AQHA Hires Director of International Activities
June 1, 2022 Comments Off on AQHA Hires Director of International Activities
AQHA The American Quarter Horse Association is pleased to announce that Jamie Hughes has been named director of international activities. Hughes will begin her new role on June 20. “As the largest equine breed registry in the world, AQHA does business in more than 130 countries, serving approximately 31,000 members and 440,000 registered American Quarter […]
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By Mark Andrews, Equine Science Update Experts have been warning for some time of the danger of ending up with no effective anthelmintics (dewormers). All the available classes of anthelmintic have shown declining efficacy as worms, particularly the cyathostomins (small redworms), become resistant. Moxidectin, a more recent addition to the arsenal is particularly useful for […]
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day – Let Us Always Meet Each Other With A Smile
June 1, 2022 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day – Let Us Always Meet Each Other With A Smile
“Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.” ~ Mother Teresa Lainey Knight’s 2019 APHA Mare Shocka Locka Lazy was a very willing participant during their recent photo shoot! Photo courtesy of Beth Hattan. Thank you to Marci Knight for the cute photo! If you have a great photo […]
Continue reading …Love Is In the Air for Equine Chronicle Fans
May 31, 2022 Comments Off on Love Is In the Air for Equine Chronicle Fans
Some of these faces belong to Equine Chronicle readers celebrating upcoming nuptials or those who have been recently married! Congratulations to these happy folks in the horse world from The Equine Chronicle!
Continue reading …Stalls Still Available for Tarheel Summer Classic, June 9-12 in Raleigh, North Carolina
May 31, 2022 Comments Off on Stalls Still Available for Tarheel Summer Classic, June 9-12 in Raleigh, North Carolina
Stalls are still available at the Tarheel Summer Classic, June 9-12, 2022 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Hosted by the North Carolina Quarter Horse Association, it’s a relaxed show with added money in nearly every class. With six complete shows in one, this event will have more than $10,000 in added money and prizes! Additionally, $4,000 […]
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day – For Those About to Rock
May 31, 2022 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day – For Those About to Rock
“Lillian Boughner and Radical Reputation took the win in their Western Horsemanship class. This was the biggest show and class she has ever been a part of at the All American Youth Horse Show, and she wore her favorite AC/DC shirt under her show clothes to give her luck!” Christine Tyner explains. “I think it […]
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Memorial Day is a day to honor those who died in active military service. Today we recognize and say thanks to those heroes by sharing some images from the inaugural NSBA Foundation Heroes On Horses event that was hosted at the 2022 Arizona Sun Circuit, which included a luncheon, a Parade of Heroes, and a Heroes on […]
Continue reading …2023 AQHA Leveling Point Ranges Now Available Online
May 30, 2022 Comments Off on 2023 AQHA Leveling Point Ranges Now Available Online
AQHA The 2023 AQHA leveling program point ranges are now available online. Exhibitors and horse owners can begin to determine their eligibility for the 2023 show season. View the 2023 leveling point ranges. Point ranges identify the levels that exhibitors and horses are eligible for when competing at AQHA shows. Owners and exhibitors can view […]
Continue reading …The EMO Celebration Ups the Ante With $1,000 Added To Most Classes In Vegas
May 30, 2022 Comments Off on The EMO Celebration Ups the Ante With $1,000 Added To Most Classes In Vegas
EMO Celebration The EMO Celebration has made winning in Las Vegas a little more fun….and lucrative this summer from June 30 through July 10. Circuit Champions in most classes will be awarded $500, with reserve champions receiving $300 and third place finishers in circuit standings will win $200. The six judge show offers AQHA and […]
Continue reading …The Role of the Hind Gut in Laminitis
May 30, 2022 Comments Off on The Role of the Hind Gut in Laminitis
Eleanor M. Kellon, VMD, for ECIR Group, Inc. A lot of attention has been directed to bacterial endotoxins, MMP enzyme activators, and fructan or starch fermentation as factors in laminitis, but how much are they really involved? With laminitis, it is usually hormones, not the hind gut. In the “horse broke into the feed bin” scenario, […]
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