For the tenth consecutive year in a row, either Martin or Cole has won the Senior Western Riding here at the World Show. On top of that, this is the second year in a row that the pair has swept the top three spots in the class.
Continue reading …Kevin Dukes understands this all to well, because he received a bit of extra help, in the form of a lucky rabbit’s foot his son Clay affixed to his belt loop, before he headed into the pen for Senior Pleasure Driving with Ride The Blue Sky.
Continue reading …“She’s got a lovely trot and tons of expression in the show pen,” Ryan says. “I think she is what AQHA is looking for with head carriage, and she has a really pretty canter.”
Continue reading …Not only does Concho possess massive size and impressive muscling for a 4-year-old N/N stallion, Bradshaw is quite fond of the horse’s unique coloring. “He isn’t grey; he’s bay roan, so he almost looks blue roan,” Bradshaw says. “He’s got a silky mousey color that’s just beautiful.
Continue reading …As the quartet of trainer Dewey Smith, Chester and Ann Prince, and their beloved stallion PF Premo left the Jim Norick Arena this morning at the 2014 AQHA World Championship Show, it was clear by the tears in their eyes and the cheer of the crowd that this win was bittersweet.
Continue reading …Flawles is a sorrel mare by My Intention and out of Imagine Me In First. She was bred by Jim and Georgia Snow of Quinlan, Texas. Although she’s only one year old, this dynamic little filly has quite a resume.
Continue reading …“I was in there with all of my peers that I look up to, including my bosses, and they’ve been doing this so much longer than me. I just don’t put myself in the same category, so to be up there at the top feels incredible.”
Continue reading …“I prepared her a little bit different the last two days here than I did at the Congress… She showed really good today; that’s the best she’s shown probably in about a year and a half.”
Continue reading …The Junior Hunter Under Saddle finals are scheduled to take place Thursday, November 20th at approximately 1:30 pm. The finals of Senior Western Riding will take place at approximately 5:30 pm. The Junior and Senior Ranch Horse Pleasure will follow from 7:00-9:15 pm.
Continue reading …To increase efficiency in processing these forms, APHA will not mail application reminders for 2015. Applications are only available online, and office staff will begin processing applications in mid-December 2014. Submit yours today to be on top of the processing stack.
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