Dustin Eickenhorst and Only After Midnight Win 3-Year-Old Novice Horse Limited Rider WP Sweepstakes
November 9, 2015 Comments Off on Dustin Eickenhorst and Only After Midnight Win 3-Year-Old Novice Horse Limited Rider WP Sweepstakes
The main event capping off this evening at the 2015 APHA World Championship Show was the highly anticipated 3-Year-Old Novice Horse Limited Rider Western Pleasure Sweepstakes. After two tough splits and a finals, the judges determined the winner to be Dustin Eikenhorst aboard Only After Midnight.
Continue reading …APHA World Horsemanship Champions Include Silverberg, Bankford, Weiser, Dietrich, Bull, Karr
November 8, 2015 Comments Off on APHA World Horsemanship Champions Include Silverberg, Bankford, Weiser, Dietrich, Bull, Karr
“The thing I really like about this horse is that he will extend his jog, and it’s very comfortable to sit. We got to show that off going down the center of the pen to exit the pattern.”
Continue reading …Morning Winners at 2015 APHA World Show Include Spell, Smith, Sartain, Turner, Tabor, and More
November 8, 2015 Comments Off on Morning Winners at 2015 APHA World Show Include Spell, Smith, Sartain, Turner, Tabor, and More
The chilly weather certainly didn’t seem to affect Junior’s disposition, and he performed just as well as he did a few days ago for owner Andrea Kegley when the pair was named the World Champions in Novice Amateur Hunter Under Saddle.
Continue reading …Evening Hunter Under Saddle Winners at APHA World Show Include Schexnayder, Dixon, and Bull
November 8, 2015 Comments Off on Evening Hunter Under Saddle Winners at APHA World Show Include Schexnayder, Dixon, and Bull
“Spyder” has quite the track record in Hunter Under Saddle classes in both amateur and open divisions here at the APHA World Show. Every year he’s competed, he’s won a World Champion title. This year, he broke into the big leagues with his debut in the amateur senior division. “Now we’re onto senior, so he has to put his big boy pants on!” Jennifer jokes.
Continue reading …Tim Gillespie and Sheza Special Machine Win APHA World Show Open Yearling Longe Line
November 7, 2015 Comments Off on Tim Gillespie and Sheza Special Machine Win APHA World Show Open Yearling Longe Line
“I think this class is such a neat avenue to show what a person would pick when you look out in the pasture. It should be the horse you want to take home, and this is the horse I would want to take home out of a pasture of 100 babies.”
Continue reading …Coleen Bull and Timeless Assets Win Third Title of APHA World Show, in Amateur Pleasure Driving
November 7, 2015 Comments Off on Coleen Bull and Timeless Assets Win Third Title of APHA World Show, in Amateur Pleasure Driving
Following this morning’s win, Tucson now has racked up 17 career World Champion titles and 10 Reserve World Champion titles. He has also been named the Masters All-Around Champion here at the World Show four times.
Continue reading …Big $10,103 Payday For RJ King/Someone Like You in APHA World Farnam 2-Year-Old Western Pleasure Stakes
November 7, 2015 Comments Off on Big $10,103 Payday For RJ King/Someone Like You in APHA World Farnam 2-Year-Old Western Pleasure Stakes
“She is big, strong, and one of the few 2-year-olds that can show in both Western Pleasure and Hunter Under Saddle. I was so impressed with how well she showed off the rail. I can only attribute this to the dedication RJ and Sara have put into her.”
Continue reading …Evening Winners at APHA World Show Include Kegley, Juette, Hull, Umberger, and King
November 7, 2015 Comments Off on Evening Winners at APHA World Show Include Kegley, Juette, Hull, Umberger, and King
22-year-old Betsy Juette and her horse “Frankie” have been a team for one year this October. He was purchased as a three-year-old last year at the All American Quarter Horse Congress. This year at the Congress, Betsy and Frankie placed eighth in Amateur Hunter Under Saddle. This is her first World Championship title in either breed.
Continue reading …Best Friends, Laura Alloway and Nicole Dalton, Go World and Reserve in APHA Amateur Yearling Longe Line
November 6, 2015 Comments Off on Best Friends, Laura Alloway and Nicole Dalton, Go World and Reserve in APHA Amateur Yearling Longe Line
Neither of these ladies rely on the guidance of horse trainers; they practice, compete, and travel together as friends and fellow competitors. “We live in the same town, Phoenix, Arizona,” Laura says. “We always work our babies together, which makes it that much better it ended up this way.”
Continue reading …Afternoon Winners at APHA World Include Ford, Cassata, Leggett, Roden, Lyon
November 6, 2015 Comments Off on Afternoon Winners at APHA World Include Ford, Cassata, Leggett, Roden, Lyon
“He’s right at 16.3 hands, so he’s a big boy, but he’s a big baby.” Huey is by the stallion Kid Coolsified. Just yesterday, his little sister [Oh So Intriguing] was named the World Champion in Amateur Solid Paint Bred Weanling Fillies with owner Andrea Olsen at the lead.
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