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Youth Eligibility Extensions Create a COVID Conundrum

January 9, 2021 Comments Off

Following the cascade of show cancellations and upheaval due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some breed associations have opted to change their youth eligibility age requirements. The goal was to find a way to support members who had a significantly shortened year of eligibility, while balancing the needs of the membership as a whole.

Around the Rings – Fox Lea with G-man

January 7, 2021 Comments Off

Kendall LaVelle – EC Youth Profile

January 7, 2021 Comments Off

I had just started showing the western all-around events earlier this year and only started showing trail in June. I stayed up until midnight practicing the pattern the night before I showed. I was a little nervous before the class because I thought I would do bad. I started to feel confident about half-way through the pattern. When it was over, I was happy with my go.

The Best of Both Worlds – Multi-breed Competitors

January 5, 2021 Comments Off

The saying, “the best of both worlds,” implies a win-win situation. It means to be part of two aspects of life that are very different, yet quite the same, and to enjoy the best features of both. For horse owners, having the best of both worlds simply describes loving more than one horse breed and even the slightest differences each brings to the industry.

Around the Rings – Florida Gold Coast with G-man

January 4, 2021 Comments Off

Youth Profile – Rebecca Figueroa

January 3, 2021 Comments Off

Rebecca Figueroa is going into her sophomore year at SMU having navigated a truly unique freshman year. The excitement of making new friends, delving into college studies, and riding on the SMU Equestrian Team was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bob and Karen Johnson

January 1, 2021 Comments Off

Bob and Karen Johnson have enjoyed tremendous success in Ranch Riding over the past several years. For them, it’s a class that showcases everything a horse should be: pretty, balanced, broke, fluid and, most of all, happy. Between the two of them, they have shown in Roping, Cutting, Reining, Western Pleasure, and Halter, but Ranch Riding is their passion.

Around the Rings – Tom Powers Christmas Challenge with G-man

December 13, 2020 Comments Off

Double The Horses, Double the Fun – AZ Fall Championship Sees Unprecedented Growth

November 27, 2020 Comments Off

If you build it, they will come. Arizona Quarter Horse followed the call and doubled the size of its already popular AZ Fall Championship. In so doing, exhibitor dreams became reality.

AQHA Approves Six New Classes

November 25, 2020 Comments Off

Taking advantage of the global pandemic that put a halt to horse showing for a few months, the American Quarter Horse Association used that downtime to develop programming and rules for six new classes, five of them to be seen in most parts of the world.