Last year, Harper was supposed to be Deanna’s mount for the Equine Chronicle Two-Year-Old Masters Hunter Under Saddle class. However, when her daughter, Taylor, was sent to the hospital back home with appendicitis, she made the decision to leave the Congress early.
Continue reading …This afternoon at the All American Quarter Horse Congress celebrated limited exhibitors as they competed in both Hunter Under Saddle and Western Pleasure aboard their two-year-old equine counterparts. First up, Troy Lehn rode Pretty Assets to win his first ever Congress Championship title in the NSBA 2-Year-Old Open Hunter Under Saddle Stakes Limited division finals. Lehn was in the irons for owner Alexandra Chavez.
Continue reading …“My first show horse was named Myrtle too, so I kind of felt a little bond there. She’s a pretty fun, little horse.”
Continue reading …“Every kid that grows up around horses wants to win the Congress one day, but I never thought it would actually happen. I’m really trying to hold back tears.”
Continue reading …Two new Congress Champions were named in this afternoon’s Showmanship classes. One was a longtime veteran who has won every major Youth Showmanship title this year, and one is a newcomer who claimed her first Congress Championship title.
Continue reading …“Poppy passed away 14 years ago, but today would’ve been his 75th birthday.”
Continue reading …“I’ve had a lot of good horses that have won the Congress and the World Show, but I would venture to say that Bee Jewelled is the best horse I’ve ever owned.”
Continue reading …It definitely takes a special touch to win a Congress Champion title and that was something both of this evening’s Congress Champions had in common. They both happen to have been sired by the AQHA stallion A Touch Of Sudden.
Continue reading …First up in the Novice Amateur Horsemanship, Juliana Blackburn-Baskin bested 117 entries for the win aboard her horse Floating On Assets. In the Novice Youth 14-18 Hunter Under Saddle, Moa Berglund bested 99 entries to win the class aboard Ain’t Gota Lot.
Continue reading …Although it’s a bit chilly here at the Quarter Horse Congress, (41 degrees to be exact) She Says Aloha brought some Hawaiian spirit and sunshine to the Celeste by winning the NSBA Maturity Open Hunter Under Saddle with Deanna Searles in the irons.
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