Handy Mobile-Phone App For Requesting Emergency Roadside Assistance For Equestrians
April 9, 2014 Comments Off on Handy Mobile-Phone App For Requesting Emergency Roadside Assistance For Equestrians
“Through the USRider Roadside app, our member’s exact GPS location is provided to USRider, as well as vehicle details and the nature of the disablement.”
Continue reading …Win Cash Awards From APHA to Help Put on Your Horse Show
April 9, 2014 Comments Off on Win Cash Awards From APHA to Help Put on Your Horse Show
In 2014, APHA will offer $1,000 cash awards to five clubs for use at a regional club-sponsored Paint-O-Rama show or one- and two-judge shows hosted by the club in 2014. Clubs are only be eligible for the sponsorship once in a two-year period, and they must be in good standing with APHA.
Continue reading …Pro-Am Circuit Begins This Weekend in Georgia, Stall Count Nearly Double From Last Year
April 8, 2014 Comments Off on Pro-Am Circuit Begins This Weekend in Georgia, Stall Count Nearly Double From Last Year
The 2014 Georgia Quarter Horse Association will be hosting the Pro-Am Circuit in Conyers, Georgia this weekend, April 12-13. The four-show circuit will be judged by Tina Anderson, Darren Wright, Kelly Chapman, and Terry Cross.
Continue reading …Missouri Paint Horse Club Institutes New Rookie Program, FREE ENTRY FEES!
April 8, 2014 Comments Off on Missouri Paint Horse Club Institutes New Rookie Program, FREE ENTRY FEES!
When meeting these qualifications, MPHC pays your entry fees for all youth walk-trot, amateur walk-trot, novice youth, or novice amateur classes plus your respective halter class. Exhibitors are expected to pay stall fees, office charge, and entry fees for any classes entered other than those designated ‘Novice.’
Continue reading …45+ World-Renowed Artists Gather For America’s Horse In Art Show and Sale
April 8, 2014 Comments Off on 45+ World-Renowed Artists Gather For America’s Horse In Art Show and Sale
Proceeds from the sale of the art will go to the Hall of Fame to support its efforts to preserve the history of the American Quarter Horse.
Continue reading …Bruce Springsteen’s Daughter Honored With Equestrian Award
April 7, 2014 Comments Off on Bruce Springsteen’s Daughter Honored With Equestrian Award
Springsteen’s success in the show ring began at a very young age, and she took top honors at the country’s most prestigious events throughout her junior years. In 2008, she won the ASPCA Maclay National Championship, and in 2009 she won the George H. Morris Excellence in Equitation Championship.
Continue reading …Cool, New Year-End Awards From APHA!
April 7, 2014 Comments Off on Cool, New Year-End Awards From APHA!
Youth and Amateur Rookies of the Year earn trophy buckles and custom Cowboy Bronze trophies painted in the likeness of their horses.
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…when they discovered something lying alongside the mammoth bones that gave them quite a shock. The mammoth’s neighbor was a horse
Continue reading …Mini-Microchips Introduced Overseas For Horse Identification
April 7, 2014 Comments Off on Mini-Microchips Introduced Overseas For Horse Identification
The techie trend toward tinier-than-tiny micro-anything has now hit the world of equine identification.
Continue reading …Graphic New TV Ad Calling For End of Horse Soring
April 7, 2014 Comments Off on Graphic New TV Ad Calling For End of Horse Soring
In an ongoing effort to urge Congress to pass legislation to protect Tennessee walking horses, The Humane Society of the United States has launched a new television advertisement calling out Sen. Lamar Alexander and Rep. Marsha Blackburn for introducing legislation that would allow the intentional soring of horses in the Big Lick segment of the Tennessee walking horse industry to continue.
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