Oklahoma Quarter Horse Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
November 24, 2021 Comments Off on Oklahoma Quarter Horse Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
The Oklahoma Quarter Horse Hall of Fame was created in 2005 to recognize outstanding individuals, horses, ranches or businesses whose contributions involving the American Quarter Horse significantly impacted the great state of Oklahoma’s equine industry.
Continue reading …Record-Setting AQHA World Show With 8,500+ Entries
November 24, 2021 Comments Off on Record-Setting AQHA World Show With 8,500+ Entries
That’s a wrap on a historic AQHA World Championship Show! The 2021 Farnam AQHA World Championship Show; AQHA Select World Championship Show, presented by Adequan® (polysulfated glycosaminoglycan); Adequan® Level 2 Championships; and Nutrena Level 1 Championships, saw more than 8,500 entries, 1,800 exhibitors and 2,500 horses. Exhibitors competed for 290 championship titles, 104 Farnam AQHA World championships; 44 Adequan® Select World championships; 85 Adequan® Level 2 championships; and 40 Nutrena Level 1 championships, plus, more than $2 million in purse, prizes and the coveted gold globes at this year’s event, October 28 – November 20 at the OKC Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City.
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The AQHA World Championship Show, combined with the Select World Championship Show and Level 1 Championship Show, capped off an exceptional year of horse showing with one final world-class event to close out the 2021 show season. The Equine Chronicle was onsite for the duration of the event providing up to the minute coverage with live show results, social media updates, around the ring photos, interviews with winners, and articles.
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All AQHA members are welcome to attend the annual AQHA convention. Committee meetings are open to registered convention attendees and are conducted in two sessions – an “open discussion” session in which non-committee members can join in the discussion and a “committee member discussion” session in which the discussion is limited to committee members only. Occasionally, a meeting moves into a “committee members only” session, per direction of the committee or chairperson.
Continue reading …World Equestrian Center Welcomes MARS EQUESTRIAN™ as Official Founding Partner
November 23, 2021 Comments Off on World Equestrian Center Welcomes MARS EQUESTRIAN™ as Official Founding Partner
OCALA, Florida – November 22, 2021 – November 22, 2021 is pleased to announce that MARS EQUESTRIAN™ has joined as a Founding Partner of the new multidisciplinary and equestrian sports venue. World Equestrian Center – Ocala will proudly feature products from the Mars, Incorporated family of brands which will be available on-site at Miss Tilly’s Lollipops, […]
Continue reading …Parentage Verification Required On All New APHA Registrations Starting January 1, 2022
November 23, 2021 Comments Off on Parentage Verification Required On All New APHA Registrations Starting January 1, 2022
All registrations submitted to APHA as of January 1, 2022, will require parentage verification to be completed. This is the result of a rule change to RG-125 passed by elected state directors at the 2021 APHA Convention in February.
Continue reading …AQHA Recognizes Level 3 AQHA Year-End High Points
November 23, 2021 Comments Off on AQHA Recognizes Level 3 AQHA Year-End High Points
Award winners recognized in the video are the 2020 AQHA All-Around Amateur; AQHA Select All-Around Amateur; AQHA All-Around Junior Horse; AQHA All-Around Senior Horse; the top Level 3 open, amateur and Equestrians With Disabilities year-end high-point winners; amateur Justin Boots Intermediates of the Year; Nutrena Don Burt AQHA Professional Horseman of the Year; Nutrena AQHA Professional Horsewoman of the Year; and Most Valuable Professional. The video also features the 30- and 40-year AQHA judges.
Continue reading …AQHA World Show Collegiate Horse Judging Contest Results
November 22, 2021 Comments Off on AQHA World Show Collegiate Horse Judging Contest Results
During the 2021 Farnam AQHA World Championship Show, Texas Tech University took home the title of AQHA collegiate horse judging world champions in the senior college division, while Northeastern Oklahoma claimed the world title in the junior college division. Top individual honors were awarded to Makenzie Knipe of West Texas A&M University in the senior college division. Angie Newbold of Northeastern Oklahoma took home the top individual title in the junior college division.
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For the first time ever, three owners of open horses competing in the open working western rail at the Farnam AQHA World and Adequan® Select World in Oklahoma City, and the ranch rail stakes at the All American Quarter Horse Congress in Columbus, Ohio, earned a portion of $10,000 in added money, courtesy of Headley Quarter Horses.
Continue reading …Morgan Ratkowski Named Amateur All-Around, Kimberly Stewart Burritt Named Select All Around at AQHA World
November 22, 2021 Comments Off on Morgan Ratkowski Named Amateur All-Around, Kimberly Stewart Burritt Named Select All Around at AQHA World
The 2021 AQHA All-Around Amateur is Morgan Ratkowski of Pleasant View, Tennessee, who showed her American Quarter Horse, Better Buy The Minit. The 2005 bay gelding by Do You Have A Minute and out of Tickle My Asset, was bred by Kramer/Davis of Reddick, Florida. Ratkowski and Better Buy The Minit earned 57 points in the all-around amateur competition. The team earned the amateur world champion titles in working hunter, hunter hack, and equitation over fences and the reserve world champion title in amateur hunt seat equitation.
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