EC Photo of the Day – The Best Way to Take Senior Pictures
December 11, 2023 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day – The Best Way to Take Senior Pictures
This is Sarah Ford, AQHYA member, with Thats My Bae, aka “Louie.” Sara shows Louie in ranch classes, and this is from her senior photo shoot! She’s currently a Senior at Alrus Public School in Altus, OK. Thank you to Chrissy Alcorn for sending this one in! There’s nothing like taking your senior photos with your […]
Continue reading …The Perfect Horse: All Around Horse “Passing Good” Enhances Lives In His Retirement
December 10, 2023 Comments Off on The Perfect Horse: All Around Horse “Passing Good” Enhances Lives In His Retirement
By Delores Kuhlwein What do you do if you’re a retired Congress and World Show all around horse? In Passing Good’s case, you become a therapy horse, and in “Rusty’s” example, the perfect one. The 17-year-old Quarter Horse has become a barn favorite at The Stoneybrook Foundation in Acme, Pennsylvania (along the PA turnpike, right […]
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day – Anything Is Possible
December 10, 2023 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day – Anything Is Possible
“Be strong, be fearless, be beautiful. And believe that anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you.” – Misty Copeland. “Here’s to all the dads who support their kids’ passion for horses!” says Stacee Watson Lukachek. This is Josie Lukachek with her dad, Nick, and her horse, Skeeter, in Whitehouse, Ohio. “My […]
Continue reading …Around the Rings – 2023 Cloverdale Winter Circuit
December 9, 2023 Comments Off on Around the Rings – 2023 Cloverdale Winter Circuit
The 2023 Winter Circuit just wrapped up at C Bar C Expo Center, in Cloverdale, Indiana, an IQHA-AQHA-NSBA Approved show! It ran from Wednesday, November 29 to Sunday, December 3, 2023, and judges were: 1st S/C – Pete McAlister, Clint Fullerton, Manita DeFoor 2nd S/C – Jill Newcomb, Murray Griggs The show also offered $500 cash […]
Continue reading …Florida Gold & Gulf Coast Patterns Posted
December 9, 2023 Comments Off on Florida Gold & Gulf Coast Patterns Posted
From An Equine Production: Florida Gold Coast Quarter Horse Circuit and Florida Gulf Coast Quarter Horse Circuit – your patterns are now posted. Practice to your heart’s content. Proud to give you fresh, new & different patterns. You can access them off the show pages off www.AnEquineProduction.com Link to Gold Coast page: Florida […]
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day – Frodsham Farm Knows How To Party
December 9, 2023 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day – Frodsham Farm Knows How To Party
Frodsham Farm knows how to party, with The Equine Chronicle magazines and calendars! Even their horses got in on the EC appreciation. Thank you to Judy Bonham for sharing this fun photo with us from the Frodsham Farm Christmas party, and Merry Christmas! If you have a great photo of the day, please send it […]
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day – Chase Your Dreams
December 8, 2023 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day – Chase Your Dreams
“Every Morning You Have Two Choices: Continue To Sleep With Your Dreams, Or Wake Up and Chase Them.” ~ Carmelo Anthony. This is 8-year-old Nevada Turner riding DT Harlan Doll, aka “Dolly.” “This team recently qualified for AQHA VRH World!” explains her mom, Ashley Turner. Thank you to Ashley for this wonderful photo! If you have […]
Continue reading …AQHA Racing Transitions to Microchip Identification
December 7, 2023 Comments Off on AQHA Racing Transitions to Microchip Identification
From AQHA: The American Quarter Horse Association will begin the transition to microchips in place of lip tattoos to identify racing American Quarter Horses effective January 1, 2024. Any horse that was not previously tattooed as of January 1, 2024, will have their microchip number scanned and used as part of the identification verification done […]
Continue reading …Weighing Horses: The Truth About Weight Tapes
December 7, 2023 Comments Off on Weighing Horses: The Truth About Weight Tapes
By Kentucky Equine Research Staff: The mighty weight tape: simplistic in design and easy to use, yet concerningly inaccurate in some situations. Does this mean that weight tapes are useless? Not at all, though they should be employed with an understanding of factors that may affect the reading. To better understand weight tape measurements, a […]
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day – The Value Of A Moment
December 7, 2023 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day – The Value Of A Moment
“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.”― Theodor Seuss Geisel. “I wanted to send in a photo that’s super special to me,” explains Amateur Lauren Boisvert, who is pictured here with her best friend and trainer, Dana Laing, and with Xtreme Zippen Machine, aka “Toad,” at the 2023 Virginia […]
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