Sandoval, Henard, and Coutley Win Amateur Over Fence Classes at 2014 AQHA World Show
November 14, 2014 Comments Off on Sandoval, Henard, and Coutley Win Amateur Over Fence Classes at 2014 AQHA World Show
Spectators in Oklahoma City were treated to some high flying action this afternoon during the Amateur Working Hunter, Amateur Equitation Over Fences, and Amateur Jumping classes.
Continue reading …AQHA Amateur 2-Year-Old Stallions Win Goes to Julie Smith With PF Kid Supreme
November 14, 2014 Comments Off on AQHA Amateur 2-Year-Old Stallions Win Goes to Julie Smith With PF Kid Supreme
It was Julie Smith’s turn to show a horse of her very own today in Amateur 2-Year-Old Stallions, her first time competing at the World Show in nine years, and she was able to come away with a World Champion title. Smith’s partner for the class today was PF Kid Supreme, a sorrel stallion by the late MH Supremo and out of Kids Securitee.
Continue reading …AQHA Am. Weanling and Yearling Colt Wins Go To Josh Weakly/BPF Midas Touch and Steven Jensen/TF Doctor Cool
November 14, 2014 Comments Off on AQHA Am. Weanling and Yearling Colt Wins Go To Josh Weakly/BPF Midas Touch and Steven Jensen/TF Doctor Cool
Those of you familiar with the myth of King Midas and his wish to have “the golden touch” will understand the perfect significance behind the name of Josh Weakly’s weanling colt, BPF Midas Touch. In this case, all “Midas” touched did turn into gold when he claimed a World Champion title, and appropriately a golden globe, this morning in Amateur Weanling Colts at the 2014 AQHA World Championship Show.
Continue reading …Lori Bucholz and Good Lukin Lark Are AQHA Amateur Pleasure Driving World Champions
November 14, 2014 Comments Off on Lori Bucholz and Good Lukin Lark Are AQHA Amateur Pleasure Driving World Champions
It was a scene straight out of the silver screen this evening when Lori Bucholz and Good Lukin Lark park-gaited to their first World Championship together as a team in Amateur Pleasure Driving at the AQHA World Championship Show.
Continue reading …3-Year-Old Amateur Mare and Gelding AQHA Wins Go To Trahan and Dobbs
November 13, 2014 Comments Off on 3-Year-Old Amateur Mare and Gelding AQHA Wins Go To Trahan and Dobbs
Originally purchased for her breeding potential, and as a gentle show horse for his 12-year-old son Christopher, Trahan never imagined the mare would go on to win an Amateur World Champion title.
Continue reading …Andrea Alderson Wins First AQHA World Title With Most Appealing Dream in Am. Performance Halter Mares
November 13, 2014 Comments Off on Andrea Alderson Wins First AQHA World Title With Most Appealing Dream in Am. Performance Halter Mares
“It’s kind of a lifetime culmination of dreams and working hard for my whole family, because we’ve been raising horses for 65 years. It’s exciting.”
Continue reading …Thomas Coon Wins First Two AQHA World Titles With Entrigue and Hes That Cool
November 13, 2014 Comments Off on Thomas Coon Wins First Two AQHA World Titles With Entrigue and Hes That Cool
For Thomas, this incredible level of success is simply overwhelming. “The World title with Entrigue, the weanling filly, was my very first World Championship,” he says. “I couldn’t talk; I was so overwhelmed. Then, [the win with] Hes That Cool was my second World Championship.”
Continue reading …Brad Ost and 2-Year-Old, VS Roll Call, Win APHA Green Western Pleasure
November 12, 2014 Comments Off on Brad Ost and 2-Year-Old, VS Roll Call, Win APHA Green Western Pleasure
“She reminds me a lot of Lucy, just with her head and neck and her front leg,” Ost says. “Also, she’s very easy to show. Lucy’s had some other really nice babies, but this one probably reminds me the most of her.”
Continue reading …McDuffie and Jussen Win Amateur Junior Western Pleasure APHA World Championships
November 12, 2014 Comments Off on McDuffie and Jussen Win Amateur Junior Western Pleasure APHA World Championships
For Candace Jussen of Pilot Point, Texas, this was her first time winning an APHA World Champion title and her first time competing at the APHA World Show in Western Pleasure. More often than not, you will find Jussen in the AQHA Halter pen, but recently she’s been broadening her horizons to include other disciplines.
Continue reading …Casselman-Reed and Pope Score at Top of APHA Amateur Ranch Horse Pleasure Sweepstakes
November 12, 2014 Comments Off on Casselman-Reed and Pope Score at Top of APHA Amateur Ranch Horse Pleasure Sweepstakes
“I think it’s so popular, because it’s kind of back to the basics,” she says. “It’s all about a horse moving naturally. Most anybody can do it, because there are real easy, basic maneuvers.”
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