Although she is best known for her work with Hunter Under Saddle horses, Vicky also enjoys pattern classes. “I do love Hunter Under Saddle, but I also love a good Western Riding and Trail horse. I had such a wide range of experiences growing up, that really I just live to ride,” she said.
Continue reading …2019 marks the fourteenth annual NSBA World Championship Show. NSBA will offer all-breed classes over seven days and pay out in excess of $1,000,000 in cash prizes!
Continue reading …The World Conformation Horse Association recently announced that Paint weanlings who are also registered with AQHA are eligible to compete in the WCHA Junior Weanling Classes taking place at the AQHA Lucas Oil World Championship in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, later this fall.
Continue reading …The NSBA Stallion Incentive Fund pays out over $125,000 annually to enrolled foals, stallion owners, and foal nominators. Last year, the highest earner received a check for $6,696 for owning and showing an incentive fund horse.
Continue reading …Are you interested in taking your AjPHA leadership skills to the national level? Apply by June 1 to run for an AjPHA Executive Committee position!
Continue reading …Amend rule SHW452 to allow western riding patterns 1-4 to be performed the opposite direction (mirror image) of how they are currently set, creating 4 additional patterns labeled as patterns 6-9.
Continue reading …In 2019, to be eligible to compete in any Paint Horse Championship halter class in any division, an exhibitor cannot have placed in the Top Five in a halter class at an APHA World Championship Show within the last 10 years (2009-2018) or won a Paint Horse Championship halter class the previous year.
Continue reading …In 2019, Robin Merrill of Poolville, Texas, was elevated to AQHA honorary vice president and also appointed to the American Quarter Horse Foundation Board of Trustees in 2019. Merrill is serving as the first appointed member to the Board of Trustees. She has also served on the Foundation Council, and was the Council’s chairwoman from 2001 to 2004.
Continue reading …“Last year, we had a wonderful response to our inaugural event,” said Don Falcon, executive director of WCHA. “After seeing two really nice classes last year and then having the continued support of AQHA, we wanted to take these junior weanling classes to the next level.”
Continue reading …The individuals selected as the 2019 AQHA West Level 1 Championships judges are:
-Bobbie Jo Stanton of Shawnee, Oklahoma
-Holly Hover of Cave Creek, Arizona
-Alisa Proefrock of Cedarburg, Wisconsin
-Rob Meneely of Conyers, Georgia
-Carolyn Rice of Moorpark, California
-Jeff Greaves of Galva, Illinois