“An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear.” ― E.A. Bucchianeri. Thanks to Tyler Haney for being a good sport at The Championship Show 2024! It’s the perfect horse show […]
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day – Happy Tenth Anniversary to Horse Show Tracker!
October 6, 2024 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day – Happy Tenth Anniversary to Horse Show Tracker!
The 2024 All American Quarter Horse Congress also marks the tenth anniversary of Horse Show Tracker, and now we almost can’t imagine our show world without it. Happy Anniversary and thank you for your inventiveness and dedication. Pictured are Kathy and the late Ray Trask, founders of the program. We published an article about their […]
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Being in the presence of horses has always given supermodel Kate Upton a sense of peace and fueled her passion.
Continue reading …More Than Just A Clinic – A Turning Point
October 6, 2024 Comments Off on More Than Just A Clinic – A Turning Point
At a recent Ranch clinic in Montana, learning was off the charts, and a vision of an initiative was developed that may alter the industry. By Delores Kuhlwein Do you remember the moment your life was changed forever by horses? Was it when you first felt an unparalleled freedom in the saddle? Or was it […]
Continue reading …A Three Peat for Keith Ceddia and Xtra Dun Step in Congress Open Freestyle Reining
October 6, 2024 Comments Off on A Three Peat for Keith Ceddia and Xtra Dun Step in Congress Open Freestyle Reining
By Sarah Welk Baynum The Freestyle Reining Class is a night many at Congress look forward to—and for good reason. Keith Ceddia and Xtra Dun Step are no strangers to winning the Championship title at Congress in the Open Freestyle Reining. In fact, this is now the third consecutive year they’ve won it, despite the […]
Continue reading …Madison Rafacz Clinches Congress & Reserve Ranch Riding Championships in Class of 84
October 5, 2024 Comments Off on Madison Rafacz Clinches Congress & Reserve Ranch Riding Championships in Class of 84
Madison Rafacz Takes Congress Championship with WhizenBoonSmal and Reserve Championship with Got Twisted In Vegas in the Youth 14-18 Ranch Riding By Sarah Welk Baynum Madison Rafacz is no stranger to the Championship title—or taking both Champion and Reserve Champion in the same class. And Friday at the 2024 All American Quarter Horse Congress, she […]
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day – Always Remember to Thank Your Horse!
October 5, 2024 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day – Always Remember to Thank Your Horse!
This wonderful team is Maddie Thiel and Nacho Businezz, right after winning a Reserve Congress Championship in the L3 All Star Non Pro Reining Futurity and earning Top 5 in the L4! Thank you to EC Writer Sarah Welk Baynum for the awesome photo from the All American Quarter Horse Congress! If you have a great […]
Continue reading …Tianna Cooper and SDP Got Fancy Genes Take First Congress Win in Amateur Ranch Trail
October 5, 2024 Comments Off on Tianna Cooper and SDP Got Fancy Genes Take First Congress Win in Amateur Ranch Trail
By Sarah Welk Baynum Tianna Cooper rode SDP Got Fancy Genes, a former broodmare known around the barn as “Fancy,” to victory in the Congress Amateur Ranch Trail class Thursday at the 2024 All American Quarter Horse Congress. While Tianna rides in all the Ranch classes, Trail is the one they have excelled in the […]
Continue reading …Congratulations on a New Partnership: Morgan Miller and Diime Piece
October 4, 2024 Comments Off on Congratulations on a New Partnership: Morgan Miller and Diime Piece
By Delores Kuhlwein Congratulations to Amateur Morgan Miller, the new owner of three-year-old western pleasure horse Diime Piece! The 2021 AQHA black mare by Machine Made and out of Shez Slippin Around, raised by Bret and Candy Parrish, just made a big statement in her maiden career in August as the NSBA World Champion in […]
Continue reading …David Renier Wins His First Congress Championship with Cowpuncher Cadillac in Select Ranch Trail
October 4, 2024 Comments Off on David Renier Wins His First Congress Championship with Cowpuncher Cadillac in Select Ranch Trail
By Sarah Welk Baynum Happy tears were shed after the announcement of the first-place win in the Amateur Select Ranch Trail Class, marking David Renier’s first Congress Championship. Cowpuncher Cadillac, or “Blue” is a 6-year-old horse Renier has co-owned with Jimmy Daurio for the last few years. Renier was draw 6 in a large class, […]
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