Merial Champions’ Summit Provides Unique Venue For Horse Trainer Collaboration
May 29, 2014 Comments Off on Merial Champions’ Summit Provides Unique Venue For Horse Trainer Collaboration
“Horse trainers have little time to step back, take a breath and really analyze their business and collaborate with their peers. By bringing a variety of trainers together with financial planning, law, insurance, and equine health care professionals, we can create synergy that ultimately is good for the equine community, including the trainers, their clients and the horses in their care.”
Continue reading …What Does a $10 Million Sire Look Like?
May 29, 2014 Comments Off on What Does a $10 Million Sire Look Like?
No stranger to setting new records Topsail Whiz officially became the National Reining Horse Association’s (NRHA) first Ten Million Dollar Sire. The late Topsail Whiz soared to uncharted territory when he became NRHA’s first Six Million Dollar Sire in 2009 and continued to surpass others by achieving the first Seven Million Dollar Sire status in 2010, Eight Million Dollar Sire status in 2011, and Nine Million Dollar Sire status in 2012.
Continue reading …APHA/AQHA Sire, He’s Suddenly Famous, Dies in Tragic Trailer Accident
May 29, 2014 Comments Off on APHA/AQHA Sire, He’s Suddenly Famous, Dies in Tragic Trailer Accident
“Famous will be missed by all individuals who were associated with him and owned and showed his offspring,” Rebecca Maurer says.
Continue reading …$12,000 in Added Money For 2014 Mid Summer Fling- June 14-17
May 29, 2014 Comments Off on $12,000 in Added Money For 2014 Mid Summer Fling- June 14-17
$2,500 NSBA Jr. Green Trail, $2,500 NSBA Sr. Green Trail, $1,000 NSBA 3-Year-Old Western Pleasure, $1,000 NSBA 3-Year-Old Limited Open Western Pleasure, $1,000 NSBA All-Age Non Pro Western Pleasure, $1,000 NSBA 3-Year-Old Novice Horse Western Pleasure, $500 NSBA All-Age Non Pro Hunter Under Saddle, $500 NSBA 3 and 4-Year-Old Open Hunter Under Saddle, $1,000 NSBA Non Pro Trail, $1,000 NSBA Sr. Trail
Continue reading …2014 District IV Little River Circuit Photos and Results
May 29, 2014 Comments Off on 2014 District IV Little River Circuit Photos and Results
The North Carolina Quarter Horse Association’s District IV Little River Circuit took place May 23-25 in Camden, SC. Judges for the show were Will Knabenshue, Brad Jewett, Jennifer Leckey, and Clark Scoggin. Scroll below to view around the ring photos from the Team Tournament competition and entertaining”Showmanship Drag Contest” that took place on Friday evening… Click […]
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“Many cases of headshaking are seasonal which could suggest an allergic disorder similar to human hay fever, but it’s clear that it’s a neurologic disease rather than an allergy,” he said.
Continue reading …Candid Photo Booth at Western Regional Zone 2 and Utah POR With Don Trout
May 28, 2014 Comments Off on Candid Photo Booth at Western Regional Zone 2 and Utah POR With Don Trout
What happens at the photo booth in Utah doesn’t stay in Utah… Special thanks to official show photographer, Don Trout, for sharing some of his blooper candids from behind the scenes at the Western Regional Zone 2 and Utah Paint-O-Rama over Memorial Day weekend. We’ve got shots of competitors hamming it up for the camera, […]
Continue reading …High Seller in PHS May Online Auction Goes For $30,100
May 28, 2014 Comments Off on High Seller in PHS May Online Auction Goes For $30,100
“This sale set several new records for the online auctions we have done since December 2012. Our new high seller brought $30,100. We registered 276 bidders and had 71,855 page views for the online catalog by the end of bidding.”
Continue reading …Vesicular Stomatitis Detected in Five Horses in SW Texas
May 28, 2014 Comments Off on Vesicular Stomatitis Detected in Five Horses in SW Texas
VS can cause blisters and sores in the mouth and on the tongue, muzzle, teats or hooves of horses, cattle, swine, sheep, goats, llamas and a number of other animals.
Continue reading …2014 WSQHA Trophy Circuit- Largest Show in Eight Years
May 28, 2014 Comments Off on 2014 WSQHA Trophy Circuit- Largest Show in Eight Years
According to WSQHA representative, Linsey O’Donnell, the show topped out at just over 600 entries, which made for a 10% increase over the previous year. As a result, this was the largest WSQHA circuit held in the past eight years.
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