Andrea Alderson Wins First AQHA World Title With Most Appealing Dream in Am. Performance Halter Mares
November 13, 2014 Comments Off on Andrea Alderson Wins First AQHA World Title With Most Appealing Dream in Am. Performance Halter Mares
“It’s kind of a lifetime culmination of dreams and working hard for my whole family, because we’ve been raising horses for 65 years. It’s exciting.”
Continue reading …Thomas Coon Wins First Two AQHA World Titles With Entrigue and Hes That Cool
November 13, 2014 Comments Off on Thomas Coon Wins First Two AQHA World Titles With Entrigue and Hes That Cool
For Thomas, this incredible level of success is simply overwhelming. “The World title with Entrigue, the weanling filly, was my very first World Championship,” he says. “I couldn’t talk; I was so overwhelmed. Then, [the win with] Hes That Cool was my second World Championship.”
Continue reading …Brad Ost and 2-Year-Old, VS Roll Call, Win APHA Green Western Pleasure
November 12, 2014 Comments Off on Brad Ost and 2-Year-Old, VS Roll Call, Win APHA Green Western Pleasure
“She reminds me a lot of Lucy, just with her head and neck and her front leg,” Ost says. “Also, she’s very easy to show. Lucy’s had some other really nice babies, but this one probably reminds me the most of her.”
Continue reading …McDuffie and Jussen Win Amateur Junior Western Pleasure APHA World Championships
November 12, 2014 Comments Off on McDuffie and Jussen Win Amateur Junior Western Pleasure APHA World Championships
For Candace Jussen of Pilot Point, Texas, this was her first time winning an APHA World Champion title and her first time competing at the APHA World Show in Western Pleasure. More often than not, you will find Jussen in the AQHA Halter pen, but recently she’s been broadening her horizons to include other disciplines.
Continue reading …Casselman-Reed and Pope Score at Top of APHA Amateur Ranch Horse Pleasure Sweepstakes
November 12, 2014 Comments Off on Casselman-Reed and Pope Score at Top of APHA Amateur Ranch Horse Pleasure Sweepstakes
“I think it’s so popular, because it’s kind of back to the basics,” she says. “It’s all about a horse moving naturally. Most anybody can do it, because there are real easy, basic maneuvers.”
Continue reading …Russ Kimbrell and My Legs R Sensational Win APHA Masters Amateur Sr. Western Pleasure
November 11, 2014 Comments Off on Russ Kimbrell and My Legs R Sensational Win APHA Masters Amateur Sr. Western Pleasure
Russ Kimbrell and his 6-year-old mare, My Legs R Sensational, have won a Western Pleasure World Champion title in the past, in 2010 to be specific. However, the pair just recently reunited two weeks ago when he purchased “Megan” back from the family he had originally sold her to.
Continue reading …Erin Bradshaw and John Simon Are APHA World Champions in Classic Am. Senior Western Pleasure
November 11, 2014 Comments Off on Erin Bradshaw and John Simon Are APHA World Champions in Classic Am. Senior Western Pleasure
All John Simonites unite! The beautiful 8-year-old bay tobiano stallion has done it again loping into the winner’s circle with owner Erin Bradshaw in the saddle. This afternoon, John Simon was crowned the World Champion in the Classic Amateur Senior Western Pleasure.
Continue reading …Andrea Kengis-Foss Wins First APHA World Title With Fleetastic in Novice Amateur Western Pleasure
November 11, 2014 Comments Off on Andrea Kengis-Foss Wins First APHA World Title With Fleetastic in Novice Amateur Western Pleasure
The first World Champion crowned this afternoon was Andrea Kengis-Foss with Fleetastic, a horse bred by her father, Dr. Janis Kengis, and by the family’s stallion Fleet Machine. In an interesting turn of events, the Reserve Champion horse was also bred by the Kengis family, In Victory Lane, that was piloted by Heidi Kokemiller.
Continue reading …Pain is Temporary; World Show Glory is Forever
November 11, 2014 Comments Off on Pain is Temporary; World Show Glory is Forever
“My goal is to take a buckle back to show my orthopedic doctor that he doesn’t understand what it means to be a cowgirl!”
Continue reading …On Top of the World – Dealing With Show Nerves at Major Events
November 11, 2014 Comments Off on On Top of the World – Dealing With Show Nerves at Major Events
What is it about taking our horses to a show that can turn even the coolest, most laid back horseman into a bundle of nerves in a cowboy hat? To many competitors, the announcer’s cry, “All entries to the in-gate,” can ignite a flight response worthy of a skittish horse meeting an airborne plastic bag.
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