“I didn’t expect that many to come back [to the jump-off],” Myers says. “Usually, it’s only three or four, so it was definitely scary. It got us going, and we tried to get a really good time on the first one. Sylvester is really good at turning, so we tried to make as tight of turns as we could.”

Horses weren’t the only animals receiving applause during last night’s competitive Western Pleasure finals at the 2013 AQHYA World Show. A baby bat decided to make an appearance as well. The tiny creature took a few laps of his own around the arena before swooping down to visit the exhibitors, check out the judges, and […]

“Gordon Downey deserves a lot of credit for the gold idea,” she says. “He has always referred to Buttercup as ‘the golden goddess of western pleasure,’ and I guess that’s how it all started!”

After five very tough cuts, two semifinals, and a final cut to narrow the field to the top 15, the Youth Western Pleasure finalists at the 2013 AQHYA World Show have been named. The Western Pleasure finals will take place bright and early Thursday morning with judges Kim Myers, Jennifer Lynn, Matt Howell, Scott Neuman, […]

After a very long day of Youth Showmanship preliminaries and semi-finals at the 2013 AQHYA World Show, the top 15 finalists have been named. Judging the finals Tuesday afternoon will be Holly Hover, Charlene Carter, Jan Hoskin-Hay, John Pipkin, and Tim Finkenbinder. Narrowing the field of 176 tough competitors surely wasn’t an easy task for […]

The theme for the 2013 AQHYA World Show encourages youth competitors to celebrate individuals who have persevered in the face of extreme adversity, those who leap over incredible obstacles in a single bound. Team Australia’s stall banner probably says it best with a quote from former Superman and equestrian, Christopher Reeve.

We would like to wish a very Happy Birthday to two of our favorite youth exhibitors who are currently competing at the 2013 AQHYA World Show. Kaylee Hamm celebrated her birthday today by achieving a Reserve World Champion finish in 3-Year-Old Mares with Best To Be Me. Over in the trail pen, Clay McDowall scored […]

Just as her mother, Dawn Falcon Causey, did nearly fifteen years ago, 12-year-old Taylor Jo Snow led a beautiful mare to her first World Championship win. Not only do Snow and Causey share the same lineage, the horses they won their first World Championship titles on are mother and daughter as well.