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EC Photo of the Day – A Well-Earned Nap

June 15, 2023 Comments Off

This is Trainer Reid Thomas taking a nap on some of the barn’s awards at the end of the 2023 OQHA Redbud Spectacular! “𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐊𝐂 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 19 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬, 6 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 4 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬! 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐊𝐐𝐇𝐀 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰!” […]

Happy Flag Day from the Equine Chronicle!

June 14, 2023 Comments Off

Did you know today is Flag Day? It’s a day to commemorate the adoption of the U.S. Flag. “On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress approved the design of a national flag,” says the Library of Congress. If you’re looking to share your own flag photo, we have a great selection for you! Just click on […]

Around the Rings – 2023 Nebraska Cornhusker Classic

June 14, 2023 Comments Off

The 2023 Cornhusker Classic is underway in Lincoln, Nebraska! Thank you to the official show photographer, Cow Creek Photography, for the first set of photos from around the rings with our favorite magazine. Stay tuned for more from Nebraska!

EC Video of the Day – Be Like Felix

June 14, 2023 Comments Off

What do you do when it’s heating up outside? Why, you do what Company Man, aka “Felix,” does! Thank you to Nicole Salzer for the cute video! If you have a great video of the day, please email Delores.Kuhlwein@EquineChronicle.com

Around the Rings – 2023 NCQHA Tar Heel Summer Classic

June 13, 2023 Comments Off

The North Carolina Quarter Horse Association just wrapped up another wonderful Tar Heel Summer Classic, running from June 8-11, 2023, at the James B Hunt Horse Complex, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Judges were Pam Scott, Rick Baker, Rick Christy, Andrea Simons, Suzy Jeane, and Lynda Danielson. Thanks to Topline Show Management for the speedy results below! […]

NSBA Foundation Announces Alexis Potts, Kaitlyn McCulley As 2023 Scholarship Recipients

June 13, 2023 Comments Off

From NSBA The National Snaffle Bit Association Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of two NSBA Foundation scholarships for 2023. NSBA Foundation Scholarship Winner – Alexis Potts Alexis Potts, of Fountain Inn, South Carolina, has received the NSBA Foundation scholarship. Alexis received her high school education from South Carolina Connections Academy, where she graduated […]

Make Them Carry Their Saddle

June 13, 2023 Comments Off

An EC Blog by Hannah Campbell Zapletal WildeWood Farm, Inc. in Cumming, Georgia A father of darling girl and I were talking last week and he said that he wanted his daughter to ride more and not have to do the work part of the catching, grooming, and saddling. I smiled as I […]

EC Transformation Tuesday – Delaney Lee

June 13, 2023 Comments Off

This is Delaney Lee, who started riding at the age of 4 (first photo), entered her first gymkhana at age 11 (second photo), and most recently had a winning show at the Nutrena AQHA L1 West Championships (photo 3) with Betcha Want This by RL Best of Sudden. “I always say she’s half horse because of […]

Equestrian Authors Gallop into Ocala for “All About Horses” Event at Barnes & Noble on June 17, 2023

June 13, 2023 Comments Off

By Susan Friedland Authors Natalie Keller Reinert, Susan Friedland, and Peter M. Kray Discuss and Sign Books at Ocala Barnes & Noble on SW College Road, June 17, 2023, from 1 PM – 4 PM North-central Florida author Natalie Keller Reinert brings her popular, locally-based equestrian fiction to Barnes & Noble alongside equestrian author and […]

Embryo Permit Fee Discount

June 13, 2023 Comments Off

From AQHA At the 2023 AQHA Convention, the Stud Book and Registration Committee spent considerable time discussing vitrified embryos. Leading up to the 2023 Convention, a task force met multiple times after discussions at last year’s AQHA Convention made it apparent that there was confusion regarding the requirements to register a foal resulting from an […]