“Unity is strength… when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.” -Mattie Stepanek. Pictured is Chesney Watkins and The Company You Keep at the 2023 OKQHA Spring Show, warming up for Showmanship! Catch up on our 2022 article, 5 Exercises to Improve 5 Essential Showmanship Skills, here: 5 Exercises to Improve 5 Essential Showmanship Skills […]
Continue reading …EC Blog – Live Your Fairytale Every Single Moment You Can
September 26, 2023 Comments Off on EC Blog – Live Your Fairytale Every Single Moment You Can
Amy Novacek, a beloved APHA exhibitor and wife of Jay Novacek, is easily recognizable at the Paint shows with her two therapy dogs, Hank and Buddy. This year in January she had open heart surgery, and in her blog, she tells the incredible story of her first ride back at this year’s NSBA World Championship […]
Continue reading …EC Transformation Tuesday – Joanna Ruffino
September 26, 2023 Comments Off on EC Transformation Tuesday – Joanna Ruffino
“The first picture was taken in 1992 with a pony my neighbor bought me named Butterscotch,” says Joanna Ruffino. Joanna currently works for Daurio Performance Horses, and she has a few of her own customers at Show Horses by Joanna. She’s also an equine architectural designer for GH2 Equine Architects! What a resume’! Thank you to […]
Continue reading …2023 Halter Million is a Dream Come True for Amy Zabel
September 26, 2023 Comments Off on 2023 Halter Million is a Dream Come True for Amy Zabel
By Jessica Hein, PHJ News One year ago, Amy Zabel was in Illinois, watching the APHA/WCHA Halter Million livestream and admiring the horses parading across her screen. Amy has always loved halter horses and dreamed of the day she would get a chance to show one of her own at a major event like the Halter Million. […]
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day – Only Horse People Understand
September 26, 2023 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day – Only Horse People Understand
“To be content, horse people need only a horse, or, lacking that, someone else who loves horses with whom they can talk.”- Allan J. Hamilton Thank you to Sally Blackwell Photography for one of our favorite photos from the 2023 Mary Hopkins Memorial Equestrians with Disabilities AQHA Show, an EWD show sponsored by […]
Continue reading …How To Pin A Number on A Show Pad with Leslie Lange
September 26, 2023 Comments Off on How To Pin A Number on A Show Pad with Leslie Lange
Details matter and pinning your show number on your saddle pad neatly and cleanly can enhance your overall look. Watch as the one and only Leslie Lange of Leslie Lange Performance Horses, Inc gives EC viewers a mini lesson.
Continue reading …In Loving Memory of KM You Make It Easy, 2018-2023
September 25, 2023 Comments Off on In Loving Memory of KM You Make It Easy, 2018-2023
KM YOU MAKE IT EASY 2018-2023 Our condolences to the Rusty Green Show Horses family, owner John McNichol, and everyone who loved KM You Make It Easy on the loss of their beloved “Phoebe.” Katie Green posted this tribute on their page on Monday, September 25th: “John, I want you to know how grateful […]
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From AQHA: The 2024 AQHA leveling point ranges are now available online. Exhibitors and horse owners can begin to determine their eligibility for the 2024 show season. View the 2024 leveling point ranges. Point ranges identify the levels that exhibitors and horses are eligible for when competing at AQHA shows. Owners and exhibitors can view […]
Continue reading …A New Team on the Horizon – Taylor Bates and Ima Lazy Cowboy
September 25, 2023 Comments Off on A New Team on the Horizon – Taylor Bates and Ima Lazy Cowboy
By Delores Kuhlwein Any time people are eager to talk about a horse, you know that horse is a good one, and that’s exactly the case for Ima Lazy Cowboy, who just gained a new partner, Taylor Bates. “Cowboy,” a 2013 sorrel AQHA gelding by No Doubt Im Lazy and out of Huntin A Cowboy […]
Continue reading …Kaitlyn Bowen and Xtra Fun Surprize win Two Ranch Classes at AZ Fall Championship
September 25, 2023 Comments Off on Kaitlyn Bowen and Xtra Fun Surprize win Two Ranch Classes at AZ Fall Championship
Some of today’s riders are dipping their toes in the water to try ranch events, and we caught up to Dr. Kaitlyn Bowen at Arizona Fall Championship to learn more about what that transition is like, as she’s gone all in for Ranch events! As a former all around rider from the time she was […]
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