Now in his 80s, D. Wayne Lukas gave this advice: “Lose your fear of losing and recognize that the losing gives you an opportunity to educate, where winning helps you to build confidence.”
Continue reading …Zips Chocolate Chip was a leading sire of award-winning western pleasure horses. The 1985 bay stallion was by Zippo Pine Bar and out of the Custus Jaguar mare Fancy Blue Chip. After a short career in the show ring, earning $18,000 in western pleasure futurities, Zips Chocolate Chip moved to the breeding barn. He was a sire of AQHA and National Snaffle Bit Association champions. He was a model for a Breyer horse. After his breeding career was over, he retired to owner-breeder Ann Myers’ farm. He was euthanized in 2015 due to complications of old age.
Continue reading …Small towns as they are, I met up with other AQHA members heading to San Antonio. Bill Enk and Tracey Hatakeyama were on my same flight (not surprising as it was probably one of the few connecting to San Antonio).
Continue reading …Also in the report, 2016-17 AQHA President Sandy Arledge explains the priorities she focused on in 2016. Those objectives included to continue the efforts made on behalf of animal welfare by AQHA Past President Dr. Glenn Blodgett; to focus on three interrelated areas of importance: communication, education and refining perception; and to reinvigorate the state, provincial and international affiliate programs.
Continue reading …“We thank Justin Boots for sponsoring these awards!” says Kathy Avolt. “We’re working on having a representative at the show so you can size, make some selections, and more!”
Continue reading …Whether it was the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day holiday or a stretch of good weather, the IQHA Shamrock Shuffle delivered big time with a huge increase in entries in Cloverdale, IN. Last year, the show had 3,054 AQHA entries with four judges. This year, there was a total of 7,205 entries with five judges. That’s 5,500 AQHA entries.
Continue reading …The schedule and Judges’ List for the 2017 NSBA World Show and Show Your Colors is now online. The event will take place August 12-20 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Judges for the show will be Rick Baker, Brenden Brown, Rick Christy, John Dean, Melissa Dukes, Jerry Erickson, Eric Hubbard, Brent Maxwell, Rob Meneely Eric Petersen, Nancy Renfro, […]
Continue reading …EquineChronicle.com had the opportunity to write a very special story about Abi Tuiasosopo and Lexus Made Lady following their wins at the Quarter Horse Congress while Abi was facing a cancer diagnosis.
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Continue reading …“For years I have been listening to horsemen lament the fact that some very good horses are not ready for the extreme physical and mental stress that can come with three-year-old reining competition,” says Amanda Brumley of Brumley Management Group, LLC., creator of the Wild Card Reining Challenge. “Horsemen say that some horses are not ready for it. They need a little extra time; some slower preparation. Talk about a Four-Year-Old Futurity has been floating around here for a lot of years. I think it’s an idea whose time had come.”
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