2024 AQHA West Level 1 Championships
May 21, 2024 Comments Off on 2024 AQHA West Level 1 Championships
From AQHA: The 2024 AQHA West Level 1 Championships concluded May 18, with five days of competition at the South Point Arena in Las Vegas, that saw 3,200 entries, 535 exhibitors and 554 horses. It was the largest West Level 1 in history. Below are the all-around and high-point awards given out at the end of the show. Congratulations to everyone […]
Continue reading …APHA Past President Jay Simons dies at 101
May 21, 2024 Comments Off on APHA Past President Jay Simons dies at 101
By Jessica Hein, PHJ News: Lifelong Paint Horse supporter and APHA Past President J. Jay Simons of Weston, Florida, died May 19, 2024. He was 101. Jay and wife Nancy entered the Paint Horse business in 1966 with the purchase of J Bar Desperado, an early-day APHA Champion. The Simons’ children—Andrea, Joe and Daniel—showed mounts […]
Continue reading …Dates Announced for Pinnacle Circuit and AQHA L1 Championship West
May 21, 2024 Comments Off on Dates Announced for Pinnacle Circuit and AQHA L1 Championship West
From AzQHA: It’s Official! The Pinnacle Circuit and AQHA L1 Championship West shows are back at South Point in Las Vegas for 2025 with TWO extra days on the schedule. Join us May 14-24, 2025. Move-in will be Tuesday, May 13. The Pinnacle Circuit will be held May 14-18. The AQHA L1 Championship will run […]
Continue reading …Around the Rings – 2024 AQHA West L1 Championship Show – Saturday, May 18
May 20, 2024 Comments Off on Around the Rings – 2024 AQHA West L1 Championship Show – Saturday, May 18
On the last day of the 2024 AQHA West L1 Championship Show, Showmanship and Trail were the names of the game, and in the first showmanship class, Johanne Fenwick, who rides with John and Jill Briggs, took the gold with Chicks Dig Chocolate, aka “Vegas,” suitably! Johanne says she’s been doing showmanship for the past […]
Continue reading …Around the Rings – 2024 AQHA West L1 Championship Show – Friday, May 17
May 18, 2024 Comments Off on Around the Rings – 2024 AQHA West L1 Championship Show – Friday, May 17
In the first trail class of the day in the Main Arena at Friday’s 2024 AQHA West L1 Championship Show, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Montez and BetterLazyThanCrazy were crowned Champions of the L1 Youth Walk Trot Trail. Lizzie says she was nervous at first, but then she “just kind of rode like it was regular practice in […]
Continue reading …Around the Rings – 2024 AQHA West L1 Championship Show – Thursday, May 16
May 17, 2024 Comments Off on Around the Rings – 2024 AQHA West L1 Championship Show – Thursday, May 16
On Thursday at the 2024 AQHA West L1 Championship Show, Brooklyn Baker won a class of 27 Youth Walk Trotters, after two splits and a final. What is it like for Brooklyn, who has both parents, Cole and Liz Baker, as trainers? She tells us in this EC TV interview: L1 Youth Walk Trot […]
Continue reading …Around the Rings – 2024 AQHA West L1 Championship Show – Wednesday, May 15
May 16, 2024 Comments Off on Around the Rings – 2024 AQHA West L1 Championship Show – Wednesday, May 15
In the Preifert Arena at South Point Equestrian Center in Las Vegas, Makaley Jannah and A Classy Chex won top honors in the L1 Youth 13 & Under Hunt Seat Equitation at the 2024 AQHA West L1 Championship Show! Makaley has had “Ella” almost a year, and her favorite classes Western Riding and Horsemanship, and Equitation […]
Continue reading …Around the Rings – 2024 AQHA West L1 Championship Show
May 16, 2024 Comments Off on Around the Rings – 2024 AQHA West L1 Championship Show
See our candid around the rings pictures from the 2024 AQHA West L1 Championships (click on individual photos to enlarge)!
Continue reading …Around the Rings – 2024 AQHA West L1 Championship Show – Tuesday, May 14
May 15, 2024 Comments Off on Around the Rings – 2024 AQHA West L1 Championship Show – Tuesday, May 14
In the first class of the day at the 2024 AQHA West Level 1 Championship Show, a big L1 Amateur Performance Gelding class of 32 started the day in the main arena. When the final horse came forward for an award, Caitlyn Malyk and Willy Southern were crowned champions. The team hails from Alberta, […]
Continue reading …Whitney Barrs and Bleu Ivy Crowned Unanimous Champions at AQHA L1 West
May 15, 2024 Comments Off on Whitney Barrs and Bleu Ivy Crowned Unanimous Champions at AQHA L1 West
On the first day of the AQHA West L1 Championship Show, Whitney Barrs and Bleu Ivy were unanimous champions in the L1 Amateur Performance Mares – a class of 15! Watch our EC TV interview with Whitney and “Amanda,” a mare who is named for trainer Amanda Ringer! Featured, And The Winner Is Click here […]
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