Per APHA, there will be no qualifying required for the 2014 AjPHA Youth World Championship Show that is scheduled for June 28-July 5th. However, qualifying will be required for the Open/Amateur World Championship Show November 5-15. The qualification period will be August 1, 2013-July 31, 2014.
Continue reading …Gumz Farms offers for your consideration outstanding two year olds sired by some of the nation’s top stallions. All two year olds have been started under saddle. The photos below are from the summer of 2013. Visit the Gumz Farms website for more details and videos.
Continue reading …Over the past ten years or so, Hylton has watched as the horse industry has evolved into a place where more emphasis is put on rewarding maiden horses in western pleasure competition, in addition to younger futurity prospects. This shift away from a sole focus on preparing 2-year-olds for the show pen is a direction that Hylton is proud to have been a part of.
Continue reading …One additional agenda item was addressed. The policy from last year that gives regional clubs the opportunity to conduct shows with a double-pointed judge is now extended only until the end of the World Show qualifying period that ends August 31, 2014. The board will be discussing at the March meeting whether the program should be adjusted, renewed or eliminated.
Continue reading …If you think dressage is just for English riders, think again!
Continue reading …Are you ready for the 2014 Arizona Sun Country Circuit? The show is quickly approaching January 25-February 2nd at Westworld in Scottsdale. In addition to top quality competition, there is a full line-up of fun social events.
Continue reading …Other Quarter Horse and Paint pleasure horse prospects and broodmares sired by Lazy Loper, Zippos Mr Good Bar, Absolute Investment, Allocate Your Assets, Crashed The Party, Its A Zippo Good Bar, Krymsun N Gold, Radical Rodder, Scotch Bar Time, Slightly Zipped, The Ebony Jet, and mares bred to Batt Man, A Dream Remembered, HH Red Rock, Gotta Get Tuff, and Its Oh So Good.
Continue reading …Horses: Colonels Smokingun, Dixie’s War Drum, Indian Music, Sky Bar, Sky Top Bar
People: Ray Graves, Walter Merrick, Ed Roberts, Virdin Royse, Wanda Williams
With more than 25 years of experience in APHA as a judge, trainer, breeder and promoter, Mike will bring a valuable mix of leadership, horse sense and business savvy to the Executive Committee. His appointment will be voted on by the Board of Directors during the 2014 APHA Convention, February 21–24 in Irving, Texas.
Continue reading …Thanks to Excel Associates Show Management, we now have complete results from the 2014 Ski Country Circuit that recently took place in Loveland, Colorado before the start of the National Western Livestock Show- APHA portion in Denver. Look for more photos coming soon courtesy of Caryn Hill Photography. Results
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