Qualifying Points Announced For 2018 AQHA Youth World
June 5, 2017 Comments Off on Qualifying Points Announced For 2018 AQHA Youth World
New in 2018, Level 3 13-&-Under core classes will be added to the Ford Youth World. Exhibitors can qualify to compete in Level 3 13-&-Under western pleasure, hunter under saddle, horsemanship, hunt seat equitation, showmanship, ranch riding and trail at the Ford Youth World.
Continue reading …More Than a Dozen Cases of Canine Influenza Confirmed in Florida
June 1, 2017 Comments Off on More Than a Dozen Cases of Canine Influenza Confirmed in Florida
Dogs testing positive for the H3N2 strain were either at the Perry, Georgia dog show May 19-21 or the Deland, Florida dog show the following weekend, or were exposed to dogs who were present at these shows. This is the same strain responsible for the severe outbreak of canine influenza in Chicago in 2015.
Continue reading …Judges Announced For 2017 AQHA Youth World
May 31, 2017 Comments Off on Judges Announced For 2017 AQHA Youth World
Tony Burris, Summerfield, North Carolina
Randall Butler, Gainesville, Texas
Charlene Carter, Goodletts, Tennessee
Clay Cavinder, Starkville, Mississippi
Randall Lee Chartier, Millsap, Texas
Lainie DeBoer, Forest Lake, Minnesota
April Devitt, Frankfort, Kentucky
Jerry Erickson, Whitesboro, Texas
Tim Finkenbinder, Collinsville, Texas
Shelly Fitzgerald, Yukon, Oklahoma
Derek Hanscome, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
Harrison Elsworth, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Jan Hoskin-Hay, Pinnacle, North Carolina
Mike Hoeppner, Aubrey, Texas
Bob Ingersoll, Reno, Nevada
Sandy Jirkovsky, Whitesboro, Texas
Justin Johnson, Casper, Wyoming
Debra Jones-Wright, Plainville, Georgia
Bobby Lewis, Overbrook, Oklahoma
Morgan Lybbert, Valley View, Texas
Rick Mowery, Weatherford, Texas
Leslie Shaw, Greenville, Texas
AQHA Announces Show Rule Changes For 2018
May 30, 2017 Comments Off on AQHA Announces Show Rule Changes For 2018
SHW305.5. WESTERN EQUIPMENT In all western classes, excess rein(s) may be straightened or disentangled anytime during the class, provided the rider’s free hand used to straighten or disentangle remains behind the rein hand. Any attempt to alter tension or length of the reins from bridle to rein hand is to be considered use of two hands and a penalty score zero or disqualification will be applied.
Continue reading …AQHA Announces Ranch Rule Changes, Effective June 2017
May 30, 2017 Comments Off on AQHA Announces Ranch Rule Changes, Effective June 2017
SHW556. VRH CLASS PARTICIPATION
While riding with a romal, a get-down rope may be used. A get-down will be defined as a small rope tied around the neck of a horse with a bowline or other non-slip knot and run back to the rider or tied to the saddle and used to lead, ground tie or tie the horse.
First Winners of Inaugural Solid Gold Futurity Named!
May 26, 2017 Comments Off on First Winners of Inaugural Solid Gold Futurity Named!
Winning the Maiden Open 3-Year-Old and Over Hunter Under Saddle and taking home a check for $2,200 was Alyse Roberts riding Exhotica. Roberts was in the irons today for owner Amanda Head. Exhotica is by the stallion, Hot N Blazing.
Continue reading …Aaron Moses and It’s A Pretty Thing Win $15,000 in SOQHA Equine Chronicle Novice Horse WP
May 19, 2017 Comments Off on Aaron Moses and It’s A Pretty Thing Win $15,000 in SOQHA Equine Chronicle Novice Horse WP
A big congratulations goes to Aaron Moses who rode It’s A Pretty Thing to a $15,000 payday this afternoon at the Southern Ohio Quarter Horse Association Madness Show in Wilmington, Ohio. Aaron Moses was in the saddle for owner, Amy Gumz.
Continue reading …AQHA Approves Animal Welfare Recommendations Including New Forbidden Medications, Lameness Policies, Tail Function and More
May 18, 2017 Comments Off on AQHA Approves Animal Welfare Recommendations Including New Forbidden Medications, Lameness Policies, Tail Function and More
Effective immediately, the “use of any drug, chemical, foreign substance, surgical procedure or trauma that would alter a horse’s normal tail function”be added to the prohibited inhumane practices set forth in AQHA Rule VIO204.
Continue reading …Manufacturer Fined More Than $500,000 in Connection With Contaminated Horse Feed Case
May 10, 2017 Comments Off on Manufacturer Fined More Than $500,000 in Connection With Contaminated Horse Feed Case
California-based Western Milling LLC has agreed to pay more than $500,000 in fines in connection with its manufacture of monensin-contaminated horse feed.
Continue reading …Statement Regarding Supplement Contamination with Ractopamine and Competition Suspension For 2 U.S. Riders
May 9, 2017 Comments Off on Statement Regarding Supplement Contamination with Ractopamine and Competition Suspension For 2 U.S. RidersCargill has released a statement concerning the two U.S. equestrian competitors, Adrienne Lyle and Kaitlin Blythe, who were suspended last month by the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) after their horses tested positive for ractopamine. Apparently, the substance is used as an additive in cattle feed, but presents no health risks for horses. Unfortunately, the substance is banned […]
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