Is a Novice Championship Title as Valid as a World or Congress Championship?
October 6, 2015 Comments Off on Is a Novice Championship Title as Valid as a World or Congress Championship?
The bottom line is that we all had to start somewhere. The Novice Champions of today will in effect become the World and Congress Champions of tomorrow.
Continue reading …49th All American Quarter Horse Congress Parade!
October 6, 2015 Comments Off on 49th All American Quarter Horse Congress Parade!
The fourth annual All American Quarter Horse Congress Welcome Parade, featuring officials on horseback, mounted law enforcement units from around the region, youth roping competitors, mechanical bulls, rodeo clowns, and more will take place tomorrow, October 7, 2015 in Downtown Columbus.
Continue reading …Inspirational Stories Coming Out of The International- Award Saddle to Replace a Stolen One, Sharing Awards Among Co-Champions, Foundered Horse Comes Back to Win, and More!
October 6, 2015 Comments Off on Inspirational Stories Coming Out of The International- Award Saddle to Replace a Stolen One, Sharing Awards Among Co-Champions, Foundered Horse Comes Back to Win, and More!
“Every five weeks, I would take him back to the clinic to x-ray his feet and reshape them. By the fall of his 3-year old year he started to be able to walk a little bit. They were even contemplating putting this horse down, but I wanted to do everything I could to save him.”
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A Japanese proverb reads “Wisdom and virtue are like the two wheels of a cart.” Since this line was written several centuries ago, we could probably modernize it by adding, “with loyalty being its motor.”
Continue reading …On the Congress EC Cover- Morgan Brehm and Invitemeforchocolate
October 5, 2015 Comments Off on On the Congress EC Cover- Morgan Brehm and Invitemeforchocolate
Be on the lookout for a dynamic team coming to the AQHA majors this fall, Morgan Brehm and her 2006 Invitation Only gelding, Invitemeforchocolate. Morgan and “Shaggy” have been a team for two years now, but she considers 2015 to be her first competitive year in the big leagues with her new partner. Just recently, at the 2015 NSBA World Show, the pair took Reserve Champion honors in Novice Amateur Trail.
Continue reading …QH Congress Edition of The Equine Chronicle is Now Online!
October 5, 2015 Comments Off on QH Congress Edition of The Equine Chronicle is Now Online!
Can’t wait until you get to Columbus, Ohio to read the Congress edition of The Equine Chronicle? Lucky for you, the latest edition of the magazine has just been posted online! The 2015 All American Quarter Horse Congress October edition of The Equine Chronicle can be viewed by clicking here: http://www.onlinedigitalpubs.com/publication/?m=2079&l=1.
Continue reading …Truck, Trailer, Seven Saddles Stolen in Niagara Falls
October 5, 2015 Comments Off on Truck, Trailer, Seven Saddles Stolen in Niagara Falls
At the beginning of September, the Schleese Saddlery truck and trailer were stolen off the parking lot of the Radisson Hotel in Niagara Falls Canada. Both vehicles were visibly wrapped and logoed, which made the theft even more unbelievable. The Schleese team was returning from a show in Virginia, which meant that luckily only seven […]
Continue reading …Deadline For WCHA Get of Sire Class at AQHA World Extended to Oct. 8th
October 5, 2015 Comments Off on Deadline For WCHA Get of Sire Class at AQHA World Extended to Oct. 8th
New for this year, we will have a Junior and Senior Stallion Division. We will once again be having four judges’ scores with the fourth judge being represented by the audience!
Continue reading …First Foal Born at UC Davis Through In-Vitro Fertilization
October 2, 2015 Comments Off on First Foal Born at UC Davis Through In-Vitro Fertilization
Unlike the normal process of in-vitro fertilization (which generally doesn’t work with horses), the ICSI process involves injecting a single sperm into an egg extracted from a mare. The embryo then develops in a lab for a week before being implanted in the mare.
Continue reading …It’s Good to Be Queen! Congress Queen That is…
October 2, 2015 Comments Off on It’s Good to Be Queen! Congress Queen That is…
Perhaps the most exciting news about this year’s competition is that Coughlin Automotive of Ohio will be presenting the 2015 Congress Queen with a two-year lease of a beautiful, black, 2016 Chevy Cruze!
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