Coaching is a profession of love. You can’t coach people unless you love them. ~ Eddie Robinson Trainer Brent Harnish speaks to his student, who also happens to be his sister-in-law, Joan Ames, before her class with He Only Sends Roses at the 2022 Pinto World Championship Show. Photo credit: Julie Harnish If you […]
Continue reading …For the last ten days in April, the bluest skies and brightest futures were seen by some of the industry’s finest hopefuls at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida, for the second annual A Sudden Impulse NSBA and AQHA Futurity. This event was managed by An Equine Production and sanctioned by the National Snaffle Bit Association with over $400,000 in total money and prizes with a show bill that consisted of 160 classes in 16 different divisions that also featured two American Quarter Horse Association World Qualifying Shows.
Continue reading …APHA World Championship Show July 6, 2022 In the first class of the day in the John Justin Arena at the 2022 APHA World Championship Show, Lisa Ligon won a World Championship in Green Trail with Made Best Bet Yet, owned by Ronda Sullivan. “Grayson is my pet – my absolute favorite,” she says. They […]
Continue reading …“Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life forever.”– Amy Poehler Thank you to Julie Holland for this fabulous photo of Mackenzie Mullen & Addison Holland (show teammates from Coyote Ridge Stables, Claremore Oklahoma) winning Champion & Reserve Champion in Western […]
Continue reading …In the weeks leading up to the AQHA Youth World Show, preparations are in full force as youth make the trek towards Oklahoma City. But first, most will make a stop at their trainer’s farm for boot camp. It’s not your typical boot camp, though. Outsiders might see it as a day of playing with horses all day.
Continue reading …Thank you to Kristin Spinning for the wonderful candid photos from The EMO Celebration, happening June 30 – July 10, 2022 at South Point Equestrian Center, Las Vegas, Nevada. The six judge EMO Celebration offers AQHA open, amateur, select, youth and novice (level 1), NSBA Futurity classes plus cattle, ranch and reining classes with no qualifying. Ranch, […]
Continue reading …Huntin For Candy was looking very patriotic at the Big A this week! Thank you to Cheyenne Augsburger of Pinetree Quarter Horses for this fabulous photo! If you have a great photo of the day, please email Delores.Kuhlwein@EquineChronicle.com.
Continue reading …2022 APHA World Championship Show July 5, 2022 Exhibitors were busy at the APHA World Show today in Fort Worth, starting out with Halter, then alternating Longe Line and Western Pleasure, followed by Western Riding in the John Justin Arena. The Will Rogers Coliseum hosted Ranch Riding, Ranch Riding Sweepstakes Ranch Pleasure, and Ranch Rail […]
Continue reading …The 2022 Georgia Quarter Horse Association’s Stars N Stripes Show just wrapped up in Conyers, Georgia, at Georgia International Horse Park, followed by The Big A! Stars and Stripes offered circuit awards in all classes and Champion and Reserve High Point Awards, and judges were: John Briggs, Kendra Weis, Michelle Tidwel, Jodi Finkenbinder, Lisa Moden, GiGi Bailey, […]
Continue reading …The posting trot is an integral part of any English riding discipline from Hunter/Jumper to Equitation to Hunter Under Saddle. When it’s done well, the posting trot looks fluid and easy as the riders’ graceful movement complements the long, floating strides beneath them.
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