“I’ve been doing this a long time, and this is my first Congress Championship. I’m pretty excited.”
Continue reading …“He is a 17.2 hand horse, so those are kind of speed bumps for him,” she says. “It was really nice to see him jump up real hard. He came back and went around the ring really solid in the flat portion.”
Continue reading …Ashley was a bright and beautiful star with a sparkling smile and positive attitude. In addition to being one of the friendliest exhibitors on the show circuit, she was a fierce competitor.
Continue reading …UPDATE: Just moments ago, the battle of the brothers concluded with Gene Parker taking the title of Congress Grand Champion Stallion with Lisa and Donnie King’s Secret Gunfighter. The Reserve Grand Champion was Ross Roark with Acool Rockstar.
Continue reading …“He’s beautiful and pretty-headed,” Castle says. “He’s got a lot of stuff to him. He’s a really nice colt. He reminds me of Ima Cool Skip, when he was a baby”
Continue reading …“Our pastor always tells us to dream big, so we’ve been praying pretty big for top five or winning,” she says. “It was pretty fun.”
Continue reading …Given that the Weakly/Staton/Roark trio has done so well today, winning two Congress Champion titles, we wondered how they decided which horse would be shown in the Grand and Reserve class and by whom. Fortunately, this was a scenario they had discussed and planned for ahead of time.
Continue reading …The halter classes are quickly flying by this morning as the Grand and Reserve Mares class soon approaches. Two more contenders for the ultimate halter title were recently crowned: Jason Smith with HR Cool Secretdesign in Two-Year-Old Mares and Ted Turner with Dream Big Dreams in Yearling Mares.
Continue reading …NCEA press release by: Cory Burkarth Waco, Texas – The National Collegiate Equestrian Association on Friday announced its September Riders of the Month, recognizing outstanding performances from the first month of the 2013-14 collegiate equestrian season. South Carolina’s Katherine Schmidt was named the September Equitation Over Fences Rider of the Month. She has competed in […]
Continue reading …Information courtesy of NSBA Judges who hold NSBA judge’s card will have the opportunity to recertify and take the Category 1 testing with NSBA on two dates over the next few months. The first opportunity will be on December 7, 2013, at the Westin Hotel DFW Airport. The certification is being held in conjunction with […]
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