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2023 Nutrena East Level 1 Championships End-Of-Show Awards

May 1, 2023 Comments Off

By Becky Newell, AQHA The 2023 Nutrena East Level 1 Championships at the World Equestrian Center in Wilmington, Ohio, set another record with 5,201 entries, 889 horses and 863 exhibitors from 40 states and two Canadian provinces. The show also had a record 464 first-time exhibitors. Here are the end-of-show awards: Walk-Trot Youth High-Point: Brylee Bunting and Don’t […]

Around the Rings – 2023 APHA Zone 5 Show

May 1, 2023 Comments Off

The 2023 APHA Zone 5 ZONE•O•RAMA, April 22-23, 2023, sponsored by the Zone 5 Coordinating Committee, just wrapped up at the Iowa Equestrian Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The judges for the show were Sandy Curl*, Brad Jones, Mark McCarthy, and Alisa Proefrock*. * NSBA Judge for Dual Approved Classes. The show focused on awarding lots of circuit […]

2023 Pleasure Versatility Challenge

May 1, 2023 Comments Off

AQHA Join us for PRIME TIME for the sixth consecutive year at 6 p.m. on Saturday, November 11, when some of the most talented 3-year-old American Quarter Horses demonstrate their versatility at the Pleasure Versatility Challenge. The event will be held in conjunction with the 2023 Farnam AQHA World Championship Show at the OKC Fairgrounds […]

EC Foal Photo of the Day – When Life Gives You Monday

May 1, 2023 Comments Off

Meet Hibrows Irish Spark, aka “Empress,” when she was only a couple of hours old! She’s a a 2021 Red Dun Filly by Whiskey Shiner out of a Highbrow Hickory daughter, Hibrows Chanz N Danz. She was bred by Audra Wortley and is owned by Katie Rae Chambers, and she is currently being shown at FQHRMI […]

Around the Rings – 2023 FQHA Orange Blossom Classic

May 1, 2023 Comments Off

The Florida Quarter Horse Association hosted the Orange Blossom Classic April 24-30, 2023, at the Bob Thomas Equestrian Center at Tampa State Fairgrounds. The show was AQHA, FQHA (double points), and NSBA approved, featuring 6 AQHA shows, (7 total shows for Hunters), 2 NSBA Dual/Approved shows, 2 AQHA World Show Qualifying shows and a stand alone NSBA […]

More Around the Rings with the G-Man – 2023 AQHA East L1 Championships

April 30, 2023 Comments Off

The Nutrena AQHA East Level 1 Championships, April 25-30, 2023, just wrapped up at World Equestrian Center – Wilmington, Ohio! Stay tuned for us to share official results from AQHA, but for now, you have another wonderful gallery from Gordon Downey to scroll! Congratulations to everyone who showed at the L1 Championships!

Michelle Lauren Anderson – Survivor Not Victim

April 30, 2023 Comments Off

By Delores Kuhlwein Doctors said Michelle Lauren Anderson might not survive. If she did, they said, she could lose her feet, her hands, her eyesight, and she might not walk or talk again. On May 19th, 1996, at the age of two, Michelle was burned in a house fire over 91 percent of her body […]

EC Foal Photo of the Day – Selfie Time!

April 30, 2023 Comments Off

“Stephanie Moss Stahl is a super special lady,” says Kari Bradley. “She’s always the one in the show pen with the biggest smile on her face, always inspiring and positive. Here is her son, Preston Moss, with their long-awaited 2023 baby by Sail On Sailor and out of Kids Glowing Star.” Thank you to Kari for the […]

Around the Rings with the G-Man – 2023 AQHA East L1 Championships

April 29, 2023 Comments Off

The Nutrena AQHA East Level 1 Championships are underway, April 25-30, 2023, at World Equestrian Center – Wilmington, Ohio! Watch the livestream: Nutrena East – AQHA Find the schedule and more: Resources – AQHA The G-Man has arrived, so keep scrolling to see photos from the weekend!

Happy Birthday to Gerri Leigh Pratt!

April 29, 2023 Comments Off

April 29th marks the birthday of Gerri Leigh Pratt, a very longtime friend of the Equine Chronicle! To celebrate, we put together a collage of just some of our photos of Gerri Leigh from over the years.