Party Like It’s 1974 – The AQHA World Championship Show is Celebrating its 50th Anniversary!
September 5, 2024 Comments Off on Party Like It’s 1974 – The AQHA World Championship Show is Celebrating its 50th Anniversary!
From AQHA: It’s the pinnacle event for the American Quarter Horse industry, and we hope you’ll be there! The AQHA World Championship Show is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Join us as we party like it’s 1974. November 1-20 at OKC Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City is going to be one heck of a golden anniversary. […]
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“Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them.”- Lady Bird Johnson. What would we do without those horse show moms and horse show dads? “Horse show parents are the rock that get us started at a young age!” says Lauren Kemp of Lauren Elizabeth Photography. Thank you to Lauren for the […]
Continue reading …Around the Rings – 2024 Utah QHA & Utah PHC Heritage Classic
September 5, 2024 Comments Off on Around the Rings – 2024 Utah QHA & Utah PHC Heritage Classic
The Utah Quarter Horse Association and the Utah Paint Horse Club join forces each year for the Heritage Classic, an AQHA, APHA, VRH, and All-Breed show at Bastian Agricultural Center in South Jordan, Utah. This year, the dates spanned August 29-September 2, 2024, and judges were Bruce Army, Clay Cavinder, Dolly Chayer, and Kelly Smith. […]
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After several online discussions lately about which rein hand to use when riding western, and how to use the hands properly, we asked our readers: When riding western, do you use your left hand, your right hand, or does it matter? We had over 180 responses, and the stats demonstrated our sport that is steeped […]
Continue reading …Around the Rings – 2024 California Championship
September 4, 2024 Comments Off on Around the Rings – 2024 California Championship
The California Championship, held August 28 – September 1, 2024, in Paso Robles, California, was AQHA-NSBA-PCQHA- approved, and it hosted plenty of great competition and fun! Their futurity and stake classes list included Ranch Trail Stakes – $2500 added, NSBA 3 & 4 Trail Stakes – $500 added, and Western Pleasure 1st Year Green Horse 4&U – $500 added […]
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day – Eddy the Unicorn
September 4, 2024 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day – Eddy the Unicorn
“Eddy is not just any old bay horse. He’s a unicorn with an invisible horn,” says Danielle Barker. In October of 2017, she explains, her mom was taking a riding lesson with Wimpys Little Jay, lovingly called “Eddy,” a 2007 gelding who has been in the family for approximately 10-11 years. Her mom’s lesson was […]
Continue reading …The Mustangs: America’s Wild Horses- Numerous PBS Broadcasts Throughout Country on Wed., Sept. 4th
September 4, 2024 Comments Off on The Mustangs: America’s Wild Horses- Numerous PBS Broadcasts Throughout Country on Wed., Sept. 4th
Including: Los Angeles, Denver, Nashville, San Antonio, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Richmond, Knoxville, Tucson, Corpus Christi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, North Carolina, New Mexico, Anchorage, Odessa, Alabama Executive Producers Robert Redford, Patti Scialfa Springsteen and USA Olympic Equestrian Silver Medalist Jessica Springsteen take viewers to the American West to show how the survival of the wild horse is at […]
Continue reading …First Ruidoso Downs Triple Crown Winner Since 1981
September 4, 2024 Comments Off on First Ruidoso Downs Triple Crown Winner Since 1981
From AQHA, Courtesy of Q-Racing Triple One Ranch’s Hezgothelook Z became American Quarter Horse racing’s first Triple Crown winner in 43 years, as the gelded son of Favorite Cartel won Monday’s 440-yard, $3-million All American Futurity G1 at Albuquerque Downs. The second-fastest overall qualifier, Hezgothelook Z defeated KJ Bad Moon Rising by a neck in […]
Continue reading …Around the Rings – 2024 Indiana QHA/HCSC Fall Fling
September 3, 2024 Comments Off on Around the Rings – 2024 Indiana QHA/HCSC Fall Fling
The IQHA/HCSC Fall Fling just wrapped up August 22-25, 2024, at at Henry Saddle Club in New Castle, Indiana! Candids from the four judge AQHA show and special event were captured by Mary Caitlyn O’Malley of MC Graphic Design & Photography! Keep scrolling for more photos:
Continue reading …Horses Smarter than Previously Thought, Study Suggests
September 3, 2024 Comments Off on Horses Smarter than Previously Thought, Study Suggests
From Equine Science Update: Horses are more intelligent than previously believed, according to a new study that shows how they cleverly adapted their behaviour to maximise rewards with minimal effort. Researchers at Nottingham Trent University sought to understand more about equine learning processes, as this knowledge could lead to more humane training methods and improved welfare for […]
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