Who Holds The Key: The Sire Or The Dam?
January 3, 2024 Comments Off on Who Holds The Key: The Sire Or The Dam?
It’s the age-old debate that’s perhaps even more complex and controversial than ‘which came first- the chicken or the egg?’ And that is…
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With 87 combined years of experience in the horse industry, Mike and May Edwards are no strangers to success. Mike won his first World title in 1979 in Working Cow Horse while he was riding with Bob Avila. Just four years later, then working on his own, one of Mike’s clients became his first World Champion Youth rider; she won the Hunt Seat Equitation and earned Reserve in Horsemanship.
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Click here to read the complete article 619 – September/October, 2023 By Rachel Kooiker Vision boards. Color swatches. Custom dye jobs. Every designer and top exhibitor knows that it takes creative vision and planning to create showstopping looks. But what should be underneath it all? If you have invested in your show look but overlooked […]
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Stephanie Smith entered the rarified air of World Champions with her 2022 AQHA World Champion title in Amateur Working Hunter Under Saddle. Riding her horse, One Al Of An Amen, Smith earned the title over a large, talented field. She recalls, “My most memorable moment in my show career was being the final person standing in the ring at the World Show. It is hard to describe the feeling when they call your name last and you get to ride your victory lap.”
Continue reading …From The Publisher – We Keep Coming Back For More
December 30, 2023 Comments Off on From The Publisher – We Keep Coming Back For More
By the time you read this commentary, we’ll have entered the new year and the new season of shows will be in full swing. Whether you’re showing outside in areas with a warmer climate or indoors where the snow is flying, my guess is you are happy to be where your horse is while competing amongst those who love horses as much as you do.
Continue reading …The Bookers: Focus On Foundation And Family
December 29, 2023 Comments Off on The Bookers: Focus On Foundation And Family
Click here to read the complete article 588 – September/October, 2023 By Brittany Vermeer A peaceful patch of land in Greensboro, North Carolina, is the setting for Michael Booker Quarter Horses, a small but successful business with a focus on foundation Halter horses. “My family members were farmers, and my grandfather bought me my first […]
Continue reading …A Solid Foundation – Principles Of Western Dressage
December 28, 2023 Comments Off on A Solid Foundation – Principles Of Western Dressage
Lynn Palm is a legend in the equestrian world. With a successful career spanning five decades, this dedicated professional horsewoman has helped transform the world of horse training from one of dominance and fear to a more humane approach based on training principles rooted in classical Dressage. Stressing the importance of basic fundamentals of balance, harmony and lightness of communication and fluidity of movement, the principles Palm shares have helped thousands of riders develop their skills while ensuring that their horses are willing, happy partners.
Continue reading …On The Cover – Allocate Your Assets
December 28, 2023 Comments Off on On The Cover – Allocate Your Assets
Kind. Wonderful. Loving. True gentleman. Presence. Natural. Giving. Gentle giant. The King. Wow Factor.
The words used by Kathy Tobin and Jim and Deanna Searles to describe the late, legendary Allocate Your Assets, fondly known as “Al,” comprise a mere fraction of the reasons he also became known as “The Great One” in his 23 years on earth.
Red River Equine – A Premier Breeding Facility Opens In The Heart Of Oklahoma
December 27, 2023 Comments Off on Red River Equine – A Premier Breeding Facility Opens In The Heart Of Oklahoma
Nestled along the banks of the majestic Red River in Thackerville, Oklahoma, sits a 744-acre property that is destined to become a premier breeding, sale, and rehabilitation facility in the heart of horse country.
Continue reading …The Ins And Outs Of Congress Stall Fronts
December 26, 2023 Comments Off on The Ins And Outs Of Congress Stall Fronts
A lot has changed from the drab fabric drapes that once hung around exhibitor’s tack stalls at the All-American Quarter Horse Congress in the show’s earlier years. It’s common now to walk the aisles of the Gilligan Barn and see stunningly simple to ornate stall fronts that look like houses, cabins, saloons, storefronts, stadiums and even mini-replicas of the trainers’ and breeders’ real barns.
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