By Jessica Hein, PHJ News You’ve invested a lot into your horse obsession … let it pay off two-fold at the APHA World Championship Show! We’re awarding more than $100,000 in scholarships at this year’s show—up to four in EVERY Youth world championship class—in addition to world championship titles and great prizes. The Top Three […]
Continue reading …By Delores Kuhlwein As the AQHA industry is celebrating the release of the list of the Top 10 AQHA Shows, the AQHA affiliates in Ohio are doing a little happy dance of their own. Four of the 10 shows listed are shows in Ohio, including #1 – the All American Quarter Horse Congress; #5 – […]
Continue reading …By Jessica Hein, PHJ News Are you a maze master? Can you and your Paint navigate a sea of poles effortlessly at any gait, along with bridges, gates, serpentines and more? Put your skills to work at the 2023 APHA World Show and earn a piece of $12,000 added to four Open and Non-Pro trail […]
Continue reading …By Jessica Hein, PHJ News The following rule change proposals, which were passed by APHA elected state directors, will go into effect April 1, 2023. The modifications include a new provision (in addition to existing RG-070.E rules) that provides Regular Registry status to a horse with one APHA parent that also has at least one […]
Continue reading …IEA Columbus, OH – March 23, 2023 For 21 years, the Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA) has provided opportunities for tens of thousands of youth equestrians to be able to compete at local, regional and national levels without the expense of owning a horse. On April 27 – April 30, 2023, nearly 600 of the top […]
Continue reading …Happy 21st Birthday to I Have The Crown, aka “Glenn!” He celebrated his 21st birthday this past weekend, and his owner, Natalie Lewis-Lustila, says he neither looks like it or acts like it! “He is still successfully showing on the AQHA circuit in the Amateur Hunter Under Saddle, Equitation, and Showmanship and loves every minute of […]
Continue reading …This past Thursday, March 16, 2023, we posted the above photo and we asked readers: Hint – this rider is currently training with Highpoint Performance Horses. Who is she, and what horse is this? Bonus: This horse also won at Youth World in 1993. Answer: Lindsay Gunderlock Smaltz won the Youth World twice in […]
Continue reading …On March 11th at the 2023 Scottsdale Arizona Sun Circuit, Anne Kennedy and Imma American Made competed in their final Horsemanship class of the show, and it was the L1 Amateur Select Horsemanship. They went all out in their pattern today and ended up not only winning the class, but the circuit for L1 Amateur Select […]
Continue reading …Friday, March 10, 2023 Friday morning in the 11 & Under Showmanship, Hannah Pipkin and Jimmie Buffet were overall class winners! They’ve had a great show so far in just under a day and a half. Watch what Hannah Kate, who rides with Maestas Show Horses, has to say about Jimmie in our EC TV […]
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