Trainer Talk – Recovering From A Bad Go
February 13, 2024 Comments Off on Trainer Talk – Recovering From A Bad Go
We recently asked our readers: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 “𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐠𝐨?” Is there a piece of advice that always helps you move on? Megan Rechberg The best help for me after a bad go is planning how to fix what went wrong. You learn more from bad goes than from […]
Continue reading …NCHA Hall Of Fame Inductees Announced
February 13, 2024 Comments Off on NCHA Hall Of Fame Inductees Announced
From the National Cutting Horse Association: For the 2023 year, the following horses and riders are recognized for their achievements by inducting them into the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Hall of Fame. Three categories represent their lifetime earnings and accomplishments in the arena: Horse, Open Riders, and Non-Pro Riders. We congratulate the following inductees […]
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day – Happy 16th Birthday to Pour Me Sum Tequila
February 13, 2024 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day – Happy 16th Birthday to Pour Me Sum Tequila
We have another fabulous birthday to celebrate, this time to Pour Me Sum Tequila, who turned 16 at the past weekend’s Oregon Quarter Horse Association’s Sweetheart Classic in Eugene, Oregon! Thank you and congrats to owner Tarin Brascher! If you have a great photo of the day, please send it by email: Delores.Kuhlwein@EquineChronicle.com.
Continue reading …EC Blog – To All the Students We’ve Loved Before
February 13, 2024 Comments Off on EC Blog – To All the Students We’ve Loved Before
EC Blog by Cecily Clark and Matt Brown of East West Training Stables in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania To all the students we’ve loved before (past and present), There’s a lot we’ve worked on together over the years, and many lessons we hope you’ve learned as our students. Many technical, many philosophical, and many that […]
Continue reading …EC Transformation Tuesday – Rose Amala
February 13, 2024 Comments Off on EC Transformation Tuesday – Rose Amala
First up for today’s Transformation Tuesday is Rose Amala in 2016 with her first ride, “Jack.” Remember Rose and Jack from The Titanic movie? The second photo shows Rose with Pawn Star at the 2023 L1 West AQHA Championship with her family and her trainers, Mike and May Edwards. Thank you to Tamara […]
Continue reading …Around the Rings Photos and Results – 2024 KQHA Prairie Classic
February 12, 2024 Comments Off on Around the Rings Photos and Results – 2024 KQHA Prairie Classic
The Kansas Quarter Horse Association Prairie Classic, February 7-11, 2024, just wrapped up at State Fair Park in Oklahoma City. It’s one of the Top 10 AQHA Circuits in the U.S. The show’s judges were Dolly Chayer, Jimmy Daurio, Jessica Gilliam, T.W. Grose, Jake Hartman, Pete Kyle, Jonathan Meilleur, Judd Paul, and Jason Smith. Other highlights: Six […]
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By Jessica Hein, PHJ News Sixteen longstanding judges are recognized below for reaching milestone APHA Judge Tenure Awards in 2023. The APHA Judges Tenure Award honors longtime officials who have served APHA for decades as an approved APHA judge; specially designed tenure rings and pendants are available. “This award symbolizes the many hours each judge […]
Continue reading …Happy 30th Birthday to Caan And Company One
February 12, 2024 Comments Off on Happy 30th Birthday to Caan And Company One
This is “Caan And Company One” but lovingly known as Ace, who is turning 30 today, February 12th! “He was shown in the all-around for years before retiring to a therapeutic riding program and then eventually finding his forever home with Alexis Knoles,” explains Mallory Dehaes. “He still enjoys trail rides and playing in his […]
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From AQHA: The American Quarter Horse Youth Association has launched a new tool that will help families discover what programs best fit their needs and interests. The Find Your Program tool is a short and simple questionnaire that guides people to programs they are eligible for or could be interested in, depending on their answer to each […]
Continue reading …Crysta Brown: Fostering the Stock Horse Community in the UK and Ireland
February 11, 2024 Comments Off on Crysta Brown: Fostering the Stock Horse Community in the UK and Ireland
By Delores Kuhlwein Growing up in California, Crysta Brown was bitten by the horse bug at an early age. Like many who find their families can’t support their horse habit, she began cleaning stalls to pay for her lessons as a teen, and that eventually led to her first assistant trainer gig. “My mom was […]
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