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More Around the Rings – The Madness 2023 with the G-Man!

May 15, 2023 Comments Off

Around the Rings – The Madness 2023 with the G-Man!

May 12, 2023 Comments Off

The SOQHA Madness 2023 is underway, May 9-14, at the WEC in Wilmington, Ohio, and the numbers are impressing everyone! For example, on Thursday, An Equine Production reported the Western Pleasure classes were some of the largest anywhere recently: L2 Junior – 27 L1 Select – 16 (just Select, L1 amateur had their own […]

Around the Rings – 2023 Iowa QHA Mayflower Show

May 12, 2023 Comments Off

The Iowa Quarter Horse Association just wrapped up their May 3-7, 2023, Mayflower State Show at Jacobson Exhibition Center in Des Moines, Iowa. The show featured 6 AQHA & 2 NSBA Judges over 5 Days, with Flat Fee AQHA entries. Judges 1-3 were April Devitt, Casey Devitt, and Courtney Fuller; Judges 4-6 were Murray Griggs, Jill Newcomb, […]

Around the Rings – 2023 CPHA Spin to Win Show of the Year

May 5, 2023 Comments Off

By Delores Kuhlwein The California Paint Horse Association just wrapped up its April POR at Murieta Equestrian Center in Rancho Murieta, California, held April 26-30, 2023. The POR is an APHA Top Twenty Show with APHA, AQHA, NSBA classes, with 8 judges, 4 AQHA judges and all-breed judges. April 26-28 show judges: Teresa Pelton, Janette […]

Around the Rings – 2023 Florida Color Horse Club Gator Classic

May 5, 2023 Comments Off

The Florida Color Horse Club just finished up their Gator Classic, April 28-30, 2023, at Alachua Country Agriculture & Equestrian Center in Newberry, Florida. It was an APHA/ApHC/All Breed 2 Judge Show with judges Cindy Chilton-Moore and Kit Kope, and the APHA and ApHC Classes ran concurrently. The High Point Winners (click to enlarge): […]

Around the Rings – 2023 ShoMe Spring ShoCase

May 3, 2023 Comments Off

By Kate Barrett and Delores Kuhlwein The show series ShoMe Horse Shows in Michigan is a wildly popular, open, all-breed circuit built around doing things differently, and just for fun. “All three of our shows have a different theme and outside-the-box classes,” says Liz Gear, who owns and operates ShoMe Horse Shows with her husband, Kurtis […]

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 […]

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!

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!