Exciting news from AQHA Headquarters! In June 2024, AQHA is moving the AQHA Versatility Ranch Horse World Championships and its connected shows to the Tri-State Fairgrounds in Amarillo. This announcement comes after a press conference held by AQHA on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. The Versatility Ranch Horse World Championships has traditionally included the AQHA Ranching Heritage Challenge […]
Continue reading …By Jessica Hein, PHJ News You know a good thing when you see it, and the return of the Cowtown Reining Classic is definitely a good thing. The folks at Tenda Horse Products and FarmPaint.com think so too, and they’ve signed on to sponsor the 2023 Cowtown Reining Classic, upping the total added money to […]
Continue reading …AQHA Attend the Nutrena Ride the Pattern clinics at the 2023 Nutrena East AQHA Level 1 Championships. AQHA Corporate Partner Nutrena will sponsor these clinics during the show. Be sure to stop by and watch! AQHA Professional Horsemen donate their time to demonstrate the pattern and answer questions during the Ride the Patterns. To show your support for the […]
Continue reading …EMO Celebration Join us June 29 – July 9, 2023 The EMO Celebration Quarter Horse show offers AQHA open, amateur, select, youth and novice (level 1), NSBA Futurity classes plus cattle, ranch and reining classes. Show to six judges • There is no qualifying for the AQHA Celebration classes. EMO Celebration 2023 Judges List […]
Continue reading …No. 1 SMU Beats Auburn to Win 2023 Equestrian National Championship NCEA OCALA, Fla. – SMU’s equestrian team made history on Saturday, as the top-ranked Mustangs knocked off No. 2 Auburn, 11-8, to win the National Collegiate Equestrian Association (NCEA) National Championship at the World Equestrian Center. The Mustangs captured the school’s ninth national championship, and […]
Continue reading …By Jessica Hein, PHJ News Join the fun at the 2023 APHA World Championship Show in Fort Worth, Texas, as part of the totally refreshed Youth Team Tournament competition, open to all Youth age 18 or under—and NO HORSE REQUIRED! Six-member teams will compete in a series of challenges around the World Show on June 23. Don’t […]
Continue reading …AQHA AQHA Chief Executive Officer Karl Stressman shares his mission-driven plan to drive the Association forward. Well, folks, it has been a year! Last spring, we started this journey together and in, what feels like, just a few short months, we have made significant progress. It has been a fun ride to learn about the […]
Continue reading …By Desiree Heath-Mills, PHJ News Lifelong horsewoman and multiple APHA world champion Karen Qualls of Chino Hills, California, will be recognized June 30 as APHA’s 2022 High-Point Open Exhibitor. Karen is no stranger to this award, having won it four times previously—but then again, she and her team at Premier Performance Horses are no strangers to […]
Continue reading …Paint Horse Congress The Kansas Paint Horse Association is excited to announce the Paint Horse Congress will take place October 18 – 22, 2023 at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City. The show format will be two 4 Judge Paint-O-Ramas showing simultaneously. The judges for this event are: Patty Campbell Robert Dehn Rebecca Halvorson […]
Continue reading …The Texas Paint Horse Club just finished up its “Paint The Future” 4-Judge POR, April 6-9, 2023, at Extraco Events Center in Waco, Texas. It was approved by APHA and TPHC, and judges were Nancy Wright (NSBA), Kevin Hood, Jill Paxton (NSBA), and Terry Thompson. It was also the 10th Anniversary of the show! The […]
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