University of South Carolina –– Shelby Friday, Oklahoma State University –– Libby Collins,
Baylor University –– Lindsey Valdiviez and Shain Powell, New Mexico State University –– Morgan Matzdorff, Kansas State University –– Paige Kemper

The American Quarter Horse Association is partnering with the South Dakota Quarter Horse Association to host a reception for ranching breeders affected by the region’s historic blizzard that struck in October 2013. The reception is from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on January 31 in the Dakota Ballroom at the Holiday Inn Rushmore Plaza during the Black Hills Stock Show in Rapid City, South Dakota.

The 2014 Worldwide Paint Horse Congress is now accepting vendors and sponsors. Potential vendors may contact John Dunn at (816)-898-4284 or e-mail wwphcvendors@aol.com. Sponsors may contact Clea Bobbitt at (573) 375-7885 or e-mail cowboy@lakeozark.net. The show will be held in a different location this year, the Built Ford Tough Livestock Complex in Tulsa, Oklahoma from […]

Featured all weekend will be a vast assortment of seminars and demonstrations from experts in the areas of reining, barrel racing, dressage, three-day event, driving, jumping and trail. The Expo will further provide practical tips from saddle fitting, body clipping and trimming to planning your next barn, USDFA rules for horse shows, advice from a vet and more.

The 2014 PHBA rulebook has now been made available online at Palominohba.com. Print copies are available by request. If you would like a print copy, contact Jan at (918) 438-1234 or e-mail yellahrses@palominohba.com. Click here to download a copy.

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According to horse show management, there are some special items up for grabs for Highpoint awards in the Open, Amateur, Select, Novice Amateur, Novice Youth, 13 & under, and 14-18 divisions. Highpoint Champion will receive $1,000 in cash! Reserve Highpoint Champion will receive a Trainer’s Board. Third place will receive a monogrammed horse cooler.

Also taking place January 24–26 is the annual Color Breed Council Judges Academy, held at the Doubletree Hotel at Warren Place in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Billy Smith and APHA Director of Judges David Dellin will be among the attendees of this annual seminar, designed to educate judges who officiate APHA, ApHC, PtHA, PHBA, NSBA, AMHA, IBHA and POAC competitions.

Sun Circuit Shootout Participants: Katherine Berg, Baylor, Florence, Texas, Sr., Marilyn Brandt, West Texas A&M, Andover, Ill., Sr., Taylor Brown, Fresno State, Strathmore, Calif., Fr., Layla Choate, South Carolina, Murray, Ky., Jr., Austin Griffith, Ohio State, Dublin, Ohio, Sr., Brynn Larson, New Mexico State, Brush Prairie, Wash., Jr., Darby Mailhot, Delaware State, Ontario, Canada, Fr., Raivenne Scott, South Dakota State, Cornelius, Ore., So.