By Desiree Heath-Mills, PHJ News Lifelong horsewoman and multiple APHA world champion Karen Qualls of Chino Hills, California, will be recognized June 30 as APHA’s 2022 High-Point Open Exhibitor. Karen is no stranger to this award, having won it four times previously—but then again, she and her team at Premier Performance Horses are no strangers to […]
Continue reading …Paint Horse Congress The Kansas Paint Horse Association is excited to announce the Paint Horse Congress will take place October 18 – 22, 2023 at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City. The show format will be two 4 Judge Paint-O-Ramas showing simultaneously. The judges for this event are: Patty Campbell Robert Dehn Rebecca Halvorson […]
Continue reading …AQHA The AQHA Executive Committee approved a rule change requiring owners/lessees of horses being shown at all AQHA-approved events to have a current AQHA membership in the name of the registered owner/lessee. This change to AQHA Rule SHW100.5 is effective June 1, 2023. Entries excluded from this requirement are Rookie and Level 1 youth and […]
Continue reading …OQHA COLUMBUS, OH – The judges for the 2023 All American Quarter Horse Congress, held September 26 – October 22, 2023, have been announced by the Ohio Quarter Horse Association. Nancy Ann Alto-Renfro Chris Benedict Dean Bogart Brenda Brown Brendan W. Brown Kelly Boles Chapman Dolly Chayer Jimmy Daurio John Dean Gary Duffy Melissa Hargett […]
Continue reading …By JR Cook and Delores Kuhlwein 3-Year-Old & Over Novice horse owners and trainers, take note. The inaugural 2023 All American Novice Horse Futurity brought to you by the Cook Family will be held July 5th at The Big A to showcase the 3-Year-Old & Over Novice horse, but how it differs is newsworthy. The […]
Continue reading …“There are places in the heart you don’t even know exist until you love a child.” ~ Anne Lamott By Delores Kuhlwein Congratulations are in order for the entire Parrish Family! Why the whole family? Because not only is one baby due this fall – there are two Parrish grandbabies on the way! Chase, […]
Continue reading …AQHA The American Quarter Horse Association Executive Committee recently approved a one-year pilot program that provides an exemption for youth, amateur or Select halter exhibitors who are physically unable to perform the tracking (trot-in for the judges’ inspection) component of the class. This exemption allows exhibitors with physical limitations the opportunity to show in halter […]
Continue reading …By Delores Kuhlwein “When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills.” — Chinese Proverb Multiple World Champion and NSBA Quarter Million Dollar Rider Andy Cochran and World and Congress Champion Katie Cochran are beginning an exciting new chapter in their lives this spring. Not only are they offering training […]
Continue reading …By Delores Kuhlwein Obsessed To Be Best, the 2019 Bay Gelding by The Lopin Machine and out of Its Best To Be Hot (RL Best of Sudden), has been purchased from Susan Juroe by the Goffard Family for Catherine Goffard. What follows is more than just a horse purchase story, however. The full-circle tale of […]
Continue reading …A huge congratulations goes out today to Pasley and Adam Mathis on the birth of their son, on March 21, 2023. Timothy McClendon Mathis, Mac, for short, came into the world at 7:02 P.M., at 9.1 lbs, 21 inches. “The absolute best thing that’s ever happened to us,” says Adam. See more incredibly adorable […]
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