidential candidates would best fit in with your horse show crew?
#3- Which of the presidential candidates would make the best horse show judge?
Al Dunning and AQHA Breyer Horse, Expensive Hobby, Inducted Into AZQH Hall of Fame
March 1, 2016 Comments Off on Al Dunning and AQHA Breyer Horse, Expensive Hobby, Inducted Into AZQH Hall of Fame
Once-in-a-lifetime might be the best way to describe Expensive Hobby, who passed away in 2003. The buckskin Quarter Horse was a four-time AQHA Champion, and was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 2007. Expensive Hobby and Dunning won the NRHA Open Reining at the AQHA All American Quarter Horse Congress, and Expensive Hobby held AQHA Superiors in reining, working cow horse, and cutting. The famed Quarter Horse is forever eternalized as a Breyer model.
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When horses have their disagreements with each other and don’t get along, a different stall or pasture mate generally solves the conflict. Don’t you wish it was that easy with your human clients?
Continue reading …Severed Horse Head Found in New York Park
March 1, 2016 Comments Off on Severed Horse Head Found in New York Park
It sounds like a scene out of The Godfather gone terribly wrong. An innocent park-goer made a disturbing discovery over the weekend while taking a Sunday stroll through Highbridge Park in Manhattan.
Continue reading …APHA Welcomes Karen Thomas to Executive Committee
March 1, 2016 Comments Off on APHA Welcomes Karen Thomas to Executive Committee
“I believe I have the traits needed to be a member of the Executive Committee. I have fortitude, and I hope you all know me well enough to know I have the integrity. I have the ingenuity and the excitement to bring new people to our association. I value our members, all of our members, and their Paints.”
Continue reading …Career Fair For the Horse Industry
February 29, 2016 Comments Off on Career Fair For the Horse Industry
The career fair is an opportunity for students to be introduced to successful businesses within the equine industry and create avenues for relationships, internships, and career connections.
Continue reading …UPDATE- Mrs. Sue Mulford Has Driven Through the Pearly Gates, “Wear Blue For Sue” Campaign Reaches Final Chapter
February 29, 2016 Comments Off on UPDATE- Mrs. Sue Mulford Has Driven Through the Pearly Gates, “Wear Blue For Sue” Campaign Reaches Final Chapter
UPDATE: Mrs. Sue Mulford drove into the pearly gates over the weekend. Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family at this time.
Continue reading …APHA Platinum Breeders Futurity Halter Purse Expected to Exceed $80,000
February 26, 2016 Comments Off on APHA Platinum Breeders Futurity Halter Purse Expected to Exceed $80,000
The Platinum Breeders’ Futurity is an elite weanling halter futurity that takes place at the APHA World Championship Show, and starting in 2016, it will be exclusively for Non-Pro exhibitors. It’s designed to showcase the offspring of APHA Breeders’ Trust-subscribed stallions and the mares bred to these stallions.
Continue reading …NSBA Foundation Launches “90 Riders in 90 Days” Sponsor a Rider Campaign
February 25, 2016 Comments Off on NSBA Foundation Launches “90 Riders in 90 Days” Sponsor a Rider Campaign
“I guess it boils down to the reason we are all involved with horses. It is therapy, physically and emotionally. The smiles of the veterans getting ready to show really got me.”
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